Storytelling in song is not new. It’s mankind’s way of conveying, in both accuracy and reflection, the narrative from one perspective. Embellishments and hooks have long been the best way to make the story easy to digest and, if need be, to get a point (likely sociopolitical) across. We’ll be doing just that in this Friday’s episode: stories based in war, natural disasters, national tragedies and personal conflict. We’ll take a hundred year tour of storytelling from Bessie Smith to the Drive-by Truckers, from Memphis Minnie and The Tex-I-An Boys to Calexico, The Staple Singers and Marty Robbins. There are floods, murders, environmental catastrophes, bombings, and some wartime solemnity to be shared today. Tune into KOWS Community Radio every Friday morning for some fresh musical linens, curated by the outdoors and streaming to all of planet Earth on KOWSFM.COM/listen

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Mac Wiseman	Wreck Of The Old '97	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
2	Jimmie Driftwood	The Battle of New Orleans	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
3	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
4	Johnny Horton	Sink The Bismark	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
5	Calexico	Victor Jara's Hands	Carried To Dust
6	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio	So Far
7	Joni Mitchell	Woodstock	Hits
8	Grateful Dead	New, New Minglewood Blues	What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
9	Grateful Dead	New Speedway Boogie	What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
10	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	Ludlow Massacre	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
11	Tom Petty	Jefferson Jericho Blues	Mojo (Extra Mojo Version)
12	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
13	Charlie Haden	Is This America? (Katrina 2005)	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
14	Johnny Cash	Five Feet High And Rising	Songs Of Our Soil
15	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
16	Sin-Killer Griffin	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm	Field Recordings, Vol. 5: Louisiana, Texas, Bahamas (1933-1940)
17	The Tex-I-An Boys	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
18	Bessie Smith	Backwater Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
19	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
20	Chill Pill Dancers	Zoot Suit Riot	Swing: Next Generation
21	Mimi & Richard Fariqa	Birmingham Sunday	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast
22	Archie Shepp	Blues for Brother George Jackson	Verve Unmixed, Vol. 2
23	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
24	Will And Jehnean	Trail of Tears	Song of America
25	Don McLean	American Pie	Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends]