The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour

Iris DeMent, John Prine, an elderly Dion plus an 11-year-old Dolly Parton — all on the same podcast?   Plus, a killer duet by Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart (above)?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!     Love great song-writing? How about John Prine?   Or a trans-Atlantic collaboration? Get a load of a Beatles-Billy Preston performance!   Wonderful singing l...

Rosanne Cash, Elton John, The Bean Pickers Union and Joe Cocker — all on the same podcast?   Yes, indeed! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love the blues? Delbert McClinton's got the right to be wrong!   How about great soul? Clarence Carter is snatching it back!   Does wonderful new music turn you on? Grey DeLisle wants to know where you're coming from.   All ge...

Marcia Ball, The Supremes, Bob Dylan, Dusty Springfield and Hall & Oates — all on the same podcast?   You know it!   All that, plus a special appreciation of the wonderful songwriter Jesse Winchester on the 10th anniversary of his death   Yep, the new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Care for a bit of doo-wop? We're playing The Flamingos!   How about country swing? W...

Tracy Chapman, Nathan Bell, Marvin Gaye and Ruth Moody — all on the same podcast?   You know it! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love deep blues? How about Junior Wells?   How about great new music? Check out Bart Moore!   Great song-writing turn you on? Greg Brown is one of the best!   All genres, all eras — all great! And all free, as well.   Click now to list...

Jesse Winchester, Alison Krauss, Marvin Gaye and Keb' Mo' — all on the same show?   You know it! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Like your blues deep? Two words: Howlin' Wolf.   How about some New Orleans jazz? Louis Armstrong was one of the best!   How about super country? Reba's great.   Ninety minute of the finest musical variety online. All genres, all eras...

The O'Jays, Joe Cocker, Bruce Springsteen and The Prisonaires — all on the same podcast?   The whos? The whats??? Oh, yes, there's always something odd and interesting on The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour   And the new edition is online now!   All genres, all eras — all great! And all free, too.   Hosted by the inimitable M.D. Spenser! (That would be me . . . )   Click now to listen. And crank it!  ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, Pure Prairie League, Bonnie Raitt and Eilen Jewell — all on the same music podcast?   You know it! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now.   Love great blues? We're playing Taj Mahal!   How about classic jazz? Louis Armstrong was one of the best!   Country swing float your boat? Can't do better than Asleep at the Wheel!   Ninety minutes of the finest mu...

Bob Dylan, Lyle Lovett, Stevie Wonder and Heather Little — all on the same podcast?   Indeed! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now.   Do americana love songs stir your heart? We've got one from Robert Earl Keen.   How about Grammy-winning soul? Stevie Wonder fits the bill!   How about classic folk from long ago? Get a load of Peter, Paul  & Mary!   All genres, all e...

James Taylor, Duke Ellington, Dr. John and Susan Tedeschi — all on the same podcast?   You know it! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love blues guitar? How about a Stevie Ray Vaughan-Jimmie Vaughan duet?    How about an extraordinary singer-song-writer? Check out Emily Zuzik!   Incredible rock guitar get you going? Get a load of Johnny Winter!   Ninety minutes of...

Bessie Smith, George Jones, Keb' Mo' and Tennessee Ernie Ford — all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now.   Love great songwriting? How about the late Guy Clark? Not to mention Mr. Nobel Prize himself,  Bob Dylan.   Love the blues? What about Keb' Mo', T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Reed and more>   What else? Well, we've got a three-song tribut...

Taj Mahal, The Byrds, Chris Smither and The Weavers — all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Plus a special tribute to one of America's most influential musicians — Pete Seeger, who died 10 years ago this month.   Love great new bluegrass? Check out The Rollers!   How about super jazz? Check out Dinah Washington!   Super americana yo...

Neil Young, Dolly Parton, Nina Simone and The Blues Brothers — all on the same online radio show?   You betcha! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now.   Fancy a Chet Atkins-Dolly Parton duet? We've got one!   And, hey — is it country or is it blues? I just know it's Ray Wylie Hubbard!   PLUS -- a tribute to the enduring influence of Leadbelly.   All genres, all eras — al...

Roger Miller, Amber Cross, The Bangles and Marcia Ball – all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love great country? How about Johnny Cash!   Classic girl pop turn you on? How about The Bangles!   Get off on the blues? Get a load of Bobby "Blue" Bland?   Ninety minutes of the finest music variety online! All eras, all genres, all grea...

Pokey LaFarge, Jim Lauderdale, The Drifters and EmmyLou Harris — all on the same podcast.   Yes, indeed! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now. Love great guitar? Check out Jim Lauderdale!   Classic country turn you on? How about a Willie Nelson-Merle Haggard duet?   Love you some great blues? How about Delbert McClinton?   And, hey — all that, and the Mills Brothers too...

Pokey LaFarge, Jim Lauderdale, The Drifters and EmmyLou Harris — all on the same podcast.   Yes, indeed! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now. Love great guitar? Check out Jim Lauderdale!   Classic country turn you on? How about a Willie Nelson-Merle Haggard duet?   Love you some great blues? How about Delbert McClinton?   And, hey — all that, and the Mills Brothers too...

Karen Jonas, Drew Holcomb, Peach and Quiet and Malcolm McWatt — all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   A fond look back at some of the best new music to come our way in 2023.   Love new country? Get a load of Peach & Quiet!   Great americana turn you on? Check out Robert Rex Waller Jr!   How about super new folk? Check out a 2023...

B.B. King, Mean Mary, Randy Travis, Sam Cooke and EmmyLou Harris — all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! A special Christmas edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now.   Like your Christmas bluesy? We've got a Bonnie Raitt-Charles Brown duet!   How about some Yuletide country? Get a load of Randy Travis!   How about some rockin' gospel? Check out Paul Simon!   Ninety minutes of the fi...

B.B. King, Ray Charles, Mean Mary and Pokey LaFarge — all on the same podcast?   Yessiree, Bob! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Crave classic jazz? We're playing Peggy Lee!   Well, how's about classic soul? Doesn't get much better than Ray Charles!   Superb songwriting? Jesse Winchester was one of the best.   Ninety minutes of the finest musical variety online t...

Guy Clark, Eliza Gilkyson, Mean Mary and J.J. Cale — all on the same podcast?   Yessiree, Bob! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Got the blues for Christmas? Charles Brown knows the feeling!   Like your pop operatic? How's about a few tunes from Roy Orbison?   Love you some soul? Otis Redding is Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay!   How about one of the finest singers...

The Mills Brothers, Glen Campbell, Charlie Musselwhite and Boz Scaggs — on the same podcast?   Oh, yes!   The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now.   Love classic county? How about Johnny Cash?   Great blues turn you on? We're got  Charlie Musselwhite\2 # Super blues your thing? Get a load of Charles Brown!   All genres, all eras -- all great!   Click now to listen. And cra...

Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot and Rhiannon Giddens — all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love the blues? Check out Marcia Ball!   Cool country swing get you movin'? How about Asleep at the Wheel?   Great new music get you excited? Check out Camille Trail!   All genres, all eras — all free! The finest musical variety...

Tracy Chapman, Old Crow Medicine Show, Wilson Picket and Old Californio — all on the same podcast?   Can only mean one thing! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love the blues? We're playing a great track from Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa!   Super soul turn you on? How about Wilson Pickett?   Get off on full-throated rock? Get a load of Joe Cocker!   All genres al...

Delbert McClinton, Grand Funk Railroad, Little Eva and Joe Cocker — all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love great song-writing? We're got Gretchen Peters!   Fine country music? Can't beat Jim Lauderdale.   How about super soul? Gotta love Gladys Knight!   All genres, all eras — all great. And all free, as well!   Click now to lis...

Roy Orbison, John Hiatt, Keb' Mo' and Session Americana — all on the same podcast?   You know it!   The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love great song-writing? How about Roy Orbison?   Great harmonies turn you on? Get a load of The Cox Family!   How about super soul? We've got Mavin Gaye!   All genres, all eras — all great! Click anytime to listen. And crank it!  ...

Bob Bradshaw, James Taylor, Amelia White and Ciara Sidine — all on the same podcast?   Oh, yes! The new edition of The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour is online now!   Love great blues? Check out Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa!   Great soul music turn you on? We're playing Ray Charles   Classic country float your boat? Check out Eddy Arnold!   Plus loads of wonderful new music that's been premiered on...