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 507, Thursday, May 1, 2025
The music abides. This week delivers the goods with a long line of ‘look backs’ and plenty of fresh, unopened gifts from the likes of Sweet Megg, Turnpike Troubadors, and Jade Bird. We’ll be celebrating some birthdays from Little Walter, Wayne Hancock, Rita Coolidge and a long line of releases from the past featuring Johnny Cash, Eagles, Merle Haggard and Bill Withers. We remind ourselves that Americana music is a big tent and all genres are welcome; we might even call the collection something as simple, yet human, as being a genre that is identified by diversity, equality and inclusion. To suggest anything else would be lacking the understanding of the human condition. We’ll also celebrate the release of Bob Dylan’s 2004 album Lovesick and Merle Haggard’s brilliant 1969 tribute to the Singing Brakeman, Jimmie Rodgers, right alongside new music from Irma Thomas, Jefferson Ross and Valerie June. Our first show of May is, appropriately positioned on May Day, a day celebrating an old country festival of ancient origin which has evolved into International Workers’ Day across the globe.

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Last week’s (Episode 506) show and playlist:
In trying times, music serves as both a refuge and a rallying cry. It gives voice to our collective emotions—anger, hope, defiance—and can unify people across divides with shared rhythms and messages while also offering comfort and solidarity. Music can become part of the resistance. And if you’re not paying attention…well, you are ignoring at your own peril as well as that of your loved ones. This week’s music.  We’ll give you songs from across the divide this week including tributes, reflections and celebrations from the past from Tom Petty, Big Star, and Woody Guthrie. But this week’s contemporary sounds come from the heart: Sean Harrison,  Lucinda Williams and Valerie June are amongst the performers we have for you. So keep us in your heart…our show is called Blue Moon Americana.

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2	00:00	Woody Guthrie	Tear the Fascists Down
3	06:20	Lucinda Williams	Man Without a Soul
4	11:47	Jakob Dylan & Cat Power	You Showed Me
5	15:13	Paul Thorn	Courage My Love
6	24:43	Galactic & Irma Thomas	Where I Belong
7	28:06	Sean Harrison	Good Cover Story
8	32:57	Palmyra	Shape I'm In
9	37:00	Big Star	Thirteen
10	44:03	Tom Petty	Free Fallin'
11	48:07	Charley Crockett	Jamestown Ferry
12	51:25	Van Morrison	Down To Joy
13	54:59	Charles Wesley Godwin	It's The Little Things
14	59:23	Paige Plaisance	Back Home Feelin' (Radio Edit)
15	1:06:34	Willie Nelson	Banks Of The Old Bandera
16	1:09:52	George Jones	She Thinks I Still Care
17	1:12:23	Galactic & Irma Thomas	How Glad I Am
18	1:20:06	Emily Zisman	Don't Let the Devil
19	1:22:34	Slack Key Ohana & Rand Anderson	Slack Key Blues
20	1:25:32	Annie and the Caldwells	Wrong
21	1:27:52	Valerie June	Endless Tree
22	1:33:54	Big Star	When My Baby's Beside Me
23	1:37:11	The Flying Burrito Brothers	Cody Cody
24	1:39:53	Sierra Hull	Let's Go (feat. Aoife O'Donovan)
25	1:42:38	S.G. Goodman	Fire Sign
26	1:45:32	Alison Krauss & Union Station	Granite Mills
27	1:54:47	Bob Dylan	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat