Encore: Steve Earle joins host Raina Douris

Steve Earle is a songwriter and musician – but he’s also a storyteller. Many of the songs on his upcoming album, Ghosts of West Virginia, were written for the play Coal Country, which tells the true story of a 2010 mining disaster in West Virginia. He not only scored the play, he was also performing in it on stage before the COVID-19 crisis caused New York City theaters to close. Steve joins host Raina Douris to talk about the future of the production today, and he performs songs from Ghosts of West Virginia live.

*Guster “Fa Fa” Lost and Gone Forever”
Steve Earle “Devil Put the Coal in the Ground” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Gordon Lightfoot “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” Summertime Dream
Steve Earle “It’s About Blood” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Steve Earle “John Henry Was A Steel Drivin’ Man” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
The Cranberries “Ode To My Family” No Need To Argue
Waxahatchee “Can’t Do Much” Saint Cloud
Dawes “Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?” Good Luck With Whatever
Lucinda Williams “Changed The Locks” Lucinda Williams
The Rolling Stones “Midnight Rambler” Let It Bleed

Hour Two
*Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris “For A Dancer” Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
Old 97’s “Turn Off The TV” Twelfth
Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” Melophobia
Nicole Atkins “Domino” Italian Ice
Tom Petty “Free Falling” Full Moon Fever
Sam Roberts Band “Ascension” Ascension (single)
LCD Soundsystem “Call The Police” American Dream
Lianne La Havas “Can’t Fight” Lianne La Havas
Coldplay “Paradise” Mylo Xyloto
Hannah Grace “Praise You” Praise You (single)
Devon Gilfillian “The Good Life” Black Hole Rainbow
Norah Jones “Flipside” Day Breaks
Jorja Smith “Rose Rouge” Blue Note Re:imagined

*Optional Song