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Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Finger Pickin’ Good

May 7, 2016 Dave

I’ll say…finger pickin’ good music featuring finger pickin’ great performers from the past century. We’ve got a two hour sampling of sounds from the likes of Doc Watson, Jorma Kaukonen, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Blind Blake, Riley Puckett, and (of course) Merle Travis. Our Wednesday evening will keep it pretty folksy and traditional for the most part, leaning on tradition and the very best in string picking and chord strumming. All this and more on our roots music show which is produced exclusively for Sonoma County community radio, both KWTF and KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Leo Kottke	Buckaroo	Essential
3	Chet Atkins	Wheels	Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
4	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
5	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
6	Doc Watson	Doc's Guitar [#]	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
7	Jefferson Airplane	Embryonic Journey	Walk on the Moon
8	Jorma Kaukonen	Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown (Instrumental)	Stars In My Crown
9	John Fahey	Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
10	Davy Graham	Angi	3/4 Ad – Single
11	Davy Graham	Davy's Train Blues	3/4 Ad – Single
12	Stefan Grossman	Police Dog Blues	How To Play Blues Guitar
13	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Roots of Rock
14	Lonnie Johnson	Untitled	Steppin' On The Blues
15	Riley Puckett	Fuzzy Rag	Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
16	Etta Baker	One Dime Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
17	Merle Travis	Freight Train (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
18	Tommy Emmanuel	The Bug	It's Never Too Late
19	Bob Brozman	Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]	Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
20	Merle Travis	Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
21	Jorma Kaukonen	Fur Peace Rag	Stars In My Crown
22	Leo Kottke	Wonderland By Night	Peculiaroso
23	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Leo Live
24	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	Rings	Sixty Six Steps
25	John Fahey	Layla	Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
26	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
27	Doc & Merle Watson	Bonaparte's Retreat	Then And Now/Two Days In November
28	Sam McGee	Knoxville Blues	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
29	Mississippi John Hurt	Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight	Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set
30	Stefan Grossman	Pallet On Your Floor	How To Play Blues Guitar
31	David Bromberg	Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
32	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
33	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Barrier	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
34	Bob Hadley	Celtic Reverie	Imaginational Anthem
35	Bert Jansch	Angie	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
36	Dave Van Ronk	Gaslight Rag	Going Back to Brooklyn
37	Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon	Strange	Clone
38	Bob Brozman	Devil's Slide	Devil's Slide

Americana, Deeper Roots on KWTF

Americana Special

May 7, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots takes on new Americana. There is a lot of good roots-influenced music out there, you just need to know where to go. Country, alt-country, swing, gospel, blues, soul, and bluegrass continue to be heard and loved finding a voice across a (very) wide canvas called ‘Americana’. On Deeper Roots this week on KWTF radio, we’ll curate the sounds of new Americana that play weekday mornings on KWTF from 9am to 11am (including Thursday’s Blue Moon Americana show). Tune in for new music from Parker Millsap, The Cactus Blossoms, Sturgill Simpson, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, and Loretta Lynn.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sierra Hull	Lullaby	Weighted Mind
3	Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan	Crossing Muddy Waters	Crossing Muddy Waters
4	Buddy Miller & Friends/Kacey Musgraves	Love's Gonna Live Here	Cayamo Sessions at Sea
5	Sturgill Simpson	In Bloom	A Sailor's Guide to Earth
6	Willie Nelson	Summertime	Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
7	Carrie Rodriguez & The Sacred Hearts	Perfidia	Lola
8	Brothers Comatose	Valerie	City Painted Gold
9	Cyndi Lauper	Detour (Featuring Emmylou Harris)	Detour
10	Aoife O'Donovan	Magic Hour	In The Magic Hour
11	Bianca De Leon	I Sang Patsy Cline (Radio Cut)	Love, Guns and Money
12	Hayes Carll	Love Is So Easy	Lovers and Leavers
13	The Cactus Blossoms	Stoplight Kisses	You're Dreaming
14	The Cactus Blossoms	Change Your Way or Die	You're Dreaming
15	Dori Freeman	Tell Me	Dori Freeman
16	Grant-Lee Phillips	Cry Cry	The Narrows
17	The James Hunter Six	This Is Where We Came In	Hold On!
18	Lucinda Williams	Place In My Heart	The Ghosts Of Highway 20 (Disc 1)
19	Parker Millsap	Pining	The Very Last Day
20	Josh Ritter	Getting Ready to Get Down	Sermon on the Rocks
21	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Call It What It Is	Call It What It Is
22	Bonnie Raitt	Gypsy in Me	Dig in Deep
23	The California Honeydrops	Jolie	A River's Invitation
24	Loretta Lynn	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven	Full Circle
25	Malcolm Holcombe	Sweet Georgia	Another Black Hole
26	Del McCoury Band	01 New York Trains	Del and Woody
27	Infamous Stringdusters	Run To Heaven (Featuring Aoife O'Donovan)	Ladies & Gentlemen
28	The Boxcars	I'm Dreaming Of You	Familiar With The Ground
29	Willie Sugarcapps	Love Be Good to Me	Paradise Right Here
30	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Folk Songs Pt 2 – Spirituals

April 9, 2016 Dave

Folks Songs of North America II - Spirituals — Folks Songs of North America II – Spirituals

The second installment in our exploration of the Alan Lomax book of the same name, this time focusing our energies on tradition in gospel and spiritual. Leader-chorus work songs to lighten the load of heavy labor; dancing songs to quicken the spirit on those rare holidays; and spirituals to replace their lost African religions and to console in times of physical torment and spiritual degradation are all captured here, including the stories and lineage behind the original pieces. We’ll hear from a diverse selection of performers including The Dixie Jubilee Singers, Odetta, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Eva Cassidy, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fisk Jubilee Singers	I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	The Gold and Blue Album
3	Bessemer Sunset Four	Climbing Jacob's Ladder	Bessemer Sunset Four (1928-1930)
4	Kenneth Benfield	Jacob's Ladder (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
5	Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger	Jacob's Ladder	H.A.R.P. A Time To Sing Disc 1
6	The Staple Singers	Jacob's Ladder	Freedom Highway
7	The Fairfield Four	Roll Jordan	Revival
8	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
9	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Roll Jordan Roll	Home of the Blues
10	The Golden Gate Quartet	Roll Jordan, Roll	The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD1]
11	The Golden Gate Quartet	Go Where I Send Thee	Vol. 1 (1937-1938)
12	Magnolia Five	The Holy Baby	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
13	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
14	Odetta	Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
15	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
16	Eva Cassidy	Wade In the Water	Hear Music volume 6
17	The Harmonizing Four	Wade In The Water	The Essential Guide To Gospel
18	Mavis Staples	Wade In The Water	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
19	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
20	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
21	The Weavers	When the Stars Begin to Fall	The Weavers Almanac
22	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
23	Mississippi John Hurt	All Night Long	The Complete Studio Recordings: Last Sessions
24	Reverend Gary Davis	All Night Long	Twelve Gates To The City: In Concert, 1962-1966, Volume Three
25	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
26	Fern Jones	Didn't It Rain	The Glory Road
27	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
28	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
29	Louis Armstrong	This Train	Louis And The Good Book
30	Samuel Patterson	This Train	Americana Roots Songbook: Gospel
31	Pops Staples	The Downward Road	Father Father
32	The Golden Gate Quartet	Dese Bones Gonna Rise Again	Radio Transcriptions 1941 – 1944
33	John D. Foster & Leonard Rutherford	These Bones Gwine Rise Again	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
34	Sons of the Pioneers	Dese Bones Gwine to Rise Again	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
35	Willie Eason With The Campbell Brothers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Sacred Steel – Live!
36	Mississippi Fred McDowell	When The Saints Go Marching In	My Home Is In The Delta
37	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)

African American Gospel, Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

March 17, 2016 Dave

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell	Dark Was The Night	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
3	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
4	Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
5	Hot Tuna	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]	Live In Japan
6	Bruce Cockburn	Soul of a Man	Nothing But a Burning Light
7	Ry Cooder	Dark Was The Night	Paris, Texas
8	Maria Muldaur	Oh, the Rain	Any Woman's Blues
9	Sinead O'Connor	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
10	Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams	Motherless Children	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
11	John Hammond, Jr.	Motherless Willie Johnson	Country Blues
12	Odetta	Motherless Children	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
13	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody's Fault	Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
14	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
15	Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
16	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
17	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
18	The Staple Singers	Samson And Delilah	Freedom Highway
19	Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four	John the Revelator	Peace in the Valley [Arista]
20	The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
21	Blind Willie Johnson	Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
22	The Levon Helm Band	God Don't Never Change	The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
23	David Bromberg Band	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Only Slightly Mad
24	The Blasters	Samson and Delilah	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
25	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
26	Johnny Shines	It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine	Traditional Delta Blues
27	Irma Thomas	Soul of a Man	After the Rain
28	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
29	Taj Mahal	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	The Real Thing
30	Rev. Gary Davis	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
3	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
5	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
6	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
7	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
11	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
15	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
16	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
17	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
18	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
22	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
23	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
24	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
25	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
26	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
27	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
29	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
30	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
31	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
33	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, Early Pop

Pop Music of the 1920s

January 28, 2016 Dave

We’ll revisit the third decade of the 20th century where the social and cultural watershed events following the first World War were more than one could have anticipated. The Jazz Age; Prohibition; Radio and the Victrola meant entertainment could be had in the front room, replacing the family and neighborhood parlor entertainment. While the Great Depression loomed on the horizon, the music that found the middle was hopeful and full of man-meets-girl songs were all the rage…even if signs of hard times to come were easily spotted. Listen in for a chronological selection that includes the sounds of Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Annette Hanshaw, Ethel Waters, and the peerless pop icons Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

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Guitar Theme

January 23, 2016 Dave

Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Steve Earle	Guitar Town	Just an American Boy Disc 1
3	Walter Hurdt	Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild	Classic Field Recordings
4	Jimmie Rodgers	You And My Old Guitar	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1]
5	Jorma Kaukonen	More Than My Old Guitar	River Of Time
6	Jimmy Murphy	That First Guitar of Mine	1951-1956 (Warped 5101)
7	The Seldom Scene	Grandpa Getcha Guitar	Like We Used To Be
8	The Louvin Brothers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Long Play Collection
9	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
10	Hardrock Gunter	Guitar on the Mountain	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
11	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Steel Guitar Rag	Legends of Country Music Disc 1
12	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
13	Frank Crumit	Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar	Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
14	The Brown Bombers of Swing	Guitar Swing	If You Take Me Back
15	George Morgan	Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
16	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
17	Les Paul	Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
18	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Yodeling Guitar	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
19	Duane Eddy	Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar	Dance With The Guitar Man
20	Bo Diddley	Bo's Guitar	Go Bo Diddley
21	Johnny Powers	Me and My Rhythm Guitar	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
22	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3
23	Johnny Cash & June Carter	Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
24	Kitty Wells	Amigo's Guitar	Greatest Songs
25	Waylon Jennings	Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune	Clean Shirt
26	Willie Nelson	Guitar In the Corner	Band of Brothers
27	George Jones	Best Guitar Picker	The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
28	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
29	Merle Haggard	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Capitol Collector's Series
30	Freddie King	Me And My Guitar	Texas Cannonball
31	Tony Rice	Me and My Guitar	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
32	Lucinda Williams	Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings	World Without Tears
33	Guy Clark	The Guitar	Somedays the Song Writes You
34	Neil Young	This Old Guitar	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank

Deeper Cole Porter

January 9, 2016 Dave

American composer Cole Porter wrote words and music for over thirty stage and film musicals. His works were typically a model of sophistication, humor, and charm that would change popular musical theater. Deeper Roots takes a look at this songwriter whose music influenced generations of the American patchwork of styles including country, rock, pop, and R&B. We’ll hear from the torch vocals of Betty Carter, playful LA country from Michael Nesmith, the cool evening jazz of Julie London, rocking R&B from Roy Brown, and the contemporary country sounds of the Texoma All-Stars. And more, of course.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	It's De-Lovely	Cocktails With Cole Porter
3	Texoma All-Stars	Don't Fence Me In [*]	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
4	Gene Autry	Don't Fence Me In	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
5	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Tropical Campfires
6	Les Paul Trio	Begin The Beguine	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
7	k.d. lang	So in Love	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
8	Elvis Presley	True Love	The King Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters [Disc 3]
9	The Flamingos	In the Still of the Night	Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of
10	Roy Brown	Love For A Sale	Good Rockin' Tonight
11	Six Hits & A Miss	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
12	John Reischman	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	North of the Border
13	Chet Atkins	You Do Something To Me	Almost Alone
14	Billie Holiday	Easy To Love	First Issue: Great American Song Book [Disc 1]
15	Lena Horne;Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra	At Long Last Love	The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years
16	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) [From in Paris]	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
17	Julie London	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Cocktails With Cole Porter
18	Arthur Lyman Group	Love for Sale	Music for a Bachelor's Den
19	Blossom Dearie	Give Him The Ooh-La-La	Give Him The Ooh-La-La
20	Peggy Lee	Always True To You In My Fashion	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
21	Dinah Shore	It's All Right With Me	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
22	Betty Carter/Ray Charles	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
23	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
24	Martha Tilton With Dean Elliott And His Orchestra	Blow, Gabriel, Blow	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
25	Ethel Merman with Fairchild & Carroll & Their Orchestra	Down In The Depths (On The 90th Floor)	You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930 [Disc 3]
26	Mary Martin	My Heart Belongs To Daddy – from Night And Day	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
27	Ginny Simms, Cary Grant	You're The Top – from Night And Day	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
28	Bing Crosby/Frank Sinatra	Well Did You Evah?	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 1
29	Fred Astaire	All Of You	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
30	Frank Sinatra & Anttnio Carlos Jobim	I Concentrate On You	Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
31	David Byrne	Don't Fence Me In	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
32	Cole Porter	You're The Top	De-Lovely

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Folk Songs of North America

January 2, 2016 Dave

Folk Songs of North America was first published in 1960. Compiled by Alan Lomax (with melodies transcribed by Peggy Seeger), it featured traditional music organized by locale and topic. The anecdotes provided by Lomax and others were culled from both the oral and transcribed traditions of those who listened and performed. Deeper Roots goes deeper and features sets organized by topical pieces outlined in the book. Performers of the early century are featured including Dock Boggs, David McCarn, Gid Tanner, the Carolina Tar Heels, and The Bently Boys. We’ll also feature a handful of mid-to-late century performers to cap things off. Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of the last century of America’s music on Sonoma County’s newest member-supported radio voice, KWTF 88.1 FM, streaming to the world on kwtf.net.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Alan Lomax	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair	Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
3	Dock Boggs	Cumberland Gap	Bound For Glory
4	Kelly Harrell	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Archive.org
5	Pat Carrolls	Single Girl	Songcatcher
6	The Haden Triplets	Single Girl	The Haden Triplets
7	Jimmie Driftwood	Rattlesnake Song	Americana, Vol. 1
8	Joan Baez	John Riley [*]	Joan Baez [Bonus Tracks]
9	The Stonemans	Shady Grove	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
10	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Sally Goodin	Bill Monroe: Anthology
11	Andy Griffith	Cindy	Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs
12	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Cripple Creek	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
13	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Cripple Creek	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
14	Coot Grant and Socks Wilson	Uncle Joe (Pm 12833, 349-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
15	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
16	David McCarn	Cotton Mill Colic	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
17	Jimmy Martin	Roll on Buddy, Roll On	First Time Together
18	Lonzo and Oscar	Last Ole Dollar	1947-1950 (Warped 4741)
19	Darby & Tarlton	Birmingham Jail	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
20	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
21	Darby & Tarlton	Rising Sun Blues	Darby & Tarlton [Disc 3]
22	Don Reno/Red Smiley	Mule Skinner Blues	Together Again
23	Merle Travis	Dark As A Dungeon	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
24	Bill Morrissey	Pay Day	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
25	Carolina Tar Heels	Peg And Awl	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 2
26	Etta Baker & Taj Mahal	Johnson Boys	Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
27	Kossoy Sisters Featuring Erik Darling	The Wagoner's Lad	Bluegrass Roots
28	Richard Hawley	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?	Coles Corner
29	The Whitstein Brothers	I'm Troubled	Old Time Duets
30	Rosanne Cash	Fair And Tender Ladies	Songcatcher
31	Flatt & Scruggs	On Top of Old Smokey	Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane
32	Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band	Charles Giteau	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
33	Bobby Bare	Tom Dooley	Darker Than Light
34	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Tom Dula	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
35	Doc Watson	Omie Wise	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
36	Ernest V. Stoneman & Sweet Brothers	John Hardy	My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1

Christmas Special 2015

December 26, 2015 Dave

We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
3	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
4	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
5	The Living Sisters	Merry Happy Christmas	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
6	She & Him	Blue Christmas	A Very She & Him Christmas
7	The Ronettes	Frosty the Snowman	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
8	The Beach Boys	Toy Drive Public Service Announcement	Ultimate Christmas
9	Darlene Love	Winter Wonderland	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
10	The Beach Boys	Dennis Wilson Christmas Message	Ultimate Christmas
11	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
12	The Beach Boys	Man With All the Toys, The	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
13	Leroy Carr	Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
14	Lloyd Glenn	Sleigh Ride	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
15	Amos Milburn	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	King single 45-5405
16	B.B. King	Christmas Celebration	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
17	Walter Davis	Santa Claus	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
18	Blind Blake	Lonesome Christmas Blues	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
19	Leon Redbone	Christmas Island	Christmas Island
20	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
21	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
22	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
23	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24	Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren	Christmas Choo Choo Train	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
25	Elvis Presley	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26	Elvis Presley	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
27	The Living Sisters	Silver Bells	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
28	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
29	Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit Of Christmas
30	Ray Charles	Winter Wonderland	The Spirit Of Christmas
31	Cajun Gold	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
32	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
33	Lou Rawls	Christmas Is	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails
34	The Louvin Brothers	It's Christmas Time	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
35	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
36	James Brown	Please Come Home for Christmas	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
37	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

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