Acoustic Pie Radio Goes Silent

Hello listeners and readers!

Live365.com, the hosting service for Acoustic Pie Radio, will close its virtual doors on January 31, 2016, unable to remain viable with the uncertainty of future legislation regarding royalty payments.  Acoustic Pie has always been a not-for-profit fan stream, generating no revenue and existing solely for the purpose of finding more listeners for my favorite singer/songwriters.  Acoustic Pie and thousands of other fan streams will go silent this month.

I started Acoustic Pie Radio in 2002 and it’s been a joy introducing my favorites to you and, even more so, hearing from you ~ both what you like and what you don’t!  I remember my first listener thank-you note came from a young lady in Japan.  Your appreciation has been appreciated!

So, as always, thank you for listening and for reading!  And I’ll look forward to seeing you at the next great show or festival :)

~Kelley Eve

More festivals, less typing!

Hello, all!

I’ve been rethinking the whole Acoustic Pie thing the last few months.  Specifically… how to make this hobby of mine ~ the radio station, website, blog, mailing list, playlist reporting, etc. ~ more fun and less work. So far I’m thinking… more festivals and less typing!

So I’ve been to three festivals in five months and I think I’m on to something!  The Sisters Folk Festival in Sisters, Oregon in September was just as exciting and relaxing as always. Greg Trooper is an artist that everyone should see live. I went to two of his showcases; I wish I’d gone to all three. His recorded work is often sort of country-rock arrangements with drums and bass but listening to him live on stage with just his guitar and harmonica is transfixing ~ a performance full of energy and insight and humor. Try out some YouTube videos for a taste.

I next went to the FAR-West Folk Alliance Regional Conference in Irvine, California in October. My favorite find there was the Canadian acoustic trio Red Moon Road. Great fun on stage, stylish and professional, and their album captures much of what I loved about them. You can screen and download their album on iTunes or Amazon.

And finally, my first national Folk Alliance conference in Kansas City, Missouri in February.  Fun, fun, fun.  They must have had a dozen stages running 30 minute showcases from 6-10pm every night and in every room you’d find a professional show with great sound covering genres from singer/songwriter to traditional folk to country folk to blues to bluegrass.  I’ll be back next year.

Hey, on a side note, I didn’t realize Tylan of Girlyman had released a solo album. It’s absolutely wonderful. You should buy or download it at CD Baby.

Thanks for reading and for listening to the Pie!

~Kelley Eve

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, June 2013

Happy summer, everyone!

Here is this month’s Acoustic Pie Top 20 based on votes by online listeners.  So many of these artists were introduced to me by listeners, friends and family.  Thanks for sharing your favorites with me ;)

A previous Acoustic Pie featured artist has a new album out this month and I’ve added a bunch of tunes from it.  Check out Putnam Smith’s latest release Kitchen, Love when you get the chance.  If you’re the curious type, previous featured artists can be found in the Acoustic Pie Archives.

Thanks!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Acoustic Pie Top 20 Songs
June 2013
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Vienna Teng ~ Now Three ~ Dreaming Through the Noise
2. The Civil Wars ~ 20 Years ~ Barton Hollow
3. Lily Henley ~ Hummingbird ~ Words Like Yours
4. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova ~ If You Want Me ~ Once (Collector’s Edition)
5. Edward Hartline ~ Enough ~ Candy for Bread Map
6. Suzanne Vega ~ Small Blue Thing ~ Close-Up Vol 1, Love Songs
7. Matt Nathanson ~ Bottom of the Sea ~ Modern Love
8. Matt Nathanson ~ Bent ~ At the Point
9. The Weepies ~ Gotta Have You ~ Say I Am You
10. Tom Kimmel ~ Never Saw Blue Like That ~ Never Saw Blue
11. Reina del Cid & the Cidizens ~ Wonder ~ Blueprints, Plans
12. Matt Costa ~ Sunshine ~ Songs We Sing
13. Donal Hineley ~ Flesh & Bone ~ The Famous Rocket Cage
14. Steve Poltz ~ 10 Chances ~ Chinese Vacation
15. Rachel Garlin ~ Make It Last ~ Bound to Be Mountains
16. Peter Mulvey ~ Mailman ~ Letters from a Flying Machine
17. Peter Mayer ~ My Soul ~ Midwinter
18. Kennedy Rose ~ Sweet in My Heart ~ Volume 3
19. Ed Sheeran ~ The A Team ~ +
20. Damien Rice ~ 9 Crimes ~ 9

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio, May 2013

Hi there!

The votes are in and below you’ll find the Top 20 songs for May on Acoustic Pie Radio.

San Diego songwriters are ably represented by Josh Damigo at no. 5 and Gregory Page at no. 10.

Thanks for listening, voting and reading :)

~Kelley
Acoustic Pie

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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
May 2013

Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Ed Sheeran ~ The A Team ~ +
2. Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers ~ Song for Lovers ~ Gifthorse
3. Krista Detor ~ Icarus ~ Cover Their Eyes
4. Laura Cortese ~ Wade On In ~ Acoustic Project
5. Josh Damigo ~ Portland ~ Hope
6. Devon Sproule ~ Come Comet or Dove (Live) ~ Live in London
7. Rachael Yamagata ~ Duet ~ Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart
8. Nina Nastasia ~ Why Don’t You Stay Home ~ On Leaving
9. Kelly Flint ~ Deep Freeze ~ Tribes Hill: We’re All Here
10. Gregory Page ~ Sleeping Dogs ~ Sleeping Dogs
11. Christopher Dallman ~ Light the Love ~ Light the Love
12. Cheryl Wheeler ~ Addicted ~ Cheryl Wheeler
13. Benjamin Gibbard ~ Lady Adelaide ~ Former Lives
14. Kai Welch ~ Send It Down ~ Send It Down
15. Christopher Dallman ~ Hollow High ~ Race the Light
16. Kat Goldman ~ World Away ~ Gypsy Girl
17. The Weepies ~ All That I Want ~ Happiness
18. Vienna Teng ~ Nothing Without You ~ Dreaming Through the Noise
19. The Swell Season ~ All the Way Down ~ Strict Joy [Deluxe Edition]
20. Suzanne Vega ~ Bound ~ Close-Up Vol 1, Love Songs

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio, April 2013

The votes are in and listeners’ favorite songs for April are listed below!

Being based in San Diego and rather proud of our songwriting talent, it’s always fun for me to note the local artists who make the Top 20 each month.  For April, the smooth-crooning word-master Jason Mraz was voted in at no. 10 and local wunderkind Sara Watkins, all grown up into a  remarkable and beautiful songwriter, charted at no. 20.

Thanks for listening and for voting!

~Kelley
AcousticPie

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio
April 2013
Artist ~ Song ~ Title

1. Girlyman ~ Easy Pearls ~ Joyful
2. Nicole Vaughn ~ Gutter Leaf ~ Say it
3. Chasing June ~ Beautiful Mess ~ Under the Slate Grey Sky
4. Danny Schmidt ~ Little White Angels ~ Man of Many Moons
5. Dan Gonzalez ~ Two More Things ~ Public Square
6. Alexi Murdoch ~ Crinan Wood ~ Towards the Sun
7. Steve Allain ~ If Only (I Had Known) ~ thirteen
8. Richard Shindell ~ Fishing ~ 13 Songs You May or May Not Have Heard Before
9. Paul Simon ~ April Come She Will ~ The Paul Simon Songbook
10. Jason Mraz ~ Plain Jane ~ Hear Music XM Radio Sessions Vol 1
11. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer ~ Merlin’s Lament ~ Joy My Love
12. Christopher Dallman ~ Hard to Breathe ~ Light the Love
13. Chris Kokesh ~ Real as a Dream ~ I Never Knew
14. Caroline Herring ~ Maiden Voyage ~ Camilla
15. Antje Duvekot ~ Lighthouse ~ The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer
16. Amelia Curran ~ Tired Circle ~ Lullabies for Barflies
17. Meg Hutchinson ~ Gatekeeper ~ The Living Side
18. Barnaby Bright ~ Made Up Of ~ Made Up Of
19. The Weepies ~ Painting By Chagall ~ Say I Am You
20. Sara Watkins ~ Where Will You Be ~ Sara Watkins

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio, March 2013

Some of my favorite San Diego songwriters were voted into the Top 20 this month: Jason Mraz (at no. 3), Gregory Page (no. 4), and Amber Rubarth (no. 6). Gregory Page is a local San Diego treasure. In fact, I’m writing this newsletter today from Lestat’s coffee house where resides the “Gregory Page Stage”. He’s also a super prolific recording artist (I think I own 19 of his albums and I’m probably missing a few!) but that album All Make Believe might just be my favorite ~ sooooo many beautiful songs. You can sample or download it here at Bandcamp.com.

Live365.com, where Acoustic Pie Radio is hosted, gives me geographical stats of which cities and countries are tuning into Acoustic Pie. When I first started streaming Acoustic Pie Radio, the vast majority of listening hours took place in the San Diego area where I’m based. But nowadays the most Acoustic Pie listeners are, in order by listening hours, in: 1) San Francisco, 2) Los Angeles, 3) New York City, 4) Wheeling – Steubenville (Ohio) and 5) Boston. I really need to look up where Wheeling & Steubenville are… but thanks for listening!

56% of Acoustic Pie listeners are in the U.S. and 13% are tuning in from Canada. Next up, in much smaller doses are Spain, Germany, Brazil, the U.K., Israel and Australia. But people also drop in from over 60 other countries including the Czech Republic, United Arab Emirates, Luxembourg, China and Korea, just to name a few.

No matter where you’re listening, thanks for tuning in and for keeping in touch! I love to hear from you.

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
March 2013

 Artist ~ Song ~ Album

 1. Cary Cooper ~ Drop in the Bucket ~ Pink Umbrella
2. Meg Hutchinson ~ Song to Ophelia ~ Any Given Day (Live Remastered)
3. Jason Mraz ~ Plain Jane ~ Hear Music XM Radio Sessions Vol 1
4. Gregory Page ~ Strange Birds ~ All Make Believe
5. Kai Welch ~ Broken Wavelength ~ Send It Down
6. Amber Rubarth ~ Washing Day ~ New Green Lines
7. Garth Wilwand ~ The Fields are Empty ~ Eyes of the Hurricane
8. Ray LaMontagne ~ Winter Birds ~ Gossip in the Grain
9. Nicole Simone ~ Melt ~ Nicole Simone
10. Lee Mottram ~ Human Dream ~ 40
11. Christopher Dallman ~ Light the Love ~ Light the Love
12. Arthur Lee Land ~ Serenity ~ Dragonfly
13. Teitur ~ I Was Just Thinking ~ Poetry & Aeroplanes
14. Sarah Jaffe ~ Swelling ~ Suburban Nature
15. Rita Hosking ~ Indian Giver ~ Burn
16. Marketa Irglova ~ The Hill ~ Once (Collector’s Edition)
17. James Hill ~ The Satisfactory Waltz ~ Man with a Love Song
18. David Llewellyn ~ Maybe Tomorrow ~ David Llewellyn
19. Dan Gonzalez ~ Two More Things ~ Public Square
20. Caroline Herring ~ Maiden Voyage ~ Camilla

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio, February 2013

The girls in California, they all look the same to me
The way they take for granted living by the sea
They can be your best friends if you don’t expect too much
The girls in California, well they all believe in love.

That’s the opening verse to this month’s no.1 song “Such a Way” by Stephen Kellogg.  The song builds to a beautifully romantic love song as he lyrically searches the country for the girl who moves him “in such a way”.  It’s fun to hear him sing that first verse when he’s singing to an audience of California girls.  He’s uncomfortably aware that he could be offending but the girls, invariably, are enthusiastically forgiving. Here’s a recent example captured on Youtube:

I’ll also mention two newcomers to the Pie on this month’s Top 20:  I met Dulcie Taylor at the FAR-West Folk Alliance get-together last fall.  She’s adorable and her song “Cigarette Smoke” at no. 10 is sweet, nostalgic and unassuming.  Jake Armerding‘s music (at no. 18 ~ I *always* have trouble spelling that name!) was introduced to me by an Acoustic Pie listener and I’m becoming more and more fond of him. Do you like Richard Shindell as much as I do?  There’s a strong similarity in both voice and songwriting.

Sorry, fellow San Diegans, there were no San Diego songwriters voted into the Top 20 this month!

Thanks for voting and for reading!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
February 2013
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Stephen Kellogg ~ Such a Way ~ Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
2. Liz Longley ~ Goodbye Love ~ Hot Loose Wire
3. Ben Lee ~ Ripe ~ Ripe
4. Kat Goldman ~ Letter from Paris ~ Gypsy Girl
5. Sally Barris ~ Angel of the North ~ Wilder Girl
6. Nicole Vaughn ~ Say it ~ Say it
7. Lisa Hannigan ~ Teeth ~ Sea Sew
8. Kerry Patrick Clark ~ Lullaby ~ On the Road to Human Being
9. Justin Roth ~ She Dances ~ Shine
10. Dulcie Taylor ~ Cigarette Smoke ~ Free of this Sorrow
11. Craig Werth ~ My Way or the Highway ~ The Spokes Man
12. Caroline Herring ~ Maiden Voyage ~ Camilla
13. William Fitzsimmons ~ From the Water ~ Gold in the Shadow
14. Vienna Teng ~ Blue Caravan ~ Dreaming Through the Noise
15. Sarah Kenvyn ~ Why ~ This is the Sea
16. Laura Cortese ~ Women of the Ages ~ Acoustic Project
17. Kris Delmhorst ~ Strange Conversation ~ Strange Conversation
18. Jake Armerding ~ I Came Upon Some Love Today ~ Her
19. Ingrid Michaelson ~ Porcelain Fists ~ Slow the Rain
20. Erica Wheeler ~ Harold ~ Good Summer Rain

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio, January 2013

A few months ago I got a very nice letter from a long-time listener with a generous serving of recommendations of artists to include on the Pie.  And he wrote that if I only had time to research and play one artist from his list of recommendations that it should be Vienna Teng.  I added healthy doses of many of his suggestions but I’m happy to see that his favorite, Ms. Teng, was voted in at no. 1 this month. Vienna is a charming piano-based songwriter and that song “Blue Caravan” is from her 2010 album Dreaming Through the Noise.

Two San Diego songwriters were voted into the Top 20 this month:  Amber Rubarth at nos. 6 and 10 and Carlos Olmeda at no. 9.

Thanks to everyone who finds the time to send me suggestions and thanks, as always, for listening to Acoustic Pie!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com
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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
January 2013
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Vienna Teng ~ Blue Caravan ~ Dreaming Through the Noise
2. Benjamin Gibbard ~ Lady Adelaide ~ Former Lives
3. Antje Duvekot ~ Glamorous Girls ~ New Siberia
4. Liz Longley ~ Unraveling ~ Hot Loose Wire
5. Antje Duvekot ~ The Life of a Princess ~ New Siberia
6. Amber Rubarth ~ Letter from My Lonelier Self ~ A Common Case of Disappearing
7. Rachael Yamagata ~ Duet ~ Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart
8.  James Taylor ~ Something in the Way She Moves ~ Greatest Hits
9.  Carlos Olmeda ~ A Devil Like Me ~ Sensitive Groove
10. Amber Rubarth ~ How Did This Happen ~ A Common Case of Disappearing
11. Sons of the Never Wrong ~ Say Goodbye ~ On A Good Day…I Am
12. Robyn Landis ~ You Don’t Know a Thing ~ Many Moons
13. Meg Hutchinson ~ Hard to Change ~ The Living Side
14. William Fitzsimmons ~ You Still Hurt Me ~ Derivatives
15. Sacha Sacket ~ How Low? ~ Lovers & Leaders
16. Rob Szabo ~ All the Sleepy Souls ~ Life & Limb
17. Nathaniel Talbot ~ Sundown ~ Less Wild
18. Kelly Flint ~ Deep Freeze ~ Tribes Hill: We’re All Here
19. B. W. Stevenson ~ Lonesome Song ~ Lead Free/B.W. Stevenson
20. Alphaeus Taylor ~ The Silent Dissenter ~ War and the Widow

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, December 2012

On this, the last day of 2012, I make note of the variety, in particular the mix of the old and new, that are voted into the Top 20 almost every month. Krista Detor, a perennial favorite of yours and mine, appears at no. 4 *and* no. 8 this month. When I look at the new artists on the Top 20 list, Adrienne Frailey stands out as one that you might be particularly interested in. And that song, “My Gloomy Poem” at no. 3, is a particularly sweet, piano-accompanied, sad and wistful love-lost ballad. You can check out the CD or MP3 versions of that album Definitely at CD Baby

San Diego songwriters are also represented with a mix of old and new this month: Jeffrey Joe Morin, a newcomer to the Pie, debuts at no. 9 while Berkley Hart, San Diego’s favorite acoustic duo and among the first artists ever to appear on the Acoustic Pie stream, were voted in at no. 11 with a song from their newest album Crow.

Happy New Year, everyone! And thank you for listening to Acoustic Pie and for letting me know what you think.

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com
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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie
December 2012

Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Wailin’ Jennys ~ Asleep at Last ~ Bright Morning Stars
2. Brindl ~ Pink ~ Shine
3. Adrienne Frailey ~ My Gloomy Poem ~ Definitely
4. Krista Detor ~ The World Is Water ~ Cover Their Eyes
5. Kai Welch ~ Send It Down ~ Send It Down
6. Steve Tannen ~ If You Don’t Feel That Way ~ Stopped at a Green Light
7. Lynn Miles ~ Flames of Love ~ Black Flowers
8. Krista Detor ~ More than I Dare Say ~ The Silver Wood Wintersongs
9. Jeffrey Joe Morin ~ Losing Time ~ Big Ol’ Heart
10. Lisa Hannigan ~ Little Bird ~ Passenger
11. Berkley Hart ~ No Place Like Home ~ Crow
12. Abbie Gardner and Anthony da Costa ~ Someday ~ Bad Nights / Better Days
13. Sufjan Stevens ~ John Wayne Gacy, Jr. ~ Illinois
14. Antje Duvekot ~ The Life of a Princess ~ New Siberia
15. Sun Kil Moon ~ Salvador Sanchez (Acoustic) ~ Ghosts Of The Great Highway Bonus Tracks
16. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova ~ If You Want Me ~ Once (Collector’s Edition)
17. Tracy Chapman ~ Telling Stories ~ Telling Stories
18. Peter Mulvey ~ Coda: Ballymore ~ The Knuckleball Suite
19. Michael Penn ~ Bunker Hill ~ Palms & Runes, Tarot & Tea: A Michael Penn Collection
20. Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton ~ Reading in Bed ~ Knives Don’t Have Your Back

Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie, November 2012

San Diego songwriters are ably represented in the Acoustic Pie Top 20 this month by Sara Watkins at no. 3 and Nate Donnis of the Donnis Trio at no. 11. For any listeners in the San Diego area, there will be a treat this month: Sara Watkins, San Diego native and founding member of Nickel Creek, is doing a fun show at LeStat’s on Monday, December 17. Sara will be being filmed for a television show called “The Song that Changed My Life” and you have a chance to be part of the live audience. And the tix are only $5, too. That’s a steal. There’s more info under Latest News on Sara’s website.

Paul Simon’s song “April Come She Will” (no. 19) makes me go “Mmmmmmmm”. Such a sweet and tidy song. I love that album, The Paul Simon Songbook. It’s his first solo album, in sparce acoustic arrangements, released in 1965 only in the U.K. while his duo work with Art Garfunkel was starting to take off in the U.S. I got it around 2005 when it was finally released in the U.S. You can read more about it in Wikipedia. The whole album is yummy.

Thanks, as always, for listening and voting for your favorites on the Pie!

~Kelley
AcousticPie.com
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Top 20 Songs on Acoustic Pie Radio
November 2012
Artist ~ Song ~ Album

1. Jackson Browne ~ These Days ~ Solo Acoustic Vol.1
2. Hayward Williams ~ The Ballad of Benson Creek ~ Another Sailor’s Dream
3. Sara Watkins ~ Where Will You Be ~ Sara Watkins
4. Shawn Taylor ~ Waiting ~ Home
5. David Llewellyn ~ Maybe Tomorrow ~ David Llewellyn
6. Steff Kayser ~ Chinatown ~ The Roads that Cross the Great Divide
7. Lucy Kaplansky ~ I’ll See You Again ~ Reunion
8. Benjamin Gibbard ~ I’m Building a Fire ~ Former Lives
9. Joe Jencks ~ Lonely Common Ground ~ The Candle and the Flame
10. James Hill ~ You Should See Me Now ~ Man with a Love Song
11. The Donnis Trio ~ Tip of the Tongue ~ All Directions
12. Andy Whittle ~ Ten Thousand Miles ~ Songmaker’s Tale
13. Alicia McGovern ~ Fare Thee Well ~ We Just Fly
14. Kerry Patrick Clark ~ Lullaby ~ On the Road to Human Being
15. Jonathan Byrd ~ Wild Ponies ~ Cackalack
16. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds ~ Where Are You Going? (Live In Barcelona) ~ Songs for Tibet ~ The Art of Peace
17. Damien Rice ~ Cannonball ~ Live at Fingerprints: Warts and All
18. Tom Kimmel ~ Never Saw Blue Like That ~ Never Saw Blue
19. Paul Simon ~ April Come She Will ~ The Paul Simon Songbook
20. Lynn Miles ~ Flames of Love ~ Black Flowers