On the next Fresh Air, Terry talks about a wonderful but largely forgotten chapter of music history, the singing cowboy, with Doug Green. He wrote a book on the subject, sings lead in the Western band Riders in the Sky, and is featured in Ken Burns’ country music series on PBS.  Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Singing cowboy Tex Ritter and his horse, White Flash, in the 1940s/via NPR)

On the next Fresh Air -- writer Ta-Nehisi Coates. After writing three non-fiction books dealing with race and identity, and new Black Panther stories for Marvel comics, he’s written his first novel.  Set in slave times, it re-imagines leaders of the underground railroad as having a magical power to help people out of slavery.   Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks onstage at the 2015 New Yorker Festival - Anna Webber/Getty for The New Yorker/via NPR)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry talks with Tegan & Sara - twins, singer-songwriters, and LGBTQ icons.  They have a new memoir about their tumultuous high school years in the mid-90s. And they have a new CD.  Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Tegan and Sara performing in 2016 in Australia - Illustration: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images and Angela Hsieh/NPR)

On the next Fresh Air -- As Downtown Abbey the movie opens in theatres, we feature Dave Davies’ interviews with the series creator Julian Fellowes, who also co-wrote the film, and with MAGGIE SMITH, who plays the tart-tongued Dowager Countess of Grantham. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Wikipedia, fair use)