Sunday Street is heard Sundays from 9 AM to 12 noon on WUSB, 90.1 fm and wusb.fm from Stony Brook, New York. The program is now in its 45th year. You can reach the program’s host, Charlie Backfish, at charles.backfish@stonybrook.edu

This program was pre-recorded on Saturday March 30th 2024

Theme: Dave Van Ronk, Sunday Street (SUNDAY STREET, Philo)

Opening set
Gene Autry, Peter Cottontail (THE ESSENTIAL GENE AUTRY, Legacy)
Steve Goodman, Easter Parade (THE EASTER TAPES, Red Pajama)
Nina Simone, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (TO LOVE SOMEBODY, RCA)
Nina Simone, Lilac Wine (WILD IS THE WIND, Philips)
Tom Russell, Nina Simone (BLOOD AND CANDLE SMOKE, Shout Factory)

Set # 2
*Aoife O’Donovan, America Come (ALL MY FRIENDS, Yep Roc)
*Aoife O’Donovan, Over the Finish Line (ALL MY FRIENDS, Yep Roc)
Aoife O’ Donovan, Nebraska (AOIFE O’DONOVAN PLAYS NEBRASKA, Yep Roc)
Dar Williams, Highway Patrolman (BADLANDS: TRIBUTE TO SPRINGSTEEN’S NEBRASKA, Sub Pop)
Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City (NEBRASKA, Columbia)

Set # 3
Crooked Still, Come On In My Kitchen (SHAKEN BY A LOW SOUND, Signature Sounds)
Crooked Still, Orphan Girl (HOP HIGH, Signature Sounds)

Set # 4
John Prine, Jesus, the Missing Years (LIVE ON TOUR, Oh Boy)
Cry Cry Cry, The Ballad of Mary Magdalene (LIVE AT THE FREIGHT, bandcamp.com)
Loudon Wainwright, I Am The Way (ATTEMPTED MUSTACHE, Columbia)
David Olney, Jerusalem Tomorrow (DEEPER WELL, Philo)

Set # 5
*Charlie Parr, Portland Avenue (LITTLE SUN, Smithsonian)
Willie Nile, Asking Annie Out (STREETS OF NEW YORK, 00:02:59)
Rod Picott, Lookin’ for Someone (WILLIE NILE UNCOVERED, Paradiddle)
*Rod Picott, Homecoming Queen (STARLIGHT, Welding Rod)

Set # 6
*Charlie Parr, Bear Head Lake (LITTLE SUN, Smithsonian)
Bruce Cockburn, Blueberry Hill (BREAKFAST IN NEW ORLEANS…, True North)
*Martin Simpson, Ridgeway (SKYDANCERS, Topic)

Set # 7
*Steve Martin, Alison Brown, Bluegrass Radio (single, Compass)
The Kinks, Top of the Pops (LOLA VS POWERMAN AND THE MONEY GO ROUND, Reprise)
The Raspberries, Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) (single, Capitol)
Neil Young, Payola Blues (EVERYBODY’S ROCKIN’, Geffen)
Graham Parker, Mercury Poisoning (single, Arista)

Dylan
Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind (MORE BLOOD, MORE TRACKS, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Up to Me (BIOGRAPH, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Shelter from the Storm (MORE BLOOD, MORE TRACKS, Columbia)

*indicates new release or recent re-issue