This is America's back already home of suburban But under her music country Americana songwriters honky tonk breakers and I'm married. Here with you on the radio here at k p f a and they dot org So that means I'm here on the internet with you coming out of the beautiful downtown of Berkeley California where it is cool crisp blue skies no smoke feathery clouds great formation of a fall and since are coming up on the. The equinox just want to let you know that there's something called and equinox crack it's not what you think it opens up in the stratosphere and lets the solar wind flow creating really beautiful displays of northern lights for those of you who are in areas that can see them and this is part of the reason that this is my favorite season all sorts of cool changes and cool stuff happened so with that said on America's back for to play a bunch of new stuff for you including Ray Burls new cd which is called Easy Street and Kathy Kalak has a new one and we'll talk about a lot of the great shows a lot of great shows coming up this week let's start out with this America's back 40 hits from coast to coast k p f a. I didn't want to play that that's a real downer I never do this but. Ok let's try that again here on America's back 40 is an upper sun. You know it's not. Somewhere. Or maybe. Rocks to their ears. I thought I heard that missing hold. It was almost like it was just in Mumbai and the wish they had one more time oh well if. That. She. Means she. Was a. Student. Days ago. Days goal. To get. Karolina story on America's back 40 k.p. If they dot org 94 point one m. . Pham in Berkeley This is from a relatively new album and it's just lovely finally got around to it it was released earlier this year 2018 before that John Harvard a lot of his stuff has been released which is a very good thing released I should say which is a very good thing for me because my John Hartford records as you might expect are completely scratched up so I have a 2 album reissue ahead 9 down to the mystery below and slumber and on the Cumberland from which we heard Natchez whistle We also heard from the Band of Heathens this is a cd called a message from the people revisited this of course was a Ray Charles recording and they've done a bunch of of songs that Ray Charles put out a long time ago and we heard John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads you know I have to admit I really like that song and I know the words it's a tribute to the amount of airplay it received a long time ago before that it was a chieftains and we heard John Hiatt with Jordan is a hard road to travel which it is name of this cd which is very old is further down the Old Plank Road right now on America's back 40 on k p f a dot au or g. It's Louisiana 11 with Yvette Landry and the jukes she teaches sign language and songwriting at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and here is her album. Drink. And then I woke up we heard from crying time from their brand new cd which is supposed to blast Saturday night and we heard a very cool song honky tonk dream and I only have one thing to say about this song and that is I want to hear them do this life see it see it live or hear it live Crying Time can be found at your local. At your local dive both in San Francisco Richmond Oakland and Berkeley look them up there are great bands so much fun to dance to and listen to often at my favorite bar in the Ivy room not that I go there that often but I really like that bar. Vivian Leiva before that time is everything and we heard no forever from that we also heard from Ashley McBride girl going nowhere the title cut and some more nice country music from Yvette Landry and the jukes Louisiana love and as the name of the cd we heard 3 chords and the truth all that on America's back 40 where we specialize in 3 chords and the truth American old time bluegrass and lots and lots of other stuff this is k.p. If they dot org 94 point one k. P.f.a. 88 point one k. Of c.f. And Fresno 97.5 Santa Cruz and do tell your friends from coast to coast k.p. a Fate at a large a well I missed this band because they were playing in the city on a school night and also I had a death rattling cold this week so I couldn't go out at all but they're a great band here's a record company this is their new cd all of this life 94 point one f.m. Berkeley. Come. To. And. Evarist. You. Oh Nat. I was really getting into that she was really doing a great job there I hate to you and unfortunately we didn't get to hear the that and Nicki Bloom's new album is called to rise you got a fall and that was kind of a very cool bluesy country kind of yes deal song about losing love Sam morrow before that concrete in mud is the name of his very fine cd he's from Houston and he is 27 years old and this whole album was recorded live in a studio on a vintage mv 8068 counsel for those of you who care. That would be about 6 of you please raise your hand if you're into that kind of stuff and I'm always interested in the electronics that go behind an album in any case morrow he's very hot a wreath lady solar Aretha Franklin with Chain of Fools and the ever present record company all of this life and we heard to make it happen all of that on America's back 40 k.p.h. Oregon in Berkeley 94 point one f.m. K b if they if you happen to be in Fresno when you're driving around listening to the radio this afternoon it's 88 point one and 97.5 in Santa Cruz and I do encourage you to tell your friends across the country and beyond that k.p. If they can be heard on k.p. If they dot au are Gee why do I keep saying that I keep saying that because most of us are listening on line these today so we need to get the word out that k.p. If a is there to listen to almost everything on line so merry Telson here that is my name I'm here with you in Berkeley playing lots of fun music for you on America's back 40 the hicks from coast to coast here's some great shows coming up today if you love your honky tonk go see Nashville honeymoon. Bourdin Bakit Books in San Francisco That's at 7 30 pm raise up your glasses this week it's cocktail week and Oakland lots of cool stuff happening at the Oakland Museum of California town's spirit a tribute to Oakland's enduring culture of cocktails that's from 6 to 8 30 pm at the Oakland Museum of California and Oakland and that's tomorrow the 17th of September if you want to jam with some really fun people the handsome ladies are hosting a coed jam that's at amnesia from 630 to 8 30 pm in San Francisco tomorrow the steam machine and Evie Laden are playing the evil Laden band they have just released a new album which unfortunately I don't have I'd love to play it for you and I will when I get it there at the back room in Berkeley right around the corner from Cape b.f.a. At 8 pm on the 1000th of September and on the 19th of September look at all this good stuff happening on one night it's so frustrating which one to go to Kathy Kalik my route to 66 celebrating Cathy Calyx birthday and the release of her new album horrible world will be about 200000 musicians on stage at the freight and salvage That's at 8 pm And here's a little cut from Kathy Calyx horrible world on America's back 40. Let's try that again you know we have a couple weeks where the cd players are working really really well and then they aren't so let's try this. The old.