The Year in Americana 2022

This week’s show looks back at the year 2022 with a focus on the umbrella genre known as Americana. We’ll be digging deep into the releases that mattered last year, sharing some of the fresh new releases that made an impression. There are the singer/songwriters, the old hands with fresh perspectives, as well as those who have taken tradition and dressed it up fresh for the party. We’ll hear tracks from some of the very best albums of the year, including a few off the beaten one. Some great sounds coming your way from Aoife O’Donovan, The Black Keys, Tami Neilson, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Pour yourself a cup of your favorite fresh brew, put on the headphones, and find yourself some new favorites from under that big tent they call ‘Americana’ on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Courtney Marie Andrews These Are The Good Old Days Loose Future Amazon
2Jake Xerxes Fussell Frolic Good and Green Again Amazon
3Neko Case Hold On, Hold On Wild Creatures Amazon
4John Craigie Distance Mermaid Salt Amazon
5Hurray for the Riff Raff Nightqueen Life On Earth Amazon
6Eliza Gilkyson Don't Stop Lovin' Me Songs From the River Wind Amazon
7Tami Neilson feat. Willie Nelson Beyond The Stars Kingmaker Amazon
8Mary Gauthier Fall Apart World Dark Enough to See the Stars Amazon
9Calexico El Mirador El Mirador Amazon
10Aoife O'Donovan Prodigal Daughter Age of Apathy Amazon
11Father John Misty Goodbye Mr. Blue Chlok and the Next 20th Century Amazon
12Tommy McLain Somebody (Radio Edit) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
13Leeroy Stagger Does Anybody Live Here? Dystopian Weekends Amazon
14Dr. John End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville Things Happen That Way Amazon
15The Cactus Blossoms Ballad of an Unknown One Day Amazon
16Charley Crockett I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
17Charley Crockett The Man from Waco The Man from Waco Amazon
18Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson Big Time Big Time Amazon
19Melissa Carper Hit or Miss Ramblin' Soul Amazon
20Jake Blount Didn't It Rain The New Faith Amazon
21Tyler Childers Way of the Triune God Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
22David Quinn Cornbread and Chili Country Fresh Amazon
23Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Can't Let Go Raise The Roof Amazon
24The Black Keys It Ain't Over Dropout Boogie Amazon
25Willi Carlisle Vanlife (Radio Edit) Peculiar, Missouri Amazon
26Miko Marks The Resurrectors Trouble Feel Like Going Home Amazon

Wild in the Streets

December’s arrived and we’re going to get ourselves warmed up for the Hot Stove League, New Year’s Eve, football playoffs, reindeer on the roof and all the rest of it. But our show today will take on a common thread: songs about ‘the street’ or streets or boulevards, avenues … only the surface streets, not the highways. Dave’s picked out a collection of songs that are sure to stir emotion bringing home music that take on the ‘street’ topics from the genres of country, early pop, rock, folk, blues and all the rest. We’ll hear from Dylan, The Ink Spots, Tony Rice, Charlie Spand, the Orlons and a couple dozen others taking on an eclectic blend of songs where the streets as the muse. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio’s KOWS 92.5 FM, streaming to all of planet earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Deeper Roots brings you a morning of sounds from the locales of Easy Street, Lonely Street and 4th Street…directly from Orchard and 7th.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Various Artists Wild In the Streets Trailer 1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials Amazon
2Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
3Orlons South Street Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits Amazon
4The Royals Fifth Street Blues The Very Best of the Royals & the Midnighters Amazon
5Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles Decatur Street Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles Amazon
6Eddie Floyd Soul Street Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd Amazon
7Glories Dark End Of The Street Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
8Bobby Womack Across 110th Street Jackie Brown OST Amazon
9Clarence "Frogman" Henry Lonely Street Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
10Little Ann One Way Street Funk Soul Sisters Amazon
11Charlie Spand Hastings Street Black Swan Sampler Amazon
12Jack Teagarden Basin Street Blues An Introduction To Jack Teagarden Amazon
13Cab Calloway Beale Street Mama Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
14The Ink Spots Street Of Dreams Greatest Hits Amazon
15The Boswell Sisters Forty-Second Street The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
16Julie London Easy Street Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl Amazon
17Dean Martin On the Street Where You Live Swingin' with Dino Amazon
18Keely Smith w. Billy May Orchestra On The Sunny Side Of The Street Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls Amazon
19George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson On Green Dolphin Street The Swingin's Mutual! Amazon
20T-Bone Walker Street Walking Woman Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years Amazon
21Bob Dylan Positively 4th Street Biograph Disc 2 Amazon
22Bruce Springsteen Streets of Philadelphia Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
23The Doobie Brothers Takin' It To The Streets Takin' It To The Streets Amazon
24Utah Phillips Larimer Street The Telling Takes Me Home Amazon
25Gram Parsons Streets Of Baltimore Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 1] – GP Amazon
26Buck Owens Streets of Laredo I've Got a Tiger by the Tail Amazon
27Buck Owens Streets Of Bakersfield Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975) Amazon
28Tony Rice Church Street Blues Church Street Blues Amazon
29Simon & Garfunkel The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) The Essential Simon & Garfunkel Amazon
30Matys Brothers Crazy Street 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
31Leonard Cohen Boogie Street The Future/Ten New Songs Amazon