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Sunday 09:00 am - 11:00 am (MT)

Highlighting the traditions of American Folk music and the new permutations of this genre as interpreted by modern artists.

Roots & Branches weaves together all the treads of Americana each and every week. Our DJs will often present a specific theme and focus on the many different possibilities that unfold as we all explore the topic together.

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Jul 20, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Sam Fuqua

The Haden Triplets - Slowly (feat. Ry Cooder) - The Haden Triplets
Matt Flinner - Sam I Am - Latitude
The Railsplitters - Family Waltz - The Railsplitters
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Katie Mae Young - By The Grace Of My Lord, I’ve Come A Long Way - Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey Of Rural Religious Black Music
Ben Harper & Ellen Harper - Learn It All Again Tomorrow - Childhood Home
Kristy Lee Cook - Today I Started Loving You Again - Working Man's Poet - A Tribute To Merle Haggard
Bob Woodruff - There's Something There - The Year We Tried To Kill The Pain
Dave Rawlings Machine - To Be Young - Live On Kgnu 6-19-14
Burl Ives - Wayfaring Stranger - Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Brownie McGhee - Betty And Dupree - Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Dave Van Ronk - Duncan And Brady - The Folkways Years 1959-1961
John Mellencamp - Joliet Bound - Performs Trouble No More Live At Town Hall
The Levon Helm Band - One More Shot - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3
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Nickel Creek - Hayloft - A Dotted Line
Katie Glassman & Snapshot - Liza Jane - Dream A Little Dream
Doc Watson - Little Orphan Girl - The Essential Doc Watson
Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues - Aberdeeen Mississippi Blues: The Vintage Recordings (1930-1940)
Bob Dylan - House Carpenter - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) [Deluxe Version]
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Neil Young - See The Sky About To Rain (Live At The Cellar Door) - Live At The Cellar Door
Dolly Parton - Don't Think Twice - Blue Smoke
Sun Kil Moon - Carissa - Benji
Tom Russell - Van Ronk - Hotwalker
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The Replacements - If Only You Were Lonely (Twin Tone Single Version) - Sorry Ma, I Forgot To Take Out The Trash (Expanded Edition)
Garth Brooks - Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down - Working Man's Poet: Merle Haggard Tribute
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. - Gringo Honeymoon - No. 2 Live Dinner
Mary Gauthier - Karla Faye - Drag Queens In Limousines

Jul 13, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Leland Rucker

Jul 6, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Leland Rucker

Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law - I Fought The Law - The Best Of Bobby Fuller Four
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- El Paso - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, And Hillbilly Music 1959
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Marty Robbins - Big Iron - The Essential Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins - They're Hanging Me Tonight - Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
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Ry Cooder - Billy The Kid - The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding - John Wesley Harding
Various Artists - Jesse James/Almeda Riddle - Southern Journey Vol. 5
Warren Zevon - Frank And Jesse James - Warren Zevon (Collector's Edition)
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- Nebraska - Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen
The Handsome Family - My Beautiful Bride - In The Air
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Jack Kittel - Psycho - Best Of Jack Kittel
Compilation - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Sun Records - The Blues Years, 1950 - 1958 (Disc 8)
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The Kingston Trio - Everglades - The Kingston Trio Greatest Hits
The Band - Long Black Veil - Music From Big Pink
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Compilation - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music: 1952
Gene Pitney - (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney: 18 All-Time Greatest Hits
Wilderness Road - Bounty Man - Wilderness Road
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Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 - Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen - State Trooper - Nebraska
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Johnny Cash - Highway Patrolman - The Essential Johnny Cash (1955-1983)
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Johnny Cash - The Sound Of Laughter - Murder
Johnny Cash - Austin Prison - Murder
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Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat - American III: Solitary Man
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- Hangman's Boogie - The Road To Nashville: A History Of Country Music 1926-1953
Del McCoury Band - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Del And The Boys
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- Haunt You - Outlaw Blues, Murder Ballads And Prison Songs
Eagles - Outlaw Man - Desperado
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The Long Ryders - Gunslinger Man - Two Fisted Tales
Mink DeVille - Gunslinger - Cabretta
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John Stewart - Lady And The Outlaw - Cannons In The Rain
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Ry Cooder - The Long Riders - The Long Riders (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Jun 29, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Sam

Bobby Womack - Copper Kettle - Lookin' For Love Again
Bobby Womack - Gifted One (acoustic) - Someday We'll All Be Free (import)
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Angel Olsen - Tiniest Seed - Half Way Home
Anna Ternheim - The Longer The Waiting (The Sweeter The Kiss) - The Night Visitor
Compilation - Take Me For A Walk - The Best Of Broadside (1962-1988)
Eliza Carthy - Turpin Hero (feat. The Ratcatchers) - Rough Music (feat. The Ratcatchers)
Neil Young - Early Morning Rain - A Letter Home
Neil Young - Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live At The Cellar Door) - Live At The Cellar Door
Dolly Parton - Banks Of The Ohio - Blue Smoke
The Haden Triplets - Slowly (feat. Ry Cooder) - The Haden Triplets
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Joe Henry - Plainspeak - Invisible Hour
Carlene Carter - Troublesome Waters (feat. Willie Nelson) - Carter Girl
Billie Joe + Norah - Barbara Allen - Foreverly
Utah Phillips - We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years - We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years
Utah Phillips - Sheep And Goats - We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years
Utah Phillips - The Timberbeast's Lament - We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years
Rosie Flores - Boxcars - Rockabilly Filly
Neil Young - Borrowed Tune - Tonight's The Night
John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders - The Essential John Denver
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Katie Glassman & Snapshot - Sweet Lies - Dream A Little Dream
- Wagoner - Turn Me Loose: Outsiders Of Old-Time Music
Dave Van Ronk - Chicken Is Nice - Folksinger
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Harry Dean Stanton - Everybody's Talkin' - Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Eliza Gilkyson - No Tomorrow - The Nocturne Diaries
First Aid Kit - Emmylou - The Lion's Roar (Bonus Track Version)

Jun 22, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Ginger Perry

Jun 15, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Mike Finn

Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Darcy Farrow - One Endless Night
Steve Earle - I Am A Wanderer - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - A Moment So Close - Live At The Quick
Bob Dylan - Sara - Desire
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Bill Keith - I'm Walkin' - Son Of Rounder Banjo
Del McCoury - More Often Than Once In A While - Deeper Shade Of Blue
Gillian Welch - Whiskey Girl - Hell Among The Yearlings
Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band - Goodnight Irene - Ragged But Right
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Eva Cassidy - Yesterday - American Tune
- Time To Go - Acoustic Rainbow Volume 24
Simon & Garfunkel - Kathy's Song - Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly - Bourgeois Blues - Folkways: A Vision Revisited The Original Performances
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Levon Helm - Heaven's Pearls - Electric Dirt
- Again And Again - Younger Than Yesterday
Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers - Been Down This Road - Fox Theater Fall2008
Pousette-Dart Band - Listen To The Spirit - Amnesia
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The Del McCoury Band - I Can Hear The Angels Singing - It's Just The Night
James King - Letters Have No Arms - Lonesome And Then Some
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason - The Tractor Breakdown - Waltzing With You - From The Film "Brother's Keeper"
New Grass Revival - Medley - On The Boulevard
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Townes Van Zandt - All You Young Servants - For The Sake Of The Song
Jerry Jeff Walker - Dear John Letter Lounge - It's A Good Night For Singin
Lucinda Williams - Nothing In Rambling - Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Lucinda Williams - Rarity - Little Honey
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PATTY LARKIN - When The Heavens Light Up - STRANGERS WORLD
Patty Griffin - Mom & Dad's Waltz - American Kid
Anne Hills - Forget Me Not - Angle Of The Light
Steve Goodman - My Old Man - Say It In Private
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Doc Watson - Steel Guitar Rag - Memories
Dirk Powell, John Hermann & Tim O'Brien - Cherokee Trail/Glory In The Meeting House - Songs From The Mountain

Jun 8, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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The Blind Boys Of Alabama - I Shall Not Be Moved - I'll Find A Way
Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Feat. Edie Brickell - Jubilation Day - Live
- Got My Mind Made Up - A Tribute To Bob Dylan In The 80s: Volume One
Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns - Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down - Foolers' Gold
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Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - Sunday Street - Love Runner
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Departing Louisiana - Our Year
Tom Russell - Mississippi River Running Backwards - Blood And Candle Smoke
Allen Toussaint - Brickyard Blues - Songbook
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Red Molly - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - The Red Album
Mollie O'Brien And Rich Moore - The Ghost Of You Walks - Saints & Sinners
Richard Thompson - Cocksferry Queen - Live From Austin, TX
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Rodney Crowell - Somebody's Shadow - Tarpaper Sky
Lucinda Williams - Abandoned - Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Fruition - Git Along - Just One Of Them Nights
Suzy Bogguss - You Don't Have Very Far To Go - Lucky
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Sonny Knight & The Lakers - When You're Gone - I'm Still Here (Bonus Track Version)
- Old Flame - High Cotton: A Tribute To Alabama
Willie Nelson - Making Believe (feat. Brandi Carlile) - To All The Girls...
Leon Russell - Come On In My Kitchen - Life Journey
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Dave Rawlins Machine - Ruby - A Friend Of A Friend
Regina Carter - Hickory Wind - Southern Comfort
- Beaumont Rag - Country Fiddle: Fine Early String Band Music 1924-1937
- Arizona Stomp - Country Fiddle: Fine Early String Band Music 1924-1937
Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - Brother Wind - Memories And Moments
Linda Thompson - As Fast As My Feet (feat. Teddy Thompson, Kami Thompson, Muna Thompson) - Won't Be Long Now
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Dwight Yoakam - My Heart Skips A Beat - 21st Century Hits: Best Of 2000-2012

Jun 1, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Leland Rucker

Maria Muldaur - Mama Don't Allow - Barnyard Dance: Jug Band Music For Kids
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Clarence Williams' Seven Gallon Jug Band - Wipe 'Em Off - The Ultimate Jazz Archive 5: Clarence Williams - Quadromania, Vol. 1
Dixieland Jug Blowers - House Rent Rag - King Of The Blues Clarinet (1923-1940)
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Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues - American Blues Roots
Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers - Feather Bed - 100 Essential Blues Masters
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Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In - Southern Country Blues, Vol. 2 (Box Set)
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The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In - Greatest Big Hits Of 1962, Vol. 17
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Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan - American Folk Music
Memphis Jug Band - Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues - Broadcasting The Blues: Black Blues In The Segregation Era
Various Artists - Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues - 16 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920s
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner - Chronicle - The 20 Greatest Hits
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The Lone Star Cowboys - Just Because - When The Sun Goes Down, Vol. 10: East Virginia Blues
Keith Ingham, Bobby Gordon & Hal Smith - Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider - Music From The Mauve Decades (Live)
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Compilation - Creeque Alley (Single Version) [Stereo] - The Mamas & The Papas Greatest Hits
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The Lovin' Spoonful - Jug Band Music - The Lovin' Spoonful: Greatest Hits
The Lovin' Spoonful - Pow - The Lovin' Spoonful: Greatest Hits
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The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic? - Do You Believe In Magic
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- Minglewood Blues (with Annie Raines) - Classic Harmonica Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
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Canned Heat - On The Road Again - The Best Of Canned Heat
Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - In The Summertime
Country Joe & The Fish - The "Fish" Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag - Vanguard Visionaries: Country Joe & The Fish
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Even Dozen Jug Band - Take Your Fingers Off It - The Even Dozen Jug Band
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Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band - I'm A Woman - Jug Band Music
Jim Kweskin - Mobile Line - Greatest Hits
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- You'se A Viper - Washington Square Memoirs
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Grateful Dead - New Minglewood Blues (Live At Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, Ca, October 9, 1976) - Dick's Picks Vol. 33: 10/9/76 & 10/10/76 (Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA)
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Carolina Chocolate Drops - Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine - Genuine Negro Jig
Geoff Muldaur - Sloppy Drunk Blues - Blues Boy
Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks - Under The Chicken Tree - Texas Sheiks
Geoff Muldaur - Bad Feet - Blues Boy
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Memphis Jug Band - Gator Wobble - Memphis Jug Band (1932-1934)

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May 25, 2014 9:00 AM (MT)

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Host: Major Lance

The Blacks - I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning - Dolly Horrorshow
Uncle Tupelo - Sandusky - March 16-20, 1992
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - All By Myself - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy
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Freakwater - Hi Ho Silver - Thinking Of You
The Geraldine Fibbers - Pet Angel - Butch
Richard Thompson - Salford Sunday - Electric
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Rockabilly Rhythm Boys - Midnight Train - Rockabilly Rhythm Boys
The Byrds - White's Lightning, Pt. 1 - The Byrds
Ry Cooder - Ax Sweet Mama - Boomer's Story
Buffalo Springfield - A Child's Claim To Fame - Buffalo Springfield Again
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The Felice Brothers - Bird On Broken Wing - Favorite Waitress
The Honeydogs - Those Things Are Hers - The Honeydogs
Shinyribs - If You Don't Know Me By Now - Gulf Coast Museum
The Buckets - Postmarked, Virginia - The Buckets
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Joe Henry - Sparrow - Invisible Hour
Jason Isbell - Grown - Sirens Of The Ditch
Bobby Bare Jr. - My Baby Took My Baby Away - Undefeated
Neko Case - Thrice All American - Furnace Room Lullaby
The Meat Purveyors - Little White Pills - More Songs About Buildings And Cows
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The Silos - The Sounds Next Door - Susan Across The Ocean
The Setters - Susan Across The Ocean - The Setters
Drive-By Truckers - Primer Coat - English Oceans
The Flying Burrito Brothers - God's Own Singer - The Gilded Palace Of Sin And Burrito Deluxe
Gene Clark - Tried So Hard - Echoes
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Bob Dylan - Talkin' New York - Bob Dylan
- Got My Mind Made Up - A Tribute To Bob Dylan In The 80s: Volume One
Whiskeytown - Faithless Street - Faithless Street
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Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk

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