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Radio Heartland's 2017 in-studio highlights

Guild hollow-body guitar set up in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser studio at MPR.
Guild hollow-body guitar set up in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser studio at MPR.Nate Ryan | MPR
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by Mike Pengra

December 29, 2017

2017 was another great year for live interviews in the Radio Heartland studios. I saw some old friends and made some new ones too. I even got to shake hands with a few musical legends.

For this year-end special, I rounded up one song from each live performance in chronological order and mashed them together for a program of great, live music. You'll hear performances from Rodney Crowell, Rose Cousins, Kris Delmhorst, David Rawlings, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, the Blind Boys of Alabama and many, many more. Enjoy!

Program Playlist

Rose Cousins - "Chosen"
Noam Pikelny - "Old Banjo"
Mipso - "Talking In My Sleep"
The Last Revel - "Engine Trouble"
Joan Shelley- "If The Storms Never Came"
The High 48s - "Long Hot Summer Days" (John Hartford cover)
Rodney Crowell - "East Houston Blues"
David Rawlings - "Midnight Train"
Robinson and Rohe - "Louisa"
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams - "It Ain't Gonna Be a Good Night"
Lowland Hum - "In Flight"
Pieta Brown - "Rosine"
Jillian Rae - "Free"
Blind Boys of Alabama - "God Knows Everything"
Sarah Morris - "Falling Over"
Lukas Nelson - "Georgia"
Ann Reed - "The Day I Fell In Love With You"
The OK Factor - "Festive"
The Dustbowl Revival - "Honey I Love You"
Aaron Espe - "Yourself"
Kris Delmhorst and Jeffrey Foucault - "Temporary Existence"