Kathy Geary, soprano

Now and Then - Western Hero - Neil Young, Tom Petty, David Crosby, Jesse Welles

Original air date Nov 30, 2024 | Time 59:00

The Western Hero is an American icon, captured in the music of Neil Young and Crazy Horse in 1994 on the album "Sleeps With Angels". His debut album in 1968 was followed up with a live acoustic concert in Carnegie Hall in 1970. We hear "The Loner" which describes a western hero who lives on his own terms, is critical of society at large and is on the move for change.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released an album "Into the Great Wide Open" and we hear "Two Gunslingers" who wonder what they're fighting for and decide not shoot each other. On his final studio recording in 2014, Hypnotic Eye, we hear "Take What you Can and leave the past behind, we gotta run."

David Crosby released his debut solo album "If I Could Only Remember My Name" in 1970 and we hear "Cowboy Movie". The western hero lives on.

We end the program with new songs from Jesse Welles, from Arkansas. He's following in the footsteps of the singer-songwriters before him and has things he needs to say. Brilliant songs.

Now and Then - Election 2024 - Jesse Welles, Stevie Nicks, Llunr, Bob Dylan

Original air date Nov 09, 2024 | Time 59:00

Music to address the recent election results.

Now and Then - Election 2024 - Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Becca Stevens, Jesse Welles

Original air date Nov 02, 2024 | Time 59:00

Music to address the upcoming 2024 Election

Now and Then - Mike Brown LIVE in the studio, Jesse Welles "War Isn't Murder"

Original air date Oct 26, 2024 | Time 58:00

Mike Brown offers his music and conversation in a live performance.

In addition to a prolific career as a singer-songwriter, producer and multi- instrumentalist, Grammy-nominated artist Mike Brown is an incredibly dynamic and versatile collaborator. His debut record, American Hotel, was self-recorded in all 50 states over the course of eight years, and features a staggeringly diverse roster of 75 special guests, including members of: The Band, Los Lobos, The Jayhawks, Wilco, Television, Nine Inch Nails, Bare Naked Ladies, Guster, Goo Goo Dolls, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Sparklehorse, Gwar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Matchbox Twenty, The Meat Puppets, Soul Asylum, Cracker, Superdrag, Whiskeytown, Morphine, Moxy Fruvous, Belle and Sebastian, 10,000 Maniacs, The Minus 5, Freedy Johnston, Letters To Cleo and Soul Coughing.

Brown is also the founder of Temperamental Recordings, a recording studio and label based out of a former Methodist church built in 1828. In 2011 the impressive space and collection was featured on The History Channel show American Pickers, with Brown appearing as an expert and appraiser of musical instruments and vintage recording equipment.