On the fringes

This week's smorgasbord covers everything The music that hangs around the fringes, the stuff that you almost never hear, but should be listened to. What actually comprises the core of the Red Dirt movement, and it's Outlaw roots. The music that somehow becomes the tremendous gumbo comprised of tube amplified '70's rock and roll, outlaw rock and roll country, good songwriting, and pulls in a good blues, gospel and roots base. Artists this week include:

• Steve Earle
• Reckless Kelly
• The Band of Heathens
• Cross Canadian Ragweed
• Ray Wylie Hubbard
• Randy Rogers

And a host of others, along with a discussion of where it came from, and where it's headed.