Episode Details

THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ is a fortnightly program featuring a mix of singer – songwriter, Celtic, Cajun, global roots, traditional and contemporary folk, blues, country blues, bluegrass, country, old timey and Americana music from Australia and around the world. Live to air, 8pm, every second Tuesday.

In this edition of The Acoustic Café we hear music from Nanci Griffith & Eric Taylor, Dave Burland, Nick Cave & Shane McGowan, Olivia Chaney, Dick Gaughan, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Albion Band, The Greenbriar Boys, Dave Steele, Dave Van Ronk, Stravaig, Sharon Shanon with John Prine & Mary Staunton, The Simpson Three, Martha Wainwright & Lucy Wainright Roche, Colin Read, The Fagans, Eddie Reader, Bruce Molsky, Dan Crary.

·        The recorded live part of the program features from Leon Redbone 

·        Leon Redbone was a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. 

·        Recognized by his hat (often a Panama), dark sunglasses, and black tie, he was born in Cyprus of Armenian ancestry and first appeared on stage in Toronto, Canada, in the early 1970s.

·        The songs we’re were recorded at the Olympia Theatre in Paris on October 26, 1992.

Leon Redbone playlist:

01.      Sweet Mama, Papa's Gettin' Mad

02.      Ain't Misbehavin'

03.      Goodbye Charlie Blues

04.      Polly Wolly Doodle

05.      Marie

06.      Big Time Woman

07.      Love Letters In The Sand

08.      I'm Going Home

09.      Diddy Wa Diddie

10.      Gotta Shake That Thing

Thank you for listening.