LIve Ledge #327: More Songs From 1978
The second of many shows dedicated to that magical year of 1978.
Live Ledge #325: International Women’s Day
Live Ledge celebrates this week’s International Women’s Day with an all-female set of tunes.
Live Ledge #324: New Releases
Another set of great new music, along with highlights from Manifesto Mix Tape, Vol. 2.
Live Ledge #323: More Comebacks
It’s part two of a two part series on fantastic recent musical comebacks.
Live Ledge #322: Comebacks
A look at some of the artists who have recently released some of their best music in years.
Live Ledge #321: 1978
A momentous year in music for host Scott Hudson, as it was for music freaks everywhere.
Live Ledge #320: New Releases
The first Friday of every month is devoted to new releases.
Live Ledge #319: Mark E. Smith
Tonight’s show is a tribute to the legendary leader of The Fall, Mark E. Smith, who passed away earlier this week.
Live Ledge #318: Found Gems
Host Scott Hudson has scoured dozens of year-end lists to find this show full of records he missed through the course of 2017.
Live Ledge #316: Drunk on Sunday
The final show of 2017 compiles drinking tunes perfect for New Year’s Eve celebrations.
The Annual Live Ledge Kwanzaa Festivus Ramadan Christmas Holiday Extravaganza
Celebrate the holidays with almost 2 1/2 years of rockin’ holiday tunes!
Live Ledge #313: Best Archive Releases of 2017
It’s a countdown of the 20 best archive releases of 2017, featuring the likes of the Replacements, Lydia Loveless, Bob Dylan, and Alex Chilton.
Live Ledge #311: Who Is Lydia Loveless? Hits Stores
Gorman Bechard sits in once again to discuss the DVD release of Who Is Lydia Loveless?, along with the Record Store Day vinyl release of music from the flick.
Live Ledge #309: Odds and Ends
It’s a variety of sounds tonight, including a little tribute to Dead Moon’s Fred Cole.
Live Ledge #308: New Releases
Another set of fabulous new releases. 2017 has been great for new music!
Live Ledge #307: Halloween Hootenanny
Punk rock and Halloween go together like my favorite whiskey and Coke, so here’s another edition of the annual Halloween show.
Live Ledge #305: More New Releases
A continuation of last week’s action-packed new release show!
Live Ledge #304: New Releases
Two hours of great new releases, including tracks from the new live Replacements album.
Live Ledge #303: Number Nine
A look at some great ninth tracks of primarily recently-released favorite albums.
Live Ledge #302: Grant Hart
This week’s show is dedicated to the late, great Grant Hart from Husker Du.
Live Ledge #301: Jay Bennett
Where Are You, Jay Bennett directors Fred Uhter and Gorman Bechard are this week’s guests.
Live Ledge #299: Skiffle
Inspired by Billy Bragg’s new book, tonight’s Live Ledge is two hours of skiffle music!
Live Ledge #298:New Releases
Another month of great releases, including new tracks by Paul Westerberg under the mysterious Dry Wood Garage moniker!
Live Ledge #293: Best of 2017 (So Far)
It’s been a great year for music, as evidenced by this marathon look at the first six months of 2017.
Live Ledge #290: Cactus Blossoms
Jack Torrey of the Cactus Blossoms chats about the band’s appearance on Twin Peaks, and is followed by music inspired by Cyn Collins’ new book, Complicated Fun.
Live Ledge #288: 1967
Celebrating 1967 with fifty tracks, including little heard garage rock nuggets and legendary superstar highlights.
Live Ledge #287: Odds and Ends
The shocking death of Soundgarden leader Chris Cornell is covered, along with a mish mash of various tunes and a ton of Slim Dunlap covers.
Live Ledge #286: Matthew Ryan
Matthew Ryan chats with host Scott Hudson about his new album, “Hustle Up Starlings”.
Live Ledge #285: New Releases
It’s a supersized episode of brand new material on tonight’s Live Ledge.
Live Ledge #283: Ray, Jayhawks and Kinks Covers
To celebrate the release of the new Ray Davies album, tonight’s Live Ledge is primarily Kinks covers, along with tracks from Americana.
Live Ledge #282: NE-HI
Host Scott Hudson talks to vocalist/guitarist Jason Balla to promote their upcoming show at Total Drag in Sioux Falls, SD.
Live Ledge #281: New Releases
It’s a super-strong 2 hours of brand new music by old and new artists!
Live Ledge #280: 1987
Tonight is a celebration of a momentous year for indie and alternative rock – 1987.
Live Ledge #279: Chuck Berry RIP
It’s a supersized episode in tribute to the real King of Rock and Roll, Chuck Berry.
Live Ledge #278: Cory Branan
Bloodshot Records singer/songwriter Cory Branan chats about his upcoming album, Adios.
Live Ledge #275: The Incident In Sweden
In support of the fine folks that have suffered due to that incident in Sweden, tonight’s show is a telethon of sorts.
Live Ledge #274: Robert Ellis
Along with continuing on from last week’s incomplete New Release episode, host Scott Hudson also interviews singer/songwriter Robert Ellis.
Live Ledge #272: More 1977
Scott Hudson’s look back 40 years to 1977’s music scene continues in this episode.
Live Ledge #271: 1977
It’s the first of two episodes that looks back 40 years to the magic year of 1977!
Live Ledge #270: In Memoriam
The final show of 2016 highlights the great musicians that sadly left us this year.
Live Ledge #269: Best of 2016
It’s Scott’s year in review – tracks from 32 of his 40 favorite albums of 2016!
Live Ledge #268: Runner-Ups
Tonight’s show is all about the records that did not make Scott Hudson’s Best of 2016 list!
Live Ledge #267: New Releases
After a one-week delay, Hudson finally presents his final New Release episode of 2016!
Live Ledge #266: Waiting To Be Forgotten
Authors Jay Stringer, Gorman Bechard, and Franz Nicolay talk about their contributions to “Waiting To Be Forgotten: Stories of Crime and Heartache Inspired By the Replacements”. Also CFM leader Charles Moothart is interviewed.
Live Ledge #265: Little Hypocrite
The title means nothing, or does it? Another show of nothing but female-led rock and roll bands.
Live Ledge #264: Leonard Cohen RIP
The first half is a tribute to the late, great songwriter, while the second half is a wide selection of new releases.
Live Ledge #263: Tommy Stinson
Tommy Stinson talks to Scott Hudson about the rebirth of Bash and Pop, the Replacements reunion tour, and many other topics regarding his long career.
Live Ledge #262: Trump Nose Candy
Inspired by my social media feed on the nights of both debates, tonight features two hours of songs about peruvian marching powder.
Live Ledge #260: Number Nine
Like a few previous shows, this one is dedicated to an individual track of an album. In this case, it’s “number nine”.
Live Ledge #259: DBT’s Patterson Hood
After some technical difficulties, Hudson was able to mix his interview with Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers with other great recent Americana releases.
Live Ledge #258: More Forgotten Treasures
Another collection of artists, albums, and songs that your airheaded host forgot was in his library.
Live Ledge #257: Forgotten Treasures
A thorough scrubdown of iTunes resulted in the discovery of all kinds of forgotten songs, bands, and albums. Tonight’s selections are some of the examples of these kinds of buried treasures.
Live Ledge #256: New Releases
The first show of September means it’s time for a first glance at fall new releases, including upcoming records by Wilco and Drive-By Truckers!
Live Ledge #255: Random Noise Generator
It was a busy night, so Scott put his iTunes on shuffle (and edited out a few unworthy tracks).
Live Ledge #254: Lydia Loveless Interview
Coinciding with the release of her new album, “Real”, host Scott Hudson talks to Lydia Loveless about songwriting, recording, and being the subject of a documentary movie.
Live Ledge #253: Odds and Ends
There’s no real theme tonight. Scott just pulled a few songs out of his iTunes for tonight’s show.
Live Ledge #252: New Releases
It’s a fabulous time to be a music buyer, as tonight’s collection of new tracks by Lydia Loveless, Descendents, Drive-By Truckers, and so many more prove.
Live Ledge #251: More Songs About Other Artists
Since so many truly important tracks were not played last week, it was decided to dedicate one more show to songs with other artists in the title.
Live Ledge #250: Songs About Other Artists
Two hours of songs that mention other artists in the title!
Live Ledge #249: Track 7
Over two hours of the seventh tracks of host Scott Hudson’s favorite records.
Live Ledge #248: Punk 45
This week’s show examines the six volumes of Soul Jazz Records’ Punk 45 series.
Live Ledge #247: New Releases
The new month always commences with a show featuring nothing but new releases!!!
Live Ledge #246: Covers
Two hours of primarily brand new cover songs, along with a couple of tracks from Wreckless Eric’s performance at Total Drag Records.
Live Ledge #244: Wreckless Eric
An overview of Wreckless Eric’s career just hours before his Sioux Falls appearance. Show also includes Scott’s phone interview with Eric.
Live Ledge #243: New Releases
A pretty rocking set of new music highlights this look at recent and future album releases.
Live Ledge #242: 1966
Part one of a series of shows investigating whether author Jon Savage is correct in calling 1966 the greatest year of rock and roll.
Live Ledge #241: Compilations
Box sets, tribute records, and other sorts of compilations are the subject of tonight’s show.
Live Ledge #240: New Releases
A super-sized show highlighting some of the great music that has been released in the past few weeks.
Live Ledge #238: Prince
Tonight’s show is a tribute to Prince, plus some fabulous Record Store Day finds.
Live Ledge #237: Who Is a Dog Named Gucci?
Director Gorman Bechard visits with host Scott Hudson about next Tuesday’s DVD release of A Dog Named Gucci, and gives an update on the upcoming Who Is Lydia Loveless? documentary.
Live Ledge #236: Burger Records
A look at one of Scott Hudson’s favorite record labels, Burger Records.
Live Ledge #235: New Releases
Host Scott Hudson samples a ton of new music in his monthly show highlighting recent releases.
Live Ledge #234: Minneapolis
50 years of great music from the Twin Cities of Minnesota are celebrated tonight.
Live Ledge #233: The Pogues
Sorry for the delay – there’s been RSS issues. Even though the big day was yesterday, why not continue the St. Patrick’s Day celebration with a ton of Pogues covers (and much more).
Live Ledge #232: 1986
Host Scott Hudson shares some of his favorite bands and tracks from a very underrated 1986.
Live Ledge #231: New Releases
Another month, another show of nothing but brand new or recently discovered tunes!
Live Ledge #230: Bob Mehr
Music journalist Bob Mehr joins Scott Hudson tonight to talk about his new book, Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements.
Live Ledge #229: Sophomore Surge
A supersized study of great second album releases by a wide range of artists.
Live Ledge #228: Anti Love Songs
(Attempt #2) The perfect soundtrack for those who despise Valentine’s Day!