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Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Boots on the Ground jacket cover, Credit: John Dittman, Stars & Strips
The Vietnam War remains a thorn in the side of America’s history. More than 57-thousand US soldiers died and an untold number of Vietnamese civilia...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sadler Vaden: More Than Jason Isbell's Sideman
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Sadler Vaden cover
Sadler Vaden left South Carolina on the brink of his band's national success, in search of more collaboration for his guitar playing and more outle...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
Adam Landry (Producer) Interview #1601
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock PODCASTS
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Music producers in roots rock are not usually household names. In the middle of the fourth interview with a songwriter whose album he produced, it...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 20:51
Rayland Baxter Interview: Country Fried Rock #1523
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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Rayland Baxter grew up in Nashville, with a songwriter & pedal steel playing dad, but it wasn't until a lacrosse injury in college sidelined the yo...

Bought by KRPS and WSLR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Todd Grebe: Country Fried Rock Radio Show #1518
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Citizen by Todd Grebe & Cold Country, Credit: Official Album Cover
Alaska-native, Todd Grebe, knows about Cold Country — not just the weather, but his band. After years playing music more influenced by bluegrass t...

Bought by KHNS, KRPS, KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Folk Family Revival Interview: Country Fried Rock #1517
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waterwalker by Folk Family Revival, Credit: Official Album Cover
Less folk, more family for Waterwalker, the latest album from a family band from Texas, Folk Family Revival.

Bought by KRPS, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Year of October Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Year of October, Golden Days, Credit: Official Album Cover
What happens when you actually listen to a band suggested by a music discovery algorithm? Rarely, you get lucky.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Lilly Hiatt Interview: Country Fried Rock #1514
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Lilly Hiatt, Royal Blue, Credit: Official Album Cover
Lilly Hiatt moves forward on her second album, Royal Blue. Her father, noted songwriter John Hiatt, wisely encouraged her to find her own path in ...

Bought by KKRN, KRPS, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sam Lewis Interview: Country Fried Rock #1513
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waiting On You by Sam Lewis, Credit: Official Album Cover
Country soul songwriter, Sam Lewis, has shared the stage with legends like Marty Stuart, but its his crop of friends in the emerging roots music wo...

Bought by KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Hollis Brown Interview: Country Fried Rock #1512
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Hollis Brown *3 Shots*, Credit: Official Album Cover
Brooklyn band, Hollis Brown, takes their name from the Bob Dylan song, then goes electric with their indie rock sensibility.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
M. Lockwood Porter Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: 27 by M. Lockwood Porter, Credit: Official Album Cover
M. Lockwood Porter thinks Chris Bell is the overlooked genius of Big Star.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Andy Gabbard (Buffalo Killers) Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Album Cover
Andy Gabbard's debut solo album, Fluff, provides an outlet for his numerous songs that don't fit his main band, Buffalo Killers. Fluff does not in...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, KKRN, KRPS, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Corb Lund Interview #1423
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Corb Lund, Credit: Official Press Image
Although Corb Lund is well-known within Canada, only select areas of the States have been turned on to his music, often via his friendship and co-w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Infamous Stringdusters Interview #1420
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: The Infamous Stringdusters Let It Go, Credit: Official Album Cover
Sloane Spencer talks with Chris Pandolfi and Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters about self-producing their most recent album, Let It Go, and h...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Drew Holcomb Interview #1414
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Drew Holcomb Good Light, Credit: Official Album Cover
This is the full radio version with music. After 18 months on the road with a full band and a baby, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors are going throu...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, WLPR , WSLR and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
St. Paul & The Broken Bones Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Half The City, Credit: Album Cover
St. Paul & The Broken Bones bring Southern Soul to new audiences with their debut album, Half The City, on Single Lock Records -- the small Alabama...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, KRZA, WSLR, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 7
Country Fried Rock #1402: Have Gun, Will Travel
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Fiction, Fact, Or Folktale?, Credit: album cover
Have Gun, Will Travel got their name from the movie Stand By Me, when the boys are walking along the railroad tracks singing the theme to the TV We...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 6
Country Fried Rock Interviews Jack Logan
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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From his early underground comic book series pitting Peter Buck of R.E.M. as "Pete Buck, Superhero," to his prolific songwriting and diverse catalo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Country Fried Rock #1328 Interview With Andrew Leahey
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Press Photo
Sloane Spencer turns the tables on music journalist, Andrew Leahey, interviewing him about his latest release, Summer Sleeves.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Country Fried Rock #1327: Dustbowl Revival
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Official Press Photo
Sloane Spencer chats with Zach Lupetin of Southern California music collective, The Dustbowl Revival.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, WSLR, KKRN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 6
Country Fried Rock #1325 Tea Leaf Green
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Press Photo
Trevor Garrod of Tea Leaf Green shares how the San Francisco jam band shook up their sound by changing their recording process, resulting in a lush...

Bought by KMUD, Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Moten to Basie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Moten
Benny Moten led the Kansas City Orchestra in the 1920s, arguably the most influential big bands of the era. His arrangements helped to create what...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Miff & Red
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Miff Mole & Red Nichols
Trombonist Miff Mole and trumpeter Red Nichols, two highly talented jazz musicians, met in New York in the early 1920s. Together they prefected wh...

Bought by WNCU and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2
California Here We Come
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders record label
California’s influence on early jazz is not a trifling matter. Several musicians emerged from the Golden State to lustrous careers.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Red & the Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:52