"Crossing Muddy Waters"

 This is a John Hiatt song performed in studio by I'm With Her...

"City of New Orleans"

 This is a live version of one of the great pieces of Americana songwriting. The songwriter is the late Steve Goodman ("A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request") and the song is performed by Arlo Guthrie.  The ensemble even includes the great old folkmaster Pete Seeger.  The song references Goodman's hometown, Chicago, the Illinois Central, the town of Kankakee, and the decline of the railroads.

"Switchbacks and Laurel"

Genre:  Americana

Setting: the mountains of western North Carolina

 This record features some unique talent.  It is sung by Donna Britton Bukevicz (singer/producer/owner of Molly Girl Music).  The fiddle playing is by B.E. Farrow (seen on America's Got Talent, performing with Ganstagrass;  he also tours with Dom Flemons, troubadour of ole time music).

the atheist hymnal

 Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers

A great piece of Americana --- a lament that atheists don't have music to call their own.