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Love Bug Boogie
Love Bug Boogie

Thursday, March 21 @Midnite on KOWS
Love Bug Boogie
We’ll be going back about four years for some foot-tappin’ rhythm when it was shelter-in-place here in Sonoma County. The genuine stuff brought to you by the supporters and underwriters of Community Radio here in the county. Tune in for a blast of soul and rhythm and blues in the key of love with Etta James, Ella Johnson, Julia Lee, Jackie Wilson, The Flairs, and the great Barbara Lynn. Our social distancing matters even though our first desire is to be close with each other. If we can’t have it first or second hand, then will take it third hand. So why not tune into some third hand roots sounds, all with the honest theme of love: sugar coated love, the miracle of love, and makin’ love. 

Episode 450
Episode 450

Thursday, March 21 @9am on KOWS
Saturday, March 23 @3am on KOWS
Blue Moon Americana – Episode 450
Each week’s show proves that Americana music not only draws inspiration from its roots but also, by its nature, gives a platform to marginalized voices. In those fresh new sounds we hear the elements of music passed down through generations that ultimately make their impact on what we call ‘new’; only with a fresh perspective. Which is what we need to grow in the right direction, not back into the dark but towards the sunlight. We reach out each week on Blue Moon Americana to grow and this week’s crop of new tracks will keep our promise with music from Danielia Cotton, Wonder Women of Country and Kimmi Bitter. The blend of vintage this week will bring some Jimmy Reed blues alongside mid-to-late century rock and country tracks from Manassas, Robert Plant, and Leon Russell. Join us this week; we’d love to have you.

Space Race Rock
Space Race Rock

Friday, March 22 @9am on KOWS
Space Race Rock
What a time it was. The surprise of Sputnik in the early fifties led to a space race, a technological competition that had a profound impact on popular music (not to mention popular culture), providing musicians (and would-be musicians) a rich source of inspiration and contributed to some of the most iconic, as well as comic and out of this world, songs of the era. Themes of space travel, the moon and Mars, and even flying saucers were rampant on the airwaves. And one can only ascribe the fear of aliens to the number attempted novelty bits that reflected that trepidation.  Laughter is, after all, a natural way for fear to be released in human kind. This week we’ll be sharing some of the classics, as well as the unknowns, including Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders, The Drivers, Merv Griffin, The Big Bopper, Dave & The Detomics and quite a few more that even if we were to share their names, you’d probably scratch your head anyway. Drop in for some head-spinning, foot-tapping sounds from the era of the Space Race.

Heart of Saturday Night
Heart of Saturday Night

Saturday, March 23 @9am on KOWS
Heart of Saturday Night
Where else but the heart of Saturday night? We’ve got an eclectic collection of performances that take you ‘there and back’ this Friday morning on Deeper Roots. No theme. No tribute. No genre sweep. Just a collection of some great sounds from the past (and present). Little themes that reach deep and a few awesome covers that you may not be familiar with. We’re making our way to the outskirts of the bayou with Cookie & The Cupcakes and Jo-el Sonnier, then into some gritty blues from Muddy Waters and RL Burnside, and we’ll also have some rollicking country and soul from Big Maybelle, Buck Owens, Mickey Baker, and The Ink Spots. Add a dose of Billie Holiday, LaVern Baker, and Tow Waits…and there you have it. Some surprises and some favorites all rolled up on this Friday morning blue plate special.

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