War! Good God, y'all!

Edwin Starr

We've got some 

great soul on this week's edition of

 The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour 

-- including Edwin Starr, Clarence Carter and Betty LaVette.

But that's not all. 

Not by a long shot. 

Our specialty is all genres, all eras

 -- all good.

We've got new bluegrass from The Orange Circus Band.

And new country from Amanda Ann Platt & The Honeycutters.

And classic country, too -- and classic blues!

Among the artists featured this week:

Little Milton, Steve Forbert and Reba McEntire
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Rosanne Cash, Big Maybelle and Shirley Bassey
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Kane, Welch &; Kaplan as well as Diana Krall
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The great Emily Barker 
and the equally great Delbert McClinton
*
Not to mention Greg Allman 
and Derek and the Dominos! 

What a lineup. Here it here!

And crank it!-- M.D. 

Brenda Lee

Great women of song? How about Brenda Lee,

Nanci Griffith, Billie Holliday and Aretha?

Wonderful variety? Steve Forbert, Dion and Elvis!

Plus a tribute to the producer John Hammond, 

through some of the musicians he helped

 -- including Bob Dylan.

All on The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour!

This week's show also features:

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, The Byrds

Old Crow Medicine Show, Tom T. Hall 

Ray Charles, plus some Northern Soul

Little Milton, Alvin Youngblood Hart

And more!

Don't miss it. Hear it here.

-- M.D.  

Boom-Bapa-Boom!

Jimmie Vaughan

Have we got variety for you this week on

The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour!

Jimmie Vaughan singing

"Boom-Bapa-Boom."

And of course, his younger brother,

Stevie Ray Vaughan, is on the show, too.

Also featured:

Old stuff from Three Dog Night and Aaron Neville.

New stuff from Alison Reynolds and The Orange Circus Band.

Blues from John Lee Hooker, John Hammond 

and Lowell Fulson.

Not to mention great music from:

Chris Smither, Nina Simone, Dave Alvin

Dwight Yoakam, Ruthie Foster

Paul Thorn and Mavis Staples.

Don't miss it! Hear it here.

-- M.D. 

Americana Crosses The Atlantic!

Maria Muldaur

This week we feature a wonderful diversity of styles on The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour – Taj XLLM    Mahal's blues, some soul from Maria Muldaur, some rock 'n roll from Roy Orbison.

Plus, a special section on American-European collaboration. Remember The Traveling Wilburys? How about U2 & B.B. King?

Also on the show this week:

Greg Brown, Gretchen Peters, Rosanne Cash

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Nat King Cole, Barb Jungr, Curtis Salgado

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State of the Union, Hans Theesink & Terry Evans

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Betty LaVette, Chris Smither

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And the great Guy Clark!

The best musical variety online! Don't miss it. Click here to listen!

Your friend,

M.D. 

Splitsville!

Bob Dylan

Get your hankies out! This week,

The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour

brings you a selection of the best break-up songs ever.

Featuring:

Bob Dylan (right), Dolly Parton

Roger Miller, Kevin Welch

Kirsty McGee, Jesse Winchester

The Del McCoury Band

Robert Cray, Susan Tedeschi

B.B. King, Etta James 

The Temptations, The Righteous Brothers

Whitney Houston and Alison Krauss & Union Station

Great songs! Turn it up!

-- M.D. 

True American Originals!

Janis Joplin

Great music from true blue American originals

on The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour!

Including:

Janis Joplin, Nathan Bell, Rhannon Giddens

Bobby "Blue" Bland, 

Alison Krauss, Pure Prairie League

Roger Miller, Keith Whitley

Robert Cray, Tom Petty

                               Dean Martin, The Mills Brothers

                                 Tony Joe White, Aretha Franklin

                         and more!

         All genres, all eras!

Don't miss it. Click here to join the fun!

Of Ruin and Redemption

John Hiatt

Songs of drink, songs of hope.

A show both inspirational and fun!

On The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour!

Featuring: 

John Hiatt (above), Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Devil Makes Three, Charles Brown

Frank Sinatra, Elvin Bishop

Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplan

Otis Rush, Elvin Bishop, Guy Clark

AND MANY MORE!

Click here to listen!

-- M.D.