Tales Of The New West

10/15/2025

Host Chris Aaland wraps up his National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration during the first hour of tonight's Tales of the New West by featuring some of his favorite Latin rockers ... folks like Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Los Super Seven, and Texas Tornados. He'll open The KSUT Vault to start the show with a couple of songs that The Iguanas performed at our 2017 Party in the Park. He'll follow that with a set of music featuring Raul Malo, who is currently battling cancer and has cancelled the remaining dates for The Mavericks in 2025. The second hour's Americana Jukebox includes new music from Waylon Jennings, Stillhouse Junkies, and Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives. Tune in to KSUT from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West. You can stream us at www.ksut.org, set your dial to one of our many FM frequencies around the Four Corners, or listen on our new app, available for Apple and Android devices.

10/08/2025

Host Chris Aaland continues his National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration tonight by featuring some of his favorite Latin women, such as Rosie Flores (pictured), Carrie Rodriguez, and Silvana Estrada. He'll open The KSUT Vault to start the show, revisiting our 2018 Party in the Park with the Albuquerque band, Baracutanga. During the second hour, he'll crank up the Americana Jukebox for new music by Los Straitjackets, Cordovas, and Molly Tuttle. Tune in to KSUT from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West. You can listen to one of our many FM broadcasts around the Four Corners, listen on our new app, or stream us at www.ksut.org.

10/02/2025

During the first hour of tonight’s Tales of the New West, host Chris Aaland travels to Tucson for some cumbia and desert rock from Calexico, Xixa, and Giant Sand, among others. He’ll start the night by opening The KSUT Vault for a couple of tunes from Ozomatli, recorded at our 2023 Party in the Park. The second hour’s Americana Jukebox cranks new music from Neko Case, Molly Tuttle, and Jeremy Garrett. Tune in from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West.

09/24/2025

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, host Chris Aaland travels to San Antonio during tonight's Tales of the New West. We'll see how Conjunto Tejano music paved the way for the early R&B and rock & roll that became San Antonio's Westside Sound in the 1950s and '60s ... with music from Valerio Longoria, Mando & the Chili Peppers, the Sir Douglas Quintet, and more. Plus Chris opens The KSUT Vault for a vintage KSUT Session with Alejandro Escovedo. The second hour's Americana Jukebox includes new music from Special Consensus, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Kathleen Edwards. Tune in from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West.

09/17/2025

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15th through October 15th and host Chris Aaland will celebrate during the first hour of the next five episodes of Tales of the New West by featuring some of his favorite Hispanic, Mexican, and Latino artists. This week, Chris will feature some of the Mexican artists he saw at this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, such as El Conjunto Nueva Ola, Mariachi Los Camperos, and Son Rompe Pera. The night gets rolling by opening The KSUT Vault for a couple of songs Los Lobos performed earlier this summer at our Party in the Park. The second hour's Americana Jukebox includes new music by Tyler Childers, Shawn Camp, and the late singer/songwriter, Luke Bell. Tune in to KSUT from 7-9 p.m. on one of our many FM frequencies around the Four Corners, on our new app, or at www.ksut.org.

09/10/2025

During the first hour of tonight's show, host Chris Aaland helps Rosie Flores blow 75 candles out on her birthday cake by featuring women artists who are either contemporaries or were influenced by Rosie ... such as Tami Neilson, Sweet Megg, and Jaime Wyatt. We'll kick off the show at 7 with a vintage KSUT Session from Katy Moffatt that Chris found in The KSUT Vault. During the second hour, we'll continue the Texas road trip we started last week with music from Townes Van Zandt, Tanya Tucker, and Hayes Carll. Tune in to KSUT from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West. You can stream us at www.ksut.org, set your dial to one of our many FM frequencies around the Four Corners, or tune in on our new app, available for Android and Apple devices.

09/03/2025

Host Chris Aaland travels to the Lone Star State for tonight's Tales of the New West to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Texas country icon Hank Thompson. We'll hear from the likes of Michael Martin Murphey, Robert Earl Keen, Nanci Griffith, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chris kicks off the show by opening The KSUT Vault for a pair of tunes that Shinyribs performed at the 2022 Pagosa Folk'n Bluegrass. Tune in to KSUT from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West. You can stream us at www.ksut.org, listen to our new app, available for Android and Apple devices, or tune in to one of our many FM frequencies around the Four Corners.

08/28/2025

Host Chris Aaland pulled double duty Wednesday by hosting the Afternoon Blend from 1-4 and Tales of the New West from 7-9. And he’s filling in for Tami Graham on the Thursday Morning Blend from 9-noon today.

A fun Blend today … musical birthdays of a couple of OG legends in Carter Stanley and J.D. Crowe, lots of new stuff, plenty of old favorites.

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08/28/2025

Tonight’s show was a tribute to my friend and colleague, Susie B, who died unexpectedly last week. For nearly two hours, I played female artists in honor of Susie’s show, Women Be Wise. Susie B favorites, oldies, new music, and lots of genre criss-crossing. The only diversion was starting the show by opening the KSUT Vault for two songs Kirk James Blues played back in 2018. We lost Kirk two days before Susie. It was a tragic week for Durango music.

Click on the link below to see what I played tonight and to stream this episode for the next two weeks.

https://spinitron.com/ksutfourcorners/pl/21141678/Tales-of-the-New-West

Chris Aaland guides you through a world of roots, Americana, honky-tonk, lost classics, and more.

08/27/2025

On tonight's show, host Chris Aaland remembers his friend and colleague Susie B, who unexpectedly passed away last week at the age of 61. For nearly the entirely of the program, Chris will pay homage to Susie B's Women Be Wise radio program by featuring female artists exclusively. We'll hear from Amy Helm, Nanci Griffith, Gaby Moreno, and dozens more. The only exception is when Chris opens The KSUT vault for a 2018 KSUT Session with Kirk James Blues. Sadly, Kirk died just two days prior to Susie B. We hope you can join us tonight for these musical celebrations of life. Tales of the New West airs from 7-9 p.m. each Wednesday on KSUT.

08/20/2025

During the first hour of tonight's Tales of the New West, host Chris Aaland celebrates fathers and daughters on the occasion of John Hiatt's 73rd birthday. We'll hear from John and his daughter, Lilly, plus Willie & Paula Nelson, Frank & Nancy Sinatra, and Levon & Amy Helm. Chris opens The KSUT Vault to start the show with a pair of songs that Greg & Pieta Brown recorded at a KSUT Session back in 2003. The second hour's Americana Jukebox features new music by AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Sunny Sweeney, Brennen Leigh, and more. Tune in to KSUT from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West. You can stream us at www.ksut.org, listen on our new app, or set your dial for one of our many FM frequencies around the Four Corners.

08/13/2025

During the first hour of tonight’s Tales of the New West, host Chris Aaland remembers Dan Fogelberg on what would have been his 74th birthday … with music from The Eagles, Warren Zevon, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and more. Chris starts the show at 7 by opening The KSUT Vault for a pair of songs by Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore from a KSUT Session recorded back in 2017. During the second hour’s Americana Jukebox, we’ll hear new music from Hayes Carll, Songs from the Road Band, Maria Muldaur, and others. Tune in to KSUT from 7-9 tonight and each Wednesday for Tales of the New West.