The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour

The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour

Singer-songwriter and radio host Russ hoists anchor and sails the sonic seas near and far to discover and recover pleasingly eclectic, genre-defying musical nuggets new and old, fresh and classic. Russ will attempt to amaze with his smooth segues and his insightful interviews with indie music legends. www.russtolmanmusic.com

Episodes

September 8, 2025 58 mins

A bespoke set of entertainment from Russ:

 

  1. Lula Wiles - Oh My God (Shame & Sedition, 2021)
  2. The Delines - Maureen’s Gone Missing (Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom, 2025)
  3. Angaleena Presley - Wrangled (same. 2017)
  4. Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where the Time Goes (John Peel, BBC Session. 1973)
  5. Russ Tolman - Stuck Like Glue (Sweet Spot, 1994)
  6. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (same, 1971)
  7. Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Loving...
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Russ gets down with his bad self and plays:

 

1. Allah-Las - Houston (Lahs, 2019)

2. Khraungbin - May Ninth (A La Sala, 2024)

3. Arc De Soleil - Got Caught in Amsterdam (The Thief in Marrakesh Got Caught in Amsterdam Trying to Escape, 2019)

4. LA LOM - El Sueno (La Lom, 2022)

5. Gill Landry - I Love You Too (Skeleton at the Banquet, 2020)

6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (Let Love In, 1994)

7. Nick Drake - Poor Boy...

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Russ pops the cork on one year of the Goodtime Hour and spins the following:

 

  1. Lambchop - Up With People (Nixon, 2000)
  2. Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (Bryter Layter, 1971
  3. Russ Tolman - You Oughta See Her Drive (City Lights, 1998)
  4. Grateful Dead - Ripple (American Beauty, 1970)
  5. Father John Misty - Goodbye Mr. Blue (Chloë and the Next 20th Century, 2022)
  6. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (same, 1968)
  7. Beach Boys - Disney Girls (1957) (Surf’...
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Russ talks True West and spins tunes from his former band. Get the inside story from the guy who was there:

 

  1. Lucifer Sam
  2. Hollywood Holiday
  3. Steps to the Door
  4. 20th Room (live in New Orleans)
  5. I Put A Spell On You (live)
  6. Look Around (Verlaine version)
  7. Burn The Roses (Verlaine)
  8. Throw Away The Key (Verlaine)
  9. And Then The Rain
  10. Hold On
  11. Shot You Down
  12. Hand of Fate
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Russ spins souldies, both old and new!

 

  1. Thee Vellords - Somebody Please
  2. Baby Bash, Gabriella Martinez- Pure Intentions
  1. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Ooh Baby Baby
  2. Odyssey - What’s Your Name

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  1. Thee Sacred Souls - We Don’t Have To Be Alone
  2. Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her?
  3. Aaron Frazier - Little Girl
  4. Freedom Suite - We Belong Together

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  1. Joey Quinones - Don’t...
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Russ chats with guest Chris Stamey about his new album and plays the following tunes:

 

1. Son Volt - Windfall 2. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - What We Had 3. Russ Tolman - Kid 4. Chris Stamey - Anything is Possible 5. Chris Stamey - I’d Be Lost Without You 6. Chris Stamey - Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder 7. Chris Stamey...

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July 3, 2025 58 mins

1. Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (Let’s Stay Together, 1972) 2. Buck Owens - Massachusetts (In The Palm of Your Hand, 1972) 3. Paul Weller - I Started a Joke (Find El Dorado, 2025) 4. Michael Bublé - To Love Somebody (To Be Loved, 2013) 5. Translator - Everywhere That I am Not 6. The Modern Lovers - Astral Plane (s/t -  7. Talking Heads - Pulled Up (Talking Heads ’77) 8. Television - Friction (Marquee Moon, 1977) 9. Kh...

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  1. Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno - Hopeless at Ease (Luminal, 2025)

  2. Bruce Springsteen - Sunday Love (Lost and Found: Selections from The Lost Albums, 2025)

  3. Frank Sinatra - What’s Now is Now (Watertown, 1970)

  4. Jon Klages - God Bless Columbia House Record Club (Fabulous Twilight, 2021)

  5. Jenny Lewis - Psychos (Joy’All, 2023)

  6. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Rumours, 1977)

  7. Ray Charles - Tell Me How You Feel (What I’d Say, 1959)

  8. ...
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It's a Power Pop Parade as I chat with Nelson Bragg about his new album and spin the following:

    1. 20/20 - Yellow Pills (s/t, 1979)
    2. Nelson Bragg - We’re Gonna Laugh About it (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025)
    3. Nelson Bragg - Forever Days (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025)
    4. Nelson Bragg - You Could Believe (Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, 2025)
    5. Nelson Bragg - No One’s Home in Hollywood (Mélodie de Nelson: A ...
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Russ chats with Peter Holsapple about his new album and plays the following songs:

  1. Pernice Bros (w/ Neko Case) - I Don’t Need That Anymore (Who Will You Believe, 2024)

  2. Peter Holsapple - Larger Than Life (The Face of 68, 2025)

  3. Peter Holsapple - One for The Book (The Face of 68, 2025)

  4. Peter Holsapple - She and Me (The Face of 68, 2025)

  5. Peter Holsapple - The Face of 68 (The Face of 68, 2025)

  6. Hurray for Riff Raff - ...

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Russ is back in the saddle with another great show:

  1. Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing (1979)
  2. Nelson Bragg - We’re Gonna Laugh Ab
  1. Soft Boys - Kingdom of Love (Underwater Moonlight)
  2. Popealopes - Violet (Kerosene, 1989)
  3. Matt Berninger - Bonnet of Pins (2025)
  4. Psychedelic Furs - We Love You (s/t 1980)
  5. Nick Drake - Northern Sky (Bryter Layter, 1971)
  6. Ray LaMontagne - Long Way Home (Long Way Home, 2024)
  7. Fred Neil - D...
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This week, Russ plays:

  1. Old Sea Brigade, Luke Sital-Singh - Call Me When You Land (2020, All The Ways You Sing in The Dark)
  2. Scott Hirsch - Future King (2025, Future King)
  3. Beck - Where It’s At (1996)
  4. The Delines - Maureen’s Gone Missing (2025, Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom)
  5. Neal Frances, She Say She - Broken Glass (2025)
  6. Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk (2011, How Do You Do)
  7. Elvis Costello - Opportunity (1980, Get Happy!)
  8. The Moonlandingz, ...
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April 9, 2025 57 mins
  1. Jessica Pratt - Life Is (Here is the Pitch, 2024)
  2. Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (Psychocandy, 1985)
  3. Mekons - You’re Not Singing Anymore (Horror, 2025)
  4. Pretenders - Kid (s/t - 1979)
  5. Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain (Early Morning Rain, 1965)
  6. John Martyn - Over Hill (Solid Air, 1973)
  7. Depedro, Calexico - Two Parts in One (Cruce de Caminos), 2025
  8. Dan Janisch - I Dream of You (Weeds, 1998)
  9. JS Ondara - Lebanon (Tales o...
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March 26, 2025 58 mins

Russ pops the cork on the 25th episode of The Goodtime Hour:

 

  1. Thunderclap Newman - Something in The Air (1969)
  2. Pulling Mussels from a Shell - Squeeze (Argybargy,)
  1. Nick Lowe - So it Goes (Jesus of Cool, 1978)
  2. Byrds - My Back Pages
  3. Russ Tolman - North Hollywood Blues
  4. Guy Clark - LA Freeway
  5. Hiss Golden Messenger - Sanctuary
  6. Sierra Farrell - The Sea (Washington by the Sea, 2019)
  7. Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
  8. C...
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March 11, 2025 58 mins

1. Gill Landry - Make It Through The Night (Anthropocene Blues) (Cinnamon Canyon Blues, 2024)

  1. Eilen Jewell - Witness (Gypsy, 2019)
  2. Theo Lawrence - Heaven To Me (Homemade Lemonade, 2018)
  3. Thee Sacred Souls - Can I Call You Rose (s/t - 2022)
  4. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Let’s Get It On, 1973)
  5. Mayer Hawthorne - Henny & Gingerale (Album Version) (How Do You Do, 2011)
  6. Chic - Le Freak (C’est...
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Russ chats with Gill Landry, two-time Grammy winner with Old Crow Medicine Show, about his own music...

1. Gill Landry - Dead Language

2. Gill Landry - Denver Girls

3. Gill Landry - Waiting For Your Love

4. Gill Landry - Nobody’s Coming

5. Gill Landry - Take This Body

6. Gill Landry - Always Here Tonight

7. Gill Landry - The Place They Call Home 

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Russ chats with artist/musician Jon Langford and spins the following tunes:

 

1. Delines - Left Hook Like Frazier

2. Thee Sacred Souls - Live for You

3. Mekons - Where Were You

4. The Three Johns - Death of the European

5. Jon Langford - Natchez Trace

6. Jon Langford - Pill Sailor

7. Freakons - Blue Scars of a Miner

8. Mekon - Memphis Egypt

9. Jon Langford & The Bright Shiners - Awake The Land of the Shadows

10. The Waco Brothe...

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Russ chats with old pal Matt Piucci about all things Rain Parade, boatclub, Hellenes, Crazy Horse, and rocking with Country Joe McDonald...

Rain Parade - You Are My Friend (explosions in the glass palace)

Rain Parade - No Easy Way Down (ditto)

Rain Parade - Depending on You (Crashing Dream)

boatclub - Milo

Rain Parade - Last Rays of a Dying Sun (rain parade LP of same name)

Rain Parade - Last Stop on the Underground (New RP EP sa...

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Longtime buddy Howe Gelb and I take a peek at his 40 year career...

1. Howe Gelb - Thousand Kisses Deep

2. Giant Sand - Shiver

3. Giant Sand - Happenstance

4. Howe Gelb - Terribly So

5. Giant Sand - Cowboy Boots on Cobble Stone

6. Howe Gelb Sno Angel - Paradise There About

7. Giant Sand - Hurting Habit

8. Giant Sand - Black Venetian Blind 

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Russ Tolman of Paisley Underground adjacent band True West spins PU tunes and tells tales about the scene:

1. 15 Minutes - Last Chance For You

2. True West - Steps to the Door

3. Rain Parade - I Look Around (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, 1983)

4. Salvation Army - She Turns to Flowers (Self-Titled, 1982)

5. The Bangs - Getting Out of Hand (first 45, 1981)

6. Long Ryders - 10-5-60 (self-titled EP, 1983) PVC

7. Green on Red - Black...

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