Category Archives: Modern Americana

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Devils and Angels

April 21, 2018 Dave

The devil is, indeed, an angel…albeit a fallen one. And the music we’ll be sharing this morning with our West County audience will take note of that fact with sounds that feature modern Americana as well as early to mid-century country sounds. Tune in to KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for the very best in roots sounds…and this week is no different: modern Americana from Rob Ickes and The Devil Makes Three, mid-century country from Cowboy Copas and Lefty Frizzell, as well as some wild-eyed worship pieces from The Sunshine Boys, Benny Joy, and Margie Singleton (who performs the infamous “Jesus is My Pusher”). Just for you. Just in time for a springtime April morning.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Sunshine Boys	We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll)	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
2	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Lucifer And The Fallen Angels	Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can
3	Bobby McMillon	The Devil Song (Child 275)	Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 1: Survey
4	Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley	Friend Of The Devil	The Country Blues
5	Julie Miller	The Devil Is an Angel	Blue Pony
6	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
7	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands With The Devil	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
8	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
9	James King	The Devil's Train	Three Chords & The Truth
10	Carrie Rodriguez	Devil In Mind	Give Me All You Got
11	Shemekia Copeland	Devil's Hand	Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection
12	Rory Block	Devil Got My Woman	Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James
13	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
14	Merle Haggard	Dealing With The Devil	Rainbow Stew – Live
15	Benny Joy	Dark Angel	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
16	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
17	Lee Ann Womack	Take The Devil Out Of Me	The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
18	Lefty Frizzell	From an Angel to a Devil	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4)
19	The Devil Makes Three	What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)	Redemption & Ruin
20	Willie Nelson	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Country Music
21	Robert Plant	Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down	Band Of Joy
22	Margie Singleton	Jesus Is My Pusher	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
23	Eddie Noack	Psycho	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
24	The Treniers	Devil's Mambo	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
25	Billy Barton	The Devil, My Conscience And I	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26	Peter Rowan	Pulling The Devil By the Tail	Reggaebilly
27	Coleman Brothers	Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
28	Rev W. M. Clark and Sisters	Satan At Church (Pm 12559, 4792-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Modern Americana

Contemporary Americana Gospel

December 17, 2017 Dave

Just a closer walk…Deeper Roots walks the gospel road once more, this time forgoing the ancestral roots for modern takes in black gospel, country gospel, and bluegrass from the Heartland. Our focus will be on some of the contemporary performers who cover with due recognition some of the great gospel standards. We’ll hear from Hugh Laurie, Willie Watson, Rodney Crowell, Bruce Cockburn, and Luther Dickinson…and that’s just a taste. We’ll hear the stories of Samson and Delilah alongside John the Revelator….right here on Deeper Roots…coming your way from the KWTF downtown studios.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Aubrey Ghent & Friends	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
2	Buddy Miller	There's A Higher Power	Universal United House Of Prayer
3	Wade Bowen	Precious Memories	Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother
4	Mike Farris	Sit Down Servant	Salvation in Lights
5	Bonnie Raitt & Maria Muldaur	My Journey to the Sky	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
6	Johnny Cash	The Man Comes Around	American IV: Man Comes Around
7	Jorma Kaukonen	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today	Blue Country Heart
8	Rodney Crowell	Denomination Blues	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
9	Willie Watson	Samson and Delilah	Folksinger Vol. 2
10	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Peace in the Valley	Come on Back
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Amazing Grace	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
12	The Blind Boys of Alabama	I Keep On Walking	Almost Home
13	Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt	Turn Me Around	Mavis Staples I'll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration
14	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
15	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
16	Linda Gail Lewis	This Train	Hard Rocking Woman
17	Leo Welch	You Can't Hurry God	Sabougla Voices
18	The Holmes Brothers	Farther Along	Speaking In Tongues
19	Ollabelle	John The Revelator	Ollabelle
20	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
21	Luther Dickinson feat. the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band	Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
22	Bruce Cockburn	Twelve Gates To The City	Bone On Bone
23	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Family Bible	Django and Jimmie
24	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
25	Gillian Welch	Old Time Religion [Outtake]	Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg [Disc 2]
26	Charlie Haden	A Voice From On High	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
27	Rhiannon Giddens	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana

Resist!

May 7, 2017 Dave

We’re going to share some political sounds from the past and present on Deeper Roots in a show that expresses the sentiments of resistance and free speech. Tune in for some new music from The Drive-By Truckers and Bruce Springsteen as well as some powerful voices from the past: Gil Scott-Heron, Phil Ochs, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Public Enemy, Merle Haggard, and…well…the list just doesn’t seem to lack for talent and passion.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Black Eyed Peas	Power To The People	Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur [Disc 2]
2	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
3	Leonard Cohen	The Old Revolution	Songs From A Room
4	Phil Ochs	I'm Going To Say It Now	Farewells & Fantasies [Disc 1]
5	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
6	Woody Guthrie	Vigilante Man	The First Rays Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
7	Norman & Nancy Blake	Starving To Death On The Government Claim	The Hobo's Last Ride
8	Pete Seeger	Round And Around Hitler's Grave	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
9	Joan Baez	I Pity The Poor Immigrant	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
10	Pete Seeger	We Shall Not Be Moved	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
11	Merle Haggard	Politically Uncorrect	Singles
12	Pete Seeger	Which Side Are You On?	The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century
13	Tom Morello	Ease My Revolutionary Mind	Note Of Hope
14	Joe Grushecky	That's What Makes Us Great MP3 Mastered	New Band Project
15	Steve Earle	Rich Man's War	The Revolution Starts Now
16	Bob Dylan	Political World	Chronicles, Vol. 1
17	C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers	Get Your Rights, Jack	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
18	Gil Scott-Heron	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters
19	Tracy Chapman	Talkin' Bout a Revolution	Tracy Chapman
20	Country Joe & The Fish	Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer	The Collected Country Joe & The Fish: 1965-1970
21	Bruce Springsteen	We Shall Overcome	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
22	Tom Paxton	If The Poor Don't Matter	Redemption Road
23	Drive-By Truckers	Guns Of Umpqua	American Band
24	SNCC Freedom Singers; Neblett, Charles	Governor Wallace	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
25	Roy Zimmerman	Someday (We Shall Overcome)	The Faucet's On Fire
26	SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell	Dog, Dog	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
27	John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	Power To The People	Gimme Some Truth [Disc 1]

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Modern Americana, Rockabilly

Deeper Fifties Fear

January 14, 2017 Dave

There was (is?) a time when the background noise (and it was loud) revolved around the likelihood that humankind would annihilate itself any day. The Cold War brought out the worst of us. Fear of your neighbor…fear of ideology or alternative ideas were the centerpiece of the day. The fear was embodied in the likelihood of the ‘big one’ dropping; yet our schools, media, and government soft-peddled the reality. The entertainment industry had it’s own take, of course; because artistic license allowed exploration from every corner, even though it would often make light of what was then assumed to be an eventuality. We’ll hear country from Charlie Louvin and Elton Britt, left-wing folkies like Pete Seeger and Mark Spoelstra, and gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet and The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. It’s a combination of novelty, contemporary takes on old standards, and vintage sounds (both musical and otherwise) in our Deeper Roots episode that explores the American way called ‘duck and cover’.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
2	Ferlin Husky	Let's Keep the Communists Out	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
3	Armed Forces	How to spot a communist	Public Service
4	Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers	When They Drop The Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
5	Karl & Harty	When The Atom Bomb Fell	Atomic Platters
6	Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts	Love That Bomb	Atomic Platters
7	Charlie Louvin	Great Atomic Power (w. Jeff Tweedy)	Charlie Louvin
8	Mark Spoelstra	Civil Defense Sign	Atomic Platters
9	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
10	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
11	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
12	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
13	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
14	The Five Stars	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
15	WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY	CONELRAD Radio Alert "Real Thing"	Atomic Platters
16	Pete Seeger	Study War No More (Peace): Talking Atom	If I Had a Hammer-Songs of Hope & Struggle
17	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
18	Glenn Barber	Atom Bomb	Atomic Platters
19	Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
20	Various	WW2 Air Raid Siren	Sound Effects Factory
21	Oscar Aleman	Tico Tico No Fuba	Swing Guitar Masterpieces
22	Connie Francis	Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow	Atomic Platters
23	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
24	Linda Hayes	Atomic Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
25	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Atomic Platters
26	Warren Smith	Uranium Rock	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
27	Bill Haley and his Comets	Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	Atomic Platters
28	Groucho Marx	Civil Defense Spot	Atomic Platters
29	Theme	Peter Gunn	Hit TV Themes Of The 50's
30	Billy Chambers	Fallout Shelter	Atomic Platters
31	The Ramones	I Wanna Be Well	Rocket to Russia (Expanded & Remastered)
32	Beastie Boys	Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
33	Johnny Cash	Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves	Atomic Platters
34	Pete Seeger	The Willing Conscript	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
35	Hank Williams	No No Joe	Like an Atom Bomb
36	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
37	Al Rogers and the Rocky Mountain Boys	The Hydrogen Bomb	Atomic Platters
38	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Old Man Atom	Country Legends
39	Sonny Russell	Fifty Megatons	Atomic Platters

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana

Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

October 15, 2016 Dave

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October. We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Sweet Revenge
2	Steve Goodman	Donald And Lydia	Steve Goodman
3	John Prine	Paradise	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970]
4	John Prine	Hello in There	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
5	John Prine	Souvenirs	Tribute to Steve Goodman
6	John Prine	Sam Stone	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters
7	John Prine	Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970)	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2]
8	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge
9	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Sweet Revenge
10	John Prine	The Oldest Baby in the World	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
11	John Prine/Steve Goodman	Souvenirs	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
12	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music
13	John Prine	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	John Prine Live
14	John Prine	It's Happening To You	Storm Windows
15	John Prine	Linda Goes to Mars	German Afternoons
16	Tom Paxton	Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine)	Redemption Road
17	My Morning Jacket	All The Best	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
18	The Boxmasters	Christmas in Prison	Christmas Cheer
19	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
20	John Prine with Fiona Prine	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose	In Spite Of Ourselves
21	John Prine/Iris Dement	(We're Not) The Jet Set	In Spite of Ourselves
22	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
23	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
24	Alison Krauss/John Prine	Falling in Love Again	For Better, Or Worse
25	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
26	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
27	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
28	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
29	Johnny Cash	Paradise [#]	Personal File Disc 1
30	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
31	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Modern Americana

Americana Special – May 2016

May 24, 2016 Dave

In this, our second KOWS Americana Special, we put together a show so that we could fill in for Mark Hogan’s Bluegrass and Old Time Hour…and we’re featuring new music from C. W. Stoneking, Margo Price, Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan. We’ll also pull out some dusty vintage nuggets from The Traveling Wilburys, Willie Nelson, and Frankie Laine. And there’s more…

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
2	The Blasters	American Music	American Music
3	C.W. Stoneking	Goin' Back South	Gon' Boogaloo
4	Seasick Steve	Hope	Hubcap Music
5	Janiva Magness	When You Hold Me	Love Wins Again
6	Left Arm Tan	Blacktop Blues	Lorene
7	Hayes Carll	The Love That We Need	Lovers and Leavers
8	Cyndi Lauper	Misty Blue	Detour
9	Jason Wilber	The Game (Radio Edit)	Echoes
10	Bob Dylan	Melancholy Mood	Fallen Angels
11	Mo Kenney	Pretty Things	In My Dreams
12	The Traveling Wilburys	End of the Line (Extended)	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
13	The Traveling Wilburys	Where Were You Last Night?	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3
14	Bob Dylan	All the Way	Fallen Angels
15	Bob Dylan	Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Fallen Angels
16	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Shine	Call It What It Is
17	The Lumineers	Ophelia	Cleopatra
18	Frankie Laine	Moonlight Gambler	Country Greats #2
19	C.W. Stoneking	Good Luck Charm	Gon' Boogaloo
20	Bonnie Bishop	Looking For You	Ain't Who I Was
21	Bonnie Raitt	Unintended Consequence of Love	Dig in Deep
22	John Doe	Get On Board	The Westerner
23	Margo Price	This Town Gets Around [FCC Warning]	Midwest Farmer's Daughter
24	Eric Clapton	Can't Let You Do It	I Still Do
25	Willie Nelson	Hello Walls	One Hell Of A Ride
26	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
27	Mark Knopfler	Daddy's Gone to Knoxville	The Ragpicker's Dream
28	Harley Allen	In the Jailhouse Now [*]	O Brother, Where Art Thou? [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] Disc 2
29	Del McCoury Band	06 Because You Took Me In Out Of The Rain	Del and Woody

Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana

Pickin’ Time – KOWS Oct 5, 2015

October 6, 2015 Dave

Dave Stroud will be sitting in tonight for Mark Hogan once again at 6pm Pacific. He’s got another episode of Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. In this episode, he’ll be following along Mark’s theme of old time and bluegrass, old and new. The playlist this evening will include bluegrass from James King, Mac Wiseman, David Grisman and Bill Monroe. He’ll also be sharing new tracks from Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas, Kinky Friedman, The Dustbowl Revival (fresh from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this past weekend), and a couple of tracks fromLowell Levinger From The Youngbloods’s new album “Get Together – Youngblood Classics”. Tune in for some Eddy Arnold tribute pieces, music about the married life, and a couple of fine recordings of the great guitar pioneer Riley Puckett.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers	Smokey Mountain Rag	With The Travelin Blues
2	Merle Travis	Freight Train (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
3	Dallas Smith	My Home Across the Blue Ridge Mountains	Still Pickin'
4	James King	Things Have Gone to Pieces	Three Chords & The Truth
5	Red Allen	I Heard My Mother Call My Name	Lonesome and Blue: The Complete County Recordings
6	Neko Case	Wayfaring Stranger	Live From Austin, TX
7	Kinky Friedman	Pickin Time	The Loneliest Man I Ever Met
8	Ricky Skaggs	Walls Of Time	Bluegrass Today [Disc 2]
9	David Grisman	Wicked Path of Sin (feat. Old & In The Way)	Dawg Plays Big Mon
10	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Wicked Path Of Sin	All The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]
11	Solitaire Miles	You Can't Break My Heart	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
12	Kacey Musgraves	You're From Texas	Wanted: One Good Cowboy
13	Pokey LaFarge	Lovebug Itch	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
14	Well Worn Soles	Worried	Country/Folk
15	Frank Black	Don't Rob Another Man's Castle	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
16	Don Henley Feat. Mick Jagger & Miranda Lambert	Bramble Rose	Cass County (Deluxe)
17	Traveling Show	Hillbilly Wedding Day	Songs From The Road Band
18	Charlie Haden	Single Girl, Married Girl	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
19	Robbie Fulks	Act Like A Married Man	13 Hillbilly Giants
20	John Prine With Lucinda Williams	Wedding Bells / Let's Turn Back The Years	In Spite Of Ourselves
21	Nikki Lane	Wild One	All or Nothin' (Deluxe)
22	Lowell Levinger	Sugar Babe	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
23	Lowell Levinger	Euphoria	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
24	Riley Puckett	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	Country Music Pioneer vol 1
25	Riley Puckett	Cindy	Country Music Pioneer vol 1
26	Mac Wiseman	Dust On The Bible	Grassroots To Bluegrass
27	Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers	To Hear Doc Watson Play	Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions
28	Doc Watson	Make Me a Pallet	Memories
29	Amy Helm	Roll Awy	Didn't It Rain
30	The Dustbowl Revival	Lampshade On	With a Lampshade On
31	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder

A Century of America's Music