On this edition — Michele K-tel spins new sounds from Jeb Loy Nichols, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Tortoise, Eleanor Friedberger, Freakwater, Mini-Mekons (with Robbie Fulks) and a set of music inspired by 80-year-old British folk singer Shirley Collins. First, we leap into a blizzard…

Gil Scott-Heron “Winter In America” Tales Of Gil Scott Heron (Castle)
Jeb Loy Nichols “Wintering Of The Year” You Smell Me? (City Country City)
Heliocentrics “Winter Song” Out There (Now Again)
Barbara & Terri Manning “Winter Song (LIVE)” Super Scissors
Bilders “Song Of The Snow” Cut (Flying Nun)
Louis Prima “The Blizzard” Louis Prima Orchestra
Lightnin’ Hopkins “Ice Storm Blues” Po’ Lightnin’ (Arhoolie)
Bill Callahan “Winter Road” Dream River (Drag City)

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down “Nobody Dies” A Man Alive (Ribbon)
David Bowie “Dub Oddity” DJ Sep Mash Up
Adrian Sherwood “Starship Bahia” Survival & Resistance (On-U Sound)
Bob Marley & The Wailers “This Train” Simmer Down At Studio One (Heartbeat)
The Twinkle Brothers “Where Can I Go Without You” Twinkle Love Songs, Volume Two (Twinkle)
Owiny Sigoma Band “Changaa Attack” Nyanza (Brownswood)
Ava Rocha “Auto das Bacantes” Ava Patrya Yndia Yracema (Disco Maravilha)

Shirley Collins “Over the Hills and Far Away” The Power of the True Love Knot (Fledg’ling)
Mini-Mekons & Robbie Fulks “Go From My Window” Jura (Blookshot)
Angel Olsen “The Blacksmith” Shirley Inspired (Earth)
Chris Joynes “It Was Pleasant and Delightful” Shirley Inspired (Earth)
Nadia Reid “Track of the Time” Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs (Scissor Tail Records)
Tortoise w/ Georgia Hubley “Yonder Blue” The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey)

Freakwater “Number One with a Bullet” Scheherazade (Bloodshot)
Kelley Stoltz “Litter Love” In Triangle Time (Castleface)
Jonathan Richman “Chewing Gum Wrapper” Rockin’ & Romance (Twin/Tone)
The Cramps “Don’t Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk” Psychedelic Jungle
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs “Burn O’ Junk Pile Burn” No Help Coming (Transdreamer)
Superchunk Trash Heap Sur La Bouche — Live in Montreal 1993
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet “Bang Bang” Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham

Eleanor Friedberger “Because I Asked You” New View (Frenchkiss)