Better Days

Welcome to the blog of Doug "Duke" Lang, songwriter and host of Better Days, a radio show spinning journeys from music and language, heard Thursdays ten-to-midnight Pacific time at www.coopradio.org Listen to songs at www.myspace.com/dukelang

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Location: Vancouver, Canada

Sunday, December 11, 2005

The Back 40 : December 2005

The Back 40 gives you an idea what I've been playing
on Better Days. Listings are in no particular order; it's
not a contest. Recent additions have the artist's name
in red. Visit the artists' websites by clicking the link
beneath their entry, and support their commitment
and genius by purchasing a copy of the music.

Better Days is heard Thursdays, 10:00 pm to 12 midnight
Pacific Time (GMT -8) at 102.7 FM and live on the web at

http://www.coopradio.org/


*****The Back 40*****

Hands Across The Water : Various Artists
http://www.handsacrossthewater.com

Burning Times : Christy Moore
http://www.christymoore.com

Prairie Wind : Neil Young
http://www.neilyoung.com

Seattle Songs : Jim Page
http://www.jimpage.net

Tanglewood Numbers : Silver Jews
http://www.silverjews.net

Let It Go : Alastair Moock
http://www.moock.com

Year Of Meteors : Laura Veirs
http://www.lauraveirs.com

Mantras For Madmen : Harry Manx
http://www.harrymanx.com

Fair & Square : John Prine
http://www.ohboy.com

Moments From This Theatre : Dan Penn
http://www.properamerican.com

Lookaftering : Vashti Bunyan
http://www.anotherday.co.uk

Red Dog Tracks : Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
http://www.trainwreckrecords.com

Iron Flowers : Grey De Lisle
http://www.greydelisle.com

Color Came One Day : Chuck Brodsky
http://www.chuckbrodsky.com

Stripping Cane : Jeffrey Foucault
http://www.jeffreyfoucault.com

Flower Of Avalon : Tracy Grammer
http://www.tracygrammer.com

Humming By The Flowered Vine : Laura Cantrell
http://www.lauracantrell.com

Eye To The Telescope : KT Tunstall
http://www.kttunstall.com

Get Myself Together : Danny Barnes
http://www.terminusrecords.com

The Outsider : Rodney Crowell
http://www.rodneycrowell.com

Two Birds : Kirsty McGee
http://www.parkrecords.com

I Am A Bird Now : Antony & The Johnsons
http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com

Here Come The Choppers : Loudon Wainwright
http://www.loudonwainwright.net

Funeral For A Friend : Dirty Dozen Brass Band
http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com

Faultlines : Karine Polwart
http://www.karinepolwart.com

Cripple Crow : Devendra Banhart
http://www.xlrecordings.com

My Father's Wildest Dream : TR Ritchie
http://www.trritchie.com

Song Of The Traveling Daughter : Abigail Washburn
http://www.abigailwashburn.com

Chicago Wind : Merle Haggard
http://www.merlehaggard.com

Come Feel The Illinoise : Sufjan Stevens
http://www.sufjan.com

The Duhks : The Duhks
http://www.duhks.com/index.php

Mercy : Sam Baker
http://www.sambakermusic.com

Dreamin' My Dreams : Patty Loveless
http://www.pattyloveless.com

American Jukebox Fables : Ellis Paul
http://www.ellispaul.com

The Real Deal : Billy Joe Shaver
http://www.billyjoeshaver.com

Exploration : Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
http://www.sarahleeandjohnny.com

The Girl Who Couldn't Fly : Kate Rusby
http://www.katerusby.com

Childish Things : James McMurtry
http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com

Paradise Hotel : Eliza Gilkyson
http://www.redhouserecords.com

Front Parlour Ballads : Richard Thompson
http://www.richardthompson-music.com

DL