Backroad To Nowhere episodes:

• January 25, 2026Master Plan

  
  Playlist

  Love is Everywhere by Pharoah Sanders on Impulse (Impulse)

  Lumkill by Pharoah Sanders on Impulse (Impulse)

  Village of the Pharoahs, Part Two by Pharoah Sanders on Impulse (Impulse)

  Prince of Peace by Pharoah Sanders on Strata East (Strata East)

  Journey to Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane on Impulse (Impulse)

  Morning Prayer by Pharaoh Sanders on Impulse! (Impulse!)

  Elevation by Pharaoh Sanders on Impulse! (Impulse!)

  Summun Bukmun Umyun - Deaf Dumb Blind by Pharoah Sanders on Impulse (Impulse)

  Edition 1 by John Coltrane on Impulse (Impulse)

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• January 18, 2026Backroad to Nowhere - 01/18/26

  
  

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• January 11, 2026Come Time to Go

  
  Playlist

  Rex's Blues by Townes Van Zandt on Tomato (Tomato)

  Tongue In Cheek by Anne Briggs on Fledg'ling Records (Fledg'ling Records)

  You And Me by Penny & The Quarters on Numero Group (Numero Group)

  Lack of Education by Willie Wright on Numero Group (Numero Group)

  Love Somebody by Melvina Reynolds on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Untitled by Charlie Tweedle on Mighty Mouth (Mighty Mouth)

  Wayfaring Stranger by Jim Turner on Owl (Owl)

  Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing by Etta James on Kent (Kent)

  Louise by Paul Siebel on Elektra (Elektra)

  Even Our Darling by Lal Waterson on Fledg'ling Records (Fledg'ling Records)

  Little Maggie by Sandy Bull on Vanguard (Vanguard)

  Nobody But You by Little Bob and the Lollip on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Heartbreak Affair by Porter Wagoner on RCA (RCA)

  Bonny Boy by Shirley Collins on Polydor (Polydor)

  Hey Magic Man by Bob Darin on Direction (Direction)

  Lonesome Train Dreams by Henry Flynt on Ampersand (Ampersand)

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• January 04, 2026Groovies Shake Some Action

  
  Playlist

  Shake Some Action by Flamin' Groovies on Sire (Sire)

  My Girl Josephine by Jerry Lee Lewis on Bear Family (Bear Family)

  Have You Seen My Baby by Randy Newman on Reprise (Reprise)

  Baby Scratch My Back by Slim Harpo on Excello (Excello)

  Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu by Huey Smith & The Clowns on Ace (Ace)

  River Deep - Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner on United Artists (United Artists)

  You Tore Me Down by Yo La Tengo on Matador (Matador)

  Don't Lie To Me by The Pretty Things on Fontana (Fontana)

  Rumble by Link Wray on Cadence (Cadence)

  Yesterday's Numbers by Flamin' Groovies on Kama Sutra (Kama Sutra)

  You Got to Move by The Rolling Stones on Rolling Stone (Rolling Stone)

  I'm Going to Canada by Mike Wilhelm on Zig Zag (Zig Zag)

  Number One by The Charlatans on Rhibi (Rhibi)

  Love Is a Spider by Roy Loney on K.O. (K.O.)

  Ain't No Use by Moby Grape on San Francisco Sounds (San Francisco Sounds)

  She Don't Care About Time by Gene Clark on A&M (A&M)

  Hell of a Pain by Dave Edmunds on Regal Zonophone (Regal Zonophone)

  Slow Death by Flamin' Groovies on United Artists Records (United Artists Records)

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• December 28, 2025Promises You Can't Keep

  
  Playlist

  Don't Make Promises by Tim Hardin on Verve Folkways (Verve Folkways)

  Tribute to Hank WIlliams by Tim Hardin on Verve Forecast (Verve Forecast)

  How Can We Hang On To A Dream by Tim Hardin on Verve Folkways (Verve Folkways)

  Red Balloon by Tim Hardin on Verve Forecast (Verve Forecast)

  The Lady Came From Baltimore by Tim Hardin on Verve Forecast (Verve Forecast)

  Reason to Believe by Karen Dalton on Delmore Recording (Delmore Recording)

  How Did The Feeling Feel To You by Karen Dalton on Capitol (Capitol)

  Eulogy To Lenny Bruce by Nico on verve (verve)

  Lenny's Tune by Tim Hardin on Verve Forecast (Verve Forecast)

  Cigarettes and Whisky and Wild Wild Women by Ramblin' Jack Elliott on Reprise (Reprise)

  Simple Song of Freedom by Bobby Darin on 45 (45)

  Shiloh Town by Tim Hardin on MGM (MGM)

  Implication 1: First Love Song / Everything Good Become More True by Tim Hardin on Columbia (Columbia)

  Implication 2: Question of Birth by Tim Hardin on Columbia (Columbia)

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• December 21, 2025In the Dark in the Dark of the Solstice Night

  
  Playlist

  Christmas is Now Drawing Near at Hand by The Watersons on Topic (Topic)

  Oh Jerusalem by Odetta on Vanguard (Vanguard)

  Gaudete by Steeleye Span on Chrysalis (Chrysalis)

  I Can't Have a Merry Christmas, Mary Without You by Jerry Lee Lewis on Mercury (Mercury)

  Over the Hills and Everywhere by Judy Henske on Design 207 (Design 207)

  Carol of the Beasts by Pete Seeger on Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)

  Christmas is Everywhere Except In My Heart by Jimmy Martin on Gusto (Gusto)

  Tan Tan by Manuela Morena on Rounder (Rounder)

  Lonely Christmas Call by Del Reeves on United Artists (United Artists)

  Solstice by Doran on Spinster (Spinster)

  Had No Room by The Staple Singers on Epic (Epic)

  As I Wander by Joan Baez on Vanguard (Vanguard)

  The Carol of the Birds by John Jacob Niles on Tradition (Tradition)

  What Child Is This by The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)

  The Cherry Tree Carol by Jean Ritchie on Tradition (Tradition)

  No Room by Vera Hall on Rounder (Rounder)

  Is It Far to Bethlehem by Shirley & Dolly Collins on Fledg'ling (Fledg'ling)

  Christmas in Vietnam by Private Charles Bowens And The Gentlemen From Tigerland on Rojac (Rojac)

  Mommy for Awhile on Christmas Day by Johnny Paycheck on Little Darlin' (Little Darlin')

  Silent Night by Big Maybelle on Rojac (Rojac)

  Christmas Fantasy, Pt. 1 by John Fahey on Takoma (Takoma)

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• December 14, 2025Stark, Powerful, Mumbled, Interruptions

  
  Playlist

  I'm So Glad You Love Me by Juanita Rogers on Norton (Norton)

  I'm Glad [1966 demo] by Captain Beefheart on Revenant (Revenant)

  Good Times by Harry Nilsson on bootleg (bootleg)

  Some Misunderstanding (demo) by Gene Clark on Asylum (Asylum)

  Hit The Road Jack (demo) by Percy Mayfield on Specialty (Specialty)

  Autopsy (demo) by Fairport Convention on Island (Island)

  Help Me Make It Through the Night (demo) by Sammi Smith on Bootleg (Bootleg)

  Getting By, High and Strange by Kris Kristofferson on Light in the Attic (Light in the Attic)

  Confessions (Demo) by The Beau Brummels on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)

  Deportee by Elvis Costello on Rykodisc (Rykodisc)

  You Send Me (demo) by Sam Cooke on ABKCO (ABKCO)

  I Found My Good Thing (demo) by Barbara Lynn on Ric (Ric)

  Alone and Foresaken by Hank Williams on Mercury (Mercury)

  The Death of Emmitt Till by Bob Dylan on Columbia (Columbia)

  Remove this Rope from My Neck by J.B. Lenoir on JSP (JSP)

  Darkness on the Face of the Earth by Willie Nelson on Sugar Hill (Sugar Hill)

  Crying in The Rain by Carol King on Hear Music (Hear Music)

  Portland Water (demo) by Michael Hurley on Mississippi Records (Mississippi Records)

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• December 07, 2025Owl Epilogue

  
  Playlist

  Pour Man by Lee Hazlewood on Reprise (Reprise)

  Introduction / March of the Flower Children by The Seeds on GNP Crescendo (GNP Crescendo)

  Malibu People by John Phillips on Dunhill (Dunhill)

  Song of the Coats by Barbara Dane on Paredon (Paredon)

  Stone by Small Faces on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)

  Genesis Hall by Fairport Convention on Island (Island)

  The Gardeners by John Martyn on Island (Island)

  My White Horse by Bo Diddley on Hip-O-Select / Geffen (Hip-O-Select / Geffen)

  Shortnin' Bread by Sonny Terry on Folkways (Folkways)

  Rock-it To Stardom by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy on Amazing (Amazing)

  Soup Song by Robert Wyatt on Virgin (Virgin)

  Let Him In (Let 'em In) by Danny Pound on s/t (s/t)

  Hillbilly Child by Paul Siebel on Elektra (Elektra)

  A Fall of the Earth by The Renderers on Exiled (Exiled)

  A Fall of the Earth by The Renderers on Exiled (Exiled)

  London Life by Ian & Sylvia on Vanguard (Vanguard)

  Andru's Easy Rider by Michael Chapman on Light In the Attic (Light In the Attic)

  Your Love is True by Irma Thomas on Charly (Charly)

  If You Love Me like You Say by Ike Turner on United Artists (United Artists)

  Cripple Creek by Alexander Skip Spence on Sundazed (Sundazed)

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• November 30, 2025Soundtrack with Tambourine

  
  

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• November 23, 2025From the Hills

  
  Playlist

  Adventures Of The Invisible Dog by Allan Wachs on True Vine (True Vine)

  I Thought I Knew You Well by Carmen McCrae on Atlantic (Atlantic)

  Look Out For My Love by Neil Young on Reprise (Reprise)

  Do It by Jo Ann Kelly on Red Rag (Red Rag)

  Waltz of the New Moon by Incredible String Band on Electra (Electra)

  Percy's Song by Fairport Convention on Hannibal (Hannibal)

  Forget About Him by Kath Bloom on Chapter (Chapter)

  Flowers on the Highway by Jeffrey Silverstein on Jeffrey Silverstein (Jeffrey Silverstein )

  Shoulda Zenith by Barry Walker Jr. on Holy Mountain, 2020 (Holy Mountain, 2020)

  Wake Up by Alvin Robinson on Charly (Charly)

  Roving Woman by Connie Converse on Squirrel Thing (Squirrel Thing)

  Let's Take a Cold Shower by Vernon Oxford on RCA (RCA)

  Code of the Mountains by Michael Hurley on Feeding Tube Records (Feeding Tube Records)

  Mama's Gonna Stay by Alice Gerrard on Rounder (Rounder)

  I Can Be Had (demo) by Kris Kristofferson on Legacy (Legacy)

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