Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each week we bring you a preview of some of the tracks that will be hitting the airwaves in the near future, and today we'll be featuring the new single from actor Jeff Bridges. He has a new album out on Blue Note called "What A Little Bit Of Love Can Do", and this is the title track from it.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner! Each day we bring you a preview of some of the tracks that'll be hitting the Long Island radio airwaves in the near future, and today we'll be featuring a howmgrown group called Two-Cent Sam. They have a new album out this month called Songs from the Sandbox, which is available on their website at www.twocentsam.com. The band will be performing at The Bitter End in Manhattan 1\at 9:30 on May 14th. Here's the first single from the new album, called "This Town", here on The Examiner.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we bring you a preview of some of the tracks that'll be hitting the airwaves on Long Island in the near future, and today we're going to be spotlighting the new release from Drive-By Truckers called "Go-Go Boots". The album is available through ATO, and this is a track from it called "Everybody Needs Love". You can get more information from the band's website at drivebytruckers.com.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner! Each day we bring you a preview of some of the tracks that will be hitting the airwaves in the near future, and today we're spotlighting the new release from The Flower Machine titled "Lavender Lane", which is available through Rainbow Quartz Records. You can get more information on this release through the bands official website at www.theflowermachine.com.

Words & Music by Pete Ham; Scott Kuchler - lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Steve Cafarelli - backing vocals, drums; Mark Altschuler - lead guitar; Jim Falacara - bass

Heather Pierson was born on the edge of the American West and raised on the music of the South - blues, jazz, soul - music that is at once both celebratory and melancholy. After delving into these genres and many more in her growth as a musician, her explorations culminate in the release of Make It Mine. This collection of 16 songs explores the universal themes of love, loss, hope and perseverance in a manner reminiscent of such songwriters as Joni Mitchell and Paula Cole. In a career that has thus far spanned over three decades, Heather’s performances and songwriting capture the depth and character of her heartland roots and the wildness and beauty of her current New England home.

Greetings, and welcome to The Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we bring you a preview of the tracks that may be hitting the airwaves in your area in the near future, and today we're spotlighting a new release from The Jim Small Band titled "Everybody".

The Jim Small Band has been a fixture in the Long Island club scene for over 25 years. They bring a reputation of playing tightly crafted arrangements, honed during more than 5,000 live performances. The versatility of the musicians gives the music a wide variety of styles , some songs being guitar-driven, others feature a full horn section or delicate 4 part vocal harmony.

Playing a mix of rock, blues, soul, swing and reggae, this eight-piece ensemble has developed and maintained a strong core of fans. They'll be performing at Mulcahy's in Wantagh on November 12th, and you can get more information on their new release at their website, jimsmallband.com.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we give you a preview of some of the tracks that may be hitting the airwaves in the near future, today we'll be spotlighting a few tracks from the new album by Jordan Reyne titled "How The Dead Live". Jordan Reyne is an industrial-folk musician who uses 19th century factory noises, steam sounds, and celtic melody to tell folk tales in a new way.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we bring you a preview of the tracks that may be hitting the radio airwaves in the near future, and today we'll be featuring a new album by Mike Stout called Americana Dream: Keeping The Promise. Following in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Mike Stout is a socially conscious singer song-writer and community leader who rallies people through his Americana folk music to take action against local and global economic injustices.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each week we bring you a preview of the tracks that will be hitting the airwaves on Long Island in the near future, and today we feature a new John Lennon release on what would have been his 70th birthday. Yoko Ono and producer Jack Douglas have created a new version of Lennon's final album Double Fantasy, and today we feature a track from it called "(Just Like) Starting Over".

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Welcome to The Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we bring you a preview of some of the tracks that will be hitting the airwaves in the near future, and today we'll be spotlighting a group out of Chicago called The Pondhawks. They have a new album out called "The Pondhawks...Have Landed", and we'll be playing two of the focus tracks from that album; "Fire Eyes", and "Dragonfly". You can get more information on The Pondhawks from their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/thepondhawks.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we bring you a preview of the tracks that are heading to the airwaves in the near future, and today we're featuring the new release from J. Punch & Dave Moonshine called "Stick Figure guy.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we bring you a preview of the songs you'll be hearing over the radio airwaves in the near future, and today we're spotlighting the forthcoming album by James McCartney. The son of Sir Paul McCartney is releasing his debut record, "Available Light" on Engine Company records on September 21st, and we have a couple of tracks from it to play for you.

1)"Old Man"

2) "Angel"

We'll be back tomorrow with another new radio track, don't forget to visit us on the web at http://www.examiner.com/radio-in-long-island/scott-kuchler. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Each day we bring you the most current tracks being promoted to radio, and today we're going to feature the new album by Robert Plant called Band Of Joy. The former Led Zeppelin frontman is continuing along the bluegrass path he first went down with Allison Krauss on 2007's Grammy award winning "Raising Sand". This time out, he's teamed up with Nashville heavyweights Buddy Miller, Patty Griifiin, Daryl Scott, Byron House and Marco Giovino for an album that borrows it's name from the pre-Zeppelin band that Plant was in with drummer John Bonham. The album is out on Rounder Records, and we're going to hear two tracks from it.

1) "Angel Dance"

2) "Central Two-O-Nine"

Don't forget to download us every day for a preview of what's you'll be hearing on the radio airwaves in the near future, and visit us on the web at http://www.examiner.com/radio-in-long-island/scott-kuchler

Welcome to the Long Island Radio Examiner. Summer is over and it's that time of year when college radio is back in session and a number of festivals including the Americana Music Festival in Nashville and the CMJ Music Festival in New York are almost upon us. Which means that there's a lot of new music heading towards the airwaves as the labels start promotiong one of the heaviest release schedules of the year. We're going to give you a sampling of what you may be hearing on your radio dial in the very near future, and we're going to start things off with a release by Justin Townes Earle. This young man is the son of the great Steve Earle, and the namesake of Townes Van Zandt, so he has quite a legacy to live up to. He does so admirably however, and here's the title track from his latest release on Bloodshot Records called "Harlem River Blues"