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One of the deepest joys of my life is music. While I’m a 5th-rate musician myself, I claim to have 1st-rate taste in music, which I show off every Monday night on an hour-long and shamelessly opinionated program titled Tower of Song. The show airs at 8 PM Mountain Time on Gila-Mimbres Community Radio, KURU 89.1, which broadcasts from Bullard Street in historic downtown Silver City, New Mexico. What follows is a bundle of my favorite shows—several of which explore social justice issues, which you may find under the tab labeled "Which Side Are You On?" Let me here admit that I’m delighted that my show airs just after Amy Goodman signs off from Democracy Now!
It's important to support recording artists and all the people who make the river of sound we swim in possible. All music featured in these programs has been purchased, never pirated, in the hope that featuring musicians on this site will prompt you to further exploration and, in the end, financial support for your favorite artists. Fiver McCoy is a non-commercial site and will remain so. When we consider the joy that music has infused into our lives, we realize that it comes to us at bargain rates. Please support your favorite artists and local, live music.
Which Side Are You On?
A musical meditation on America’s baked-in gun culture, with a side order of Thoughts and Prayers. This episode originally aired August 1, 2022, on Gila-Mimbres Community Radio KURU 89.1.
Featuring songs by Willy Nelson & Merle Haggard, Buffalo Springfield, Mark Erelli, Ani DiFranco, Lupe Fiasco, Robert Earl Keen, Foster the People, Steve Earle, & Drive-By Truckers
"Born & bred in a small town" & still living in one, I claim some especial insight into the battle to define the small town. In one corner, the get-me-the-hell-out-of-here songwriters, whom I credit with honesty; in the other, the ones who say good-riddance to that whiny brood & write encomia to the Great American Small Town. This episode originally aired June 9, 2025, on Gila-Mimbres Community Radio KURU 89.1.
Featuring songs by Iggy Pop, Steve Earle, Kacey Musgraves, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Pretenders, Waxahatchee, Alexa Rose, &--reluctantly--Jason Aldean
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