The MV & EE Medicine Show

Matt Valentine (banjo + guitar = bantar), Erika Elder (electric dulcimer & lap steel), and Coot Moon (tambura) phone in a beautiful sunset song from the Green Mountains of Guilford, VT.

In three movements:

Sun Raga

Keith John Adams!

The inimitable Keith John Adams phones it in from midnight in his office at the BBC in London, England. Y'know in Pulp Fiction, when Uma Thurman's character has a milkshake, then OD's on heroin, then John Travolta's character revives her with a shot of adrenalin to the heart? That's what KJA sounds like, except subtract the heroin and replace Uma Thurman with Ray Davies.

Songs:

Creepy / Torch / Now That I've Found You / Keep An Eye / Nobody Loves / She's Your Dad

Lys Guillorn!

Oh, man. Lys Guillorn and Ryan Blessey phone it in from Danbury, CT, and it sounds so sweet. So, so sweet.

Songs that will both break and mend your heart:

Steel Pier / Winged Victory / A Year and a Day / Rust No. 1 / When I Was a Tiger Lily / Sleep Tight, Amelia

Tim Kinsella(s)

Tim Kinsella (Make Believe, Joan of Arc, Owls, Cap'n Jazz, Everyoned) comes through in the clutch and phones it in from the hallway of his apartment in Chicago, IL, and it's awesome.

Songs:

Staying Alive and Lovelessness / Gripped By the Lips / Many Times I've Mistaken / Eventually All At Once / In Fact I'm Pioneering New Emotions / To've Had Two Of