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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courtney Marie Andrews | These Are The Good Old Days | Loose Future |  |
| 2 | Jake Xerxes Fussell | Frolic | Good and Green Again | |
| 3 | Neko Case | Hold On, Hold On | Wild Creatures | |
| 4 | John Craigie | Distance | Mermaid Salt | |
| 5 | Hurray for the Riff Raff | Nightqueen | Life On Earth | |
| 6 | Eliza Gilkyson | Don't Stop Lovin' Me | Songs From the River Wind | |
| 7 | Tami Neilson feat. Willie Nelson | Beyond The Stars | Kingmaker | |
| 8 | Mary Gauthier | Fall Apart World | Dark Enough to See the Stars | |
| 9 | Calexico | El Mirador | El Mirador | |
| 10 | Aoife O'Donovan | Prodigal Daughter | Age of Apathy | |
| 11 | Father John Misty | Goodbye Mr. Blue | Chlok and the Next 20th Century | |
| 12 | Tommy McLain | Somebody (Radio Edit) | I Ran Down Every Dream | |
| 13 | Leeroy Stagger | Does Anybody Live Here? | Dystopian Weekends | |
| 14 | Dr. John | End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville | Things Happen That Way | |
| 15 | The Cactus Blossoms | Ballad of an Unknown | One Day | |
| 16 | Charley Crockett | I Hope It Rains At My Funeral | Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley | |
| 17 | Charley Crockett | The Man from Waco | The Man from Waco | |
| 18 | Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson | Big Time | Big Time | |
| 19 | Melissa Carper | Hit or Miss | Ramblin' Soul | |
| 20 | Jake Blount | Didn't It Rain | The New Faith | |
| 21 | Tyler Childers | Way of the Triune God | Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? | |
| 22 | David Quinn | Cornbread and Chili | Country Fresh | |
| 23 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Can't Let Go | Raise The Roof | |
| 24 | The Black Keys | It Ain't Over | Dropout Boogie | |
| 25 | Willi Carlisle | Vanlife (Radio Edit) | Peculiar, Missouri | |
| 26 | Miko Marks The Resurrectors | Trouble | Feel Like Going Home | |