Mountain Town FM

Mountain Town FM doesn't just play blues and jazz, it lives them. The afternoon sets dig deep into Delta blues, think Son House and Robert Johnson, not the sanitized stuff. Evening shifts drift into smoky jazz, with real horns and live-room echo. You'll hear John Lee Hooker one moment, Ahmad Jamal the next. It's not slick. It's not polished. Good. The station's signal comes from somewhere in the Appalachian foothills, and that geography matters. The DJs talk slowly, like they've got nowhere to be, and the music breathes. Some blocks drag, the Wednesday midday slot could use more energy, but th…