This week we’ll take some time away for a celebration of Americana sounds from every corner. It’s a mixed bag of jazz, blues, country, rock, and everything in between in another of our free form eclectic romps here on Deeper Roots. Count on some wild swings and some quiet moments reserved for the corner booth in the show today. Aretha, Cat Power, Etta Jones and Gale Garnett are some of the female vocalists that we’ll feature this morning. We’ll also visit that ‘boulevard of broken dreams’ with Esquivel, some lighter instrumentals from Ethel Smith and Herb Alpert; classic softer side Americana from Chris Isaak and Pokey LaFarge and the polar opposite from Creedence and BB King. What a way to blast on into 2025. Join Dave Stroud as he begins yet another year with the promise of doing the right thing…always.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Little Milton | We're Gonna Make It | Chess Blues Disc 4 |  |
| 3 | Marvin Gaye | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 2] | |
| 4 | Jimmy Ruffin | What Becomes of the Brokenhearted | Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 | |
| 5 | Cat Power | Aretha, Sing One For Me | Jukebox | |
| 6 | Aretha Franklin | Don't Play That Song | 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] | |
| 7 | Jimmy Reed | Hush-Hush | The Roots of the Rolling Stones: MOJO Presents 15 Stones-Approved Classics | |
| 8 | Willie Nelson | I'll Love You Till The Day I Die | A Beautiful Time | |
| 9 | Chris Isaak | Only the Lonely | Baja Sessions | |
| 10 | J.J. Cale | I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) | Okie | |
| 11 | Pokey LaFarge | Home Home Home | Rhumba Country | |
| 12 | The Mavericks | That's Not My Name | Suited Up and Ready… – EP | |
| 13 | Esquivel | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Better Call Saul: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack) | |
| 14 | The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band | The Joker (On A Trip Thru The Jungle) | Ultimate Northern Soul – The Classics | |
| 15 | Bob Moore & His Orchestra | Mexico | Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms | |
| 16 | Louis Jordan | Run Joe – Calypso Boys, Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 | Number Ones | |
| 17 | Ethel Smith | Tico Tico | Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 | |
| 18 | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | Spanish Flea | Definitive Hits | |
| 19 | Herbie Hancock | Rockit | Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999 [Disc 1] | |
| 20 | Dick Haymes & Eileen Wilson | It's A Lovely Day Today | Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation | |
| 21 | Julie London | Watermelon Man | Wild Cool and Swingin' | |
| 22 | Etta Jones With J.C. Heard And His Band | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman | Vol. 3-Blues Roots | |
| 23 | B.B. King | Why I Sing the Blues | Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics | |
| 24 | Gale Garnett | We'll Sing In The Sunshine | Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2] | |
| 25 | Shamir | Lived and Died Alone | Northtown – EP | |
| 26 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Run Through the Jungle | Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
| 27 | The Notting Hillbillies | Run Me Down | Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time | |
| 28 | First Aid Kit | Emmylou | The Lion's Roar (Bonus Track Version) | |
| 29 | Marshall Crenshaw | On the Run | Good Evening | |
| 30 | Eugene Pitt/The Jive Five | What Time Is It? | The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 | |
| 31 | Marshall Crenshaw | What Time Is It? | Field Day | |