Across the Tracks on KRCL

12/17/2025

Started off today's show to remember a couple legends lost, then the rest was the 2026 Preview. Lots of great stuff lined up for first few months of the year.

Next week, its Christmas Eve and "Across the Holiday Tracks" with all new songs for 2025!

Today's Playlist:

• The Mavericks - Blue Moon (RIP Raul Malo)
• Joe Ely - Early Morning Rain (single)
• Sammy Brue - Lonely Mornings (The Journals - Jan 23)
• Carsie Blanton - Little Flame (The Red Album Vol II - Jan 16)
• John Craigie - Fire Season (I Swam Here - Feb 6)
• Mon Rovîa - Old Fort Steel Trail (Bloodline - Jan 9)
• Courtney Marie Andrews - Keeper (Valentine - Jan 16)
• The Band of Heathens - High on Our own Supply (Country Sides - Feb 20)
• Clay Street Unit - Where Have You Gone (Sin & Squalor - Feb 13)
• The Infamous Stringdusters - Working Man Blues (20/20 - Feb 13)
• Leah Blevins - All Dressed Up (All Dressed Up - Mar 20)
• Pokey LaFarge - Ain’t No Grave (Travelin’ with Pokey LaFarge: Voice and Guitar Vol. I EP - Feb 13)
• Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence - Dat Ain’t Right (Havin’ a Talk - Feb 6)
• The N**e Party -Sweetheart of the Radio (Look Who's Back - Feb 13)
• Ratboys - Anywhere (Singin' to an Empty Chair - Feb 6)
• Elles Bailey - Take a Step Back (Can’t Take My Story Away - Jan 16)
• The James Hunter Six - Ain’t That a Trip (Off the Fence - Jan 16)
• Eric Bibb - Muddy Waters (One Mississippi - Jan 30)
• Jesper Lindell - Pretend I Never Happened (3614 Jackson Highway - Mar 6)
• Destinie Lynn - Shorten’ Bread (Black Bird - Feb 20)
• Kashus Culpepper - Out of My Mind (Act I - Jan 23)
• Emily Scott Robinson - Appalachia - (Appalachia - Jan 30)
• The Lone Bellow - Common Folk (What a Time to Be Alive - Feb 13)
• The Waymores - Ain’t Missin You (The Knot - Feb 13)
• Lucinda Williams - So Much Trouble in the World (World Gone Wrong - Jan 23)
• Queen Esther - Hold Steady (Blackbirding - Feb 6)
• Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support - Play Us Once We Know (The Hope That Kills You - Mar 27)
• Sophie Gault - Unhinged (Unhinged - Jan 23)
• Natalie Del Carmen - Plans Up Plans (Pastures - Jan 30)
• Steve Poltz - If It Leads it Bleeds (JoyRide - Jan 30)
• Cordovas - Higher Every Time (Back to Life - Jan 30)
• Boy Golden - Cowboy Dreams feat Cat Clyde (Best of Our Possible Lives - Feb 13)

12/13/2025

The first part of 2026 is lining up to be a stellar few months in new music. Check out my preview on acrossthetracks.radio (link in bio) and tune in to the show (or listen later on-demand) on Wed Dec 17th as we track through a bunch of them!

12/11/2025

Fortunate to have seen the Mavericks earlier this year in Utah. What a true original talent lost too young.

12/10/2025

Playlist for December 10, 2025.

✓ Meels - Willow Song (single)
✓ Keengan McInroe - Either Way or In Between (single)
✓ Cotton Clifton - Blood in My Veins (100% Cotton)
✓ Margo Price - Never Say Die (Hard Headed Woman Deluxe)
✓ James Gedda w Big Breakfast - Thick as Thieves (South of Mars)
✓ Miss Emily - Running Again (The Medicine)
✓ Nat Myers - Baby Mama (single)
✓ Branson Anderson - Rodeo Hand (First Rodeo)
✓ Jonathan Terrell - Undiscovered Country (Dove)
✓ Johnny Marfa and the Lights - My Heart is a Jukebox (single)
✓ Eric Hagen - Blame it on the Booze (single)
✓ Effie Zilch - When I Paint My Masterpiece (single)
✓ Sam Eplin - Ride (The Hill Bride Hymnal) .eplin
✓ Clover County - Suitcase (single)
✓ shugE - Jesse and June (I pick flowers in the spring & light fires in the fall)
✓ Willie Nelson - If We Make It Through December (Willie Sings Merle)
✓ Timo de Jong & Leadbeaters - Hammer (The Ballad of Too Much Glitter)
✓ Colter Wall - The Longer You Hold On (Memories and Empties)
✓ Jess Woodland - High Road (High Road EP)
✓ Ryan Necci & the Buffalo Gospel - End of Days (The Dead Can’t Take a Hint)
✓ Theoretical Blonde - Bettin’ Man (No Brainer)
✓ Medium Build - Balance (Takeaways)
✓ Katie Mae & the Lubrication - Object Impermanence (single) .az
✓ A Different Thread - Amaranth (Amaranth EP)
✓ GA-20 - Stranger Blues (Orphans)
✓ Tommy Womack - Ten Feel Tall (Live a Little)
✓ Jesse Roper - Suntan Woman (Way Down in the Valley)
✓ Sabine McCalla - Two of Hearts (Don’t Call Me Baby) .annamaryse
✓ Rambler Kane - Gone (Sirens and Flames)
✓ The Bros. Landreth - I’ll Drive (Dog Ear)
✓ Nathan Belt - Clean Living is Killing Me (A Song in the Making)
✓ Jake Penrod - The Bridge Washed Out (single) .penrod

12/09/2025

Another great night of music with Jason Eady at the Mercury Lounge. He previewed some songs from an upcoming record made in Tulsa, sounded fantastic.

12/08/2025

Night two at Cains Ballroom with another great show. is just fantastic with a great opening set from .cactus

12/07/2025

First experience at Cains Ballroom in Tulsa with a great triple bill. and

12/05/2025

New Music Friday rolls on this week with two Utah local releases!

✓ GA-20 - Orphans
✓ Tommy Womack – Live A Little
✓ The Doohickeys – Merry, Happy, Whatever EP
✓ Rambler Kane - Sirens and Flames
✓ Branson Anderson - First Rodeo
✓ Theoretical Blonde - No Brainer
✓ The Hammer and the Hatchet - Here We Are
✓ Sam Eplin - The Hill Bride Hymnal
✓ Adam Simons - A Little Love
✓ Denver Williams - Let It Ride
✓ Upstream Rebellion - Headwaters
✓ Goldford - Sunset Session EP

12/03/2025

Legendary Stax guitarist Steve Cropper passed away today at 84. An immeasurable musical impact.

12/03/2025

Playlist for December 3, 2025!

- Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover - To Each Their Dot (What Of Our Nature)
- Ruby Walker - Gasoline (single)
- The Waymores - A Dozen Roses (single)
- Jeff BearCat Bunch - Daddy Wore a Stetson (I Can’t Help But Ramble)
- Sam Salmon - No One Likes (Down For Life)
- Waylon Hanel - Tow Truck Driver (When Waylon Came to Nashville)
- Okertones - Too Much (Okertones)
- Ismay - Abandoned (Finding Lucinda)
- Ryan Necci & the Buffalo Gospel - I’ll Take the Devil (The Dead Can’t Take a Hint)
- Lamont Landers - Devil is Alive and Well (Introducing…Lamont Landers)
- Blue Mountain Tribe - The Blues Boy Blues (single)
- Les Greene - Another Me (single)
- Lance Roark - Lucky Penny (Bad Reputation)
- The Lowest Pair - Uncertain Seas (single)
- Tyler Bryant - Mama Like to Rock (single)
- Luke Bell - Dark Horse of Fools (The Horse is Back)
- Bryant Roses - Dusty Carousel (Dusty Carousel)
- Caryn Dixon - Sweet Mountain Flower (Bird in a Cage EP)
- Chico States - Doda (I Saw a Galloping Horse Cover No Ground)
- Avry Truex - Dusty Rolling Stone (Woody’s Song) (Without the E Vol 1)
- Winterpills - The Shade (This is How we Dance)
- Vickie Vaughn - Liza Jane (Travel On)
- Town Mountain - American Family (Live From the Drop of Sun EP)
- Richard Gans - You Sunk Your Teeth in My Soul (Before the Poppies Bloom)
- Iris Marlow - Six Cold Feet Underground (Dead by Dawn)
- Terry Klein - Try (Hill Country Folk Music)
- Henry Hagerman - Free (Ledbetter Sessions)
- Kolton Moore and the Clever Few - The Whitetail Rut (single)
- Max Lane - Burnt Offering (Backsliding EP)
- Dan Rodriguez - Everybody Needs Somebody (Wander)
- Rich O’Toole - Lighthouse (God is a Gentleman)

12/03/2025

The first quarter of 2026 is loading up with a ton of great new releases! Check out what I'm looking forward to. Send any omissions or corrections!

Across the Tracks is a modern Americana program on community radio, KRCL in Salt Lake City hosted by Troy Mumm. The program airs live each Wednesday from 5-7am MST and the most recent two programs are available on-demand at krcl.org and on the KRCL app.