This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

The 1930s, '40s and '50s saw the rise of a uniquely American performer: the Singing Cowboy in film, on TV and in radio. "Singing cowboys" grew out of real cowboys and traveling cowboy acts who ...

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In the Brooklyn home of Novelist Sholem (The Nazarene) Asch, jazz was forbidden because it was bordello music; cowboy ballads were allowed. One of his three sons, Moe (for Moses) Asch, 40, has become ...

WHAT: Based in tiny Dusty, Wash., the band plays western swing, classic country, cowboy ballads, dance-hall music and folk. The group is led by singer, yodeler, guitarist and rancher Wylie Gustafson, ...

What is it about cowboys that is just so… gay? There’s an inherent homoeroticism to a lot of Western imagery. And while 2005’s Brokeback Mountain certainly popularized the idea of a closeted ...

Fascinated by horses and cowboys but not by school, Harry Jackson (1924 - 2011) left his home in Chicago at age 14 to become a ranch hand and cowboy in Wyoming. While there, he learned cowboy songs ...

I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song "Bei Mir Bist Du ...

Combine an intelligent interviewer with a roster of guests that, according to the Chicago Tribune, would be prized by any talk-show host, and you're bound to get an interesting conversation. Fresh Air ...

Musician Charley Crockett blends R&B with cowboy songs and outlaw ballads By Terry Gross Published August 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM CDT Listen • 31:12 ...