Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

Scenes Of Devastation

There’s going to be a free form mix of sounds this week with some ‘scenes of devastation’ as well as some blues and tradition. We’ll set the tone with a song that inspired the title lines from The Pine Hill Project and then head into some tradition and some covers that speak in the language of the sacred and secular…from Saturday night at the juke to Sunday morning in the pew. A great mix of sounds from some classic female blues gems from the 1940s like Wea Bea Booze and Ethel Waters. We’ll also go down to the crossroads and Deep Elem with the likes of Champion Jack Dupree and T-Bone Walker, some deeper/darker blues from Geeshie Wiley and Blind Lemon Jefferson as well. But we’ll also fill the air with the tops in great interpretations from Van Dyke Parks, Willie Watson and Bob Brozman. Join us for some ‘last kind words’ from the Rocky Road Blues to James Alley on a Friday morning in West County.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Pine Hill Project Battlefield Tomorrow You're Going (Featuring Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Schindell) Amazon
3Son House John the Revelator Death Letter Amazon
4Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers John The Revelator Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 Amazon
5Blu Lu Barker Don't You Feel My Leg Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
6Wea Bea Booze These Young Men Blues Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) Amazon
7Champion Jack Dupree Dirty Woman Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
8T-Bone Walker It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch] Amazon
9Geeshie Wiley Last Kind Words Mississippi Masters Amazon
10David Johansen The Last Kind Words Shaker Amazon
11Woody Guthrie When That Great Ship Went Down This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1 Amazon
12Rory Block Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down) Confessions of A Blues Singer Amazon
13The Million Dollar Quartet Great Speckled Bird The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
14Willie Watson James Alley Blues Folk Singer Vol. 1 Amazon
15Doc Watson Little Omie Wise 1964-1965 (Warped 6411F) Amazon
16Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Black Swan Sampler Amazon
17B.B. King See That My Grave Is Kept Clean One Kind Favor Amazon
18Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian Sail Away Lady The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2 Amazon
19Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Sail Away Ladies The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon
20Bob Brozman Rocky Road Snapping the Strings Amazon
21Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Rocky Road Blues The Essential Bill Monroe [Disc 1] Amazon
22Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Mule Skinner Blues East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
23Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues Country USA 1970 Amazon
24Rev. J. M. Gates Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting The Harry Smith B-Sides Amazon
25The Persuasions Dry Bones Gospel Brunch Classics Amazon
26Maria Muldaur A Little Bird Told Me Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) Amazon
27Jim Kweskin Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
28Ethel Waters Honey In The Honeycomb On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940 Amazon
29Baby Dee Look What Baby's Got For You Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
30Ames Brothers The The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
31Bill & The Belles Finger Pointin' Mama Dreamsongs, Etc. Amazon
32Paul Thorn Come On Let's Go Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon

In Honor Of Mississippi John Hurt

There was some devastating new this past week…nothing new; and certainly, it seems, not in Mississippi. The Mississippi John Hurt Museum, a small sanctuary of tribute located on the Mississippi Blues Trail, burned down last week. While authorities in Carroll County try to determine the cause, we mourn the loss of John Hurt’s home, a small house that had just been given landmark status on the national historical registry just hours before. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he combines notes from a 2018 tribute to Mississippi John Hurt with some of the news of the day and keep with the sounds of his contemporaries (of which there are few), Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Chris Smither and Rory Block. All paying tribute with songs of Avalon, Creole Belle, Spike Driver Blues, and Mermaids.  Tune in on Radio Rethink radio or KOWSFM.COM.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bruce Cockburn Avalon, My Home Town Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
3Jesse Colin Young Creole Belle Together Amazon
4John Oates Spike Driver Blues Arkansas Amazon
5Doc & Merle Watson Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) Live & Pickin' Amazon
6Taj Mahal Frankie And Albert The Best Of Taj Mahal Amazon
7Dave Van Ronk Spike Driver Blues Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
8Rhiannon Giddens The Angels Laid Him Away Freedom Highway Amazon
9David Johansen Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Shaker Amazon
10JL Stiles Trouble I Had All My Days Solo Sessions Amazon
11Bill Morrissey Avalon Blues The Essential Collection Amazon
12Mississippi John Hurt Farther Along Deadwood Amazon
13Mississippi John Hurt Spider, Spider The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
14Bettye LaVette Nobody's Dirty Business American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
15Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske Louis Collins The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
16Rory Block Candy Man Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
17R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Amazon
18Beck Stagolee Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
19Doc Watson My Creole Belle Songs From Home Amazon
20Doc & Merle Watson Stack O'lee Ballads From Deep Gap Amazon
21Mississippi John Hurt Chicken Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
22Mark Selby Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
23Mississippi John Hurt Richland Woman Blues Immortal Amazon
24Taj Mahal Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too The Essential Taj Mahal Amazon
25Mississippi John Hurt Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Discovery:The Rebirth Of Mississippi John Hurt Amazon
26John Fahey Requiem for John Hurt Essential John Fahey Amazon

Let’s Duet

Country duets have been a hallmark of the genre and this week we’ll spend a couple of hours sampling some old, some new, some sappy and some without peer. From Rose and Buck to George and Tammy, we’ll be spending time with some real down home pairings singing songs of loose talk, booze, suspicion, holding on to what you’ve got and a whole lot more. There’s a range of topics beyond that and most involve cheatin’, lovin’ and fightin’…just what you’d expect from the base. The pairings are not necessarily all husband and wife as we’ve got a few that go beyond that rail like Dwight and Buck, the Hanks, and Waylon and Willie. Tune in Friday morning for a countrified, if not rarified, journey with some classic country duets.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
3John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
4Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Jackson Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1] Amazon
5Johnny Cash & June Carter It Ain't Me, Babe Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
6Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
7Buck Owens & Rose Maddox Loose Talk Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
8Buck Owens Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam) Hot Dog Amazon
9Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam Streets of Bakersfield Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1 Amazon
10Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow Baby Don't Go Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 Amazon
11Emmylou Harris & The Band Evangeline Duets Amazon
12Linda Ronstadt I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris) Duets Amazon
13Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons Love Hurts Duets Amazon
14k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison) Crying Recollection CD 2 Amazon
15Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
16Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)] Remembering Amazon
17Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch I'll Fly Away O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
18Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Please Read The Letter Raising Sand Amazon
19Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys RCA Country Legends [Disc 2] Amazon
20Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter Suspicious Minds Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
21George Jones & Tammy Wynette We're Gonna Hold On Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
22Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton The Last Thing On My Mind Dolly [Disc 1] Amazon
23Ashley Monroe You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton] Like A Rose Amazon
24Ray Charles & Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992) Amazon
25Marty Stuart This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart Amazon
26George Jones/Merle Haggard Yesterday's Wine [Duet] The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years Amazon
27John C. Reilly & Angela Correa Let's Duet Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] Amazon
28Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson There's A Story (Goin' Round) The Essential Dottie West Amazon
29Randy Travis Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers) Heroes & Friends Amazon

The Real Thing

A two hour collection of some of the very best from the past century is what the doctor ordered. Seems like it often is. Today’s Deeper Roots journey features an eclectic blend of genres, topics, and performances, all tuned to the discerning ear. We’ll be bringing you some subtle jazz vibes from Mose Allison, story songs about Caldonia, sweet soul duets from Marvin Gaye and Chuck Jackson, gospel from the Pilgrim Travelers, and plenty of boot heel country from BR5-49 and Little Jimmy Dickens. That’s not all…by far. We’ll hear a new light hearted cover from Luther Dickinson, a song about the Old Kelly Place from “The Real McCoy”, Don Covay, and Bobby “Blue” Bland. What better way to kick off your holiday season, right? There’s turkey in the fridge and the wreath will be going up on the door. Tune in why don’t you?

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Porter Wagoner 'Til the Right One Comes Along The Best I've Ever Been Amazon
3Nino Temple & April Stevens Deep Purple Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
4Buck Owens Love's Gonna Live Here The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
5Lou Rawls (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
6The 5 Royales The Real Thing The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
7Marvin Gaye Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
8Chuck Jackson And Maxine Brown The Real Thing Hold On, We're Coming '67 Amazon
9Mavis Staples At The End Of The Day Have A Little Faith Amazon
10Pilgrim Travelers After While (Take 8) Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
11Don Covay Mercy, Mercy Rites Of Rhythm & Blues – Volume 2 Amazon
12Bobby Bland Two Steps From the Blues Two Steps From the Blues Amazon
13k.d. lang/Roy Orbison Crying King of Hearts Amazon
14Lissie Games People Play Covered Up With Flowers Amazon
15Little Jimmy Dickens When The Ship Hit The Sand The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
16Walter Brennan The Old Kelly Place Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
17Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan Get Along Home, Cindy Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
18BR5-49 Fool of the Century This Is BR549 Amazon
19Chuck Mead I'm Not the Man for the Job Close to Home Amazon
20Doc Watson/Merle Watson Smoke, Smoke, Smoke Black Mountain Rag Amazon
21Dave Van Ronk Your Feet's Too Big Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
22Mose Allison I'm Not Talking Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness Amazon
23Elvis Presley Paralyzed Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2 Amazon
24The Five Stars Where Did Caldonia Go Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
25Louis Jordan Caldonia Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2] Amazon
26The Band The Shape I'm in Stage Fright Amazon
27Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Something Big Hard Promises (Remastered) Amazon
28Roy Orbison Ride Away Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68 Amazon
29Randy Newman Dixie Flyer Land of Dreams Amazon
30John Prine Some Humans Ain't Human Fair & Square Amazon

Goin’ Home

Our theme of ‘returning home’ explores not just the physical place but also a reflection of our identities, memories, and the tension between the past and the present. Returning to one’s roots is often fraught with challenges and our understanding of home is deeply intertwined with our personal growth and the changing world around us. This week we’ll be pouring through memories and nostalgia to try to find the meaning of home. Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” introduces characters who yearn for their pasts and the comforts of home, but the reality often falls short of their memories and would serve as a guidepost for our theme today. We’ll share gospel from the Gospel Hummingbirds, classic Americana from John Prine, country tradition from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, and the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Big Maybelle, and Bruce Springsteen. We’re heading down that road to home in today’s show.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Prine My Darlin' Hometown Fair & Square Amazon
3John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
4Gospel Hummingbirds I'm Going Home Taking Flight Amazon
5Bill Kirchen Somebody's Going Home Transatlanticana Amazon
6Big Maybelle Going Home Baby The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
7Howlin' Wolf Going Back Home Blues From Hell Amazon
8Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers I Want To Go Home Sunny Road Amazon
9Charles Brown Homesick Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 2] Amazon
10Mickey & Sylvia I'm Going Home The Best of King Curtis (1952-1961) (Disc 2) Amazon
11Mississippi John Hurt Avalon, My Home Town Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
12Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
13Woody Guthrie I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
14Hank Williams I'm Going Home Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
15Hazel Dickens West Virginia, My Home Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1] Amazon
16Bruce Springsteen My Oklahoma Home We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
17Maria Muldaur My Tennessee Mountain Home Maria Muldaur Amazon
18John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
19Jimmy Martin Homesick Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
20The Louvin Brothers I'm Ready To Go Home Satan Is Real Amazon
21Dolly Parton Tennessee Homesick Blues I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
22Charlie Rich I Feel Like Going Home The Silver Fox Amazon
23Merle Haggard And The Strangers Sing Me Back Home (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
24Randy Newman Going Home Bad Love Amazon
25The Charioteers & Frank Sinatra I've Got A Home In That Rock Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
26Leon Redbone I'm Going Home Up A Lazy River Amazon
27Bobby Bare Homesick Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
28Merle Haggard And The Strangers Down The Old Road To Home Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
29Steve Earle Hometown Blues Train a Comin' Amazon
30Ricky Skaggs Little Cabin Home On The Hills Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon

Jubilee Theme

It’s theme time on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on Deeper Roots and we’ll take you pretty deep today, exploring songs of jubilation and celebration. Our theme revolves around the term ‘jubilee’ and it’s meaning, at least over the past century. While its etymology is centuries deep, with roots in the Old Testament and the Hebrew word ‘yobhel’ which refers to the ram’s horn which was sounded on the Day of Atonement, there are also the jubilee references to the freeing of slaves well into the 19th century. it speaks to anniversaries, rejoicing, and freedom. We could go much deeper but what better way to celebrate than with music, and there are plenty of Americana examples that tell of jubilees. We’ll hear from country favorites like The Sons of the Pioneers, Tyler Childers, and Joe Maphis alongside early century rhythm jazz and rhythm greats like Dinah Washington, Ivie Anderson, and Benny Goodman in this week’s show. Join us

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Roy Clark Alabama Jubilee Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers Amazon
3Benny Carter Jubilee Program Intro Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
4Benny Carter Jubilee Jump Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 Amazon
5Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Jubilee The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
6Big Joe Turner Jumpin' At The Jubilee Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Patty Griffin Jubilee I'll Find A Way Amazon
8Dinah Washington There'll Be a Jubilee (from "In the Land of Hi-Fi") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
9Helen Humes Jubilee He May Be Your Man Amazon
10The Andrews Sisters There'll Be a Jubilee Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
11Ivie Anderson Let's Have a Jubilee Cocktail Hour Amazon
12Mildred Bailey With Benny Goodman & His V-Disc All Stars There'll Be A Jubilee The Women of WW2 [V 4] Amazon
13Ashley Monroe & The Americans Jubilee American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
14Kathy Mattea and Friends Jubilee Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie Amazon
15Dave Alvin Jubilee Train Romeo's Escape Amazon
16The Blasters Jubilee Train Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
17The Devil Makes Three There'll Be A Jubilee Redemption & Ruin Amazon
18Riders in the Sky Cowboy Jubilee Best of the West Amazon
19Sons of the Pioneers Cowboy Jubilee The Lost Masters Amazon
20Sons of the Pioneers Barnyard Jubilee Songs of the Prairie – CD4 Amazon
21Joe Maphis Nashville Jubilee Country Guitar Thunder Amazon
22The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Hanna Bayou Jubilee Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Amazon
23Elizabeth Mitchell Y Daniel Littleton Jubilee Putumayo Presents American Folk Amazon
24The War and Treaty Jubilee Hearts Town Amazon
25Arkansas Dave Jubilee Arkansas Dave Amazon
26Charlie Parr Jubilee Charlie Parr Amazon
27Tyler Childers Jubilee Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
28JD McPherson Jubilee Undivided Heart & Soul Amazon
29Carolyn Hester Swing And Turn Jubilee [Album Version] Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) Amazon
30Jake Xerxes Fussell Jubilee Out of Sight Amazon
31R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Alabama Jubilee Chasin' Rainbows Amazon
32Doc Watson Alabama Jubilee Good Deal! Amazon

Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas

From the cold grey light of dawn to some gospel coverage from Luther Dickinson, George Jones and The Golden Gate Quartet, Deeper Roots this week takes another pull at the thread of tapestry of the past century, once again celebrating America’s music. We’re in fine form, no doubt, because the players this week move from the ‘king of boogie’, John Lee Hooker, to one of the great contemporary songwriters, Iris DeMent. We’ll share a track from her latest album, one that ventures into the dark corners of this country’s recent history with her brilliant eight minute soliloquy “Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas”. We’ll share songs about liars, feeling good, 99 year blues, and that last train to Memphis. Join Dave Stroud for two hours from America’s songbooks, from church to steeple to songs about its people. We’ll be coming to you live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Louis Armstrong Go Down Moses Louis And The Good Book Amazon
3Iris DeMent Goin' Down To Sing In Texas Workin' On A World Amazon
4Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
5George Jones Take The Devil Out Of Me George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
6The Golden Gate Quartet Let That Liar Alone Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
8Luther Dickinson Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples) Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
9Lucinda Williams Hot Blood Sweet Old World Amazon
10Dave Alvin I Feel So Good Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
11Taj Mahal Good Morning Little School Girl Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
12Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
13Emily Scott Robinson Delta Line Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
14Eric Clapton So Tired Back Home Amazon
15John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back Ft. Van Morrison King Of The Boogie Amazon
16Van Morrison Streamline Train Moving On Skiffle Amazon
17Blues Image Parchman Farm Open Amazon
18Mose Allison The Seventh Son Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
19Little Feat Two Trains Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
20The Band Last Train To Memphis Jubilation Amazon
21Dr. John The Night Tripper Mama Roux The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
22Shirley & Lee Feel So Good The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
23Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
24Slim Harpo Baby Scratch My Back The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
25Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
26Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon

Labor Day 2023

We’ve got a Labor Day collection of songs…songs celebrating working men and women and these are songs of both honor and protest, taking us back to the Great Depression when work was hard to find. We’ll also be celebrating the core fight for organizing…whether you’re fighting for the day-to-day pressure of producing faster and better in front of a computer or you’re steaming lattes for the hurried throngs, you have a right to organize and much of the music we’ll share today reinforces the concept. While unions are demonized with threats of offshoring…you know it will be done either way. Music today will include Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Paul Robeson, Bruce Springsteen and a whole host of others. Tune in on kowsfm.com/listen or download our app.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare A Dime? Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
3Paul Robeson Joe Hill Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Flokways Amazon
4Pete Seeger Which Side Are You On? The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
5Natalie Merchant Which Side Are You On? Coal Country Music Amazon
6The Almanac Singers Talking Union [Album Version] The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
7Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Vintage Collections Amazon
8Pete Seeger Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues An Anthology of Folk Music Amazon
9Woody Guthrie Union Maid (Excerpt) Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
10Pete Seeger Union Maid The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
11David, Bill, And Billy Ray Johnson Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
12Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
13Bobbie McGee Bread and Roses Unknown Amazon
14Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hard Times Come Again No More Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
15Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
16Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
17Nanci Griffith Hard Times (Come Again No More) Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
18Mavis Staples We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
19Justin Townes Earle Down In The Valley Coal Country Music Amazon
20Bob Dylan Maggie's Farm The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
21Tom T. Hall I'm a Coal Mining Man Coal Country Music Amazon
22Bruce Springsteen Pay Me My Money Down We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
23Bruce Springsteen Factory Darkness on the Edge of Town Amazon
24Bruce Springsteen Youngstown The Ghost of Tom Joad Amazon
25Pete Seeger If I Had A Hammer The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
26Steve Earle Steve's Hammer (For Pete) Washington Square Serenade Amazon
27Valentine Pringle John Henry The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 4] Amazon
28Elvis Presley Big Boss Man Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
29Blind Boy Fuller Working Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937 Amazon
30Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1913 Massacre Hard Travelin' Amazon
31Woody Guthrie Farmer-Labor Train Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
32Randy Newman Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
33Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon

Saved!

We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2LaVern Baker Saved Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker Amazon
3The Mighty Clouds Of Joy Saved [Album Version] Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan Amazon
4The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
5The Dixie Hummingbirds You Don't Have Nothing Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
6The Dixie Hummingbirds I've Been Born Again Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
7The Original Gospel Harmonettes Get Away Jordan Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
8The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi Soul You Save I'll Make It Alright Amazon
9Nina Simone Save Me Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition) Amazon
10Louis Armstrong I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
11Rev. Lonnie Farris I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
12The Staple Singers Somebody Saved Me Uncloudy Day Amazon
13The Blind Boys Of Alabama Just Wanna See His Face Spirit Of The Century Amazon
14Marty Stuart Somebody Saved Me Souls' Chapel Amazon
15Carl Story God Saved My Soul 1951-1952 (Warped 5158) Amazon
16Wilburn Brothers Don't Go Home Unsaved 1962-1963 (Warped 6302) Amazon
17Hank Williams Wealth Won't Save Your Soul I Saw The Light Amazon
18Buck Owens Jesus Saved Me Dust On Mother's Bible Amazon
19Brenda Lee Saved Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2 Amazon
20Bobby Charles Save Me, Jesus (mono single version) Bobby Charles Amazon
21Solomon Burke Wealth Won't Save Your Soul Make Do With What You Got Amazon
22Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez Him Who Saved Me The New Bye & Bye Amazon
23Bob Dylan Saved Saved Amazon
24Eugene Smith Saved The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon
25Shannon McNally Save Me Jesus Small Town Talk Amazon
26The Staple Singers Good News Uncloudy Day Amazon
27The Band Saved Moondog Matinee Amazon
28Aretha Franklin Save Me 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
29Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Save a Seat for Me 20th Century Masters – The Best Of Amazon

O Brother Revisited

Roots music found commercial success in 2000 with the release of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, a finely crafted but outrageous tale of Depression-era America with fantastical imagery of hair wax, baptisms, and chain gangs woven into a tapestry built from Homer’s Odyssey. The music, assembled by T-Bone Burnett, was a major component of the film and recorded before the film even began with Burnett working with the Coen brothers while the script was in its working phases. It would become an effort that elevated a genre at the turn of the century called Americana. This week’s show will share some of the period-specific music that helped to propel the notion that blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and gospel could be used to put that time and a ghostly familiar culture into focus. We’ll use O Brother’s musical sensibilities to take us somewhere quite familiar (and at the same time quite terrifying) as we pay homage with Americana roots, featuring sounds from The Carters, Jesse Fuller, Dan Tyminski, Jimmie Rodgers, W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, among others.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Estil C. Ball Lonesome Valley Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
3The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash Lonesome Valley Keep On The Sunny Side Amazon
4Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
5Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra You Are My Sunshine Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon
6Alison Krauss Down To The River To Pray A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection Amazon
7Peasall Sisters Fair and Tender Ladies Home to You Amazon
8Roberta Martin Singers The Old Ship of Zion Halleluja Gospel & Prayers Amazon
9The Stanley Brothers A Life Of Sorrow Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
10Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys Man of Constant Sorrow O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
11W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
12Country Gentlemen I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) 1963 (Warped 6305) Amazon
13The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys Clinch Mountain Backstep Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3] Amazon
14The Whites Keep on the Sunny Side O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
15Chuck Wagon Gang I'll Fly Away 1941-1948 (Warped 4128) Amazon
16Hannah Peasall/Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/The Peasall Sisters In the Highways O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
17Ralph Stanley Oh, Death (Featuring Gillian Welch) Clinch Mountain Sweethearts Amazon
18Jesse Fuller Amazing Grace 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
19The Statler Brothers Statler Brothers – Amazing Grace Bless This House [Disc 3] Amazon
20The Stanley Brothers Angel Band O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
21Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 2] Amazon
22Doc Watson In the Jailhouse Now Memories Amazon
23Robert Johnson They're Red Hot ABC Of The Blues Vol 18 Amazon
24Lefty Frizzell My Rough And Rowdy Ways Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers Amazon
25Jimmie Rodgers Frankie And Johnnie Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2] Amazon
26Peerless Four Trouble in My Way Southern Journey Vol 8 (Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music) Amazon
27Chuck Wagon Gang/Jack Greene Family Bible 70th Anniversary Amazon
28J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Goin' Down To The River Of Jordan Take Me To The Water Amazon
29The Carter Family River Of Jordan Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
30W. Lee O'Daniel O'Daniel radio show sign off Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
31The Carter Family Can The Circle Be Unbroken Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
32John Hartford Indian War Whoop [Instrumental] O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon