The Infinite Dial

Country stations outside North America are always an odd bunch with an almost anthropological approach to the format. They are often older in focus and closer to Americana than the mainstream Country format as practiced on any major-market station here. But it was still amusing to discover France's Music Box 92.8, which bills itself as "La Radio Country Rock." Besides the perfect irony of hearing the Dixie Chicks' "Travelin' Soldier" for the first time on the radio in five years on a French country station, there were other amusing touches, including the odd rockabilly version of the Guess Who/Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All Over."

Here's Music Box just after 6 p.m. local time today:

Dixie Chicks, "Traveling Soldier"
Hal Ketchum, "She's Something"
Steve & Heather, "Right Now" (odd cover of the Mary Chapin Carpenter song)
Beatles, "Michelle" (staged as "here's a flashback from the '60s")
Vince Gill, "What You Give Away"
Jesse Garon, "Je Crois En La Vie"
Little Big Town, "Good As Gone"
Kevin Wood, "Hello Love"
Gene Vincent, "Rocky Road Blues" (also with a flashback stager, but a little less out there than "Michelle")