Mar 28, 2017

No way could this happen today. There once was a band from Miami that got signed to a major label country record deal - on the history making MCA Records, circa 1992. And not only did this eclectic quartet serve up a debut album infused with Tex Mex, Latin, R&B and Bakersfield country music, its title track From Hell To...

Mar 21, 2017

If anyone was born and raised to lead American roots music into the 21st century it was Derek Trucks. HIs name was lifted from an Eric Clapton album and by eleven years old it was clear he was a prodigy guitar player. His uncle Butch played drums for the Allman Brothers and his father was the band's road manager. So...

Mar 21, 2017

She has one foot on Music Row, where she's won an ACM award and scored hits for Miranda Lambert and Little big Town. She has another in Americana, where she's earned acclaim for her debut album, a portrait of small town values and her own heart called Puxico. Natalie Hemby is my guest.

Puxico is the name of a...

Mar 14, 2017

Alejandro Escovedo was born into a musical family in San Antonio Texas. Where his older siblings and father pursued Mexican music, he dove into rock and roll. His San Francisco punk band The Nuns played dates with The Ramones and the Sex Pistols. He moved to Austin where he emphasized songwriting and formed early roots...

Mar 13, 2017

The jangle, the murmur, the pulse and the passion. Between 1980 and 2011 a kinetic, iconoclastic quartet from the Deep South reshaped American rock and roll. They were REM. Melodic but visceral. Ever-shifting but consistently excellent. Their bass player and harmony vocalist Mike Mills is my guest. The occasion for...