Backroad To Nowhere episodes:

• September 07, 2025Corn, Potatoes, and Livin

  
  Playlist

  Indians by Roxy Gordon on The Road Goes on Forever (The Road Goes on Forever)

  The Stars in my Life by The Flatlanders on New West (New West)

  Red Bird by Terry Allen on Fate (Fate)

  Crazy Horse is Alive by Roxy Gordon on Paradise of Bachelors (Paradise of Bachelors)

  Nothing by Townes Van Zandt on FM broadcast (FM broadcast )

  Oval Room by Blaze Foley on - (-)

  I've Been a Long Time Leaving by Waylon Jennings on RCA (RCA)

  Better to find out for Yourself by Buffy Saint-Marie on Vanguard (Vanguard)

  Half Past France by Sally Timms on Feel Good All Over (Feel Good All Over)

  The One I Love Is Gone by Hazel Dickens & Alice Garrard on Folkways (Folkways)

  Thank You Jesus by Rev. Robert Wilkins on Piedmont (Piedmont)

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

  Rye Straw by Ralph White on Worried Songs (Worried Songs)

  Deportees (written by Woody Guthrie) by Barbara Dane on Paredon (Paredon)

  Flute Song by Marion Brown and Gunter Hampel on Improvising Artists (Improvising Artists)

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• August 31, 2025Make a Big Wish: John Prine

  
  Playlist

  Angel From Montgomery by John Prine on Oh Boy (Oh Boy)

  Interview by John Prine on 1970 (1970)

  Spanish Pipedream by John Prine on Atlantic (Atlantic)

  Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven by John Prine on Atlantic (Atlantic)

  The Great Compromise (Live) by John Prine on Oh Boy (Oh Boy)

  Good Time by John Prine on Oh Boy (Oh Boy)

  Spped of the Sound of Loneliness by John Prine on Oh Boy (Oh Boy)

  Lake Marie by John Prine on Oh Boy DVD (Oh Boy DVD)

  Some Humans Ain't Human by John Prine on Oh Boy (Oh Boy)

  When I Get to Heaven by John Prine on Oh Boy (Oh Boy)

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• August 24, 2025Looking Over My Shoulder

  
  Playlist

  Willing by Johhny Darrell on United Artists (United Artists)

  No Never No by Strange Creek Singers on Arhoolie (Arhoolie)

  The Lost Ones by Ted Hawkins on Rounder (Rounder)

  Child Among the Weeds by Lal and Mike Waterson on Domino (Domino)

  I Burnt The Little Roadside Tavern Down by Loretta Lynn on MCA (MCA)

  Carnival Baloon by Lee Clayton on MCA (MCA)

  It's Alright by Precious Bryant on Moi J'Connais (Moi J'Connais)

  Blue Raga by Davey Graham on Les Cousins (Les Cousins)

  Fire Pink and Milkweed by Sarah Louise on Thrill Jockey (Thrill Jockey)

  Baby's Breath by Bill Callahan on Drag City (Drag City)

  I Know Your Rider by Judy Roderick on Columbia (Columbia)

  Can't Find Your Love by O.V. Wright on Back Beat (Back Beat)

  Take Me To the Mountains by Shivas Headband on Capitol (Capitol)

  Looking Over My Shoulder (Still Alright after All) by Jim Ford on Bear Family (Bear Family)

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• August 17, 2025Along the Common Ground

  
  Playlist

  Hit or Miss by Odetta on Polydore (Polydore)

  Nashville Again by Paul Siebel on Elektra (Elektra)

  I'm Growing Older Everyday by Champion Jack Dupree on Varèse Sarabande ‎ (Varèse Sarabande ‎)

  Katie Cruel by Karen Dalton on Delmore Recording Society (Delmore Recording Society)

  Everybody Needs Help by Jimmy Holiday on Minit (Minit)

  Polly by Dillard & Clark on A&M (A&M)

  The Cedar Trees by Ella Jenkins on Folkwasy (Folkwasy)

  High on the Mountain by Ola Belle Reed on Folkways (Folkways)

  Handshake by A. Paul Ortega on Canyon (Canyon)

  Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (Take 1) by Fairport Convention on UMC (UMC)

  White Line Fever by Jessie Ed Davis on ATCO (ATCO)

  Banjo by Charlie Sayles on Dusty Road (Dusty Road)

  You Were Sent to This World by Johnny Frierson on Light in the Attic (Light in the Attic)

  Guitar Rebop by Henry Flynt on Recorded (Recorded)

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• August 10, 2025American Patchwork

  
  Playlist

  See My Jumper by R.L. Burnside on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Bonsoir Moreau by Canray Fontenot on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Little Margaret / Banjo Instrumental / Dinah by Sheila Kay Adams on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Peach in the Valley by Joe Savage on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Old Reuben by Tommy Jarrell on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Fire Shed In My Bones by Boyd & Ruth May Rivers on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Somebody Touched Me by Boyd & Ruth May Rivers on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone by Janette and Joe Carter on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Gal by Vaughn Eller on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Way Up In the New Bright World by Laethe Eller on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  You've Got to Cross that River Jordan by Clyde Maxwell and group on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Fox Chase by Dink Roberts on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Blues #2 by Belton Sutherland on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Reuben by Ray Hicks on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Why You Wanna Make Me Cry by Lawrence "Black" Ardoin & Band on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Jesus Stop By Here by Napoleon Strickland on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  My Babe by Napoleon Strickland and the Como Drum Corps on Mississippi (Mississippi)

  Mother Jones WIll by Nimrod Workman on Mississippi (Mississippi)

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• August 03, 2025Dirt You Throw

  
  Playlist

  Puff Puff by Champion Jack Dupree on Blue Horizon (Blue Horizon)

  Five Hundred Houses by Vince Matthews and Jim Casey on Delmore Recording Society (Delmore Recording Society)

  The Dirt That You Throw by Delia Bell on Country (Country)

  How Far Down Can I Go by Lefty Frizzell on Columbia (Columbia)

  Swimming Song by Kate and Anna McGarrigle on Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.)

  Keep On Trying by Red Coats Review, Inc. on Arcania International (Arcania International )

  Drums by Jim Pepper on Embryo (Embryo)

  Magic Hollow by The Beau Brummels on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)

  We Are the People Darker Than Blue by Curtis Mayfield on Curtom (Curtom)

  Ridin' On My Skateboard by Jim Ford on Bear Family (Bear Family)

  Cherry by J.J. Cale on Shelter (Shelter)

  Cherry by J.J. Cale on Shelter (Shelter)

  Sun Song by Marisa Anderson on Thrill Jockey (Thrill Jockey)

  Ba Al by Exuma on Mercury (Mercury)

  Driftin by John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat on Liberty (Liberty)

  The Door Is Always Open by Waylon Jennings on Sony (Sony)

  Little Sadie by Jack Rose / Black Twig Pickers on Klang Industries (Klang Industries )

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• July 27, 2025Folkloric Gold

  
  Playlist

  Drum Song by Earth Wind & Fire on Columbia (Columbia)

  Odana by Alanis Obamsawin on Constellation (Constellation)

  Arkansas by Eggs Over Easy on A&M (A&M)

  Look Down That Road by Ralph White on self released (self released)

  I Passed it By by Sam the Sham on MGB (MGB)

  Rags and Old Iron by Nina Simone on Colpix (Colpix)

  Amanzwe by Don Cherry on Blank Forms (Blank Forms)

  David's Tune by Fraser & Debolt on Columbia (Columbia)

  The Bay of a Thousand Smokes by Elisabeth Waldo Folkloric Orchestra on Peer-Southern Organization (Peer-Southern Organization)

  Let It Be by Malvina Reynolds on Folkways (Folkways)

  Wreck on the Highway by Sid Selvidge on Enterprise (Enterprise)

  New Wine by Jessi COlter on RCA (RCA)

  The Mood I'm In by Melba Montgomery on Unart (Unart)

  Instamatic by Oliver on Guerrson (Guerrson)

  Tuzna Je Nedelja by Branko Natalja on Numero Grop (Numero Grop)

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• July 13, 2025Summer’s Coming On

  
  Playlist

  Hot Days by The Troggs on Prism Leisure Corporation (Prism Leisure Corporation)

  Hello Sunshine by Relatively Clean Rivers on Pacific Is (Pacific Is)

  Campin' by Norman Greenbaum on Reprise (Reprise)

  On the Beach by The Faces on Warner Bros (Warner Bros)

  What a Lonely Way to Start the Summer by Bitter Sweet on Rhino (Rhino)

  Floatin' by Vince Matthews and Jim Casey on Delmore Recording Society (Delmore Recording Society)

  I Must Be in a Good Place Now by Bobby Charles on Bearsville (Bearsville)

  That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman on Rounder (Rounder)

  Summer Breeze by Dr. Strangely Strange on Tapestry (Tapestry)

  Summer's Night by Clive Palmer on Autogram (Autogram)

  In the Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) by Roger Miller on Smash (Smash)

  Fish and Whistle by John Prine on Asylum (Asylum)

  Watermelon Dream by Guy Clark on Sugar Hill (Sugar Hill)

  Don't Let the Sunshine Fool You by Townes Van Zandt on Poppy (Poppy)

  Bar-B-Q by Wendy Rene on Light in the Attic (Light in the Attic)

  Bugs by Bobbie Gentry on RCA (RCA)

  Sing a Song of Summer by John Martyne on Island (Island)

  Hello Sunshine by Wilson Pickett on Atlantic (Atlantic)

  Your Lick by Chuck Berry on Chess (Chess)

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• July 06, 2025Too Much to be Wishing For

  
  Playlist

  I Keep Changin' by Jerry Jeff Walker on ATCO (ATCO)

  Call Me Lonesome by Arthur Alexander on Ace (Ace)

  Wishful Thinking by Skeeter Davis on RCA (RCA)

  I Pity the Country by Willie Dunn on Ko'Tai (Ko'Tai)

  Pulling Hair Blues by Canned Heat on Liberty (Liberty)

  This Old House by Michael Hurley on bootleg (bootleg)

  Something I Dream by George Jones on Ace (Ace)

  Soft Spoken Man by The Weather Station on You've Changed (You've Changed)

  Highway Anxiety by William Tyler on Merge Records (Merge Records)

  Frontier by Sir Richard Bishop on Drag City (Drag City)

  World's Greatest Loser by Margo Price on Third Man (Third Man)

  Nobody Owns My Soul by Kris Kristofferson on - (-)

  The Old Man and Me by J.J. Cale on Shelter (Shelter)

  Astrurias by Bola Sete on Tompkins Square (Tompkins Square)

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• June 29, 2025Doing What He Can

  
  

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