Music of America Podcast

BILL LUCAS JOINS US TO CLOSE OUT MISSOURI THIS WEEK AND END OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BROADCAST UNTIL THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. BILL'S SONGS INCLUDE LIFETIME OF MEMORIES, HAPPY THERE, BLOWIN' MY BLUES AWAY PLUS COVERS OF NOBODY LOVES YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT AND HARVEST MOON.

THURSDAY FEATURES RAGTIME MUSIC WITH ATHE DUO OF CHERRY AND JERRY AND SONGS UP THE PIKE, ST. LOUIS BLUES AND CACTUS RAG. TOMORROW, WE CONCLUDE MISSOURI AND THE REGULAR FORMAT OF THE MUSIC OF AMERICA WHILE WE SUSPEND OUR FORMAT FOR OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY MUSIC SPECIAL....HOLIDAY MUSIC FROM GUEST SPAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

Wednesday in Missouri on the Music of America Podcast we meet the Samien Gunn Band from Kansas City. Songs include Pink Toes and Tattoos, Rodeo, Mountain Rock and Roll and Hung Your Mama

ROY FRY OF THE ROY FRY PROJECT JOINS US ON TUESDAY ON THE MUSIC OF AMERICA PODCAST. ROY TALKS ABOUT HIS HISTORY WITH SUBSTANCE ISSUES AND ROCK AND ROLL THEN SHIFTS GEARS AND DISCUSSES RUNNING AN OPEN MIC AT A LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT

We are in my home state of Missouri all week on The Music of America Podcast, beginning with Jefferson County native Lauren Ash. Lauren songs include Stay Away Please, My Safe Place, What If It Worked, Too Hard, When the Song Ends, and Just You and Me

We finish the week in Mississippi with vocalist and blues historian Red Velvet. Get ready for a real education into the blues while listening to Fish and Light Bread and Yp Baby Mama

Sam Brady is our Thursday guest, with 40 years of music and touring . Songs include All Dressed Up, Someone ELse Is Steppin' In and Up In Here.

Mid week in Mississippi and meet Bridgid Ferguson, a Dolly Parton sound alike, although her music is different from Dolly's. Songs include I'm Not Lost, Traffic Lights, You Don't Hurt Me and a couple of holiday songs ...Lights Aglow On The Bayou and Cookie Cutter Hallmark Memory

Tuesday in Mississippi and we meet country songwriter and performer John Major. Classic country sounds include his songs Gasoline, Backwoods Outlaw, Callous On A Heart, Party In The Shop and SOS

Bluesman from the Delta, meet George Mumford, aka, Drummaboyg. songs include Creepin' and Walkin', CC ,and RP

A past guest, Caster Volor, returns to the show this year with a brand new album. Caster Volor with songs At Least We Still Got Our Rock and Roll, Hard R and Wear the Black Hat

It's Thursday on The Music Of America Podcast. Meet Chase Grant and his songs Cold Rain In October, Daisy, Devil's Game, One More Round and Sinner Like Me

Legendary Pop Wagner joins us Wednesday on the Music of America Podcast with songs Geraldine, Cleo's Gator, Truck Drivin' Man, Oklahoma Hills and Honky Tonk Christmas

Tuesday meet the sometimes one man band called Splash. Andrew Lentz joins us with songs God Willing, Here Comes The Flood, Love and Ignorance, Under the Rose and When The Well Runs Dry

We begin where we spend most of the week this week on The Music of America...the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/ St. Paul. Our first guest is the band Elour. Songs include Ha! Break Me, Is It True, The Look In Your Eyes and Sleep

We finish the week in Michigan with Joy Lovejoy, an artist struggling with getting back into the fray of the music industry. She brings a song called Curiosity

Wednesday we are in the middle of the week in Michigan with Danny Staggs. Songs include Lonely Eyes and Singularly Unlucky

The duo of Annie and Rod Capps, including a solo piece from Annie. Songs include Mr. Crow, When They Fall, We Need The Rain , Lightning Strike and Out of Mind

Hired gun Jimmy Luther kicks off our visit to Michigan this week with songs from 4 different bands, Including the Jessie Campbell band from Sturgis, Michigan. Songs include Stucco, Devil In Me, Stucco, You and Me and Out In The Country

We say goodbye to Massachusetts but first meet Aiden Schenn.... singer and songwriter. Aiden brings us good old fashioned roots or bluegrass music with songs Roll On Buddy Roll On, Kennedy Rag, Roscoe's Tunes, Saint Anne's Real and Your Love Is A Flower. Coming up next week, we are in Michigan

Yesterday we heard from Linda a year ago. What is she up to one year later? Hear songs The Garden Cafe, Queens of Angels and You're Not Alone

We are doing a " Then and Now"" show today and tomorrow with Linda Marks. Linda writes an album every year and we thought it might be fun to do a comparison from last year to this year to see what's been going on with here. Songs from last year include Lighthouse, Be The Change and Hidden Bloodlines. Tomorrow...where Linda is today

Tuesday in Massachusetts and we meet the band Superchild. Dan frost is with Superchild with songs Gameface. Can't Rely, Missin' You, Valley of Gold and Wasted (acoustic live)

A guest from 2024 gives us a new lineup as we start out the week in the Commonwealth. Linwood Strange ahs added 2 new performers since last year and you get to hear their latest version with songs like Cadillac Jac, Election Erection, Got To Break Free and My Friend

A different approach on The Music of America Podcast next week with a couple of return guests and a couple new voices too. Meet Linwood Strange, Superchild, Linda Marks on a 2 part show of then and now and wrap up with Aiden Schenn