

High Octane Americana!
Aretha, Keb’ Mo’, even Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, all getting down and dirty on this week’s Big Fat Wide Americana Hour. Plus...


Perfect harmony
What makes a great duet? On the one hand, the question is easy to answer. “It takes two,” Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston harmonize on the...


Wowza, what a show!
What a show we have for your this week on The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour! Steve Forbert, Maria Muldaur, ZZ Top, the Del McCoury Band,...


Variety -- the spice of life
Where are you going to find Wilson Pickett, John Prine and Dolly Parton all on the same show? How about a James Taylor-Alison Krauss...


Variety Squared!
Variety’s our watchword on The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour, and with our next show we’ve outdone ourselves. And a great collection of...


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Guy Clark was gruff but tender, homespun but poetic. And he was one of the finest American songwriters of the past several decades. He...


Dylan at 75 -- an appreciation
It is virtually impossible to overstate the influence Bob Dylan has had on American music over the last 50 years. He holds the copyrights...


Brotherly love
Dave and Phil Alvin founded the now-legendary roots music band the Blasters. But they couldn’t get along. Until the day Phil Alvin was...


How much fun can you stand?
How much musical entertainment can you pack into 60 minutes? You’ll never know until you watch this week’s edition of The Big Fat Wide...


Otis Redding ... and Don Who?
How can you miss a radio show that features Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin? Not to mention the Four Tops and the Jayhawks? And Dr....