Hear the classics of tomorrow -- today!

Lloyd Spiegel

Great new music XLLS​​

this week on

The Big Fat Wide

AmericanaHour!

Brand new stuff from

Matt Patershuk,

Lloyd Spiegel and

Ciara Sidine. The classics of tomorrow -- hear them today!

Also, new music from Bill Booth, Amelia White and Jim Byrnes. This show's a winner!

Alsofeatured this week:

The Band * The Weavers

Patty Loveless * Alison Krauss

Johnny Otis * Etta James

Amos Garrett * Maria Muldaur

and more!

Don't miss this one! Hear it here.

And crank it!

-- M.D. 

Where Did Our Love Go?

Diana Ross

Baby, baby ... yes, we have Diana Ross and the Supremes on this week's Big Fat Wide Americana Hour, with the first of their 10 U.S. number one hits.

And for lovers of classic soul, we also have Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. Great stuff!

We have great blues with B.B. King, John Hammond and Marcia Ball. And classic Americana with Dave Alvin as well as Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplan.

And so much more!

Among the artists featured this week: 

Dwight Yoakam * Dolly Parton

Whitney Houston * The Righteous Brothers

Leonard Cohen * Bob Dylan 

Roy Orbison * Fleetwood Mac

All in all a great show! Don't miss it! Hear it here!

And crank it!

-- M.D. 

Great producers, great tracks!

Don Was

Sometimes even the best artists can't break through until they work with the right producer. Take Bonnie Raitt -- who, despite nine fine albums, was still more or less a cult figure.

Her 10th album, Nick of Time, produced by Don Was, won the 1989 Grammy for Album of the Year, and catapulted her to broader fame. That was no coincidence.

This week's Big Fat Wide Americana Hour presents a couple of great songs from each of three of the most successful music producers ever -- Willie Mitchell, Don Was and Owen Bradley.

Plus, of course, our usual eclectic variety -- soul, americana, folk, blues, country and more. Some of it classic. Some of it brand new!

Among the artists featured:

Delbert McClinton * John Mellencamp

Al Green * Ray Charles

Matt Patershuk * Amelia White

Patsy Cline * Crystal Gayle

Peter Wolf * Emily Barker

And so many more. Don't miss it.  Hear it here. And turn it up!

-- M.D. 

Blues, Soul & High-Octane Country!

Big Maybelle

Like great blues?

How about Big Maybelle,

Walter Trout 

and Charles Brown?

Classic soul?

How about The Temptations, 

The Four Tops and

The 5th Dimension?

High-octane country?

What about Kelly Willis, 

Kim Richey and Allison Moorer?

That and so much more on the new edition of

The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour.

Among the other artists featured:

Boz Scaggs * Peter Wolf

Matt Petershuk * Pokey LaFarge 

Jerry Douglas * Lyle Lovett

And so much more! Hear it here!

And turn it up!

-- M.D. 

Variety -- the Spice of Life!

John Hiatt

This week, 

The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour celebrates the 65th birthday of 

John Hiatt -- one of the best Americana songwriters ever.

We rejoice in one of his best songs, and we enjoy a couple of great covers of his other songs by artists in different genres.

Plus, of course, we have our usual wonderful variety -- folk, blues, country, soul, etc.-- from all eras right up to the present day.

Among the artists featured this week:

Roy Orbison * Jesse Winchester

Gretchen Peters * Greg Brown

Bonnie Raitt * Aaron Neville

 

Plus:

Brand new stuff from 

Walter Trout and Bill Booth

Classic stuff from 

Linda Ronstadt and Jeannie C. Riley

And so much more!

Hear it here!

-- M.D. 

Elvis, 40 years on ...

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley died 40 years ago this week,

at the age of 42.

On The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour,

we remember him with two of his songs plus a great cover by one of the people you'd think would be least likely to do one.

All that and our regular variety -- soul, country, bluegrass, jazz, blues, you name it.

Among the artists featured:

Nathan Bell * Alison Brown * Dolly Parton

Dr. John * Delbert McClinton * Fontella Bass

Lizz Wright * Fleetwood Mac * Big Mama Thornton

Clare Lynch * Justin Johnson * Eden Brent

... and many more.

Here it here.

-- M.D. 

Gentle On Our Minds

Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell rose from small-town Arkansas to the top of the music world, selling more than 45 million records and having no fewer than 80 of his songs make it onto one chart or another. 

And at the end, when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, he bravely shared the diagnosis with the public, recorded an album, and embarked on a farewell tour of the world.

For all that he is familiar to us, he had a bigger hand in shaping modern American music than many of us realize. Before he hit the big-time, he was a session musician much in demand for his guitar skills. He backed up stars too numerous to list -- Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Righteous Brothers, Dean Martin, the Monkees and on and on.

The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is celebrating the life and music of Glen Campbell, through his songs and those of others. Join us, won't you? As one and all lift their voices and make a joyful noise.

See you there. Click here to hear the show.

-- M.D.