Country Music Month 2021

Country Music Month 2021

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Extended Play Jazz

Jazz records from the 1930s and 40s that are longer than usual for the time. Music includes: Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman, Concerto For Clairnet by Artie Shaw and Do You Know What It means to Miss New Orleans? by Louis Armstrong. 

Centennials 2026

Celebrating the 100th Birthdays of: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Julie London, Big Mama Thorton, Buddy Greco, Stan Freberg, Chuck Berry, And Ray Brown. 

Recommended Episodes

BIG ENCHILADA 149: Hillbilly Happy Hour
THE BIG ENCHILADA

Download: Hare Krishna, we’re honky tonkin’ now! Welcome to the latest hillbilly episode of The Big Enchilada, Hillbilly Happy Hour, an hour of hillbilly music, old and new, bound to make you happy. You’ll hear bluegrass, rockabilly, hard-core honky tonk and more. This show inclu ...  Show more

Take Me Home, Country Roads
Soul Music

"Country roads, take me home To the place I belong"'Take Me Home, Country Roads' was written by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert with and for their friend John Denver.The song went on to be covered by Ray Charles, Toots and the Maytals, Olivia Newton John and many more. A song about ...  Show more

Rufus Wainwright
Inheritance Tracks

In this edition of Inheritance Tracks Rufus Wainwright reveals the stories behind the music that continues to inspire him; from the highlands of Scotland to a powerful song gifted to his peers and contemporary gay men.

Rufus will be performing at the Cheltenham Jazz Fest ...

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Mickey Guyton sings truth to Country Music
Switched on Pop

Mickey Guyton spent a decade of fits and starts trying to make a career in country music. But now in recent months she’s having a country music moment releasing vulnerable songs that use her experiences of rejection, exclusion and racism as inspiration. Charlie speaks with Guyton ...  Show more