On KALW’s Folk Music & Beyond show, 3-5pm in San Francisco on 91.7 fm and KALW.org, we hear some legendary radio broadcasts from Shreveport, LA from 1948 just restored by the Bear Family in Germany, (Johnny Cash, Kitty Wells, George Jones, etc.).Also some rootsy new releases by the likes of Bettye Lavette, Willie Nelson, and Robert Plant,
And…last but definitely not least, some white-hot highlights from the world-class new release by Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son, full of “house-wrecking” gospel, backed by his legendary slide guitar and rhythm section.