November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Irma Thomas	It's Raining	Soul Queen of New Orleans
2	Tom Waits	Jersey Girl	Used Songs 1973-1980
3	Skeeter Davis	The End of the World	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
4	Dinah Washington	This Bitter Earth	The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs
5	Johnny Cash	Family Bible	Boom Chicka Boom
6	Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2]
7	Paul Simon	Gone at Last	1964-1993 Disc 2
8	Nina Simone	Backlash Blues	Defiance Blues
9	Jimmy Hughes	A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
10	Art Freeman	Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
11	Brook Benton	Rainy Night In Georgia	Today
12	Roy Orbison	Blue Rain (Coming Down)	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3]
13	Rosanne Cash	I Count The Tears	Retrospective
14	Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
15	Ritchie Valens	Bluebirds Over The Mountain	Ritchie Valens – Ritchie
16	Joe Ely	If You Were A Bluebird	Joe Ely
17	Billy Walker	Gonna Find Me A Bluebird	Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
18	Mac Wiseman	The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me	Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966
19	Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys	Hello Bluebird	Oh!
20	Ry Cooder	Johnny Cash	I, Flathead
21	Johnny Cash	28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968]	Live At The Carousel Ballroom
22	Charley Crockett	Skip A Rope	Music City USA
23	Wanda Jackson	You Drive Me Wild	Encore
24	Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks	Bright Lights, Big City	Everybody's Rockin'
25	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
26	John Fogerty	Down On The Corner	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
27	Tom Waits	Lowside Of The Road	Mule Variations
28	John Oates	My Creole Belle	Arkansas
29	Chris Hillman	Wildflowers	Bidin' My Time
30	Charlie Musselwhite	Siboney	Continental Drifter
31	Dave Alvin	Downey Girl	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women