Quaint, sweet, nostalgic…just a few adjectives to describe today’s music. Digging into the digital bins we’ve surfaced some of the more familiar of tunes from the last century. Early century pop, country, jazz and vocal harmonies all being serenades with upbeat and good natured favorites of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear from Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Ted Lewis, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Blind Blake with songs that ring a true bell in the heart. Songs about lazy rivers, love letters, the lovesick blues, and Kentucky moon. Don’t let yourself get carried away as you lean in closer to the speakers. We certainly don’t want you to hurt yourself. KOWS Community radio is a connection worth making with an eclectic blend of sounds from up and down the genre expanses…streaming to planet Earth at http://www.FreeSpeechNoBull.com. Join us.
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Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin'
Music By Fats Waller
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Gene Austin
Love Letters In The Sand
A Time To Relax
4
Gene Austin
My Blue Heaven
A Time To Relax
5
Ted Lewis
I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby
Is Everybody Happy Now?
6
Bing Crosby
Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version]
Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends
7
The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Those Were The Days. [Disc 1]
8
The Spirits Of Rhythm
Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered)
The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn
9
Eddie Condon
Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll
That's A Serious Thing
10
Blind Blake
Diddie Wah Diddie
ABC Of The Blues Vol 5
11
Emmett Miller
Right Or Wrong
Minstrel Man From Georgia
12
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Right Or Wrong
King Of Western Swing Volume One
13
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Somebody Stole My Gal
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
14
Jimmy Wakely
Roll Along, Kentucky Moon
Vintage Collections
15
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Lazy River
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
16
Johnny Davis And His Orchestra
Sugar
The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
17
Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
Some Sweet Day
The Best Of Western Swing
18
Sons of the Pioneers
Prairie Lullaby
Songs of the Prairie – CD2
19
W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys
All I Do Is Dream of You
Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
20
Hank Williams
Lovesick Blues
Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash
21
The Mills Brothers
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (L. Armstrong)
Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
22
The Mills Brothers
My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5
23
Nat King Cole
Sweet Lorraine
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
24
Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
Lazy River
The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
This week’s show is a free form collection of songs from early, middle and late, all blending tradition, pop, rock ‘n roll, soul, and so much more. Little themes and big ones that bring out the best in us and some old favorites as well. Tune in on Friday at 9 for Deeper Roots and we’ll give you some Mills Brothers, John Prine, Ivory Joe Hunter and John Sebastian…oh yes, a little Bo Diddley and some Bette Davis thrown in. Community Radio in Sonoma County is all about eclectic, non-commercial entertainment with voices of your community there to bring you home. It’s a mean old world but it’s also a big, old goofy one and we’ve got the sounds this week on Deeper Roots to prove it.
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Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
Mean Old World
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
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Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson
I Am The Light Of This World
Quah [Bonus Tracks]
4
Lucinda Williams
Sweet Old World
Sweet Old World
5
Johnny Burnette
Big Big World
25 Greatest Hits
6
John Prine
It's a Big Old Goofy World
The Missing Years
7
Los Lobos
We Belong Together
La Bamba
8
The Mills Brothers
Sixty Seconds Got Together
Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
9
Campus Kids
Managua, Nicaragua
The Groups Sing [Disc 2]
10
Carmen Miranda
Chica Chica Boom Chic
The Very Best of Carmen Miranda
11
Sue Foley
Cuban Getaway
Antone's Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues
12
Dean Martin
Memories Are Made Of This
Crush On You
13
Nick Lowe
Sensitive Man
The Old Magic
14
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Tennessee Bird Walk
Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics
15
John Sebastian
Red-Eye Express
The Best Of John Sebastian
16
Dan Penn
Don't Lose Your Good Thing
The Fame Recordings
17
Ivory Joe Hunter
Since I Met You Baby
Since I Met You Baby
18
Ollie & The Nightingales
I Got A Sure Thing
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
19
The Spinners
It's A Shame
The Very Best Of
20
Ann Cole
Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work On You)
Jump, Jive & Swing
21
Nat King Cole
Mona Lisa
30 Greatest Hits Disc 2
22
Dinning Sisters
Oh Monah
Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
23
Bo Diddley
Mona
Living The Blues – Chicago Blues Giants
24
Bette Davis
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.
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Bob Dylan
Song To Woody
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
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Bob Dylan
Mississippi
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
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Ian & Sylvia
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Four Strong Winds
5
Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline Rag
Dylan Country
6
Bob Dylan
New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]
Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]
7
Bob Dylan
Talkin' New York
Bob Dylan
8
Joan Baez
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
From The Coffeehouse
9
Peter, Paul & Mary
Blowin' In The Wind
The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
10
The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
20 Number Ones
11
Johnny Cash
It Ain't Me Babe
Dylan Country
12
Bob Dylan
If Dogs Run Free
New Morning
13
Bob Dylan
Po' Boy
Love and Theft
14
Bob Dylan
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
MTV Unplugged
15
Bob Dylan
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Blood on the Tracks
16
Bob Dylan
Shelter from the Storm [Take 2]
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
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Bob Dylan
Everything Is Broken
Oh Mercy
18
Bob Dylan
Things Have Changed
Lovesick
19
The Band
When I Paint My Masterpiece
A Musical History [Disc 4]
20
Bob Dylan
Man in the Long Black Coat
Chronicles, Vol. 1
21
Bob Dylan
Duquesne Whistle
Tempest
22
Bob Dylan
Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1]
23
Bob Dylan
My Blue Eyed Jane
The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
24
Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison
My Back Pages
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2]
We’re going rare and under-the-radar for the most part this Friday morning, taking time to peek our heads above the surface only a few times. This week we’ve got a collection of mostly unknown soul sounds from some of the classic labels as well as some rare gems from the vaults of labels like Prix and Cash. There will be some vocal powerhouse sounds from Dee Dee Warwick, Jean Wells, Madeline Bell and Darrel Banks. We’ll also share some fun sixties sounds from The Olympics, a special pair of Barbara Lynn and Dee Dee Sharp gems from the Deeper Roots dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud on a Friday morning recorded live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa
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J. J. Jackson
But It's Alright
But It's Alright
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Mary Wells
When I'm Gone
Looking Back 1961-1964
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Barbara Lewis
How Can I Say Goodbye
Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis
5
Thelma Jones
I Won't Give Up My Man
Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides
6
Barbara Lynn
You Better Quit It
A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
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Barbara Lynn
New Kind Of Love
A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
8
Madeline Bell
Mercy Mercy Mercy
Bell's A Poppin'
9
Wilson Pickett
I'm In Love
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
10
Dee Dee Warwick
We're Doing Fine
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
11
Bobby Womack
Check It Out
The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years
12
Skip Drake
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Eccentric Soul: The Cash Label
13
Royal Esquires
Our Love Used To Be
Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
14
Michael Bell
Can't Make It Without You
Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label
15
Bobby Womack
Baby I Can't Stand It
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
16
Andy Mack & The Carltons
Do You Wanta Go
Chess Uptown Soul
17
Little Stevie Wonder
Contract On Love
The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
18
Jimmy Hughes
You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy (You Really Know How To Make Him Cry)
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
19
Barrett Strong
Misery
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
20
Darrel Banks
Our Love (Is In The Pocket)
Detroit Sounds
21
The Olympics
Baby Do The Philly Dog
Northern Soul Originals
22
Joe Tex
You Better Get It
25 All Time Greatest Hits
23
William Bell
Every Man Oughta Have A Woman
The Very Best Of William Bell
24
Chuck Edwards
I Need You
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
25
Jean Wells
After Loving You
Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
26
Jean Wells
Keep On Doin'It
Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
27
Dee Dee Sharp
(It's Wonderful) The Love I Fe
The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
28
Dee Dee Sharp
It's A Funny Situation
The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
29
Eddie Holman
I'm Not Gonna Give Up
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
30
Ralph Soul Jackson
You Left the Water Running
Hall of Fame – Volume 3
31
Elijah & The Ebonites
Pure Soul
Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
32
Marjorie Ingram
I'm Gonna Start Checking Up On My Man
Hall of Fame – Volume 2
33
Eula Cooper
Shake Daddy Shake
Let Our Love Grow Higher
34
Etta James
Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
Enduring Soul
35
Timmy Willis
Easy as Saying 1-2-3
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
Willie Nelson turns 88 this month. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, he wrote his first song at the age of seven and had his first band at the age of ten. From high school to the Air Force, then to his return home to Texas as a radio disc jockey, he was always in a band singing. In the 1950s he would write songs that would become country standards and we’ll be sharing some of them with you in today’s Deeper Roots, performed by Willie and his contemporaries. He endures just as his music does and the catalog is a legacy few parallel. We’ll hear from The Little Willies, Waylon Jennings, Faron Young, Asleep at the Wheel, and at least a dozen others performing the songs of Willie Hugh Nelson. Tune in Friday morning on KOWS.
We’re going to blend all the favorites into a delicious free form stew this morning, looking to the north, south, east and west for our inspiration. Not only do we have some Otis Redding soul, but we’ve also got some traditional blendings from David Johansen, The Devil Makes Three, and some southern fried sounds from James Lee Stanley and John Hammond. A lot of our playlist makes connections: moonlight drives, Memphis tributes, and a lot about our title track ‘rolling along’. I’ve also got a little splash of Frankie Laine for inspiration along those lines. Tune in on a Sonoma County Friday morning for more from the Cherry Street Historic District and the mighty KOWS, streaming to planet earth on kowsfm.com.
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The Mavericks
Rolling Along
Brand New Day
3
John Hammond
Riding In The Moonlight
Southern Fried
4
James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt
Moonlight Drive
All Wood And Doors
5
The Doors
Moonlight Drive
Strange Days
6
Raul Malo
Moonlight Kiss
Lucky One
7
B.B. King & Eric Clapton
Riding With The King
Riding With The King
8
John Hiatt
Book Lovers
Riding With the King
9
David Johansen & the Harry Smiths
Well, I've Been to Memphis
BMW Audiophile
10
J.J. Cale
Midnight in Memphis
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
11
Charley Crockett
That's How I Got to Memphis
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
12
Randy Newman
Rollin'
Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
13
Raphael Saadiq
Stone Rollin'
Stone Rollin' – Single
14
Tiny Bradshaw
The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered)
The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered) – Single
Smoky lounges, familiar places, and torch songs to patronize those forlorn lovers alone at the bar. You get the drift. Sentimentality abounds this morning on Deeper Roots as we dig into a subset of virtually any genre out there. It’s as old as time itself, of course: songs and stories of unrequited or lost love, either where one is oblivious to the feelings of another or has moved on from a relationship, all told in teary notes by the performer. Let me just say that there was no shortage of fodder for this show whether it was country, jazz, soul, or pop. We’ll hear from Julie London, Ray Charles, Dusty Springfield, Aretha, Roy Orbison, and on and on. No rest for the pain of unrequited love. Tune in for a crazy moon, crying time, and the end of the world on KOWS Community Radio.
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Julie London
Cry Me A River
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
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Eva Taylor
Moanin' Low
The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
4
Gertrude Niesen
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
My Best Wishes
5
Bing Crosby
I'll Be Seeing You
44 Your Hit Parade
6
Judy Garland
That Man That Got Away
Your Hit Parade – 1954
7
Julie London
In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Torch Songs
8
Peggy Lee
Oh You Crazy Moon
Torch Songs
9
Lena Horne
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
10
Dusty Springfield
Anyone Who Had A Heart
A Girl Called Dusty
11
Dusty Springfield
Someone To Watch Over Me
Simply & Dusty [Disc 4]
12
Sarah Vaughan
Someone To Watch Over Me
The Best Of Sarah Vaughan 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection)
13
Lenny Welch
Since I Fell For You
Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
14
Skeeter Davis
The End Of The World
The Essential Skeeter Davis
15
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Hurt So Bad
The Best Of Little Anthony And The I Mperials
16
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Ooo Baby Baby
Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
17
Ray Charles
Crying Time
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
18
Bettye LaVette
Let Me Down Easy
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19
Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
20
The Skyliners
Since I Don't Have You
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
21
Kay Starr
I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
Torch Songs
22
Nat King Cole
The Very Thought Of You
Nat King Cole [Disc 3]
23
Roy Orbison
Love Hurts
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
24
The Beach Boys
Caroline No
Pet Sounds
25
Aretha Franklin
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
26
Crystal Gayle
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Classic Country 1975 – 1979
27
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
The Classic Sixties: '60s Flashback
28
Willie Nelson
Someone to Watch over Me
Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
29
Dakota Staton
Misty
Torch Songs
30
Dionne Warwick
Always Something There To Remind Me
Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis, The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.
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Willy DeVille
Hey Joe
Backstreets Of Desire
3
The Leaves
Hey Joe
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
4
The Bobby Fuller Four
I Fought The Law
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
5
Dick & Dee Dee
Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Singles Collection
6
The Cadillacs
Jay Walker
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
7
Kitty Wells
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered)
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single
8
Ray Batts
Stealin' Sugar
Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock
9
Eilen Jewell
If You Catch Me Stealing
Letters From Sinners & Strangers
10
Hank Snow
The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe
I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
11
Porter Wagoner
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
The Essential Porter Wagoner
12
Jimmy Littlejohn
No Parking Here
The World Is A Monster
13
Johnny Cash
Out Among the Stars
Out Among The Stars
14
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Original Greatest Hits
15
The Byrds
Pretty Boy Floyd
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
16
Joe Ely
Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde
Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
17
Merle Haggard
The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
18
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jesse James
Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
19
Bruce Springsteen
Jesse James
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Glendale Train
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
21
Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson
In the Jailhouse Now
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
22
Rod Morris
Alabama Jailhouse
Country Boy's Dream
23
Dean Taylor
Indiana Wants Me
70s Music Explosion Escape
24
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Private Property (No Tresspassing)
One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.
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Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
The Sidewalks of New York
Internet Archives
3
George Cohan Jr.
Give My Regards To Broadway
The Golden Entertainers
4
Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.
42nd Street – from 42nd Street
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
5
McGlinn/London Sinfonietta
Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street)
The Busby Berkeley Album
6
Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell
Lullaby Of Broadway
Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren
7
Jo Stafford
Manhattan Serenade
For You
8
Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson
Going To New York
Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
9
Ella Fitzgerald
Manhattan
Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
10
Babs Gonzales
Dem New York People
Cool Whalin'
Babs
11
Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris
America
West Side Story
12
Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4
13
Desi Arnaz
I Come From New York
The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
14
Bobby Darin
Sunday in New York
Wild Cool & Swingin
15
Frank Sinatra
Theme from New York, New York
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
16
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York
The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
17
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
18
The Ad Libs
The Boy From New York City
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
19
The Drifters
On Broadway
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
20
John Barry
Midnight Cowboy
Moviola
21
Harry Nilsson
Everybody's Talkin'
Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
22
Harry Nilsson
I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City
All-Time Greatest Hits
23
Simon & Garfunkel
The Only Living Boy In New York
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
24
Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue
Instrumental Favorites
25
Garland Jeffreys
New York Skyline
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.
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Paul Robeson
Joe Hill
Songs of Free Men
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Summertime
Porgy & Bess
5
Chick Webb & His Orchestra
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6
Loudon Wainwright III
You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)
I'd Rather Lead a Band
7
Dinah Washington
They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")
Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
8
Billie Holiday
Autumn in New York
Ken Burns Jazz
9
Omara Portuondo
El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)
Black Magic (Magia Negra)
10
Desi Arnaz
Holiday In Havana
The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
11
Perez Prado
Cuban Mambo
Rumba Gone Mambo
12
Xavier Cugat
Papa Loves Mambo
Lounge Music Goes Latin
13
Stephen Foster
Beautiful Dreamer
The Songs of Stephen Foster
14
John Prine
My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
15
Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick
Oh! Susanna
Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
16
Mavis Staples
Hard Times Come Again No More
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
17
Dock Boggs
Pretty Polly
78s
18
Dirk Powell
I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly
When I Wait For You
19
The Blue Sky Boys
Story Of The Knoxville Girl
Absolutely Bluegrass
20
Nelstone's Hawaiians
Village School
The Harry Smith B-Sides
21
Dock Boggs
Oh Death
Dock Boggs Is Legendary
22
Ray Charles
Georgia on My Mind
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
