WCRS Podcast - twangtacular

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

Twangtacular Ep. 38

Submitted by twangtacular on Sat, 03/29/2025 - 12:41pm
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 38 of the show. I’m stopping at 50, folks, so spread the word about Twangtacular while you still can! I’m playing a little bit of everything today, I’ve got big names like Charley Pride, Robbie Fulks, Marty Stuart, Doc Watson, and Bob Wills. And then I’ve got lesser known names like Hoyt Axton, Roy Hogsed, Terry Noland, and Johnny & Jonie Mosby! I’ve also got acts from Australia and from Montreal Quebec! Lots of good twang to play today, so stick around and listen to it! 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.

59:30 minutes (54.48 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens
  2. My Side of the Night - Dick Curless
  3. Backside of Thirty - John Conlee
  4. Long I Ride - Robbie Fulks
  5. Whole Lotta Highway (With a Million Miles to Go) - Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
  6. Low Man on a Totem Pole - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  7. Tom Dooley - Doc Watson
  8. Take Me Back to the Good Old Days - Tommy Collins
  9. Hand and Lefty Raised My Country Soul - Stoney Edwards
  10. Come Marry Me - Terry Noland
  11. Country Capers - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  12. Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone - Charley Pride
  13. LA Town - Hoyt Axton
  14. I Miss A Lot of Trains - Tom T. Hall
  15. Way Out There - Sons of the Pioneers
  16. Midnight Ramble - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  17. Oakie Boogie - Ella Mae Morse
  18. Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  19. Some Old Day - Flatt & Scruggs
  20. Don’t Call Me from a Honky Tonk - Johnny & Jonie Mosby
  21. If I Could Only Win Your Love - The Louvin Brothers
  22. Roll Em Dice - Roy Hogsed
  23. Caffeine Patrol - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West

Twangtacular Ep. 36 - James McMurtry Birthday Party!

Submitted by twangtacular on Fri, 03/14/2025 - 6:29pm
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 today I am celebrating the birthday of my all time favorite songwriter in these genres – James McMurtry! I’ll be playing songs from all 10 of his full-length studio albums in the order that they were released! Hopefully those who already dig him will like what I pick, and for those that’ve never heard of him, well, that’s who this show is for! 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.
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1:00:00 minutes (54.93 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Painting by Numbers
  2. Late Norther
  3. Safe Side
  4. Rachel’s Song
  5. Sixty Acres
  6. Airline Agent
  7. Saturday Night Rag - Leon McAuliffe & the Western Swingers
    Gone to the Y
  8. Childish Things
  9. Just Us Kids
  10. Ida Red - Leon McAuliffe & the Western Swingers
    Copper Canteen
  11. Canola Fields
  12. Twelve-O-Three - Leon McAuliffe & the Cimarron Boys
  13. Choctaw Bingo

Twangtacular Ep. 35 - Contemporary Showcase 8

Submitted by twangtacular on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 9:21pm
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. Hear the old stuff so it’s not forgotten, hear the new stuff so it’s not overlooked! I’m your host Boy Howdy and today we’re playing all new (or at least semi-new) stuff! Yes, it’s another Contemporary Showcase episode, which means I’m exclusively featuring artists that are currently alive and making music around the world! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM. WCRS: Community Radio from Columbus Ohio!
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58:08 minutes (53.22 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  2. Conococheague - The Hello Strangers
  3. Hog Eyed Man - The Ebony Hillbillies
  4. If Cigarettes Were Valentines - The McMillan’s Camp Boys
  5. Oldsmobile - Hogslop String Band & Sierra Ferrel
  6. Flippin’ the Lid - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  7. My Paradise - Lydia Brownfield
  8. Bad Luck Baby - Boys Club for Girls
  9. I’m Not Alive Just to Loose Weight (and Pay the Bills) - Momma Molasses
  10. Why ya gotta make a good thing bad - Frank’s Fish Tank
  11. West of Samoa - Speedy West
  12. Just A Ghost - Anders Thomsen
  13. One of Your Songs - Rosy Nolan
  14. Who Holds You When You Cry - Vanessa Dee & The Brightsides
  15. All American Singer - Zephaniah OHora
  16. Uncle Pen - Kelsey Waldon
  17. Steel Strike - Speedy West

Twangtacular Ep. 34 - 2 Minutes or Less!

Submitted by twangtacular on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 9:17pm
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. Hear the old stuff so it’s not forgotten, hear the new stuff so it’s not overlooked! I’m your host Boy Howdy and I know that time is precious these days. We’ve all got busy lives and schedules and we want to enjoy ourselves fast, right now! That’s why on today’s episode of Twangtacular I’m only playing songs with runtimes of two minutes or less! We’re gonna keep the pedal to the metal and the pickin’ party hoppin’! You can listen to this and every episode of Twangtacular on-demand and for free at Mixcloud.com/Twangtacular and at WCRSFM.org. You can also follow the show on Instagram @Twangtacular and if you still like to listen to radio the old fashioned way and you’re in Ohio and passing through Columbus on Saturdays at 3pm or Sundays at 4am, you can listen live on 92.7 FM and 98.3 FM.
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1:00:19 minutes (55.22 MB)

PLAYLIST

  1. Buckaroo - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  2. Train on the Island - Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
  3. One Morning in May (aka the Nightingale) - Jean Ritchie
  4. Look and Live, My Brother - Elizabeth Cotten
  5. Lonesome Road Blues - The Kentucky Colonels
  6. Doc & Dawg - Doc Watson & David Grisman
  7. Still Trying to Get to Little Rock - The Stanley Brothers
  8. Georgia Steel Guitar - Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West
  9. How Many Biscuits Can You Eat - Grandpa Jones
  10. Rock the Universe - Dell Vaughn & the Fortune Aires
  11. The Love I Cast Away - The Delmore Brothers
  12. Twenty Four Hours of the Blues - Kenny Roberts
  13. Teen Ex - The Browns
  14. Home - Roger Miller
  15. Hi De Ho Boogie On A Saturday Night - Al Dexter
  16. Life’s Changing Scene - Ned Miller
  17. Long Tongued Woman - Benton Flippen
  18. Sam’s Place - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  19. Gonna Have Love - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  20. You’re Fer Me - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  21. Hello Trouble - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
  22. Midnight Express - The Star Knights
  23. Welcome to the Club - Jean Chapel
  24. Everybody’s Rockin’ - Werly Fairburn
  25. I Changed My Mind Jack - Jo Ann Campbell
  26. Cigarettes, Whiskey, and Wild Wild Women - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
  27. Saturday Night Rag - Leon McCauliffe
  28. We’ll Get Ahead Someday - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
  29. Just for the Heck of It - Harlan Howard
  30. I Can’t Trust You Now - Johnny Tyler’s Riders of the Rio Grande
  31. Baby You Done Flubbed Your Dub with Me - The Carlisle Brothers
  32. Cheatin’ On Your Baby - Red Foley
  33. Ida Red - Leon McAuliffe
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