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Twangtacular Ep. 49

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 07/19/2025 - 11:05am
In the SECOND TO LAST EPISODE of Twangtacular, host Boy Howdy plays a huge mix of quality Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music from the past and present! Featuring Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Patsy Montana, Loretta Lynn, Marty Stuart, and many more! You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram and you can also listen to it on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio Columbus!

59:30 minutes (54.48 MB)

  2. PLAYLIST

    1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
    2. Cripple Creek - Flatt & Scruggs
    3. Nine Pound Hammer - Jim & Jesse
    4. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    5. I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again - The Maddox Brothers & Rose
    6. Swing Time Cowgirl - Patsy Montana
    7. Jerry’s Breakdown - Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
    8. The Night Herding Song - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
    9. Eat, Drink and Be Merry (For Tomorrow You’ll Cry) - Porter Wagoner
    10. I’m A Honky Tonk Girl - Loretta Lynn
    11. Two Separate Bar Stools - Wanda Jackson
    12. Eight More Miles to Louisville - Grandpa Jones
    13. Temperance Reel - Tony Rice
    14. Old Mexico - Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
    15. Tell ‘Em I Ain’t Here - Dale Watson
    16. Whole Lotta Things - Southern Culture on the Skids
    17. The Devil Ain’t Lazy - Hot Club of Cowtown
    18. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke - Doc & Merle Watson
    19. Twelve O Three - Leon McAuliffe
    20. The Waltz You Saved for Me - The Quebe Sisters
    21. Hard Enough - Katie Mae & the Lubrication
    22. Borderline - Eliza Gilkyson
    23. Diesel and Cigarettes - Anders THomsen
    24. Midnight Ramble - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West

Twangtacular Ep. 48 - Aussie Country!

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 07/12/2025 - 9:46am
On Episode 48 (of 50), host Boy Howdy plays a full hour of country music from the land down under, Australia! You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram and you can also listen to it on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio Columbus!

1:01:12 minutes (56.03 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. The Happy Cowgirl - Shirly Thoms
  3. I’m A Rolling Stone - Tex Morton
  4. Where the Murrumbidgee Wends Its Way - Dusty Rankin
  5. My Yodelling Song to You - Jacqueline Hall
  6. The Cowboy Who Never Milked A Cow - Ron Peters
  7. Georgia Steel Guitar - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  8. G’Day G’Day - Slim Dusty
  9. Travellin’ Still, Always Will - Anne Kirkpatrick
  10. Boys from the Bush - Lee Kernaghan
  11. Sweetest Waste of Time - Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
  12. He’s My Blonde Headed Stompie Wompie Real Gone Surfer Boy - Little Pattie
  13. Caffeine Patrol - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  14. Boundary Rider Blues - William Alexander
  15. Where the Dusty Track Goes Back to Gundagai - The Ironbark Brothers
  16. Easy Rider - Eils & The Drip
  17. It Tears Me Up (Every Time You Turn Me Down) - Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes
  18. Barrier line - Charlotte Le Lievre
  19. Fast, Free, No Stress, Easy - Kyle Brew
  20. Round and Round - Billie-Jo Porter
  21. Bossa Nova Buckaroo Style - Don Rich

Twangtacular Ep. 47 - Contemporary Showcase 10!

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 06/28/2025 - 12:58pm
You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram and you can also listen to it on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio Columbus!

59:28 minutes (54.44 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. Heaven - Gilded Sun
  3. When I Die - Roberto Escamilla
  4. Hands Off the Wheel - Moe Reen
  5. Caffeine Patrol - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  6. I Want A Cowboy - Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark
  7. You Wanted a Cowboy (But You Got Me) - Johanna Wacker
  8. Hey Baby - The Cactus Blossoms
  9. Meanwhile Back at the Ranch - Don Rich
  10. Ramblin’ Soul - Melissa Carper
  11. Write Home About - Jackie Straw
  12. Blue Weather - Tar & Flowers featuring Serafia
  13. Sycamore - Creekbed Carter Hogan
  14. Wild Mountain Thyme - Buddy Emmons
  15. Wedding Dress - Nora Brown
  16. Slow Burn - The Resonant Rogues
  17. Moving to the High Country - The Eisenhauers
  18. Fort Worth Drag - Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons
  19. Carlisle’s Haul - James McMurtry

Twangtacular Ep. 46

Submitted by twangtacular on Tue, 06/10/2025 - 7:44pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. I’m your host Boy Howdy and this is episode 46 of the show. I’m stopping at 50, folks, so spread the word about Twangtacular while you still can! You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram and you can also listen to it on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio Columbus!

1:01:17 minutes (56.11 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. I’ll Fly Away - The Kossoy Sisters
  3. Give Me Your Love and I’ll Give You Mine - Mother Maybelle Carter
  4. Here in California - Kate Wolf
  5. I Wish We Had Our Time Again - John Hartford
  6. Sadie - Doc & Merle Watson
  7. Like a Summer Thursday - Townes Van Zandt
  8. Love of the Mountains - Larry Sparks
  9. Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me - Ray Price
  10. Midnight - Red Foley
  11. I Can’t Stop Loving You - Kitty Wells
  12. Saturday Night Rag - Leon McAuliffe
  13. Going Up On the Mountain - Jody Stecher
  14. Turn Your Radio On - The Blue Sky Boys
  15. After the Sunrise - The Chuck Wagon Gang
  16. Fair and Tender Ladies - The Osborne Brothers
  17. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue - The Country Gentlemen
  18. The Last Roundup - Sons of the Pioneers
  19. Stoney Creek - Tony Rice
  20. Everybody’s Got a Girl But Me - Hawkshaw Hawkins
  21. Save It! Save It! - Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
  22. I’ll Make Sweet Love to You - The Maddox Brothers & Rose
  23. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde - The Buckaroos

Twangtacular Ep. 45 - Contemporary Showcase 9!

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 06/06/2025 - 4:26pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. I’m your host Boy Howdy and this is episode 45 of the show. I’m stopping at 50, folks, so spread the word about Twangtacular while you still can! Today I’m doing another contemporary showcase, featuring all current, living, touring, and recording artists in the twantacular genres! We’re gonna kick off with a group from Sweden who I’ve played a lot on this show, The Country Side of Harmonica Sam! You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram and you can also listen to it on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio Columbus!

1:00:54 minutes (55.75 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. Lookout Heart - The Country Side of Harmonica Sam
  3. Somewhere Between Texas and Tennessee - Melissa Carper
  4. Cry a River (and Float Away) - Scott Lee & the Wanderers
  5. The Parking Lot That the Dance Hall Shares with the Wichita Auto Show - Time Sawyer
  6. Under Your Spell Again - The Buckaroos
  7. Deeper Well - MisterMoon
  8. Why Don’t You Love Me? - Breann Young
  9. About You Being Gone - John Wesley Satterfield
  10. Instead - Jobi Riccio
  11. You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are - Madeleine Kelson
  12. Getaway - Katelyn Ingardia
  13. Ida Red - Leon McAuliffe
  14. Waiting for that 1, 2, 3, 4 - Anders Thomsen
  15. Singing to Survive - Dom Glynn & His Sunday Best
  16. Midwest Best - Meg and the Wheelers
  17. My Time is Yours - The Honkytonk Wranglers
  18. The World’s Weight - Kayla Ray
  19. Road to Redemption - Indian City
  20. Midnight Ramble - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West

Twangtacular - Twangtacular Ep 43

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 1:32pm

59:40 minutes (54.63 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. I Don’t Know You - New Riders of the Purple Sage
  3. Lost in the Ozone - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
  4. Return of the Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
  5. Fallen Eagle - Stephen Stills
  6. On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer
  7. Parking for Cheaters - Dee Mullins
  8. Sag, Drag and Fall - Sid King & the Five Strings
  9. Shanty Street - Texas Ruby
  10. Pop a Top - Jim Ed Brown
  11. Foolin’ Around - The Buckaroos
  12. Men with Evil Hearts - Dottie West
  13. West Texas Waltz - Joe Ely
  14. Ten Cats Down - The Miller Sisters
  15. Twenty-Four Hours of the Blues - Kenny Roberts
  16. I’ll Sail My Ship Alone - Sons of the Pioneers
  17. Don’t Let Her Know - The Buckaroos
  18. The Snakes Crawl at Night - Porter Wagoner
  19. Don’t Feel Sorry for Me - Connie Smith
  20. Bad Case of the Blues - Linda Martell
  21. I Gotta Go Home (And Catch Up On My Sleep) - Lattie Moore
  22. I Wonder If I Can Lose the Blues This Way - Rose Maddox
  23. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
  24. Fort Worth Drag - Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons

Twangtacular Ep. 42 - Contemporary Showcase 8!

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 9:00pm
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. I’m your host Boy Howdy and this is episode 42 of the show. I’m stopping at 50, folks, so spread the word about Twangtacular while you still can! Today's episode is another contemporary showcase, featuring all current artists from around the world, kicking off with local Columbus acts West Taylor, Moe Reen, and Angela Perley!

59:58 minutes (54.9 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. Give the Farmer a Break! - West Taylor
  3. I’m Yers - Moe Reen
  4. LA Cowgirl - Angela Perley
  5. Steel Strike - Speedy West
  6. Trampoline - The Shootouts with Lindsay Lou
  7. Swinging Doors - Stacy Antonel
  8. Diesel and Cigarettes - Anders Thomsen
  9. Here to Stay - Boy Golden
  10. Steelin’ Moonlight - Speedy West
  11. California Poppy - Theo Lawrence
  12. Hungry Ghosts - Turn Turn Turn
  13. In On the Upswing - Skinny Dyck
  14. Bottles & Throttles - Uncle Harry & the Kickstands
  15. Georgia Steel Guitar - Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
  16. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
  17. West Virginia Coal Mine Disaster - Sarah Kate Morgan
  18. In Montreal - Kaia Kater & Allison Russell
  19. You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do - Lonesome River Band
  20. Caffeine Patrol - Speedy West

Twangtacular Ep. 41 - Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 04/25/2025 - 8:06pm
For today’s episode I’m trying something new and something special: I’m devoting the entire episode to one album! Today you’re going to hear the entirety of Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs by Marty Robbins, released in 1959 on Columbia Records. Interspersed between the songs, you’ll hear excerpts from a conversation about the album by two Columbus-based country musicians and songwriters: Roberto Escamilla and West Taylor. Both of them are signed to local country label Space Canoe Records. You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram and you can also listen to it on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio Columbus!

59:07 minutes (54.12 MB)

Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

  1. “Big Iron” (Robbins)
  2. “Cool Water” (Nolan)
  3. “Billy the Kid” (traditional)
  4. “A Hundred and Sixty Acres” (Kapp)
  5. “They’re Hanging Me Tonight” (Low, Wolpert)
  6. “The Strawberry Roan” (traditional)
  7. “El Paso” (Robbins)
  8. “In The Valley” (Robbins)
  9. “The Master’s Call” (Robbins)
  10. “Running Gun” (Glaser, Glaser)
  11. “The Little Green Valley” (Robison)
  12. “Utah Carol” (traditional)

Twangtacular Ep. 40 - 420 Twang!

Submitted by twangtacular on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 6:27pm
In honor of 420, this episode of TWANGTACULAR is 420/hippy themed! You can see a full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also listen on the actual radio in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM.

57:43 minutes (52.84 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. One Toke over the Line - Gail & Dale
  3. Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage
  4. Seeds and Stems (Again) - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
  5. Hippie Boy - The Flying Burrito Brothers
  6. He Don’t Care - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
  7. Ida Red - Leon McAuliffe
  8. Marijuana Blues - Peter La Farge
  9. Lonesome L.A. Cowboy - Old & In the Way
  10. Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana - John Hartford
  11. Goof Balls - Keller Williams and the Keels
  12. Longhair Bluegrass - Robbie Fulks
  13. Sunset - Speedy West
  14. The Joint - Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real
  15. Jamgrass 741 - Sam Bush & David Grisman
  16. Saturday Night Rag - Leon McAuliffe

Twangtacular - Twangtacular Ep. 39 - For Dad Howdy

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 11:57am
From studios in Columbus Ohio U-S-A, it’s TWANGTACULAR, a production of WCRS Community Radio featuring authentic Country, Western, Bluegrass, and Americana music of the past and present. I’m your host Boy Howdy, legally known as Eli Van Sickel. And today’s episode is dedicated to my father Bob Van Sickel, who died the weekend of March 28, 2025. He was 68 years old. Today’s episode will feature some of my dad’s all time favorite artists. If you’re listening to today’s episode on the radio, some of it might be cut off for time at the end. You can listen to the whole thing, and see the full track list and listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also listen in Columbus Ohio on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am on 92.7 and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio from Columbus Ohio.

1:08:24 minutes (62.62 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. The Fugitive - Merle Haggard & The Strangers
  2. Ashokan Farewell - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  3. Drunken Angel - Lucinda Williams
  4. Bring Me Flowers While I’m Living - Peetie Wheatstraw
  5. Slow Train Through Georgia - Norman Blake
  6. Freight train - Elizabeth Cotten
  7. Blue Railroad Train - Tony Rice Unit
  8. Battle Cry of Freedom - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  9. Sugaree - Grateful Dead
  10. Flag of Columbia - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  11. Steel Guitar Rag - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  12. Lost Highway - Hank WIlliams
  13. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons of the Pioneers
  14. Hickory Wind - The Byrds
  15. Ballad of Easy Rider - Roger McGuinn
  16. All Quiet on the Potomac - Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR Soundtrack
  17. Guitar Pickin’ Man - Don Rich & the Buckaroos
  18. The Road to Gila Bend - Los Lobos
  19. Time Don’t Wait - Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
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