A contemplative set of songs from Ry Cooder’s score to Paris, Texas, Mickey Newbury, Lee Hazlewood, Smog, Glenn Jones, Angels of Light, and an early, obscure song from 1964 by Willie Nelson (last week’s winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.)

Episode 105A: Quietly Down Rivers and Canyons

Brian Carpenter is the host of Free Association, a free-form radio show broadcast from WZBC-FM Boston College with occasional special guests. Brian Carpenter is an American singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and producer. He founded Ghost Train Orchestra (Brooklyn NY) in Brooklyn in 2006 and has led the Boston-based band Beat Circus since 2004. Since 2001, Carpenter has produced several radio documentaries on Free Association, including an in-depth examination of sound design in horror and science fiction films.

Share Episode 105A: Quietly Down Rivers and Canyons

Sign up to save your podcasts

Episode 105A: Quietly Down Rivers and Canyons

Episode 105A: Quietly Down Rivers and Canyons