Throwing Shapes

22/12/2024

Setlist 22/12/24 with Simon and Violet
Lawrence Reynolds - Jesus is a Soul Man
Richard Farina - Christmas Island
John Jacob Niles - Sing We The Virgin Mary
Phil Ochs - No Christmas in Kentucky
Joan Baez - Little Drummer Boy
Glen Campbell - Christmas is for Children
Joni Mitchell - Facelift
John Prine - Everything is Cool
Cast of Bonanza - Santa Got Lost in Texas
Willie Nelson - Frosty the Snowman
Kenny and Dolly - Christmas Without You
Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
Sun Ra (the Qualities) - Its Christmas Time
Pete Seeger - The First Noel
Carolyn Hester - Virgin Mary
Woody Guthrie - Jesus Christ
Big Star - Jesus Christ
Margo Guryn - I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
Bobby Darin - Poor Little Jesus
The Crystals - Parade of The Wooden Soliders
Loudon Wainwright - Suddenly It's Christmas
Judith Durham - Go Tell It On The Mountain
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)

21/12/2024

It's Christmas time people! Nog those eggs, chuck a yuletide log on the AC and join Violet and Simon for a festive special. 3.00-4.30. 98.5 RDU

15/12/2024

Setlist 15/12/24 with Amanda and Phil

Down To The Wire - Son Volt
Open Ended Life - The Avett Brothers
Looking For A Way Out - Uncle Tupelo
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
Sink Hole - Drive-By Truckers
Where Is My Mind? - Trampled by Turtles
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues, Kirsty MacColl
King of the Never-Wills - Dawes
Hilarity Ensues - Dawes
Luckenbach Texas - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
Hashtag - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings
The Day The Mississippi Died - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings
Don’t Give Up - Willie Nelson, Sinead O’Connor
Paperweight - The Secret Sisters
24 Frames - Jason Isbell
Time To Move On - Tom Petty
California Stars - Billy Bragg, Wilco
Quiet Town - Mindy Smith

08/12/2024

Setlist 8/12 with Simon. Lame links
Lawrence Reynolds - Love of The Common People
Kathleen Edwards - Crawling Back to You
Rosanne Cash - Crawl into The Promised Land
Lynn Anderson - (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden
Mazzy Star- Rose Blood
Tori Amos - Raining Blood
Buddy Holly - Raining In My Heart
Sinead O'Connor - My Heart Belongs to Daddy
The Everly Brothers - That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
Trampled By Turtles - Silver and Gold
Ron Sexsmith - Gold in Them Hills
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Chocolate Hills
Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus
Aretha Franklin - Jesus Hears Every Prayer
John Denver - Poems, Prayers and Promises
Kenny Rogers - A Poem For My Little Lady
Skip Spence - Little Hands
Willie Nelson - Hands on The Wheel
Al Green - Driving Wheel
Mel Parsons - Driving Man

08/12/2024

Tune in right now and join Simon as he plays a selection of songs with lame links. It might be fun, it might not . 98.5 RDU 98.5 FM

01/12/2024

Setlist 01/12/24 with Amanda and Phil

Restless Mind(feat. Avery Anna) - Sam Barber, Avery Anna
High Road - Zach Bryan
Homewrecker- Willow Avery
AWARDS SEASON - Bon Iver
THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS - Bon Iver
Please Come To Boston - Dave Loggins
Never Be You - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Straight To Hell - Butch Walker, Elizabeth Cook, Jeff Sullivan
Cigarette Habit - Marmalade
(I’m Gonna Get Over This) Some Day (feat. Rosanne Cash) T Bone Burnett
Come Back (When You Go Away) - T Bone Burnett
Hey There, Dolly - Willow Avalon
Lighthouse - Sierra Ferrell
Already Gone - Willie Watson
Do You Realize?? - Willie Nelson
Too Stoned To Cry (Feat. Billy Strings) - Margo Price, Billy Strungs
Someone Like You (with The Travelin’ McCourys & Sierra Ferrell) - Lukas Nelson, The Travelin’ McCourys, Sierra Ferrell
House Parties - Dawes
Jericho - Mindy Smith

24/11/2024

Setlist 24/11/24 with Simon
Binkly Brothers - It'll Never Happen Again
Chet Atkins - Silver Bells
Minnie Pearl & Grandpa Jones - Spring Fever
Dolly Parton - Joshua
Josh Ritter - (Still) The Still ofThe Night
Grateful Dead - Wharf rat
Promised Land Sound - Canfield Drive
Buck Owen - A Box Of Grass
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Helpless
CSN - Haven't We Lost Enough
Chris Hillman - Quits
The Byrds - She Don't Care About Time
Country Joe - Blowin Down The Dusty Road
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Magnolia Mountain
The Statler Brothers- Flowers on The Wall
Carolyn Mark - Catscan
Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
X-I'll Stand Up For You
Johnny Cash - It Ain't Me Babe
Glen Campbell - Sadly, Beautiful

24/11/2024

Tune in this very afternoon and join Simon as he plays dusty old records. With a few CDs thrown in, just to prove that he's hip to current technology. RDU 98.5. 3.00-4.30.

17/11/2024

Setlist 17/11/24 with Amanda and Phil

Greenville - Lucinda Williams
Are You Alright? - Lucinda Williams
Cool About It - boygenius
Souvenir - boygenius
Ridin’ My Thumb To Mexico - Johnny Rodriguez
Corpus Christi Bay - Johnny Rodriguez
No Heart Left Behind - Hannah Aldridge
Parchman - Hannah Aldridge
Killers Of The Flower Moon - Charley Crockett
Visions Of Dallas - Charley Crockett
Traveling Alone - Jason Isbell
I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew - Tom T. Hall
That’s How I Got To Memphis - Tom T. Hall
West Virginia Waltz - Sierra Ferrell
Hurtin’ (On the Bottle) - Margo Price
Mama’s Eyes - Justin Townes Earle
Cities Of Texas - Paul Kelly, The Stormwater Boys
Just Someone I Used To Know - Buddy Miller, Nikki Lane
Just Outside Of Austin - Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real
Tacumseh Valley - Jason Isbell, Elizabeth Cook

10/11/2024

Setlist 10/11/24 with Simon
Lawrence Reynolds - Life Goes On
John Prine - That's How Every Empire Falls
Hurray For The Riff Raff - The World is Dangerous
Sunny War -Shelter and Storm
Billy Brag & Wilco - She Came Along to Me
Drive By Truckers - Kinky Hypocrite
R.E.M - World Leader Pretend
Amanda Shires - Take on the Dark
Grateful Dead - Morning Dew
Bruce cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher
T-Bone Burnet - A Ridiculous Man
Bruce Springsteen - Across The Border
Adeem the Artist - Going To Hell
Leonard Cohen - The Future
Joan Baez - All My Trials
Mavis Staples - No Time for Crying

03/11/2024

Setlist 03/11/24 with Amanda and Phil

Question - Old 97’s
Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
It’s Not You, It’s Me - The Little Wi***es
Gone For Good - The Shins
Feel Alright - Steve Earle
Leaving Time - Patterson Hood
No More Buffalo - James McMurtry
The Asp and the Albatross - Freakwater
Sweet Old World - Emmylou Harris
Radio King - Golden Smog
Truckin’- Grateful Dead
Friend Of The Devil - Grateful Dead
The Captain - Kasey Chambers
Nullarbor Song - Kasey Chambers
Backbone (The Desert Child) - Kasey Chambers
Tear Stained Eye - Son Volt
To Her Door - Paul Kelly
Helpless - Cowboy Junkies
King Of California - Dave Alvin

03/11/2024

Howdy y’all tune into the show today with your hosts Amanda and Phil to hear some new tunes goodness!! Americana sounds coming your way 🤠

27/10/2024

Setlist 27/10/24 with Simon
Lawrence Reynolds - Snows Gonna Fly
Grateful Dead - Box of Rain
Josh Ritter - Stars In the Crown
Paul Kelly - Taught by Experts
Kaurna Cronin - Why Do You Love Lizzie?
Cactus Blossoms - Be What I Wanna
Bobby Boris Pickett and the Cryptkickers - Monster Mash
The Hollywood Flames -Frankiensteins Den
Nervous Nervos - The Fang
Sonny Richards Panics with Cindy and Misty - Voo Doo Walk
The Three D's - Graveyard Chacha
Phil Lesh and Friends - Althea
Phish - Sleep
Tess Liautaud - John Prine
John Prine - Take a Look at My Heart
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Cat Nap In The Boom Boom Room
The Grateful Dead - Eyes of The World

26/10/2024

Kia ora. Join simon this afternoon as he careens awkwardly through some Halloween hits, some new releases, some old favorites and bids a very fond farewell to the fabulous Phil Lesh. RDU 3.00-4.30pm. It's not like we have anything better to do.

20/10/2024

Setlist 20/10/24 with Amanda and Phil

Mountain Daughter - Presley Haile
Mosquito - Presley Haile
You’re Only Lonely - JD Souther
New Kid In Town - JD Souther
Faithless Love - Linda Ronstadt
Rock Me On The Water - Linda Ronstadt
Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridgers
Scott Street - Phoebe Bridgers
All Tied Together - Margo Cilker
Steelhead Trout - Margo Cilker
Santa Rosa - Margo Cilker
Right Back to it - Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman
Taos to Tennessee - Tish Hinojosa
Strip of Light - Patty Griffin
Copperhead Road(Live FM Broadcast 1988) - Steve Earle
You Can’t Go Home Again - Sarah Jarosz
Some Misty Morning - Logan Ledger, Erin Rae
Outbound Plane - Shawn Colvin
2020 Regret - The Avett Brothers

13/10/2024

Setlist 13/10/24 with Simon
Lawrence reynolds - Love of The Common People
Slim Whitman - There is a Rainbow in Every Tear
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Ho**ey Tonk Angels
Hank Snow - Canadian Pacific
Smiley Maxdon - Give a red Hot Mama and an Ice Cold Beer
Leon McAuliffe - Blue Guitar Stomp
Red Foley - Pinball Boogie
Hank Williams - Move it On Over
Judy Collins - Bird on a Wire
Leonard Cohen - Avalanche
Josh T Pearson - Thou are Loosed
Smog - Drinking At The Dam
Rubber Rodeo - Jolene
Holly Arrowsmith - Something Small
Jason Isbell - Dreamsicle
Mazzy Star - Under My Car
Tom Waits - Ol' 55
The Milk Carton Kids- I Can Only See The Moon
Lloyd Cole - Writers Retreat
The V-Roys - what She's Found

06/10/2024

Setlist 06/10/24 with Amanda and Phil

Dedicated to Kris Kristofferson

Why me - Kris Kristofferson
The Devil To Pay - Kris Kristofferson
Magdalene - Kris Kristofferson
Casey’s Last Ride - Kris Kristofferson
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Live - Johnny Cash
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Darby’s Castle - Bobby Bare
Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sami Smith
The Silver Tongued Devil and I - Kris Kristofferson
From The Bottle to the Bottom - Kris Kristofferson
Angels Love Bad Men - The Highwaymen, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson
Highwaymen - The Highwaymen
Live Forever - The Highwaymen
The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 - Kris Kristofferson
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Live - The Highwaymen
Border Lord - Live - Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge
Jody and the Kid - Kris Kristofferson
For The Good Times - Kris Kristofferson
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) - Kris Kristofferson
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
The Best Of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson

29/09/2024

Another departure

The Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor has died.