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Kacey Musgraves Celebrates Mexican Music With Brothers Detained By ICE

5 Songs I'm Diggin' For May! Featuring Lucy Liyou, Snail Mail, Kacey Musgraves/Willie Nelson, Deer Tick, and Shooter Jennings/Willie Nelson.

The Album That Set The Stage For Outlaw Country Turns 50 This Year!

5 Songs I'm Digging For April. Featuring Charley Crockett, Mitski, Iron & Wine, Ratboys, and India Ramey!

Jessye Desilva Glitters Up The Dark With This New Album Produced By Aaron Lee Tasjan!

Gillian Welch's album "Revivial" Came Out 30 Years Ago This Month! Let's Take A Look At This Classic Album.

Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson) Has A New Album Out! And It's Weird As Hell!

Charley Crockett's new album "Age of the Ram" is the end of his Sagebrush Trilogy.

Folk/Blues Legend Charlie Parr Is On The Show!

Folk Duo The Lowest Pair Talk Are On The Show!

5 Songs I'm Digging For March! Featuring Jeff Tweedy, Jeremy Ivey (w/Margo Price), Courtney Barnett, Father John Misty, and the Milk Carton Kids.

Colter Wall Is Taking A Break From Music For The Time Being

Folk The Man! John Henry

Country Music Grifters: Kid Rock

Steve Earle's Guitar Town Turns 40 This Month. Let's Take A Look At This Classic Album!

Celebrating Black History Month With The Carolina Chocolate Drops!

Remembering Bob Weir. The legendary guitar player of the Grateful Dead!

5 Songs I'm Diggin' For February featuring: Lucinda Wiliams, Mitski, Ecca Vandal, Flea, and Kim Gordon

Folk The Man! The Ghost of Tom Joad

5 Songs I'm Diggin' for January featuring Wednesday, Courtney Barnett, Clover Country, Colter Wall, and Brennan Leigh!

Sammy Brue on his touching album dedicated to the memory of Justin Townes Earle.

Hayley Heynderickx and Max Garcia Conover Are Making Music Like Woody Guthrie

MJ Lenderman and Waxahatchie are artists to be listening to in 2026!

Breaking down the best music of 2025!

Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas is a damn delight!

This Episode Goes To 11! Remembering Rob Reiner And His Classic Film This Is Spinal Tap!

Amanda Shires dives deep into her divorce with Jason Isbell on her new album "Nobody's Girl."

Billy Strings Tiny Desk Concert!

Mexican folk musician Silvana Estrada is someone you need to be listening to!

Brandi Carlile's new album "Returning to Myself" is Brandi at her best!

Twangly, Jangly, Honky-Tonking Alt Country!

In Memory of Todd Snider, The Interview We Did In 2020. RIP Todd!

Indie Folk, But Not Like Stomp-Clap Indie Folk

Austin Meade is blending rock and country sounds on his new album Almost Famous.

Singer Songwriter Max Gomez On His New Album Memory Mountain

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's New Record Label Features The Kasawambwe Brother of Malawi Africa.

I Am A Fall-Ass Hoe. And Do I Got A Playlist For You! Let's Celebrate Spooky Season With Some Great Music.

Roots Rewind: Amanda Shires On Her Song The Problem, And Writing About Women's Reproductive Rights

The West Texas Exiles Talk About Their New Album, The West, And How The Desert Impacts Their Songwriting.

Roots Rewind: A Conversation With Amy Ray of Indigo Girls

5 Song I'm Digging for September 2025! Featuring Jeff Tweedy, Neko Case, Lucy Dacus, Will Hoge, and Hayes Carll.

Rancid's break out album ...And Out Come The Wolves turns 30 this year. And it's still a banger!

Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger Turns 50 This Year! Let's Take A Look At This Classic Album.

AI Generated Music Sucks! Let's Take A Look At Some Awful Songs I "Wrote" Whatever That Means.

5 Songs I'm Digging Ep. 8 featuring Margo Price/Jesse Welles, Tyler Childers, Charley Crockett, Wednesday, and SG Goodman!

Kai Crowe-Getty discusses his new album "The Wreckage."

Tyler Childers Visionary New Album "Snipe Hunter" Is A Banger!

Nathan Evans Fox on his news song Hillbilly Hymn and why the Old Testament idea of "Jubilee" is relevant today. But probably not in the way you think.

Tami Neilson's new album "Neon Cowgirl" is a powerhouse of an album. She joins me today to talk about the record, recording with Willie Nelson, and what a whirlwind the last few years have been!

Tribute to the music of Ozzy Osbourne!

Amanda Shires reflects on her divorce with Jason Isbell in her new track "A Way It Goes."

Margo Price Comes Out Swinging With Her New Single "Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down"

Reno based alt-rock band Worm Shot is on the show performing live and talking about why we need more women in rock music!

Laufey has a new song out called Tough Luck and it is a masterpiece!

Turnstile has a new album out and it’s experimental, hardcore, and incredible! We take a look at it on today's episode!

The Girlies Are Taking Over Indie Rock! Today we take a look at Mitski, St. Vincent, The Marias, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, and Laufey.

Drunken Prayer (Morgan Geer) talks about his new album out on Dial Back Sound headed up by Drive By Truckers/Laura Jane Grace bassist Matt Patton.

Cowboy poet and singer/songwriter Mike Beck talks about working with Ian Tyson, Colter Wall, and why Nevada is King!

The Girlies Are Taking Over: Punk! This week we take a look at Bikini Kill, Amyl and the Sniffers, The Linda Lindas and more!

Roots Rewind: A White Guy Listens to Mexican Music Pt. 1

Melody Walker talks songwriting with Sierra Ferrell, and Molly Tuttle. Also her plethora of projects including a Grateful Dead Drag Band!

Is The Patronage Model The Way Forward For Musicians?

The Girlies Are Taking Over! Pop Music

We Need To Talk About The Kendrick Lamar Halftime Show!

TopHouse is on the show today talking about their new EP!

Celebrating Black History Month With Gangstagrass!

Celebrating Black History Month With The American Songster Dom Flemons!

Cowboy Poets Andy Hedges and Brenn Hill Talk the Music and Culture of The West!

A Shoutout To My Listeners!

Making of a Folk Hero: Jesse James and Luigi Mangione

The Girlies Are Taking Over: Americana Pt. 2

The Girlies Are Taking Over: Americana Pt. 1

Is Bob Dylan overrated? Today we take a look at the hype around Bob Dylan and whether or not it is well deserved.

Best of 2024! On today's episode I do a breakdown of the best roots music of 2024. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Roots Rewind: Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas!

Dolly Parton Explores her family history in Smoky Mountain DNA!

Tom Petty's Wildflowers Pt. 2

Tom Petty's Wildflowers is 30 years old! Let's take a look at this unbelievable album!

Best of: Amanda Shires joins me to talk about her song "The Problem" and women's reproductive health.

Miss Nevada Karrina Ferris is on the show! It's Nevada Day and to celebrate I wanted to bring this conversation I had with her to you today.

Singer Songwriter Abigail Austin Lucas is on the show! I had a great conversation with her and Kim Cook from the Reno Punk Flea Market.

5 Songs I'm Digging: Spooky Season Edition! On today's episode we take a look at five of my favorite songs from the Halloween season. I hope you dig it!

Booker T. Jones is on the show! He's worked with legends like Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, and even won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy. Hope you dig it!

Tribute to Kris Kristofferson. Kris Kristofferson passed away this week. He was an iconic songwriter. I pay tribute to him in this episode.

India Ramey on her new album "Baptized by the Blaze!"

Fruition: The Harmony of Tradition and Innovation in Modern Americana

Echoes of Americana: An in-studio performance with singer-songwriter Tom Vandenavond!

Jesse Daniel talks songwriting, writing a song for Dusty Slay's Netflix special, and his new album!

Singer Songwriter Jamie Lin Wilson talks about her Texas roots and artists like Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt in her music. Also recording with Emmylou Harris and Sunny Sweeney!

Lost Dog Street Band is on the show! They have a new album out that is incredible and I had a chance to chat with their frontman Benjamin Tod.

Dissent is Patriotic: A Fourth of July celebration of protest music featuring music from Woody Guthrie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lavender Country and Che Apalache.

A reflection on Juneteenth. In 1865 the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in the US. Today we take a look at the album by Our Native Daughters.

5 Songs I'm Diggin' Ep. 7! Today we take a look at new releases from Sarah Jarosz, Charley Crockett, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Boy Named Banjo and Waxahatchee. Hope you dig it!

Hip Hop is Folk Music Pt.2 Gangstagrass is on the show! This group blends hip hop with bluegrass emphasizing the working class root of both styles. We discuss the history of these genres and much more

Hip Hop is Folk Music Part 1: To celebrate Black History Month we take a look at the development of Hip Hop through the lens of Folk music.

5 Songs I'm Diggin' Vol. 6 today we take a look at new music from Sierra Ferrell, Black Pumas, Brent Cobb, Sarah Jarosz, and Van Plating. Enjoy!

Green Day's album "Dookie" turns 30 years old! It came out in February of 1994 and on this week we take a look at this classic album.

Ismay is an Indie-Folk singer/songwriter with deep roots in the Folk music community. Their music is introspective and insightful, and I have Ismay on the show today!

Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles was a tribute album that came out 30 years ago. The album featured some outstanding artists: Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn and Travis Tritt. Here's my look at it.

Amy Ray of Indigo Girls is on the show! We talk about the Barbie Movie, her collaborations with Brandi Carlile, Allison Russel, Sarah Jarosz, and Sarah Watkins and her group Amy Ray Band.

What makes a song great? Today we take a look at three classic tunes ”Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” by Willie Nelson ”Fancy” by Bobbi Gentry and ”The Joke” by Brandi Carlile.

Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway’s City of Gold is a banger! Here’s my review of her most recent album

My Best of 2023 breakdown! I take a look at Jason Isbell, Mitski, Tyler Childers, Billy Strings/Willie Nelson and Turnpike Troubadours. Also a shoutout to a bunch of great artists.