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Throwing Shapes a radio show - and not just any radio show. A damn good one. Featuring the best alt country/Americana/folk that ever was. Tune in. You might just like it.

country blues, grass blues, soul, rockabilly, alt.country and americana, every sunday from 1500-1630 (NZST)

rdu 98.5fm in christchurch
rdu.org.nz streaming to the world

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

Another departure
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.

29/09/2024

Setlist 29/9/24 with Simon

Lawrence Reynolds - Skip a Rope
Samamtha Crain - Dragonfly
Bon Iver - Speyside
Nora Meier - Someone Else
Nesy Gallons - Jupiter and I
Bright Eyes - Trains Still Run On Time
Melanie - Carolina in My Mind
John Barry - Midnight Cowboy Theme
Charley Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Morning
The Whites - Good Old Country Rain
Jerry Jeff Walker - One Too Many Mornings
Kris Kristofferson & Joan Baez - Hello In there
Dietrich Strause - Annie Dear
Jerry Garcia Band - How Sweet it Is
Roy "Mr Guitar" Gaines - Worried About You Baby
The Cadets - Stranded in the Jungle
The Du-Droppers - Dead Broke
Jesse Belvin - Just to Say Hello
Ray Charles - Just a Little Lovin
Spider bags - So Long a Rope
Ray Wylie hubbard - Portales
Dave "baby" Cortez - Rinky D**k

Kia ora. Tune in this afternoon and join Simon as he cheerfully throws the concept of the carefully crafted setlist in t...
28/09/2024

Kia ora. Tune in this afternoon and join Simon as he cheerfully throws the concept of the carefully crafted setlist in the bin and careens around the wacky world of Americana playing all sorts of stuff. Tune in and see where he lands. 3.00-4.30pm RDU

22/09/2024

Setlist 22/09/24 with Amanda and Phil

Daughters of the Soho Riots - The National
Secret Meeting - The National
Ozarker - Israel Nash
Shadowland - Israel Nash
Joseph - The Handsome Family
The Oldest Water - The Handsome Family
Wasteland of the Free - Iris DeMent
Never Gonna Leave You - Hollerhead
Don’t Cross That River Alone - Hollerhead
Delia’s Gone - Babby Bare
When The Roses Bloom Again - Laura Cantrell, Steve Earle
Ready To Move On - Rodney Crowell
Little Bird - Steve Earle
Broken Radio ‘22 - Jesse Malin, Bruce Springsteen
Goin’ Home - Malcolm Holcombe
Love At The Five & Dime - John Prine, Kelsey Waldon
Stolen Moments - Lucinda Williams
I Fall To Pieces - Teddy Thompson

15/09/2024

Setlist 15/9/24 with Simon
Lawrence Reynolds - Life Goes On
David Lindley - The Johnson Boys
Cliff Carlsile - My Travelling Night
The Cox Family - I Am Weary
The Dry Branch String Band - Solider's Joy
The Stanley Brothers - Little Maggie
Patsy Montana - Old Nevada Moon
Stringbean - Give Me Back My Five Dollars
Flatt & Scrugs with Mother Maybelle - worried Man
Nora Meier - No Plan
Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called
Alejandro Escovedo - Last To Know
Los Lobos - Maricela
Indigo Girls - Least Complicated
Guy Clark - Waltzing Fool
Lyle Lovett - God Will
Bright Eyes - Bells and Whistles
Grateful Dead -Touch of Grey
Chuck Prophet - After The Rain
Lone Justice - Skull and Crossbones
Jim James - Out of Time
Vic Chestnut - Gravity of the Situation

08/09/2024

Setlist 08/09/24 with Amanda and Phil

As The Waters Cover The Sea - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Conversion - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Mr. Jukebox - Joshua Hedley
River in The Rain - Joshua Hedley
One More Dollar - Gillian Welch
Before the Deluge - Eliza Gilkyson
God’s Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
Scooter Blues - Johnny Blue Skies, Sturgill Simpson
Jupiter’s Faerie - Johnny Blue Skies, Sturgill Simpson
California - Bob Sumner
Riverbed - Bob Sumner
In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Iris DeMent) - John Prine
Mushrooms Are Growing After The Rain - Jim Lauderdale
Love Ain’t Around - Jeffrey Foucault
I’ll Regret It All In The Morning - Teddy Thompson
Just Somebody I Used To Know - Jenni Muldaur, Teddy Thompson
I Don’t Wanna Disappear - Malcolm Holcombe, Iris DeMent
Forty Years On The Floor - Bob Sumner
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - Jeffrey Foucault

01/09/2024

Setlist 1/9 with Simon
Lawrence Reynolds - don't it Make You Want to go Home
Lydia Loveless - Everythings Gone
X - Flipside
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Jake Xererxes Fussell - Goin to Hilo
Kelly Hogan - Daddys Little Girl
The Dillards - Cotton Patch
Kentucky Colonials - John Henry
Bradley Kincaid - Down In The Valley
Glen Campbell & The Green River Boys - Raining on The Mountain
Linda Thompson and Martha Wainwright - Or Nothing at All
Gillian & Dave - North Country
Nora Meier - Someone Else
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Holding
Neil Young - Out on the Weekend
Paul Simon - Born at the Right Time
Roy Orbison - Dream Baby
Joan Baez - A Song for David
Rolling Stones - You Gotta Move
Willie Nelson - Sad Songs and Waltzes
JJ Cale - They Call Me The Breeze
Townes Van Zandt - To Live is to Fly

25/08/2024

Setlist 25/08/24 with Amanda and Phil

Comfortably Numb - Dar Williams
The Hudson - Dar Williams
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
Hello Stranger (feat S.G Goodman) - Kelsey Waldron
Vampire Empire - Big Thief
Shark Smile - Big Thief
Patron Saint Of The Dollar Store - S.G Goodman
Kitchen Floor - S.G Goodman
Across the Borderline - Willie Nelson
Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Willie Nelson, Paula Nelson
Motel Room - Bob Sumner
Is it Really Any Wonder - Bob Sumner
Fraulein - Colter Wall, Tyler Childers
Thirteen Silver Dollars - Colter Wall
Barbed Wite (Belly Crawl) - Margo Chilker
Oh, Sister - Logan Ledger, Courtney Marie Andrews
Space and Time - Tyler Childers
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan

18/08/2024

Setlist 18/8/24 with Simon
Lawrence reynolds - Life Goes On
Justin Townes Earle - Dreams
Sharon Van Etten - everytime the Sun Comes Up
Brown Horse - Outtakes
Odetta - Joshua Fought The Battle of Jerico
John Jacob Niles - The Hangman
The New Lost City Ramblers - When First Into This Country I Came
Elizabeth Cotton - Freight Train
Woody Guthrie - Vigalantie Man
Aoife O'Donovan - Crisis
Hawktail - Shallows
Bob Dylan - Tough mama
The Band - Don't Do It
Lone Justice - Jenny Jenkins
Adeem The Artist - Night Sweats
Jackson Browne - The Birds of St. Marks
Emmylou Harris - Two More Bottles of Wine
Jesse Malin - Broken Radio '22
Townes Van Zandt - For The Sake of The Song
John Prine - Love at the Five and Dime
Justin Townes Earle - Champagne Corolla

11/08/2024

Setlist 11/08/24 with Amanda and Phil

Nose On The Grindstone(OurVinyl Sessions) - Tyler Childers, OurVinyl
What It Is - Mark Knopfler
Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
Reason to Believe - Bruce Springsteen
Queen Jane Approximately - Emma Swift
Hashtag - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings
Ghost On The Canvas - Glen Campbell
First House on the Left - Katherine Priddy
Selah - Katherine Priddy
Harrisburg - Josh Ritter
Turtles All the Way Down - Sturgill Simpson
I Drink - Mary Gauthier
Souvenirs - John Prine
Adios to California- John Hiatt
Boulder to Birmingham - Live - Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Mavis Staples, Shawn Colvin, The Milk Carton Kids, Chris Hillman, Herb Pederson, Holly Williams, Chris Coleman, Trampled By Turtles

04/08/2024

setlist 4/8/24 with Simon
Lawrence reynolds - Life Goes On
Leadbelly - Good Mornin Blues
Bob Dylan - Step It Up and Go
Jim Jackson - Kansas City Blues
Grateful Dead - Betty and Dupree
Ma Rainey - See See Rider
Lightin' Hopkins - Rock Me Baby
Hi Henry Brown - Titanic Blues
Captain Beefheart -Diddy Wah Diddy
Bessie Smith - Backwater Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues
Phish - Corinna
Happy Traum - Fair and Tender Ladies
Bob Dylan - You Ain't Going Nowhere
Kinky Friedman - Rapid City, South Dakota
Randy Newman - Sail Away
Buffy Saint Marie - All Around The World
Joe Ely - I Keep Getting Paid The Same
Robert Earl keen - New Life In Old Mexico
Steve Earle - Sparkle and Shine
Terri Hendrix - The Dark

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