…”When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall”-Bill Monroe’s words ring true as we hear them on this week’s Homespun-sung by Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys! We’ll also hear the blues of Charlie Musselwhite, and Dave Van Ronk, plus we’ll sample new music from Lori McKenna, and Buddy & Julie Miller! Tune in Saturday evenings at 6PM

This week on Destination Out, host Mike Johnston features the work of bassist David Izenzon. Mike will spin Izenzon's recordings with different artists in the 1960s and 70s, including saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Archie Shepp, drummer Paul Motian, and pianist Jackie Byard.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast Robert Barclay spins some new CDs by Marcel Smith, Ghalia Volt, Robin Trower, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Robert Finley, Tom Hambridge, Jimi Hendrix and Mathias Lattin. He also celebrates the birthdays of Tom Waits and Big Mama Thornton.

…This week on Homespun we dip back into the late 60’s for a classic J.D. Crowe track featuring the vocalist Red Allen, and come back to modern times with music from the Goodwin Brothers and Carson Peters. Mike Craver makes us smile, and we hear a classic from the Possum himself, George Jones! Tune in Saturday Evenings at 6pm for all this and more!

This week on Destination Out, host Mike Johnston features the work of the New York Loft jazz scene in the mid-1970s, featuring recordings from the Loft Sessions and others from the same timeframe, including Randy Weston on piano, Sam Rivers on sax and flute, David Murray on sax, Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet, and Roscoe Mitchell on sax.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast, Robert Barclay celebrates the Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall, on his 90th birthday. Robert includes his interview with Mayall and spins his music along with some of Mayall's favorites: Otis Rush, Sonny Boy Williamson #2, Albert Ammons, Buddy Guy, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Meade Lux Lewis, Champion Jack Dupree, Coco Montoya, Freddy King and J.B. Lenoir.

…This Thanksgiving weekend on Homespun we give thanks to all the great songs and songwriters I get to share with you this week-folks like Del McCoury, Alison Krauss, The Lost World String Band, David Wilcox, Jimmy Webb, Full Cord and so many others ! Tune in Saturday Evenings at 6PM on WCMU!

This week on Destination Out, host Mike Johnston features the work of pianist Stan Tracey, from Under Milk Wood. This legendary British quartet album from 1965 is often described as the U.K.'s version of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast, Robert Barclay celebrates the 90th birthday of Bobby Rush and notes the passing of Chicago blues drummer Willie “The Touch” Hayes including his work with Carey Bell, Son Seals, Mighty Joe Young, Luther Allison and Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows. He also notes the death of R.L. Boyce, a master Mississippi hill country blues guitarist. And he spins new CDs by Robin Trower, Sue Foley and a “live” recording by Jimi Hendrix.