This show, broadcast Thursday mornings from 9 to 11 Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM, features two hours of the newest Americana music out there and it’s also where you can relive some of the classics, and hear from some of our local Americana artists. We are broadcasting live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, in the heart of Sonoma County. Stream us live Thursday mornings or download the KOWS mobile app at kowsfm.com/listen.
Coming up on Episode 498, Thursday, February 27, 2024
Two months into 2025 we find ourselves longing for the good times, the good days, when we knew what a social contract was all about. This week on Blue Moon we’ll pay our usually homage in tributes and birthdays but we’ll also listen carefully to some of the better songwriting talents in the Americana corral. Tune in this week for some originals and covers of Tom Waits’ brilliant songwriting, classic Faron Young and Rosanne Cash. We’ll even have a sneak peek at a track from the new Numero label “Barnyard Beehives” with a track going way back by one Vanita Thompson. But the new music has risen above all today’s fray with Sean McConnell, Natalie Jean, Seth Walker and Lilly Hiatt at the front of the new release line. We hope you’ll join us.
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What a week it was. The world witnessed a display of egocentricity (among other things) in the Oval Office. And then, on the other side of the room, the dark and lumbering failure of a Press Corps to speak truth to power. This week’s Blue Moon will be on the political side; after all, we all want to celebrate all FORMER Presidents on President’s Day, now don’t we. Throwback sounds this week will lead off with some Utah Phillips and we’ll run down the line with Baez, Newman, Simone and a couple of others to commemorate what we once had. There’s also some fine new sounds to share with you this week. Valerie June, Charley Crockett, Miss Tess, and The Altons are all queued up and rady to spin as Sonoma County works its way past one more cold winter storm and Spring promises what it can. Join us on kowsfm.com/listen this Thursday morning.
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| 2 | 00:00 | Utah Phillips | The rich will not permit you to vote away their wealth |  |
| 3 | 02:38 | Joan Baez | The President Sang Amazing Grace | |
| 4 | 09:30 | Sturgill Simpson | Breakers Roar | |
| 5 | 13:00 | Kat Edmonson | Keep Movin' | |
| 6 | 16:14 | Valerie June | Joy Joy! | |
| 7 | 19:07 | Nina Simone | Don't Smoke in Bed (President's Day) | |
| 8 | 26:51 | The Altons | Float | |
| 9 | 30:48 | Charley Crockett | Lonesome Drifter | |
| 10 | 33:41 | Chuck Prophet | In the Shadows (for Elon) [feat. Qiensave] | |
| 11 | 36:37 | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Looks Like the End of the Road | |
| 12 | 44:20 | Sam Bush | Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) | |
| 13 | 47:37 | Larkin Poe | Little Bit | |
| 14 | 51:39 | The Doobie Brothers | Walk This Road (feat. Mavis Staples) | |
| 15 | 55:14 | Joanne Shaw Taylor | All The Things I Said | |
| 16 | 1:03:43 | Jason Isbell | Bury Me | |
| 17 | 1:06:40 | Steve Earle | Rich Man's War | |
| 18 | 1:10:03 | Ruth Brown | Hello Little Boy (President's Day) | |
| 19 | 1:12:33 | The Lumineers | Same Old Song | |
| 20 | 1:20:30 | James Bay ft. Jon Batiste | Sunshine in the Room | |
| 21 | 1:23:28 | Paul Thorn | Geraldine & Ricky | |
| 22 | 1:27:28 | The Rhythm Rangers | Dead Presidents | |
| 23 | 1:30:23 | Sierra Hull | Boom | |
| 24 | 1:36:47 | Sarah Borges | Mercy Of The Moon | |
| 25 | 1:40:31 | Desert Rose Band | For the Rich Man | |
| 26 | 1:44:43 | Ringo Starr ft. Molly Tuttle | Look Up | |
| 27 | 1:47:46 | Miss Tess | Louisiana | |
| 28 | 1:53:59 | Randy Newman | Every Man a King | |
| 29 | 1:55:00 | Dan Bern | President | |