For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we shine the spotlight on a song that Joni Mitchell was inspired to write after taking in the view from her hotel in Hawaii.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we highlight Johnny Rivers, a hardworking musician whose life and career took him across the United States in pursuit of his dreams.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we spotlight Gram Parsons, who developed a sound he called “cosmic American music.”

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we spotlight a prolific country hitmaker, the late Earl Thomas Conley.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we spotlight singer-songwriter Lacy J. Dalton, an artist that People magazine described as “country’s Bonnie Raitt.”

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we’re honoring, somewhat belatedly, the birthdate of the great John Prine and the release of his debut album.

This week’s Classic Americana pick spotlights Clarence Williams, a piano player, composer, bandleader, singer and producer who was very influential in jazz and blues, and in the nascent years of recorded music.

This week’s Classic Americana pick highlights a track from Gillian Welch’s debut album in a year that has seen accolades for her latest effort, ‘Woodland,’ with musical partner David Rawlings. Figure: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings play a three-song set in The Current studio for Radio Heartland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_knMN2STAco

This week’s Classic Americana pick honors Tarheel Slim, a hard-working artist who recorded a definitive pair of rockabilly singles.

This week’s Classic Americana feature highlights a prolific singer-songwriter who provides a song that’s perfect for the end of summer.