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Remembering Earl Scruggs and His Bluegrass Legacy

There is a very old story about czar in Russia who, you might say is struggling with leadership issues. At one point, someone shows him…
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Protest Songs and the Country Music Tradition

Dolly Parton's 2005 protest album, Those Were the Days When we think of protest songs, we do not think of country or even alternative country…
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The Timeless Appeal of Country Music

John Berger, Author of Ways of Seeing John Berger wrote in The Sense of Sight, “Stories, poetry, music belong to time and play with it.”…
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Remembering Gram Parsons and His Cosmic Country Legacy

Parsons at his beloved Joshua Tree. What a ham! If you’ve never gotten into Gram Parsons, here’s how to go about doing it. First listen…
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Gillian Welch and “The Harrow & the Harvest”

This album could be yours! Roothog Radio is practically the last place on the internet to have not reviewed Gillian Welch’s new album, The Harvest…
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Why Listener-Funded Country Radio Matters

Support Roothog Radio! Roothog Radio is mostly listener-supported. Currently we have no in stream commercials, we’re free to play the best country music we can…
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“Devil in the Well”: A Country Protest Song About Gas Drilling

I grew up swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at an offshore oil rig on the horizon. When we got out of the ocean,…
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Trucker Tales: CB Radio Slang Before Texting

  An older, almost mythical relative drove “over the road” back in the ’60s and ’70s. I remember being told if we were verrrrrry lucky, we might arrive at…
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Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam and “Streets of Bakersfield”

What the Buck? Why Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakum’s Streets of Bakersfield Should Be On Your Turntable Okay, so you probably don’t even have a…
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Work Songs and the Rhythm of Everyday Labor

Jiminy Cricket may have whistled while he worked but some folks might be more likely to hum Take This Job And Shove It under their breaths.  Depending on the…

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