This week's Homespun is a re-spin of Tom Ball's favorites. We’ll keep things swingin’ on Homespun this week with The Time Jumpers, Skeets McDonald, and Willie covering the great Bob Wills! We’ll also spin some new Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, and catch some tracks from the Motion Picture Soundtrack of “Inside Llewyn Davis!

Mike Johnston will be spinning recordings from the '80s. He featured Jameel Moondoc on alto saxophone as well as William Parker on bass, and Rashid Bakr on the drums.

This week on The Juke Joint is one of The Duke's Favorites, originally aired on July 2, 2017. Robert Barclay celebrated the birthday of Mississippi John Hurt, a finger-style acoustic guitarist and songster. He turned 124 on July 2, 2017. So, he turned 133 years old back in July 3, 2026. Robert spun Hurt's recordings along with interpretations by some of his admirers such as Taj Mahal, Maria Muldaur, Chris Smither, Dave Van Ronk, Rory Block, Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur and Doc Watson.

This week's Homespun is a re-spin of Tom Ball's favorites. This week’s edition of Homespun has a touch of old and new! We hear some classic sides from the Tony Rice Unit, Taj Mahal, Big Bill Broonzy, and Shelby Lynne for the old, and for the new, The Kody Norris Show, plus the fiddling team of Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland!

Mike Johnston will be featuring recordings of the Swedish drummer Bengt Berger, who passed away this past week at the age of 84. As well as recordings Berger made with such as Don Cherry, Chapter Seven and the Bitter Funeral Beer Band

This week on The Juke Joint is one of The Duke's Favorites, originally aired on August 27, 2017.This week Robert Barclay did a tribute to the pioneering blues author, Paul Oliver, who died on August 15, 2017 at the age of 90 at his home in England. His 1970 book, Story of the Blues, informed the music world of the early history of the music. Oliver also wrote hundreds of liner notes and magazine articles.Robert played some of the collections of early blues that Oliver produced for reissue including music by Blind Blake, Charlie Patton, Cannon's Jug Stompers and the Beale Street Sheiks.

Mike Johnston features recordings of the The Human Arts Ensemble from the 1970s, based in St. Louis. Members include Joseph Bowie on the trombone, Julius Hemphill on the saxophones, John Lindberg on the bass, and Charles Bo Bo Shaw on the drums.

This week on The Juke Joint is one of The Duke's Favorites, originally aired on October 8, 2017. Robert Barclay featured the work of Delbert McClinton, a singer, songwriter and harmonica player from Texas. Delbert's early exposure to Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson and Lightnin' Hopkins inspired his musical career. He's performed in roadhouses, juke joints and honky tonks for the past 50 years. Robert had the chance to sit down with Delbert on his tour bus and hear some of those stories.

This week's Homespun is a re-spin of Tom Ball's favorites.These Summer days put me in a toe tapping mood, so on this week’s Homespun, we’ll pat our feet to Rick Farris, Bob Carlin, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Steve Forbert, and much more!

On this week's episode of Destination Out, Mike Johnston features recordings from Mali (Africa) from the past 25 years. He features artists such as Afel Bocoum, Ala Farka Toure, Oumou Sangare, and more.