Mystery Train #109

Strange beings edition

People are strange beings. Sometimes the songs they write are strange beings too. They reside inside this show.
Featured artists include Nouvelle Vague, Neal Francis, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Frazey Ford, Dan Reeder, Buffalo Springfield, Naked Prey, The Thermals, Kevin Coyne, The Ladybug Transistor et al.

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Mystery Train #105

Stringy edition

This show contains mostly stringy songs. Well, not all of them. But most are. Stringy is good here. It goes twang and makes you happy!
Featured artists include Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Thin Lizzy, Yola, Cameron Avery, Stephen Stills, Austin Meade, Bettye LaVette, Erma Franklin, Lord Cobra Y Los Hnos. Duncan et al.

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Mystery Train #104

Coming cold edition

It’s getting colder every day. The wild geese have long ago gone south. Time for music to soothe the soul.
This show features music by The Soundcarriers, Sébastien Tellier, Christophe & Philippe Katerine, The Cramps, Fountaindale, Ben Watt, Gary Clark Jr., 16 Horsepower, Madness, Mercury Rev et al.

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Mystery Train #101

Waiting for the storm edition

This show was put together in the brink of a coming storm and I guess it contains some of the hidden pressure and intensity that comes before such an outburst, whether natural or personal.

It features music by Elliot Murphy, The Fratellis, Cowboy Junkies, Kid Loco, Babis Papadopoulos, Psarantonis, Meiko & Casey Abrams, The Animals, Justin Townes Earle, Blue States, Weyes Blood et al.

Mystery Train #99

Change of weather edition

This show faces the coming rain, the falling of the leaves and the chilling winds. We’re in an autumn mood here, slowly getting ready for what lies ahead.
Featured artists include Richmond Fontaine, Curtis Harding, Odetta, F. J. McMahon, Jim Sullivan, Ethan Hawke, Robert Wyatt, Nikos Xilouris, Cristina Donà, Steven Wilson, The Shins et al.

Mystery Train #97

Night in the city edition

The one where we go for a night ride deep in the city’s backstreets.
Fellow riders include Rickie Lee Jones, Merry Clayton, Lush, Steppenwolf, The Cars, Ratso & Yasmine Hamdan, Thom York, Jennifer Warnes, Supertramp, Zeid and The Wings, Porno For Pyros et al.

Mystery Train #96

Different view edition

This show is a kind of a lens, it’s made to look at things from a different view.
Guest opticians include Dido, Guy Clark, Cowboy Junkies, Irma Thomas, Marianne Faithfull, Magazine, Sixto Rodriguez, The Everly Brothers, John Cale, The Smithereens et al.

Mystery Train #95

Free fall edition

Songs about taking a leap of faith and free falling to a new stage in life.
Including artists like Pixies, The Pretty Things, Anita Lane, Cocteau Twins, Kacy & Clayton, Jenny Lewis, Lakis Papadopoulos, Stereognosis, No Blues, Blind Faith, The Velvelettes, Vaya Con Dios et al.