Category Archives: Folk and Tradition

New Beginnings

January 2, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

This week’s Deeper Roots, our first show of 2026, is most appropriately built for fresh starts and open horizons—a musical reset button for the soul. Our Friday morning journey will wind its way across gospel, folk, jazz, swing, and Americana, all tied together by the promise of new beginnings and the belief that tomorrow can be better than today. You’ll hear voices of resilience and joy including The Staple Singers, poetic reinvention from Bob Dylan, the irrepressible optimism and swing of Louis Prima, the elegant, forward-moving guitar lines of Herb Ellis, and the border-crossing storytelling of Carrie Rodriguez. Settle in as we welcome brand new days with music that lifts spirits, opens doors, and reminds us that hope is always worth tuning in for. And you can do just that this Friday morning on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Aretha Franklin	A Change Is Gonna Come	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
3	Bruce Cockburn	Sunrise on the Mississippi	Dart to the Heart
4	Norah Jones	Sunrise	Feels Like Home
5	Louis Prima	Until Sunrise	Beepin' & Boppin'
6	Frankie Newton & Orchestra	The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
7	The Midnight Minstrels	There's a New Day Coming	The Big Broadcast – Volume 5
8	Herb Ellis	Sunrise	Down Home
9	Luther Dickinson	Hurry up Sunrise	Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II
10	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Wake Up Everybody	Sweet Soul Of The 70s: The Sounds Of Philedelphia Disc 1
11	Keb' Mo'	Wake Up Everybody	Peace…Back By Popular Demand
12	Corinne Bailey Rae	Put Your Records On	2007 Grammy Nominees
13	Tracy Chapman	New Beginning	New Beginning
14	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
15	Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers	Brand New Day (LP Version)	Set Me Free
16	The Staple Singers	Brand New Day	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 6]
17	Jackie Lomax	New Day	Come And Get It – The Best Of Apple Records
18	Pete Seeger	Keep Your Eyes On The Prize [Album Version]	Pete Seeger: A Link In The Chain
19	Bruce Springsteen	Eyes on the Prize	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20	Mavis Staples	Eyes On The Prize (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
21	Carrie Rodriguez	Eyes On The Prize	Love and Circumstances
22	Flock Of Dimes	Awake For The Sunrise	Country Roots Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 24
23	Bob Dylan	New Morning	Chronicles, Vol. 1
24	Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over	Lungs
25	Carsie Blanton	Hope	After the Revolution
26	Dixie Chicks	Wide Open Spaces	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
27	Elvis Presley	There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon	Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
28	Jackie DeShannon	Put A Little Love In Your Heart	It's My Party – The Great Girl Groups And Singers Of The 60's
29	Curtis Mayfield	We Got To Have Peace	The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield

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Harmonica Legends

November 22, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

Got a harmonica romp through the past one hundred years of America’s Music this coming Friday morning. We’ll be following the harmonica’s journey along and across the American crossroads…one that began in the 19th century, when inexpensive German-made “mouth harps” made their way into the hands of soldiers, travelers, and rural families. Its portability and expressive bends made it a natural fit for early blues and country porch settings. From that country blues porch setting to the juke joints where electric blues, rock, soul, blues, and Americana meet and mingle. We’ll be opening the vaults for some classic tracks from the likes of Little Walter, DeFord Bailey, Mickey Raphael, Sonny Boy Williamson, Charlie Musselwhite, and a couple dozen others as we celebrate the “mouth harp” for its blistering, distorted lead influencing generations of performers of all stripes. Drop in…we’d be glad to have you visit this Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	DeFord Bailey	Fox Chase	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
3	DeFord Bailey	Davidson County Blues	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
4	Sonny Boy Williamson	Your Funeral And My Trial	His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
5	Slim Harpo	Buzzin' [Single Version]	The Best Of Slim Harpo
6	Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Shake Your Money Maker	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
7	Junior Wells	Messin' With The Kid	Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
8	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man	MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock!
9	Little Walter	My Babe	His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
10	James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell, Billy Branch	Who	Let's Dance: The Best Of Ballroom: Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug and Jive
11	James Cotton Feat. Joe Bonamassa	Cotton Mouth Man	Cotton Mouth Man
12	Taj Mahal	Leaving Trunk	The Best Of Taj Mahal
13	Charlie Musselwhite	Christo Redemptor	Stand Back!
14	Slim Harpo	Baby Scratch My Back	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
15	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Fox Chase – Mouth Organ	The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music [Disc 3]
16	Bill "Jazz" Gillum	Don't You Scandalize My Name	Jazz Gillum: Complete Recorded Works Vol.1 1936-49
17	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' At Midnight	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: The Road To Memphis
18	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
19	Woody Guthrie	Pastures Of Plenty	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 4]
20	Jesse Fuller	San Francisco Bay Blues	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 2]
21	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Roll On Buddy	The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
22	Bob Dylan	Blowin' In The Wind	Sing America
23	Charlie McCoy	Orange Blossom Special	The Real McCoy
24	Norton Buffalo	Eighteen Wheels	Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon
25	Willie Nelson	On the Road Again	Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 Disc 1
26	Bruce Channel	Hey Baby (Delbert McClinton Harp)	Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
27	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	I Believe I'm In Love	Essential Fabulous Thunderbirds
28	Bob Dylan	I Want You	Blonde on Blonde
29	Willie Nelson	City Of New Orleans	The Essential Willie Nelson
30	Neil Young/Stray Gators	Heart of Gold	Harvest
31	Ozark Mountain Daredevils	If You Wanna Get To Heaven	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
32	Bruce Springsteen	The River	Chapter & Verse
33	Alfred Lewis	Friday Moan Blues	Harmonica Blues

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Theme Time

Rhythm & Bayou Romp

November 9, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

The sounds of New Orleans carry a mood that’s both jubilant and deeply human; it dances and mourns in the same breath. It’s the sound of the street parade meeting the juke joint: syncopated, earthy, and alive with horns, piano rolls, and that unmistakable backbeat shuffle. Unlike the more urban polish of Chicago blues or the rural cry of the Delta, New Orleans R&B has always felt like a conversation between the sacred and the profane, where gospel chords meet barroom swagger. Just beyond the Crescent City’s lights, where the waters of the bayou take form, we’ve got the accordians and fiddles of the swamp, where there’s humor, head and heartbreak woven into the DNA of the deep South. It is joyous and haunted, elegant and raw, as well as endlessly resilient. The music of New Orleans inspired an ethos — that music could be communal, unrestrained, and celebratory no matter the hardship. It taught America how to dance through its troubles, to find rhythm in resilience, and to turn sorrow into sound that still shakes the rafters and demands a communal dance to this day. This week’s show raises the flag of the Crescent City and her environs with a rhythm and bayou romp!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roomful Of Blues	New Orleans	Best of Roomful of Blues The Alligator Records Years
3	Rusty & Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
4	Jimmy Newman	A Fallen Star	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
5	Alvin Robinson	Down Home Girl	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
6	Joe Barry	I'm a Fool to Care	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
7	Rod Bernard	Pardon Mr. Gordon	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
8	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
9	Irma Thomas & Marcia Ball	I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]
10	The Hawketts	Your Time's Up	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
11	Sugar Boy Crawford	No More Heartaches	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
12	Clifton Chenier	The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
13	Clifton Chenier	Calinda	Destination New Orleans
14	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
15	Fats Domino	The Big Beat	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
16	Dr. John	Blue Monday	Goin' Back To New Orleans
17	Fats Domino	What's Wrong	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
18	Theryl De Clouet	I Get Lifted	A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief 2005
19	Sammy Naquin	New Orleans Waltz	Best of Cajun Instrumentals
20	Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie	Canaille	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	La Crhve De Faim (Starvation 2-Step)	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
22	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	New Orleans Beat	La Toussaint
23	Lil' Queenie & The Percolators	My Darlin' New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
24	Sunpie And The Louisiana Sunspots	Bunny Bread	Destination New Orleans
25	Johnny Adams	Release Me	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
26	Jimmy Clanton	Another Sleepless Night	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
27	Jewel King	3X7=21	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
28	Charles "Hungry" Williams	So Glad You're Mine	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
29	Archibald	Stack O Lee	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
30	Great Day of New Orleans Singers	You've Got To Be Modernistic	Black American Choirs 1926-31
31	Great Day of New Orleans Singers	Shout On	Black American Choirs 1926-31
32	The Red Stick Ramblers	Main Street Blues	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
33	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Mardi Gras In New Orleans	A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief 2005

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

John Prine 79

October 10, 2025 Dave

We lost John Prine to COVID in 2020. We’re going to celebrate his 79th birthday along with the rest of his fans this morning as two new movies are on the horizon at just the right time. The two movies differ in their angles: one being a new tribute produced by his wife Fiona Whelan Prine called “You Got Gold” and the other is one produced by the Hello In There Foundation called “How Lucky Can One Man Get” which has its first screening this month in Denver. With today being his birth date, we’ll be doing a few different takes on John’s career in music including a couple reminiscences from Todd Snider and Steve Poltz who delivers a delightful memory of a trip to the Disney Store with John. There’s a reason that John is considered an American music treasure: as a songwriter he has few peers with his straight-ahead and simple sensibility. He delivered the goods as well as any of the legendary humorists , and that includes Mark Twain. Drop on in for something special this Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sturgill Simpson	Paradise	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
3	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
4	The Brother Brothers	Dear John	The January Album
5	Kacey Musgraves	Burn One With John Prine	Demos
6	John Prine	Fish and Whistle	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
7	Carsie Blanton	Fishin' with You	Fishin' with You – Single
8	Brandi Carlile	I Remember Everything	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
9	Steve Poltz	A Trip To The Disney Store	Steve Poltz Remembers
10	John Prine	Souvenirs	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 12 The Heartland And Canada
11	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
12	Justin Townes Earle	Far From Me	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
13	Donnie Fritts	The Oldest Baby in the World	Lucky 13
14	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
15	Tommy Prine	Ships in the Harbor	Ships in the Harbor – Single
16	Tommy Prine	Cash Carter Hill	This Far South
17	Todd Snider	John Prine (Live)	Live: Return of the Storyteller
18	John Prine with Peter Cooper	I Sang The Song	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
19	Tammy Wynette	Unwed Fathers	Tears Of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
20	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
21	John Prine Kelsey Waldon	Love At The Five & Dime	More Than A Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith
22	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
23	Swamp Dogg	Please Let Me Go Round Again (feat. John Prine)	Sorry You Couldn't Make It
24	Laurie Lewis	Why'd You Have to Break My Heart_ (for John Prine)	Trees
25	John Prine	That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
26	John Prine	Hey Ah Nothin'	Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
27	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything
28	Kris Kristofferson	Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)	The Essential Kris Kristofferson Disc 2

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Back on the Farm 2025

July 5, 2025 Dave

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show, an encore presentation from 2017. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard	Farmer's Blues	Country Music
3	Freeman Stowers	Sunrise On The Farm	Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931
4	Bill Frisell	Farmer	Disfarmer
5	Levon Helm	Poor Old Dirt Farmer	Dirt Farmer
6	Bill Neely	Black Land Farmer	16 Down Home Country Classics
7	James King	Thirty Years of Farming	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
8	Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary	The Wheat Crop	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
9	Lemuel Jones	Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers)	Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941)
10	Peter Rowan	Let the Harvest Go To Seed	Bluegrass Boy
11	Carolina Tar Heels	Got The Farm Land Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
12	Cisco Houston	Farmer's Lament	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
13	J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert)	Living On The Farm	The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4
14	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Old Rivers
15	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
16	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	Down on Penny's Farm	Penny's Farm
17	The Four Wanderers	Farmer's Life For Me	Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942)
18	Ben & Ellen Harper	Farmer's Daughter	Childhood Home
19	Bobby Bare	The Farmer Feeds Us All	Hard Time Hungrys
20	Porter Wagoner	The Farmer and the Lord	20 All-Time Greatest Hits
21	Paula Brown	Farm Hollers	Hollerin'
22	Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers	McDonald's Farm (1928)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
23	Bubby Bishop	I Want To Go Back To The Farm	The Great Vintage Country
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	On A Little Two Acre Farm	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	Goose Island Ramblers	I Worked For a Farmer	Polkabilly
26	Buster Carter & Preston Young	A Lazy Farmer Boy	Before The Blues Vol. 3
27	Rosetta Howard	Plow Hand Blues [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
28	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
29	Fiddlin' John Carson	Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003]	Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
30	Ray Wylie Hubbard	After the Harvest	Crusades of the Restless Nights
31	Dry Branch Fire Squad	Devil, Take The Farmer	481 Bluegrass Class of 1990
32	Glen Campbell	Arkansas Farmboy	Adios
33	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
34	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle Carter	The Homestead On The Farm [Album Version]	Songs Of The Famous Carter Family
35	Walter Brennan	Back To The Farm	Old Shep

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music, Oldies, Theme Time

Crime Does Not Pay

June 21, 2025 Dave

Tune in this week for crimes, misdemeanors and general lawlessness as we lean on a theme that explores music that explores one hundred years of crime in different form. We’ll also ask law enforcement to step in as needed with pursuits, chain gangs, and K9 units. From Elmer Bernstein to The Crickets, Mel Tillis to The Byrds, and Bo Diddley, Red River Dave, and blues from Robert Wilkins as our show reminds listeners that Crime Doesn’t Pay…unless you’ve already got the cheese or you’re on the grift with the government behind you. Join our listening audience for the best roots radio show you’ll find here in the North Bay. We’ll make sure this week’s show covers the theme with tracks and treasures, classic influences and much more. So, whether you’re tuning in from a big city street or a quiet back road, settle in, turn it up, and let the stories music take you there. It’s another week of Deeper Roots on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tex Morton	Crime Does Not Pay	The Great Vintage Country
3	Delmore Brothers	Fugitive's Lament	Brown's Ferry Blues
4	Robert Wilkins	Police Sergeant Blues	Memphis Blues, 1928-1935
5	Joe Smith	Kidnapping is a Terrible Crime	Lead Kindly Light
6	Jimmie Driftwood	Jesse James	Americana, Vol. 2
7	The Byrds	Pretty Boy Floyd	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
8	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
9	Sons of the Pioneers	Outlaw (1952)	Wagons West (CD4)
10	Andy Griffith	Police Department Blues	Rocks, Blues & Old Timey Songs
11	James Talley	Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again?	Tryin' Like The Devil
12	Merle Haggard	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Capitol Collector's Series
13	Tom T. Hall	A Week In A Country Jail	Classic Country Vol. 15 The Sixties Legends Disc 1
14	Peter Rowan & Nashville Bluegrass Band	Jailer Jailer	Legacy
15	Ray Llewelyn	Highway Patrol	Television's Greatest Hits Volume 4
16	Junior Brown	Highway Patrol	Junior High
17	The Crickets	I Fought the Law	Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs
18	Helen Grayco	Lilly's Lament (Cell 29)	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
19	Tom Edwards	Cook County Jail	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
20	Red River Dave	California Hippie Murders	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
21	Johnny Rebb And His Rebels	Hey Sheriff	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
22	Jimmy Young	Chain Gang	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
23	Bo Diddley	Cops And Robbers	Have Guitar Will Travel
24	Ray Anthony & His Orchestra	Dragnet	TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
25	Elmer Bernstein	Staccato's Theme	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
26	Russ Tamblin & The Jets	Gee, Officer Krupke	West Side Story
27	Freddie 'Bama Boy' Hall & His Gadsden Band	This Crooked World	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
28	Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers	Police	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
29	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Call The Police	Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands
30	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Twenty-Four Robbers	100 Ans De Jazz
31	Wayne Hancock	Johnny Law	Swing Time
32	Randy Newman	Jolly Coppers on Parade	Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Bound To Lose

April 25, 2025 Dave

This week‘s show brings us echoes of resistance from the past because there’s a storm brewing, stirring from the louder voices of people recognizing that fascism has settled in. People in this country are getting organized around a common anger that democracy and freedom is being taken from them. The political fortification led by Republican leadership co-opted by white nationalism and support for the gestapo tactics must be held in check and the voices of the ballot box will be the final determination; that is, if there is time. Music this week features Roy Zimmerman, Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and a whole host of sounds from the past century whose musical voices raged when fascism and autocracy attempted to take hold. Money is the root of this evil, make no mistake. There is always hope, however, and we need to be here for each other while practicing self-care with family and friends. The storm clouds are now above us and it’s up to all of us. Now. Not later.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners & McCrarys	We Shall Overcome	Gospel Caravan
3	Allen Toussaint	Yes We Can Can	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
4	Pete Seeger	Which Side Are You On	Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits
5	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	Power To The People	Gimme Some Truth [Disc 1]
6	Buffalo Springfield	For What It's Worth	Buffalo Springfield
7	Molly Brandt	Revolution on the Horizon	American Saga
8	Tracy Chapman	Talkin' Bout a Revolution	Tracy Chapman
9	Woody Guthrie	Tear the Fascists Down	My Dusty Road
10	Alan Lomax	All Of You Fascists Bound To Lose	Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
11	The Tillers	All You Fascists Bound to Lose	The Tillers
12	Marc Ribot	Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits)	Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018
13	Garland Jeffreys	Wild in the Streets	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
14	Jefferson Airplane	Volunteers	Volunteers
15	Public Enemy	Fight The Power	Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music
16	Perla Batalla	The Partisan	A Letter to Leonard Cohen
17	Isley Brothers	Fight the Power EDIT	FunkGASM
18	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	This Land is Your Land (Digital Album Exclusive)	Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In)
19	Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal	Crawl into the Promised Land	Crawl Into the Promised Land (Single)
20	Nanci Griffith	Hell No (I'm Not Alright)	Occupy This Album
21	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	Chapter & Verse
22	Nina Simone	Revolution	Anthology Disc 2
23	R.B. Morris	That's How Every Empire Falls	Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
24	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
25	Dropkick Murphys	All You Fonies	This Machine Still Kills Fascists
26	Gil Scott-Heron	Whitey On The Moon	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
27	Lou Christie	Self Expression (The Kids on the Street Will Never Give In)	Enlightnin'ment: The Best of Lou Christie
28	John Fogerty	Fortunate Son	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
29	Billy Bragg & Wilco	All You Fascists	Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2
30	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 1]
31	Marc Ribot	How To Walk In Freedom (feat. Sam Amidon & Fay Victor)	Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Oldies, Rock

Something in the Air

March 22, 2025 Dave

Spring is knock-knock-knocking…and our Supreme Court is push-push-pushing back on the idea of Emperor Grandpa McFuddlepants. And why not? They created it. But here, we’re busy painting the town with hope and there’s a sense that there’s something in the air as this week’s show leans on the fabric of Americana sounds to get us through yet another week of hate speech from Pennsylvania Avenue. We’ll apply an salve of sweet sounds from Jerry Garcia, Jackie Wilson, Townes Van Zandt, Billie Holiday, and that late local luminary and bard about town Dan Hicks in this week’s show. It’s a free form dance we’re taking on so I hope you make time or, if you can’t catch us live on KOWS, you can catch up on our archives posted on Podomatic at https://deeperroots.podomatic.com

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Something in the Air	Greatest Hits
3	Marshall Crenshaw	Who Stole That Train	Miracle of Science
4	Them	Baby Please Don't Go	Them Featuring Van Morrison
5	Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings	Anyway The Wind Blows	Anyway The Wind Blows
6	John Hiatt	Radio Girl	Slug Line
7	Townes Van Zandt	(Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria	Townes Van Zandt
8	Charley Crockett	Jamestown Ferry	Lonesome Drifter
9	Ray Charles	Take These Chains from My Heart	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
10	Jackie Wilson	I Just Can't Help It	The Jackie Wilson Story [Sony]
11	Little Jimmy Dickens	I Can't Help It	The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens
12	James Hunter Six	Can't Help Myself	Nick of Time
13	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Big Mamou	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
14	David Lindley	Your Old Lady	El Rayo-X
15	Aereo-Plain Band/John Hartford	Keep on Truckin'	Steam Powered Aereo-Takes
16	Hot Tuna	Keep On Truckin'	Burgers
17	Jorma Kaukonen	Big River Blues	Blue Country Heart
18	Maria Muldaur	It Ain't The Meat, It's The Motion	Maria Muldaur
19	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
20	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Canned Music	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
21	Jerry Garcia	Deal	Garcia
22	The Youngbloods	Grizzly Bear	Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
23	Sonny James	Innocent Lies	Singles
24	Billie Holiday	God Bless the Child	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
25	Jackson Browne	These Days	The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
26	Wayne Hancock	Life's Lonesome Road	A-Town Blues
27	Steve Forbert	Lonesome Cowboy Bill	Young Guitar Days
28	Levon Helm	Move Along Train	Electric Dirt
29	Tom Petty	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better	Full Moon Fever
30	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Cowgirl's Best

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Echoes of Blues Greats

March 15, 2025 Dave

There’s an echo in the well of Americana and it reverberates from tradition and some of the early songsmiths and blues masters who delivered the blues proper through the depths of the past century of America’s music. We’ll be pulling some of the classic blues covers of songs composed by just a small collection of the great blues masters: Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Blake and beyond in this week’s episode. There is seldom enough time to make a dent in only two hours but we’ll do our best with covers from some of the inheritors like BB King, Carl Perkins, Bob Dylan, Jorma Kaukonen and a couple dozen others. We’re excavating some deeper roots this week and then tilling the airwaves with freshly turned songs of the earth; a landscape of blues cutting a deep swath across the musical landscape of the past 100 years. Celebrating blues and those who brought it home this week on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Graham Parker	Poor Me	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
3	Rising Sons	By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version]	Rising Sons
4	Charlie Musselwhite	Pea Vine Blues	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
5	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Police Dog Blues	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
6	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Black Snake Moan	Braver Newer World
7	Bo Diddley	Diddy Wah Diddy	Bo Knows Bo
8	Bob Dylan	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Bob Dylan
9	Andy Fairweather Low	Matchbox	The Invisible Bluesman
10	Carl Perkins	Matchbox	Dixie Fried
11	Sam Price and his Texas Blusic	Match Box Blues	1929-1941
12	B.B. King	Tomorrow Night	Reflections
13	Lonnie Johnson, John Hughes, Roy Coulter	Tomorrow Night	Tomorrow Night
14	John Sebastian	I Found A Dream – (Live At Winterland)	Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 3]
15	Lonnie Johnson	I Found A Dream	Blues & Ballads (With Elmer Snowden) (Reissued 1990)
16	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Rambler's Blues	A Stranger Here
17	Elmore James	Call It Stormy Monday	Greatest Blues Legends
18	Roomful of Blues	I Know Your Wig Is Gone	That's Right
19	Boz Scaggs	T-Bone Shuffle	Come On Home
20	Peter Wolf	Rollin' & Tumblin'	A Tribute To Muddy Waters – King Of The Blues
21	Shannon McNally	The Stuff You Gotta Watch	Black Irish
22	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Cross My Heart	Chess Blues Guitar / Two Decades Of Killer Fretwork, 1949-1969
23	Johnny Winter	Help Me	The Progressive Blues Experiment
24	Dr. John/John Hammond, Jr./Michael Bloomfield	Last Night	Triumvirate
25	Tommy Castro And The Painkillers	Bad Luck	Method To My Madness
26	Dinah Washington	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?	Verve Unmixed
27	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
28	B.B. King	Jack, You're Dead!	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
29	Muddy Waters	Don't Go No Farther	His Best, 1956 To 1964
30	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	Chess Blues Disc 3
31	Muddy Waters	The Same Thing	The Definitive Collection
32	Big Daddy Wilson	Couldn't Keep It to Myself	Deep in My Soul

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Rock Meets Country

January 25, 2025 Dave

It was without question a natural progression. All of the attributes that country inherited from gospel, blues, and jazz resulted in what amounted to competition in the charts (and in some mid-century cultural clashes). Although The Beatles had suggested a kinship with mid-sixties tributes to Buck Owens and Chet Atkins, the only comfortable way to make the marriage work was to have it come from other directions…specifically from cultural prods of Nudie suits, coupled with folk and country nudges, and the inevitable respect for the music. Gram Parsons’ influence on the late sixties rise of something they called ‘country rock’ is easy to find but Dylan’s John Wesley Harding album from 1968, The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and Leon Russell’s alter-ego Hank Wilson opened the doors to a sound that swept the charts. We’ll hear some originals, covers, and a whole lot more in this week’s Deeper Roots. Hope y’all can join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gram Parsons	Streets Of Baltimore	G.P. / Grievous Angel
3	Gram Parsons	The New Soft Shoe	G.P. / Grievous Angel
4	The Beatles	Act Naturally	Help! [UK]
5	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film)
6	The Byrds	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
7	The Byrds	The Christian Life	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
8	The Louvin Brothers	The Christian Life	Long Play Collection
9	Tex Ritter	Blue Canadian Rockies	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
10	The Byrds	Blue Canadian Rockies	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
11	Bob Dylan	John Wesley Harding	John Wesley Harding
12	Leon Russell	She Thinks I Still Care	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
13	Leon Russell	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
14	Leon Russell	Uncle Pen	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
15	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Uncle Pen	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
16	Moon Mullican	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	The Very Best Of
17	George Jones	She Thinks I Still Care	Swingers [Original Soundtrack]
18	Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons	Love Hurts	Duets
19	The Louvin Brothers	The Angels Rejoiced Last Night	Close Harmony [Disc 4]
20	Emmylou Harris/Gram Parsons	The Angels Rejoiced Last Night	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 1
21	Hank Williams	Half as Much	24 Greatest
22	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Half As Much	At The Ryman [Live]
23	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Cattle Call	At The Ryman [Live]
24	Tex Owens	Cattle Call	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
25	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
26	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Get Up John	Bill Monroe: Anthology
27	Neil Young	Oh, Lonesome Me	After the Gold Rush
28	Various Artists	Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7
29	Jackson Browne	Red Neck Friend (LP Version)	For Everyman
30	Eagles	Take It Easy	Selected Works 1972-1999: The Early Years
31	Bob Dylan	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	John Wesley Harding
32	Linda Ronstadt	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
33	Asleep at the Wheel	Ida Red	A Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills (Dance Versions)
34	George Jones	You're Still On My Mind	Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums

A Century of America's Music