Radio Songs (album) explained

Radio Songs
Type:live
Artist:Robin and Linda Williams
Cover:RadioSongsCover.jpg
Released:Nov 6, 2007
Recorded:1993–2005
Genre:Americana, folk, country
Label:Red House
Producer:Chris Frymire, Robin and Linda Williams
Prev Title:The First Christmas Gift
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Buena Vista
Next Year:2008

Radio Songs is an album of duo Robin and Linda Williams on the Red House Records label, released in 2007.

Radio Songs consists of recordings made when performing on Garrison Keillor's NPR radio program A Prairie Home Companion. Although Robin and Linda first appeared on the show regularly in 1976, the selections on this compilation only reach as far back as 1993. Many of the tunes were not otherwise recorded by the duo and are only available on this collection. Included are collaborations with the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Mountain Heart, Mike Seeger, Peter Ostroushko, and house musicians, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.

Track listing

  1. "Blue Ridge Cabin Home" (Louise Certain, Gladys Stacey) – 2:52
  2. "By the Touch of Her Hand" (Carter) – 3:29
  3. "The Other Side of Town" (Jerome Clark, Robin Williams, Linda Williams) – 3:20
  4. "Things I've Learned" (Clark, Williams, Williams) – 2:48
  5. "50, 000 Names" (O'Hara) – 4:04
  6. "Feed My Sheep" (Traditional) – 2:41
  7. "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 2:44
  8. "So It Go" (Clark, Williams, Williams) – 3:42
  9. "I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets" (Maude Irving, J. P. Webster) – 4:18
  10. "If the River Was Whiskey (Hesitation Blues) " (Poole) – 3:08
  11. "So Long, See You Tomorrow" (Clark, Williams, Williams) – 3:40
  12. "Restless One" (Jerry Clark, Dave Hull) – 4:07
  13. "Home Sweet Home Medley:"
    1. "Introduction" – 0:24
    2. "Home Sweet Home" (Henry Bishop, John Howard Payne) – 0:58
    3. "A Mother's Prayer" (Traditional) – 1:47
    4. "Daddy and Home" (Elsie McWilliams, Jimmie Rodgers) – 1:24
    5. "Mom and Dad's Waltz" (Lefty Frizzell) – 1:40
    6. "Precious Memories" (Traditional) – 3:32
  14. "Marvin & Mavis Smiley/Down Home Diva" (Capurro, DiCapua, Keillor) – 4:07

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