"Songs of the Cowboy." This episode was inspired by a songbook called "Songs of the Cowboys" by Ron Middlebrook. You'll hear traditional cowboy songs sung by performers of the past and present. Many of the songs have been voted as Top 100 Western Songs of All Time. Gold nuggets, every one!
"Freshly Baked."I'm calling today's program "Freshly Baked" because you'll be hearing the freshest western CD releases, just HOT out of the oven! Prepare for the satisfying aroma of great music. It's bread for the soul.
"Cow Mooo-sings." Today's show is a light, fun episode. When you think about cowboys, what is it that they have in common? Well, lots of things, but how about the source of their name: "Cows". Cows or Cattle are the underpinning of cowboy culture but they don't get enough individual attention. So, today's show is called "Cow Mooo-sings" and is an ode to called our bovine partners. All the songs and cowboy poetry will be about these critters and I hope that you'll find it "A-mooo-sing!"
"Bluesy and Jazzy." Western music has lots of musical influences, including blues and jazz. For example, western swing is a jazz form. Today's show will be all western songs that have strong blues or jazz elements, drawing on form, instrumentation (we'll hear sax, trumpet, clarinets), improvisation, chord progressions and rhythms. I hope you enjoy this melange of musical sounds.
Today we'll hear songs and poems about the Women of the Wild West: the famous, infamous and unsung women who shaped the frontier.