Theme Index

Here is a convenient way to listen and to find past Editions in Dave's Basement Tracks.   My absolute favorite thing to do is to create themed playlists.  I hope you meander about a little, and find a song or musician that you love and had never heard before.

Links are active if the blog post has been published including the Release Reviews and our mini reviews Monday Morning Songs. If you are looking for pointers of where to start, try visiting this Popular Post Stats   There are four volumes of my Around Town live video highlights, find them all linked in this volume.

#442) Around Town Vol 4

#441) Baseball Volume 2

#440) Passionate Play

#439) American V1

#438) Monday Morning Song - Barn's On Fire

#437) Lies

#436) Worry It's Ok

#435) Monday Morning Song - Whiskey Before Breakfast (6 Pack)

#434) Shame

#433) Satisfied

#432) Monday Morning Song - Ring Them Bells (6 Pack)

#431) Mixtape 2 for Kelly

#430) February

#429) Monday Morning Song - Nobody's Fault But Mine

#428) Covers (Educate Dave)

#427) Emily Scott Robinson - Appalachia

#426) Mexico

#425) Monday Morning Song - If I Needed You - Rest In Peace Renee Good

#424) Natural Pairs & Couples

#423) Beatles Covers Vol 2

#422) Monday Morning Song - Song for a Winter's Night (4 Pack)

#421) Title Tracks Vol II - Lady Friends

#420) Monday Morning Song - Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown (4 Pack)

#419) Lookin' for something to do?

#418) Title Tracks Vol I

#417) 50 Year Anniversary of 1976 Music Vol. II

#416) Monday Morning Song - A Satisfied Mind (4 Pack)

#415) Smile

#414) 50 Year Anniversary of 1976 Music Vol. I

#413) Monday Morning Song - Another Cup of Coffee (4 pack)

#412) Tell Me A Story Volume 3

#411) Xmas Monday Morning Song - Merry Christmas, Adios So Long

#410) Top Songs of 2025 - Dave's Dozen

#409) Top Albums of 2025 - Dave's Dozen

#408) Xmas Monday Morning Song - Come Walkin' in the Snow

#407) MEAMs - (Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories)

#406) Another Perspective

#405) Xmas Monday Morning Song - Believe

#404) Gold

#403) Monday Morning Song - Low Down Dirty

#402) The First Snow

#401) Top 20 Posts All Time

#400) Four Something

#399) Monday Morning Song - Never Go Away

#398) Farms and Fields

#397) An Eau Claire Fairytale

#396) Monday Morning Song - Dirtbag Saloon

#395) Mixed Tape - Kelly 80's Folk Music

#394) Monday Morning Song - Santa Lucia

#393) Songa - From duo, to trio, to String Band

#392) Rosie

#391) Monday Morning Song - Badger Boy in Blue

#390) Haunting of the Blog Volume IV

#389) Haunting of the Blog - Throwback Haunted Thursday - Macbeth's Witches

#388) Haunting of the Blog - Wicked Wednesday

#387) Haunting of the Blog - Tune Tuesday - Bury Me - Dusty Heart

#386) Haunting of the Blog - Monday Morning Song - Hillbillies in a Haunted House

#385) Haunting of the Blog - Darker

#384) Haunting of the Blog - My Creepy Videos

#383) Waitress

#382) Licensed to Feel

#381) Working For A Living

#380) Sunset to Sunrise

#379) Tequila

#378) Monday Morning Song - Hold Me Closer

#377) Thinking About Women

#376) Monday Morning Song - Life's a Beach

#375) Deep Cuts Volume Two

#374) Monday Morning Song - Call Me Lazy

#373) 2025 Great River Folk Fest Songwriter Contest

#372) Monday Morning Song - Pet Peeves

#371) In the Mood for Food Volume 2

#370) Around Town Playlist Highlights Volume 3

#369) Deep Cuts Vol. 1

#368) Monday Morning Song - Long Gone Don Juan

#367) Rain Storms Vol. 3

#366) Wine, It's Time

#365) Beer Volume Two

#364) Moccasin Creek Festival 2025

#363) Basic Living

#362) Up & Out There

#361) SERFA 2025 Owensboro KY

#360) Monday Morning Song - Rolling Down The Line

#359) Hey Cowboy

#358) Beatles Covers Volume One

#357) Eyes Volume Three

#356) Sweet

#355) Preacher & Prophet Dreams

#354) Soundtracks

#353) One Hundred Thousand

#352) Bandcamp Friday March 2025 Highlights

#351) 25th Anniversary of 2000 Music V1

#350) "Will You Go With Me?" - Racyne Parker

#349) 2024 Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Recap

#348) Monday Morning Song - You Taught Me

#347) Heaven

#346) Family Vol 2

#345) 25th Anniversary of 2000 Music V2

#344) Home

#343) "Skyline" - The Starlight Darlins

#342) Monday Morning Song - Kids

#341) Years Go By

#340) Whiskey Thinking V3

#339) 1975 50th Anniversary Vol. 4

#338) Monday Morning Song - Home Tonight

#337) "When it All Goes Down" - Sarah King

#336) Only Remembered

#335) 1975 50th Anniversary Vol. 3

#334) Classified Blues

#333) So I'm Old

#332) Bluebird

#331) Dylan Covers - A Complete Unknown Edition

#330) 1975 50th Anniversary Vol. 2

#329) 1975 50th Anniversary Vol. 1

#328) All the Ladies Now

#327) Cheers to 2024

#326) Brought to you by the letter W

#325) Merry Christmas 2024

#324) Civil War(s)

#323) Peace

#322) Don't Bury These Songs

#321) 25th Anniversary of 1999

#320) Michael Tyler Demos

#319) & (the ampersand)

#318) Around Town Highlights Vol 2

#317) Midnight

#316) I Can Do It

#315) Bluff View House Concert Video History

#314) Long Road

#313) Vote of Redemption

#312) Weary Ramblers (self titled)

#311) Haunting of the Blog Volume 3

#310) Bandcamp Friday Oct 2024 Highlights Plus

#309) 1974 50th Anniversary (2nd 25)

#308) 1974 50th Anniversary

#307) Bandcamp Friday Sep 2024 Highlights

#306) Rain Vol. 2

#305) "The Beauty of This Now" by Marc Douglas Berardo

#304) Moccasin Creek Festival 2024

#303) Ethos Discussion

#302) Bucket List July 2024

#301) Slow

#300) Top Fan & My Favorite Posts

#299) Monday Morning Song - Nevermind by Leonard Cohen

#298) Sundays

#297) "When We Rise" - Jess Klein

#296) Monday Morning Song - Annie's Place by Jess Klein

#295) "Boomerang Town" - Jaimee Harris

#294) Dog Days

#293) SERFA 2024

#292) Dresses Vol 2

#291) Still Around

#290) "Halfway to Houston" - Susan Werner

#289) Sweet Virginia

#288) Abuse Awareness Playlist

#287) Rest in Peace Dickey Betts

#286) 4/20 Don't Bogart that Song

#285) Around Town Playlist Highlights V1

#284) April

#283) Pete & Pat Show Playlist #2

#282) Happy Easter Jesus

#281) Sacrifice

#280) Women's Herstory Month 2024

#279) "El Viejo" - Corb Lund

#278) Texas Attitude

#277) "Also Going Nowhere" - Luke Callen

#276) Rocky Mountain Folks Fest

#275) Taylor Swift Song Study

#274) Shake

#273) "So Strong" - Jaspar Lepak

#272) Tell me a Story Vol. 2

#271) Witch Hunt

#270) "Seven Stones" - Katie Dahl

#269) Minstrel Boy Save his Soul

#268) Retail, meet me at the mall

#267) Sweaters & Shirts

#266) Top Songs in 2023 - Year in Review

#265) "Transit Damage" - Shinyribs

#264) December

#263) "Ozark Symphony" - Kelly Hunt

#262) Memphis

#261) Joshua Quimby - self titled

#260) The Pete & Pat Show Playlist 1

#259) Guitars

#258) "Love is Why" - Kerri Powers

#257) The Haunting of the Blog II

#256) MM Song - "Roots" - Joyann Parker

#255) "Why Live Without" - Cup O'Joe

#254) MM Song - "Nothing Else Matters" - Lindsay Lou

#253) Songs about Musicians Vol. 2

#252) "Immigrant Songs" - Wolf Loescher

#251) MM Song - "I Remember Everything" - John Prine

#250) Taylor Swift Pitchlist

#249) Weary Ramblers Live at the Bluff View

#248) MM Song - "For Judas" - Adeem the Artist

#247) "It's a Complicated Life" - The Two Tracks

#246) MM Song - "Hey Hey What Can I Do?" - Sarah King

#245) Streets Vol 1

#244) "More Than a Whisper" - Celebrating the music of Nanci Griffith

#243) MM Song - "Cedar Street" - Andrea Von Kampen

#242) "Duets Vol. 1" - Karen Mal & David Stoddard

#241) MM Song -"Comeback Queen" - Nikki Morgan

#240) Trempeauleau playlist

#239 "Run So Deep" - Siena Christie

#238) MM Song - "The Bears Still Suck" - Happy Schnapps Combo

#237) Family

#236) "Sweet Beginnings" - Kathryn Severing Fox

#235) Great River Folk Fest 2023

#234) MM Song - "Trempealeau Hotel" - David Nash

#233) Labor Day 2023

#232) 2023 GRFF Songwriter Winner - Sarah King

#231) MM Song - "Vampire Girl" - Good Morning Bedlam

#230) Drift

#229) "Midwest Mama" -Monica Austin

#228) MM Song - "We Made it Home" - Melody Walker

#227) The Missing Stair - Phoebe Hunt & Melody Walker

#226) Introducing Julie Williams "Self Titled"

#225) Warren Nelson and Friends

#224) MMSong - "Everything I Wanted" by Beth Bombara

#223) Summer Ride

#222) "Animal Communicator" - Robin Bienemann

#221) MMSong - "Not Mine" by Taylor Rae

#220) Slow Down and Listen

#219) "Love Never Rests" - Mike Ward

#218) MMSong - "Find Less" by Ira Wolf

#217) Mentionables

#216) "Here's To You" - Sarah Morris

#215) It's Hot

#214) GRFF Songwriter Final Week Highlights.

#213) GRFF Songwriter Week 4 Highlights

#212) "If You Knew Me" - The Shandies

#211) GRFF Songwriter Week 3 Highlights

#210) Dylan Covers Vol 2

#209) GRFF Songwriter Week 2 Highlights

#208) MMSong- "Shake and Bake" by Kerri Powers

#207) Dylan Covers Vol 1.

#206) "No Scars, No Stories" - Lojo Russo

#205) GRFF Songwriter Week 1 Highlights

#204)"Shine" - Mr. Blink

#203) GRFF Songwriter Day 1 Highlights

#202) MMSong- "Schedule 1" by Alex Toast

#201) Wired

#200) "The Tattooed Lady and The Alligator Man" - Marcia Ball

#199) Whiskey You are a Friend of Mine Vol 2

#198) "Bluegrass Vacation" - Robbie Fulks

#197) MMSong - "Rocks" by Angela Soffe

#196) Stop by the House

#195) "You Let the Light In" - Hope Dunbar 

#194) MMSong - "Look at us Now" - Daisy Jones & the Six

#193) Daisy Jones Inspired

#192) "Delicate and Wild" - Stone & Snow

#191) MMSong - "Early Morning Light" - Sarah Jarosz

#190) "Broken Ties" - The Vogts Sisters

#189) MMSong - "Grown Ass Woman" by Kiss the Tiger

#188) "Songs You Didn't Know I Wrote About You" - Emily White

#187) MMSong -"Discount Love" - Kinda, Fonda, Wanda

#186) Autos, Vans & Tucks Vol. 2

#185) "Twenty on High" - Drayton Farley

#184) MMSong - "The Roses" by Emily Johnson-Erday

#183) Autos, Vans, & Trucks Vol. 1

#182) International Women's Day

#181) Mike Munson & Crooked Willow Around Town

#180) MMSong - "Atlantic City" by Honey Suckle

#179) "Homemaker" - Jill Barber

#178) Out & About Town 2/24-25 with Carrie Sue, Long Mama, & Luke Callen

#177) MMSong - "Tomatoes From The Vine" by Luke Callen

#176) The Ballad of

#175) MMSong - "Curious" by Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds

#174) Cats

#173) 4 Albums Bayfield Edition - S. Farrell, Ozark Mtn, Wailin Jennys and Maygen & Birdwatcher

#172) MMSong - "No Place I'd Rather Be" by Ryan Holweger

 #171) Let's spin 4 albums

#170) Monday Morning Song - "Liv" by Billy King

#169) When I leave

#168) 4 Albums - L Cohen, Luke Callen, Long Mama, Allison Young

#167) Rainbows

#166) Goldpine - One

#165) Happy National Pie Day

#164) Road Vol 1 

#163) Michaela Anne - Oh To Be That Free Again

#162) Tri-State IL, WI, IA

#161) Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings - Love Is The Only Thing

#160) Whiskey - A Salute to Kent Aubry

#159) Fishermen

#158) Grayson Capps - South Front Street

#157) January

#156) Happy New YEAR

#155) Flashback Friday - The Zemmy Awards

#154) Deidre McCalla - Endless Grace

#153) Top Songs of 2022

#152) Mike Munson - Two Chickadee Project Winner

#151) Oh Mary

#150) Buffalo Rose - Again, Again, Again

#149) Bluff View Concerts - Good Morning Bedlam

#148) Americana Highways 2022 Albums Vote

#147) The Matchsellers - The Wishful Thinkers' Hall of Fame

#146) Bandcamp Friday Dec 2022

#145) Romance

#144) Abbie Gardner - Dobrosinger

#143) The Economics of Music by Carsie Blanton

#142) Kerrville New Folk Volume 2 2013-2004

#141) Camela Widad - Today's Gurl

#140) Driftless Women in Music

#139) Kerriville New Folk Volume 1 2022-14

#138) Lisa Bastoni - How We Want to Live

#137) Two Chickadee Project

#136) Trapper Schoepp at the Pump House

#135) Musical Musings by Dave Franklin

#134) Pretending

#133) Emily Scott Robinson - Built on Bones

#132) Good Old Boys

#131) Bandcamp Friday Nov 2022

#130) Bluff View Treats - Pay it Forward

#129) The Dangling Participles - One More Drop

#128) The Haunting of the blog

#127) Love Stories

#126) Chain of Lakes - The Catch Album (Kyle Rasche)

#125) FARM 2022 Recap

#124) Genevieve Racette - Satellite

#123) Monday Stories

#122) Immigrant Stories

#121) Introducing Ellie Gowers

#120) Fall

#119) Bandcamp Friday Oct 2022 Highlights

#118) Willi Carlisle - Peculiar, Missouri 

#117) Eyes Volume 2

#116) On the Right Side

#115) The Foreign Landers - Put All Your Troubles Away 

#114) Eyes Volume 1

#113) Joseph Huber - Moondog 

#112) Are you hungry? (Food songs)

#111) Americana Fest

#110) Matthew Barber - Old Tapes

#109) Luck

#108) People

#107) Tiffany Williams - All Those Days of Drinking Dust

#106) Labor Day Weekend 2022 - Water is Life

#105) Bandcamp Friday September 2022

#104) Siena Christie - Ice Olation

#103) What a Wonderful World - a walk around the weekend

#102) Great River Folk Fest 2022

#101) JP Harris - Don't You Marry a Railroad Man

#100) Friends

#99) Beer

#98) The Accidentals - Reimagined

#97) Storyhill Fest 2022

#96) Morning Bird - Cosmic Escape

#95) Mile of Music / Dakota Weekend

#94) Trains Vol. 2

#93) Sarah King - The Hour

#92) Trains Vol. 1

#91) Family Fun

#90) New July Music

#89) Dance

#88) Confusions & Delusions

#87) Introducing Kelsey Waldon

#86) Introducing Caludo

#85) Cooking (inspired by Cooking with Bao)

#84) Moccasin Creek Festival - Part 2 (Molly Healey)

#83) Moccasin Creek Festival - Part 1 --- (The Burney Sisters)

#82) Carsie Blanton - Love & Rage

#81) Dying to Live

#80) Lucky Dog Parodies

#79) Mike Ward : Psychosongs - Particles to Pearls

#78) A Night at the Commons

#77) High School Days 

#76) Shanna in a Dress - Robot

#75) We Remember in Song

#74) GRFF, Discogs, and more

#73) Mavis Staples / Levon Helm - Carry Me Home

#72) It's a Job

#71) Taylor Rae - Mad Twenties

#70) Great River Folk Fest Songwriting Contest

#69) May's Bandcamp Friday Favorites

#68) The Stray Birds - Magic Fire

#67) Review of Caroline Spence at the Turf Club

#66) Magical Shoes

#65) Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno (self titled)

#64) Numbers- When I'm 64

#63) Special - Great River Folk Fest Songwriter Contest

#62) Always Saturday

#61) Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren

#60) Human

#59) Trouble

#58) Who did it better? Vol. #1

#57) Colors

#56) Valleys

#55) Resonant Rogues - Straight to Tape at Bigtone Studios

#54) Rain

#53) Sugar

#52) Jessica Malone - The Alley Avenue Sessions

#51) Buddy you got the Time?

#50) Turn Two on State Street

#49) DBT Baseball Songs

#48) Lost

#47) Let me be lonely

#46) Humbird -Still Life

#45) End of Story...

#44) War, what is it good for

#43) Meet The Whitmore Sisters

#42) Celtic Connections

#41) Show Me the Money

#40) Meet The Calico Stray

#39) Americana Hymns

#38) States Route 1

#37) Revisit DBT Ghost of West Virginia

#36) Sibling Harmonies

#35) Clowns

#34) Revisit GRFF Laugh at it

#33) Dresses

#32) Songs about Musicians

#31) Revisit DBT Flannel 

#30) The Heart of Love

#29) Heartbreak Boulevard

#28) Revisit GRFF Peace, Love & Unity

#27) Angeline

#26) Pick a day 

#25) Revisit DBT Gregg Allman

#24) Morning Mojo

#23) Ghosts

#22) Revisit GRFR Colors

#21) Tobacco Road

#20) What?

#19) The Sapsuckers

#18) Paint me in Love

#17) Revisit DBT Andy Allo

#16) Peaky Blinders

#15) Murder on the Mississippi Express

#14) 2021 Year End Memories Part 3

#13) The Zemmy Show

#12) 2021 Year End Memories Part 2

#11) 2021 Year End Memories Part 1

#10) String me along

#9) I've got the Blues

#8) Tell me a Story

#7) Digital Friends

#6) Flesh & Blood Friends

#5) Great River Folk Fest Songwriter Contest

#4) Songs bought on May7th

#3) Bandcamp Friday

#2) Treat in Bandcamp

#1) New songs bought in Bandcamp