A bespoke set of entertainment from Russ:   Lula Wiles - Oh My God (Shame & Sedition, 2021) The Delines - Maureen’s Gone Missing (Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom, 2025) Angaleena Presley - Wrangled (same. 2017) Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where the Time Goes (John Peel, BBC Session. 1973) Russ Tolman - Stuck Like Glue (Sweet Spot, 1994) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (same, 1971) Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling (1964) The Walker Brothers - The Sun Isn’t Going To Shine Anymore (Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers, 1965) Ruen Brothers - Summer Sun (Point Dume, 2015) Warren Zevon - Steady Rain (Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings, 2007) Jeff Tweedy - Enough (2025) MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch (Manning Fireworks, 2024) Badfinger - No Matter What

Russ gets down with his bad self and plays:   1. Allah-Las - Houston (Lahs, 2019) 2. Khraungbin - May Ninth (A La Sala, 2024) 3. Arc De Soleil - Got Caught in Amsterdam (The Thief in Marrakesh Got Caught in Amsterdam Trying to Escape, 2019) 4. LA LOM - El Sueno (La Lom, 2022) 5. Gill Landry - I Love You Too (Skeleton at the Banquet, 2020) 6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (Let Love In, 1994) 7. Nick Drake - Poor Boy (Bryter Layter, 1971) 8. Karl Blau - Falling Rain (Introducing, 2016) 9. Bob Dylan - One More Night (Nashvile Skyline, 1969) 10. Russ Tolman - She’s My Alibi (City Lights, 1998) 11. Charlie Parr - Portland Ave (Little Sun, 2024) 12. Dylan Earl - Level Headed Even Smile (same, 2025) 13. Pernice Bros (w/ Neko Case) - I Don’t Need That Anymore 

Russ pops the cork on one year of the Goodtime Hour and spins the following:   Lambchop - Up With People (Nixon, 2000) Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (Bryter Layter, 1971 Russ Tolman - You Oughta See Her Drive (City Lights, 1998) Grateful Dead - Ripple (American Beauty, 1970) Father John Misty - Goodbye Mr. Blue (Chloë and the Next 20th Century, 2022) Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (same, 1968) Beach Boys - Disney Girls (1957) (Surf’s Up, 1971) Nick Lowe, Los Straitjackets - Different Kind of Blue (Indoor Safari, 2024 Karl Blau - The Reins (Love & Harm, 2022) Big Star - Thirteen (#1 Record, 1972) Buffalo Springfield - Expecting to Fly Richard Hawley - Cole Corner Saints - I’m Stranded

Russ talks True West and spins tunes from his former band. Get the inside story from the guy who was there:   Lucifer Sam Hollywood Holiday Steps to the Door 20th Room (live in New Orleans) I Put A Spell On You (live) Look Around (Verlaine version) Burn The Roses (Verlaine) Throw Away The Key (Verlaine) And Then The Rain Hold On Shot You Down Hand of Fate

Russ spins souldies, both old and new!   Thee Vellords - Somebody Please Baby Bash, Gabriella Martinez- Pure Intentions Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Ooh Baby Baby Odyssey - What’s Your Name === Thee Sacred Souls - We Don’t Have To Be Alone Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her? Aaron Frazier - Little Girl Freedom Suite - We Belong Together === Joey Quinones - Don’t Tell Me Royal Jesters - I Want To Loved Los Yesterdays - Give Me One More Chance Chicano Batman - Black Lipstick === thecrushedvelvets - At Ease Thee Sacred Souls - Live For You Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On? Russ Tolman - Midnight === The Commands - Hey Sonny Ace - Little Girl

Russ chats with guest Chris Stamey about his new album and plays the following tunes:   1. Son Volt - Windfall2. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - What We Had3. Russ Tolman - Kid4. Chris Stamey - Anything is Possible5. Chris Stamey - I’d Be Lost Without You6. Chris Stamey - Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder7. Chris Stamey -When My Ship Comes In8. Chris Stamey - Meet Me in Mid-Town9. Beach Boys - God Only Knows

1. Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (Let’s Stay Together, 1972)2. Buck Owens - Massachusetts (In The Palm of Your Hand, 1972)3. Paul Weller - I Started a Joke (Find El Dorado, 2025)4. Michael Bublé - To Love Somebody (To Be Loved, 2013)5. Translator - Everywhere That I am Not6. The Modern Lovers - Astral Plane (s/t - 7. Talking Heads - Pulled Up (Talking Heads ’77)8. Television - Friction (Marquee Moon, 1977)9. Khruangbin - May Ninth (A La Sala, 2024)10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Long Dark Night (Wild God, 2024)11. Kashus Culpepper, Sierra Ferrell - Broken Wing Bird (Broken Wing Bird, 2025)12. Johnny Tillotson - Funny How Time Slips Away (1962)13. Hank Williams - Take These Chains from my Heart14. Theo Lawrence - The Universe is Winding Down15. Silverada - Anywhere But Here (s/t, 2024)16. Russ Tolman - Monterey (City Lights, 1998)

Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno - Hopeless at Ease (Luminal, 2025) Bruce Springsteen - Sunday Love (Lost and Found: Selections from The Lost Albums, 2025) Frank Sinatra - What’s Now is Now (Watertown, 1970) Jon Klages - God Bless Columbia House Record Club (Fabulous Twilight, 2021) Jenny Lewis - Psychos (Joy’All, 2023) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Rumours, 1977) Ray Charles - Tell Me How You Feel (What I’d Say, 1959) Van Morrison - If It Wasn’t for Ray (Remembering Now, 2025) Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone (You Are Not Alone, 2010) Allison Russell - Nightflyer (Outside Child, 2021) Neil Young - Sail Away (Oceanside Countryside, 2025) Dee White - Little Things (Heart Talkin’, 2025) Big Thief - Born To Love You (2023) Theo Lawrence - Heaven to Me (2018)

It's a Power Pop Parade as I chat with Nelson Bragg about his new album and spin the following: 20/20 - Yellow Pills (s/t, 1979) Nelson Bragg - We’re Gonna Laugh About it (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025) Nelson Bragg - Forever Days (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025) Nelson Bragg - You Could Believe (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025) Nelson Bragg - No One’s Home in Hollywood (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025) Nelson Bragg - Glorious Days (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025) Dwight Twilley - Looking For The Magic (Twilley Don’t Mind, 1977) Russ Tolman - Stuck Like Glue (Sweet Spot, 1994)  

Russ chats with Peter Holsapple about his new album and plays the following songs: Pernice Bros (w/ Neko Case) - I Don’t Need That Anymore (Who Will You Believe, 2024) Peter Holsapple - Larger Than Life (The Face of 68, 2025) Peter Holsapple - One for The Book (The Face of 68, 2025) Peter Holsapple - She and Me (The Face of 68, 2025) Peter Holsapple - The Face of 68 (The Face of 68, 2025) Hurray for Riff Raff - Alibi Russ Tolman - Life

Russ is back in the saddle with another great show: Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing (1979) Nelson Bragg - We’re Gonna Laugh Ab Soft Boys - Kingdom of Love (Underwater Moonlight) Popealopes - Violet (Kerosene, 1989) Matt Berninger - Bonnet of Pins (2025) Psychedelic Furs - We Love You (s/t 1980) Nick Drake - Northern Sky (Bryter Layter, 1971) Ray LaMontagne - Long Way Home (Long Way Home, 2024) Fred Neil - Dolphins (Fred Neil, 1966) The Lyres - Help You Ann (On Fire, 1984) Russ Tolman - Looking for an Angel (Totem Poles & Glory Holes, 1986) Bobby Darin - Everything is OK (Earthy, 1963) Robert Mitchum - Beauty is Only Skin Deep (Calypso is Like So, 1957) Jim Lauderdale - Artificial Intelligence George Jones - If The Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me, Her              I Am, 1981) Tom Verlaine - Souvenir from a Dream (s/t, 1979)

This week, Russ plays: Old Sea Brigade, Luke Sital-Singh - Call Me When You Land (2020, All The Ways You Sing in The Dark) Scott Hirsch - Future King (2025, Future King) Beck - Where It’s At (1996) The Delines - Maureen’s Gone Missing (2025, Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom) Neal Frances, She Say She - Broken Glass (2025) Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk (2011, How Do You Do) Elvis Costello - Opportunity (1980, Get Happy!) The Moonlandingz, Iggy Pop - This is Where I’m From (2025, No Rocket Required) Tom Waits - Ol ’55 (1973, Closing Time) Russ Tolman - The Best Is Yet To Come (1994, Sweet Spot) Early James, Sierra Ferrell - Real Low Down Lonesome (2022, Strange Time To Be Alive) Chuck Prophet - Wake The Dead (2024, Wake The Dead) LA LOM - ’72 Monte Carlo (2024, The Los Angeles League of Musicians)

Jessica Pratt - Life Is (Here is the Pitch, 2024) Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (Psychocandy, 1985) Mekons - You’re Not Singing Anymore (Horror, 2025) Pretenders - Kid (s/t - 1979) Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain (Early Morning Rain, 1965) John Martyn - Over Hill (Solid Air, 1973) Depedro, Calexico - Two Parts in One (Cruce de Caminos), 2025 Dan Janisch - I Dream of You (Weeds, 1998) JS Ondara - Lebanon (Tales of America, 2019) Rob Wasserman/Cheryl Bentyne - Angel Eyes (Duets, 1988) Tom Waits - Foreign Affair (Foreign Affairs, 1977) Cass McCombs - Priestess (Priestess, 2025) Swamp Dogg - Rocky Racoon Silverada - New Madrid (Texas 42, 2025) Uncle Tupelo

Russ pops the cork on the 25th episode of The Goodtime Hour:   Thunderclap Newman - Something in The Air (1969) Pulling Mussels from a Shell - Squeeze (Argybargy,) Nick Lowe - So it Goes (Jesus of Cool, 1978) Byrds - My Back Pages Russ Tolman - North Hollywood Blues Guy Clark - LA Freeway Hiss Golden Messenger - Sanctuary Sierra Farrell - The Sea (Washington by the Sea, 2019) Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea Cat Power - Sea of Love Fiona Apple - Across The Universe Barbara Keith - Detroit or Buffalo (s/t, 1973) Frazey Ford - September Fields (Indian Ocean, 2014) Moody Blues - Go Now

1. Gill Landry - Make It Through The Night (Anthropocene Blues) (Cinnamon Canyon Blues, 2024) Eilen Jewell - Witness (Gypsy, 2019) Theo Lawrence - Heaven To Me (Homemade Lemonade, 2018) Thee Sacred Souls - Can I Call You Rose (s/t - 2022) Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Let’s Get It On, 1973) Mayer Hawthorne - Henny & Gingerale (Album Version) (How Do You Do, 2011) Chic - Le Freak (C’est Chic, 1978) Barry White - Can’t Get Enough of Your Love (Can’t Get Enough, 1974) Nick Lowe - She’s Got Soul (The Convincer, 2001) Russ Tolman - Kid (Goodbye El Dorado, 2019) Rodney Crowell - Oh, What A Beautiful World (Tarpaper Sky, 2014) Charley Crockett - Jamestown Ferry (Lil GL’s Honky Tonk Jubilee, 2017) 13. Geraint Watkins - Easy to Say “Bon Temps Rouler” (In A Bad Mood, 2008)

Russ chats with Gill Landry, two-time Grammy winner with Old Crow Medicine Show, about his own music... 1. Gill Landry - Dead Language 2. Gill Landry - Denver Girls 3. Gill Landry - Waiting For Your Love 4. Gill Landry - Nobody’s Coming 5. Gill Landry - Take This Body 6. Gill Landry - Always Here Tonight 7. Gill Landry - The Place They Call Home 

Russ chats with artist/musician Jon Langford and spins the following tunes:   1. Delines - Left Hook Like Frazier 2. Thee Sacred Souls - Live for You 3. Mekons - Where Were You 4. The Three Johns - Death of the European 5. Jon Langford - Natchez Trace 6. Jon Langford - Pill Sailor 7. Freakons - Blue Scars of a Miner 8. Mekon - Memphis Egypt 9. Jon Langford & The Bright Shiners - Awake The Land of the Shadows 10. The Waco Brothers - The Men That God Forgot 

Russ chats with old pal Matt Piucci about all things Rain Parade, boatclub, Hellenes, Crazy Horse, and rocking with Country Joe McDonald... Rain Parade - You Are My Friend (explosions in the glass palace) Rain Parade - No Easy Way Down (ditto) Rain Parade - Depending on You (Crashing Dream) boatclub - Milo Rain Parade - Last Rays of a Dying Sun (rain parade LP of same name) Rain Parade - Last Stop on the Underground (New RP EP same name) Rain Parade - This Can’t Be Today  Rain Parade - Talking In my Sleep 

Longtime buddy Howe Gelb and I take a peek at his 40 year career... 1. Howe Gelb - Thousand Kisses Deep 2. Giant Sand - Shiver 3. Giant Sand - Happenstance 4. Howe Gelb - Terribly So 5. Giant Sand - Cowboy Boots on Cobble Stone 6. Howe Gelb Sno Angel - Paradise There About 7. Giant Sand - Hurting Habit 8. Giant Sand - Black Venetian Blind 

Russ Tolman of Paisley Underground adjacent band True West spins PU tunes and tells tales about the scene: 1. 15 Minutes - Last Chance For You 2. True West - Steps to the Door 3. Rain Parade - I Look Around (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, 1983) 4. Salvation Army - She Turns to Flowers (Self-Titled, 1982) 5. The Bangs - Getting Out of Hand (first 45, 1981) 6. Long Ryders - 10-5-60 (self-titled EP, 1983) PVC 7. Green on Red - Black Night (EP, 1982) Downthere 8. Dream Syndicate - Some Kind of Itch (EP, 1982) 9. True West - Lucifer Sam (45, 1982) 10. 28th Day - 25 Pills (EP, 1985) Bring Out Your Dead 11. Bangles - How is The Air Up There (EP, 1982) 12. Three O’Clock - When I Go Wild (Baroque Hoedown, 1982) 13. Dream Syndicate - Too Little Too Late (Live) 14. Long Ryders - Sweet Mental Revenge (Native Sons, 1984) 15. Green on Red - Gas Food Lodging (1985) 16. Rain Parade - You Are My Friend 17. Thin White Rope - Red Sun (In The Spanish Cave, 1988)