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Wide variety of American music, old and new.
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Saturday May 03, 2025
Saturday May 03, 2025
Allison Moorer, Track Dogs,
Crosby, Stills Nash & Young
and Annie Keating —
all on the same podcast?
Oh, yes!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now.
Love great blues?
How about Taj Mahal?
Classic pop your thing?
Hey, The Captain & Tenille!
Great songwriting float your boat?
Well — Jessie Winchester!
All genres, all eras — all great
And all free, as well!
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Roger Miller, Grey DeLisle,
John Prine, Rees Shad
and The Drifters —
on the same podcast?
You know it!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now!
Love classic blues?
How about T-Bone Walker?
Crave great new music?
Check out Chris Delmhorst!
How about country to cry for?
Hey — Charlie Rich!
Ninety minutes of the finest music variety online.
All genres, all eras — all great.
And all free, as well!
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
John Hiatt, Crystal Gayle,
Bobby "Blue" Bland and Grey DeLisle —
all on the same podcast?
You know it!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now.
Love the blues?
Hey — B.B. King!
Crave some classic pop?
What about The Everly Brothers?
Want to rock out?
Hey, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band!
All genres, all eras — all great!
And all free, as well.
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Marvin Gaye, Tift Merritt,
Kris Delmhorst and Rhiannon Giddens —
all on the same podcast?
You know it, bro!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now!
Love great singing?
How about Aaron Neville?
Like some humor in your music?
Check out I See Hawks in LA!
How about some classic folk?
Well ... Ian & Sylvia!
Love discovering brand new music?
We're playing Ben De La Cour!
All genres, all eras — all great!
And all free, as well.
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Tracy Chapman, Keb' Mo',
Bill Withers and Old Californio —
all on the same podcast?
You know it, bro!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now!
Love great song-writing?
Check out Eliza Gilkyson!
Great blues your thing?
Junior Wells was the real deal!
How about some gorgeous folk-style americana?
Chill out with the latest from Gillian Welch & David Rawlings!
All genres, all eras — all great.
And all free, as well.
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
k d lang, Solomon Burke,
Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Temptations —
all on the same podcast?
You know it, bro!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now!
Love classic Motown?
How 'bout The Supremes?
Love the blues but not your boss?
Jimmy Reed with Big Boss Man!
How about a classic beauty-and-the-beast duet?
Hey, Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker!
Ninety minutes of the finest musical variety online.
All eras, all genres, all great!
And all free, as well.
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Toto, Kenny Rogers,
Alice DeMicele, Louis Armstrong,
Ray Charles and Beth Bombara —
all on the same podcast?
You know it!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now.
Crave classic soul?
How about a Marvin Gaye-Tammi Terrell duet?
Get off on great contemporary blues?
Get a load of Keb' Mo'!
And, hey! Nothing wrong with feel-good pop!
So ... King Harvest, with "Dancing in the Moonlight!"
Ninety minutes of the finest musical variety online.
All genres, all eras — all great.
And all free, as well.
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Grey DeLisle, Lucinda Williams,
Delbert McClinton and Procol Harum —
on the same podcast?
Oh, yes!
That and so much more!
Love the blues?
Keb' Mo's got The Itch!
Classic soul get you moving?
What about The Four Tops?
How 'bout old-time country?
We're playing Loretta Lynn!
Ninety minutes of the finest musical variety online.
All genres, all eras — all great.
And all free, as well!
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D,
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Sam Cooke, Rhiannon Giddens,
Bruce Springsteen and Nathan Bell —
all on the same podcast?
Oh, yes!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now!
Love country swing?
Well, Bob Will & His Texas Playboys invented it!
Shall we sing of justice?
Listen to Ray Charles, with help from Eric Clapton.
Fed up with crazy millionaires screwing the rest of us?
Darren Watson, with "Hallelujah, Rich Man's War."
How 'bout we confront gender inequity head-on?
Check out Eillen Jewell, with "The Meow Song."
Ready from some hard truths about contemporary America?
Nathan Bell lays it out for all to see.
Ninety minutes of the finest musical variety online.
All genres, all eras — all great.
And all free, as well.
Join the fight to save democracy.
Click now to listen.
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mspenser
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
The Weavers, Grey DeLisle
Rees Shad, Rhiannon Giddens —
on the same podcast?
Oh, yes!
The new edition of
The Big Fat Wide Americana Hour
is online now!
Love the blues?
How about Junior Wells?
Classic soul?
How about Edwin Starr?
Great song-writing lift you up?
We're playing John Prine!
All genres, all eras — all great.
And all free, as well.
Click now to listen!
And crank it!
— M.D.
#bigfatwideamericanahour #mdspenser