Episodes

Music from Will Ackerman, Tony Rice, Andy Narell, Janis Siegel, Steely Dan, Wes Montgomery, Eric Clapton, Donald Fagen, and The Wailin' Jennys

Music from Johnny Rivers, Dr. John, Bette Midler, Catherine Russell, Rowland Salley, Judy Kuhn, Laura Nyro, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Carey Bell, Kenny Burrell, and Bonnie Raitt

Music from Kieran Kane, Patsy Cline, Rosanne Cash, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Neko Case, Julian Lage, Townes Van Zandt, Johnny Cash, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, and Willie Nelson

Music from Van Morrison, Stan Getz w/Joao & Astrud Gilberto, Emily Hane White, Courtney Marie Andrews, The Alan Parsons Project, Sarah Jarosz, Janis Ian, The Earl Klugh Trio, The Lumineers, Vera Sola, Tommy Flanagan w/Peter W...

Sundry cool and chill lounge fare from the 1960's by Esquivel & His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Quincy Jones, Mel Torme & the Marty Paich Orchestra, Lorez Alexandria, Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley, Herb A...

Music about a couple of life's important things from The Notting Hillbillies, Patty Griffin, Buddy Guy, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Watson, The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Otis Redding, Gillian Welch, Jake Xerxes F...

Music from The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Eleni Karaindrou, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Jeff Rupert w/Veronica Swift, Didier Lockwood, Alanis Morissette, Susie Arioli w/Jordan Officer, Diana Krall, The Temptations, and Shirley Horn

Several performances by Joni Mitchell from across her career, along with jazz from the past by Fats Navarro, Charlie Parker, Hampton Hawes, and Mitchell's good friends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter; jazz from the 2020's by...

Music from the decade so far by Dawes, Mipso, Dominic Miller, John Mellencamp w/Bruce Springsteen, Sarah Jarosz, George Winston, Emmet Cohen, The Wilderness of Manitoba, Abigail Lapell, Billy Strings, Bruce Cockburn, Miko Mar...

Music from Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Khruangbin, Bill Frisell, Peter Gabriel, Afro Celt Sound System, The Rolling Stones, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Salamander Crossing, The Animals, Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane, Aaron...

Music from Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis, The Chieftains w/Sting, Gordon Lightfoot, Death Cab for Cutie (Ben Gibbard), Loreena McKennitt, Greg Brown, Aly Bain, Lisa Hannigan, Kim Robertson, The Poozies, Joan Baez, and Peter,...

Music from T Bone Burnett, Gregg Allman, Ralph Stanley, Betty Buckley, Oscar Isaac, Striking Matches, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Lisa Marie Presley, Sam Phillips, The Whites, and Alison Krauss solo

Music from Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Toumani Diabate & Ballake Sissoko, Sierra Hull, Al Di Meola, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, The Wailin' Jennys, Joe Bonamassa, and Pat Metheny

Songs that are about or mention the states of the American Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri) from The Brother Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Lou Rawls, Ray Charles, Over the...

Music from Uncle Tupelo, Horse Feathers, Billy Bragg, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Son Volt, Sandy Denny, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Music from Mike Oldfield, Mary Frances Leahy, Jethro Tull, Jackie DeShannon, Watchhouse, Elvis Costello w/Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Phoebe Snow, Zoot Sims, and Wings

Music from The Nashville String Band, Laura Marling, Judee Sill, Counting Crows, Joni Mitchell, Nick Mulvey, The Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Bryan Sutton, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jerry Lee Lewis, and The Pat Metheny Trio

Lovely bits of classical music composed by Respighi, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, and Mozart, along with orchestral film music by John Williams, crossover performances by harpist Lavinia Meijer and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and some mell...

Music from Jerry Garcia, Grant Green, Trevor Gordon Hall w/Sonke Meinen, Patty Griffin, Alison Krauss, Abigail Washburn, Paul Simon (w/The Dixie Hummingbirds), Stanley Turrentine w/The Three Sounds, Aretha Franklin, and Hank ...

Music from Neil Diamond, The Avett Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Bap Kennedy, Oded Tzur, Hank Williams, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tracy Grammer, Alan Pasqua, Alison Brown w/Steve Martin, and John Prine

Music from Sky, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Andrew York, Pink Floyd, The Alan Parsons Project, June Tabor & Oysterband, and Genesis

Music from Mississippi John Hurt, Willie Nelson, Abbey Lincoln, Maria Muldaur w/Skinny Tuba, Bucky Pizzarelli, Judy Collins, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Suzy Bogguss, Mark Knopfler, Stephane Grappelli & McCoy Tyner, Emmylou...

Music from half a century ago from Bob Marley & the Wailers, Eleventh House w/Larry Coryell, Linda Ronstadt, Al Green, Dave Loggins, Paul Desmond, Billy Cobham, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Carly Simon, Charlie Rich, and Ella...

Songs and pieces about New York City--its various locales, landmarks, and people--from The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Billy Joel, The Curtis Fuller Quintet, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Simon & Garfunkel, Chicago, Steve Earle, Quincy Jo...