Line-Ups for Loser's Lounge Salute to Dolly Parton

This weekend's Loser's Lounge salute to Dolly Parton looks promising. Thursday night's line-up includes Ellen Foley and Laura Cantrell. Friday night you can catch Martha Wainwright and Lianne Smith and Michael Cerveris as well as the countrified raunch of Tammy Faye Starlite. And Nick Danger. On Saturday, you can see the return of Wainwright, Smith, Cerveris, and Cantrell. And Nick Danger.

You have been warned.

Here's Tammy Faye Starlite.

Here's a profile of Laura Cantrell.



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And here's Laura Cantrell singing "Bartender's Blues" with Elvis Costello (or vice versa).



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THINGS TO DO TONIGHT

Okay. If you're not going to the Mets/Cards game or seeing the Asylum Street Spankers at Joe's Pub...and you're not camping out on Governors Island on the sly...how about a free tribute to Johnny Cash at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center at 8 pm?

The lineup includes BAT favorites Laura Cantrell, Marshall Crenshaw, and John Doe as well as David Bromberg, Jay Farrar, Hymns, Raul Midon, Ollabelle, The Persuasions, Catherine Russell, and Sway Machinery.

Here's video of Ollabelle, featuring guitarchiks Amy Helm (mandolin) and Fiona McBain (guitar). They're playing "Ain't No More Cane," which has also been performed by Amy's dad Levon.



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Thanks to Gothamist for the lead.

WFMU TURNS FIFTY!

WFMU is having a very special fundraising marathon, as it's celebrating its Fiftieth Anniversary!

So far a personal highlight was hearing DJs Irwin Chusid and Doug Schulkind talk about how unbearable some of the programming can be. You don't hear that kind of frankness on just any radio station!

Coming up this evening, from 5 to 8 EST: Yo La Tengo fields phone calls and takes requests!

Coming to Austin, Texas on March 14, 2008: A WFMU showcase at Spiro's!

Here are some highlights from the great online archives. Enjoy!

Antique Phonograph Music Program
The Radio Thrift Shop with Laura Cantrell
Give the Drummer Some
Downtown Soulville
Transpacific Sound Paradise
Greasy Kid Stuff
Incorrect Music
Jonbenet's Book Club with Bronwyn C.
Old Codger
Thomas Edison's Attic

DYLAN'S ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT: A TRIBUTE

You know what sounds good for this coming weekend? A free salute to Bob Dylan's Royal Albert Hall Concert Saturday night at 8 pm at the World Financial Center. Folks that I understand are supposed to be there include

Laura Cantrell
Larry Coryell
Marshall Crenshaw
Jorma Kaukonen
Toshi Reagon
G.E. Smith
Teddy Thompson

Sounds like a perfect thing to do after putting your pants back on.