Opening set
Elvis Presley, Spring Fever (GIRL HAPPY SOUNDTRACK, RCA)
Ian Tyson, Springtime (COWBOYOGRAPHY, Sugar Hill)
Garnet Rogers, Redwing (FIREFLY, Snow Goose)
James Keelaghan, Red-Winged Blackbird (HOME, Appleseed Recordings)
Greg Brown, Spring and All (SLANT SIX MIND, Red House)

Set # 2
*Alison Krauss & Union Station, There’s A Light Up Ahead (ARCADIA, Down The Road)
Nanci Griffith, There’s A Light Beyond These Woods (THERE’S A LIGHT BEYOND THESE WOODS, Philo)
Janis Ian, The Light At The End of The Line (THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE LINE, Rude Girl)
Janis Ian, Dancing With The Dark (THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE LINE, Rude Girl)
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dancing in the Dark (ALMOST HOME single b-side, Columbia)

Set # 3
*Tim Grimm, Woody’s Landlord (BONES OF TREES, Vault)
Ian Tamblyn, Meth Lab (iantamblyn.com, 2020 recording)
*Tim Grimm, Broken Truth (BONES OF TREES, Vault)

Set # 4
*Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Wrong Way (ARCADIA, Down The Road)
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Last Kind Words Blues (RAISE THE ROOF, Rounder)
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, You Led Me to the Wrong (RAISE THE ROOF, Rounder)

This week’s program centered on Greenwich Village and its rich music scene from the 1960’s into the 1990’s. We shared recordings of performances from some legendary music venues in ‘the Village,’

Opening set
Richard Barone, Bleecker Street (SORROWS & PROMISES: GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 1960’S, RBM)
Fred Neil, Bleecker & MacDougal (BLEECKER & MACDOUGAL, Elektra)
Kevyn Kinney, MacDougal Blues (MACDOUGAL BLUES, Island)
Ralph McTell, West 4th Street and Jones (HILL OF BEANS, Leola)

Set # 2 The Village Gate/The Cookery
Nina Simone, Just in Time (NINA AT THE VILLAGE GATE, Colpix)
Herbie Mann, Comin Home Baby (HERBIE MANN AT THE VILLAGE GATE, Atlantic)
Alberta Hunter, My Castle’s Rockin’ (DOWNHEARTED BLUES: LIVE AT THE COOKERY, Varese Sarabande)

Set # 3 The Bitter End
Randy Newman, Mama Told Me Not to Come (RANDY NEWMAN LIVE, Reprise)
Tom Paxton, Good Morning Mr. Blue (THE COMPLEAT TOM PAXTON, Elektra)
Dion, Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind (DION-RECORDED LIVE AT THE BITTER END, Omnivore)
Dion, The Wanderer (DION-RECORDED LIVE AT THE BITTER END, Omnivore)

Set # 4 Café Au Go Go

This week’s edition of Sunday Street centered on the much-acclaimed trio CRY CRY CRY comprised of Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, and Dar Williams.

Opening set.
Johnny Cash, Cry Cry Cry (single, Sun Records 1955)
Cry Cry Cry, The Last Thing on My Mind (BLEECKER STREET; GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 60’S, Astor Place)
Cry Cry Cry, Never Cry Again. Lucy vocal (LIVE@THE FREIGHT, Live Music Society)

Set # 2 – Remembering Jesse Colin Young
The Youngbloods, Grizzly Bear (THE YOUNGBLOODS, RCA)
The Youngbloods, Ride the Wind (ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, RCA)
Jesse Colin Young, Darkness, Darkness (HIGHWAY TROUBADOUR, BMG)
Jesse Colin Young, Take Me to the River (DREAMERS, BMG)

Set # 3
Lucy Kaplansky, Brooklyn Train (THE RED THREAD, Red House)
Lucy Kaplansky w/ Shawn Colvin, Old Friends (EVERYDAY STREET, Lucyricky Records)
*Lucy Kaplansky & Shawn Colvin, Green Pastures (THE LUCY STORY, Lucyricky Records)
*Lucy Kaplansky, God Will, (THE LUCY STORY, Lucyricky Records)
*Cry Cry Cry, I Know Why The River Runs ( THE LUCY STORY, Lucyricky Records)

Set # 4
Pine Hill Project, Lately (TOMORROW YOU’LL BE GOING, Signature Sounds)

Opening set
Van Morrison & The Chieftains, Irish Heartbeat (IRISH HEARTBEAT, Mercury)
Van Morrison, One Irish Rover (BBC 4 SESSIONS, bbc.co.uk)
Nanci Griffith & The Chieftains, Red is the Rose (AN IRISH EVENING, RCA)
Van Morrison & The Chieftains, Celtic Ray (IRISH HEARTBEAT, Mercury)

Set # 2
*Jason Isbell, Ride to Roberts (FOXES IN THE SNOW, Thirty Tigers/Southeastern Records)
The Other Favorites, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (LIVE IN LONDON, Last Triumph)
Old & In the Way, Midnight Moonlight (OLD AND IN THE WAY, Sugar Hill)
*The Seldom Scene, Man at the Crossroads (REMAINS TO BE SCENE, Smithsonian Folkways)

Set # 3
Runa, Northwest Passage (WHEN THE LIGHT GETS IN, Runamusic.com)
Stan Rogers, Lockkeeper (FROM FRESH WATER, Fogarty’s Cove)
Enter the Haggis, White Squall (WHITELAKE, Firebrand Entertainment)

Set # 4
*Jason Isbell, Bury Me (FOXES IN THE SNOW. Thirty Tigers/Southeastern Records)
*Jason Isbell, Wind Behind the Rain (FOXES IN THE SNOW. Thirty Tigers/Southeastern Records)
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, Mutineer (SEASONGS EP, Southeastern)
Warren Zevon, The Indifference of Heaven (LEARNING TO FLICH, Giant)

Set # 5

Opening set
The Velvet Underground, Pale Blues Eyes (THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, MGM)
Lou Reed, NYC Man (SET THE TWILIGHT REELING, Warner Brothers)
Paul Simon, Take Me to the Mardi Gras (THERE GOES RHYMIN’ SIMON, Columbia)
Paul Simon w/Urubamba, The Boxer (LIVE RHYMIN’, Columbia)
Paul Simon, Thelma (OUTTAKE FROM THE RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS, Warner Brothers)

Set # 2
Elliott Murphy, Last Night I Dreamed About Lou Reed MIDDLE KINGDOM, Murphyland)
*Elliott Murphy, Three Shadows (INFINITY, Murphyland)

Set # 3
*Elliott Murphy, Red Moon Over Paris (INFINITY, Murphyland)
Elliott Murphy w/Olivier Durand, Diamonds By The Yard (ELLIOTT MURPHY IS ALIVE, Murphyland)
Willie Nile, The Streets of New York (THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, Reincarnate Music)
*Lucy Kaplansky, When the Last Lights Go Out on Broadway (THE LUCY STORY, LucyRicky Records)

We spoke with Lucy Kaplansky about her new retrospective collection, The Lucy Story.
Lucy will be returning to WUSB’s Sunday Street Series on Sunday, April 13th at 5 P.M.
(details at sundaystreet.org)

During our conversation with Lucy, we played the following:
Lucy Kaplansky, Sixth Avenue (EVERYDAY STREET, LucyRicky Records)

Opening set
Julie London, Melancholy March (CALENDAR GIRL, Liberty)
Moody Blues, Melancholy Man (A QUESTION OF BALANCE, London)
Bob Dylan, Melancholy Mood (FALLEN ANGELS, Columbia)
Lynn Miles, The Saddest Song I Ever Wrote (WE’LL LOOK FOR STARS, Continental Record Services)
Lynn Miles, Moody (TumbleWeedyWorld, True North)

Set # 2
*Nathanael Rateliff & Gregory Alan Isakov, Flowers (single)
*Nathanael Rateliff, South of Here (SOUTH OF HERE, Stax)
The Band, Bessie Smith (CAPITOL RARITIES, 1968-1977, Capitol)
Danko/Fjeld/Andersen, Driftin’ Away (DANKO/FJELD/ANDERSEN, Rykodisc)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, Come Ye Disconsolate (ROBERTA FLACK AND DONNY HATHAWAY, Atlantic)

Set # 3
Paul Simon, The Side of a Hill (THE PAUL SIMON SONGBOOK, Columbia)
Paul Simon, Patterns (THE PAUL SIMON SONGBOOK, Columbia)
Paul Simon, Once Upon a Time There Was An Ocean (SURPRISE, Warner Brothers)

Set # 4
Roberta Flack, See You Then (QUIET FIRE, Atlantic)
Jimmy Webb, If These Walls Could Speak (TEN EASY PIECES, Capitol)
Jimmy Webb, Accidentally Like a Martyr (SLIPCOVER, S Curve)
Warren Zevon, Mohammed’s Radio (WARREN ZEVON, Asylum)

Opening set
Bob Dylan, Key West (ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS, Columbia)
Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry, Gulf Coast Highway (TROUBLE IN THE FIELDS, Paradiddle)
Steve Earle, Gulf of Mexico (I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE, New West)
Shawn Mullins, Gulf of Mexico (SOUL’S CORE, BMG)

Set # 2
*Holly Cole, Dark Moon (DARK MOON, Rumpus Room)
Madeleine Peyroux, Walkin’ After Midnight (DREAMLAND, Atlantic)
Aoife O’Donovan, Soon After Midnight (SCARLET HARLOT E.P., no label)

Set # 3
*Alice Howe & Freebo, Travelin’ Soul (ALICE HOW & FREEBO LIVE, Know Howe)
Ellen McIlwaine, Up From The Skies (HONKY TONK ANGEL, Polydor)
Harry Manx, Voodoo Child (LIVE AT THE GLENN GOULD STUDIO, Dog My Cat)

Set # 3
Paul Simon, Duncan (PAUL SIMON, Columbia)
Paul Simon, Paranoia Blues (PAUL SIMON, Columbia)
Peter Mulvey, Stranded in a Limousine (TEN THOUSAND MORNINGS, Signature Sounds)
Paul Simon, In A Parade (STRANGER TO STRANGER, Concord)
John Stewart & Darwin’s Army, Boy in the Bubble (JOHN STEWART & DARWIN’S ARMY, Appleseed Recordings)

Set # 4

Opening set
The Rolling Stones, Sister Morphine (STICKY FINGERS, Rolling Stones Records)
Marianne Faithfull, Broken English (BROKEN ENGLISH, Island)
Marianne Faithfull, As Tears Go By (BLAZING AWAY, Island)

Set # 2
Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather (STRANGE WEATHER, Island)
*Holly Cole, Johnny Guitar (DARK MOON, Rumpus Records)
Leonard Cohen, You Want it Darker (YOU WANT IT DARKER, Columbia
Leonard Cohen, Darkness (OLD IDEAS, Columbia)

Set # 3
Peggy Lee, He’s A Tramp (single, Decca 1955)
Peggy Lee, Fever (single, Capitol 1958)
*Holly Cole, Where Flamingos Fly (DARK MOON, Rumpus Records)
Van Morrison, Flamingos Fly (THE PHILOSPHER’S STONE, Polydor)

Set # 4
*Holly Cole, Comin’ Back to Me (DARK MOON,Rumpus Records)
Jefferson Airplane, Today (SURREALISTIC PILLOW, RCA)
Jefferson Airplane, How Do You Feel? (SURREALISTIC PILLOW, RCA)
Jefferson Airplane, Plastic Fantastic Lover (BLESS ITS LITTLE POINTED HEAD, RCA)

Set # 5
* Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, A Heart That Never Closes
(LOOKING FOR THE THREAD, Lambert Light/Thirty Tigers)
*Lucy Kaplansky, A Heart Needs A Home (THE LUCY STORY, lucykaplansky.com)

This week’s edition of Sunday Street on WUSB-FM from 9 AM to 12 noon featured songs from new albums from Pete Mancini, John McCutcheon, The Seldom Scene, and Willie Nelson. We also played songs to mark the national observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. day, the annual ‘Burns Night’ celebration, and the passing of Sam Moore.

Opening set
Janis Ian, Better Times Will Come (THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE LINE, Rude Girl)
Bob Marley, Redemption Song (UPRISING, Island)
Patty Griffin, Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) (CHILDREN RUNNING THROUGH, ATO)
C,S,N,Y, Find the Cost of Freedom (b side of single, Atlantic)
Traffic, Many a Mile to Freedom (THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS, Island)
Mavis Staples, My Own Eyes (WE’LL NEVER TURN BACK, Anti-)

Set # 2
Mark Knopfler, Baloney Again (SAILING TO PHILADELPHIA, WB)
Dion w/Paul Simon, Song for Sam Cooke. (BLUES WITH FRIENDS, KTBA Records)
Sam Cooke, A Change is Gonna Come (single, RCA)
Kate Campbell, Change Should Have Come by Now (DAMN SURE BLUE, Large River
Nina Simone, Backlash Blues (NINA SIMONE SINGS THE BLUES, RCA)
Garland Jeffries, The Color Line (DON’T CALL ME BUCKWHEAT, RCA)

Set # 3

Opening set
Al Stewart, Apple Cider Reconstitution (MODERN TIMES, Janus)
John Martyn, The Message (SUNDAY’S CHILD, Island)
Steeleye Span, Little Sir Hugh (COMMONER’S CROWN, Chrysalis)

Set # 2.
John Martyn, Spencer the Rover (SUNDAY’S CHILD, Island)
Nick Drake, Three Hours (FIVE LEAVES LEFT, Island)
Patty Griffin & Robert Plant, Ohio (AMERICAN KID, New West)
Daniel Lanois, The Maker (ACADIE, Warner Brothers)

Set # 3
John Martyn, Sunday’s Child (SUNDAY’S CHILD, Island)
The Pentangle, Sally Free and Easy (SOLOMON’S SEAL, Reprise)
Tim Buckley, Sally Go Round the Roses (SEFRONIA, DiscReet)
Lou Reed, Sally Can’t Dance (SALLY CAN’T DANCE, RCA)

Set # 4
Steeleye Span, Long Lankin (COMMONER’S CROWN, Chrysalis)
Jim Moray, Long Lankin (BEFLEAN: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY 2002-2025, Managed Decline)
George Winston, The Crystal Ship (NIGHT DIVIDES THE DAY, Dancing Cat)
The Doors, End of the Night (THE DOORS, Elektra)

Set # 5
Steeleye Span, New York Girls (COMMONER’S CROWN, Chrysalis)
The Kinks, The Village Green Preservation Society (THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY, Reprise)

Opening set:
Al Stewart, Time Passages (TIME PASSAGES, Janus)
Garnet Rogers, Roman Coin (NIGHT DRIVE, Snow Goose)
Mary Chapin Carpenter, New Years Day (ASHES & ROSES, Rounder)
Joe Jencks, The Longest Night of the Year (POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, WORKERS & WANDERERS, Turtle Bear)

Set # 2
* Dean, Britta & Sonic Boom, If We Make It Through December (A PEACE OF US, Carpark Records)
*Dean, Britta & Sonic Boom, Snow is Falling on Manhattan (A PEACE OF US, Carpark Records)
* Dean, Britta & Sonic Boom, Snow (A PEACE OF US, Carpark Records)
*Ben Folds, Waiting for Snow (SLEIGHER, New West)

Set # 3
John Gorka, Song For New Year’s Eve (A LOST WORLD, BCN Records)
*Ann Savoy, Gabie’s New Year’s Lament (ANOTHER HEART, Smithsonian)
Beausoleil w/ Michael Doucet, Bonne Annee (DÉJÀ VU, Swallow)
Jo-el Sonnier, Santa Claus is Coming to Town (CAJUN CHRISTMAS, Green Hill)
Jo-el Sonnier, The Scene of the Crime (HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, RCA)

Set # 4
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, Ring Out Wild Bells (WINTERSONG, Signature Sounds)
Gretchen Peters, Last Day of the Year (single,Need to Know Music)

Opening set
David Francey, A Winter Song (SKATING RINK, Laker)
Fotheringay, Winter Winds (FOTHERINGAY, A&M)
Patricia Barber, Winter (MODERN COOL, Premonition)
The Attention Seekers, Winter Song (mp3, the-attention-seekers.co.uk)
Gene Clark, Winter In (FLYING HIGH, A&M)
Fountains of Wayne, Valley Winter Song (WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS, S-Curve)

Set 2
Steeleye Span, Gaudette (BELOW THE SALT, Chrysalis)
Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band, Angels From the Realms of Glory (A TAPESTRY OF CAROLS, Saydisc)
John Kirkpatrick, Wassail Song (WASSAIL, Fellside)
The Albion Christmas Band, On Christmas Night (AN ALBION CHRISTMAS, Talking Elephant)
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Ice Cold in Ainwick (SNOW DANCING, Tantobie)

Set # 3
Joni Michell, River alt. version w/horns (BLUE AT 50, Rhino)
Joni Michell, Winter Lady (THE JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES V.1, Rhino)
Leonard Cohen, Winter Lady (LEONARD COHEN, Columbia)
Lynn Miles, This Heart That Lives in Winter (SLIGHTLY HAUNTED, Philo)

Set 4
John Hartford, On Christmas Eve (HEADING DOWN INTO THE MYSTERY BELOW, Flying Fish)
Michael Murphey, Ridin’ Home on Christmas Eve (COWBOY CHRISTMAS, WB)

Opening set
Brooks Williams, Shaking These Christmas Blues (MORE NEW EVERYTHING, Red Guitar, Blue Music)
Holly Cole, If We Make it Through December (BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE, Alert)
John McCutcheon, Detroit, December (WINTER SOLSTICE, Rounder)
Mary Gauthier, Christmas in Paradise (FILTH AND FIRE, Signature Sounds)

Set # 2
Bruce Cockburn, Shepherds (alternate version IN THE FALLING DARK re-issue, True North)
Soft March, Shepherds (single, youtube.com)
Christine Collister, The Whole Night Sky (THE DARK GIFT OF TIME, Koch)
Lou Turner, Pacing The Cage (SONGS OF BRUCE COCKBURN, Tompkins Square)
Barenaked Ladies, Lovers in Dangerous Times (KICK AT THE DARKNESS, Intrepid)

Set # 3
Bruce Cockburn, The Huron Carol (CHRISTMAS, Columbia)
Robbie Robertson, The Code of Handsome Lake (CONTACT FROM THE UNDERWORLD OF REDBOY, Capitol)

Set # 4
*Big Harp George, Where I’ll Be For Christmas (BIG HARP GEORGE DOES CHRISTMAS, Blues Mountain)
Sonny Boy Williamson, Santa Claus (CHESS BLUES MASTERS SERIES, Chess)
Canned Heat, Christmas Boogie (CHRISTMAS ALBUM, Fuel)

Set # 5
Pete Mancini & Rich Lanahan, Full Circle (SILENT TROUBADOUR, Paradiddle)

Opening set:
Jethro Tull, First Snow on Brooklyn (THE JETHRO TULL CHRISTMAS ALBUM, Fuel 2000)
Van Morrison, Snow in San Anselmo (HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY, Warner)
Ellis Paul, Snow in Austin (CITY OF SILVER DREAMS, Black Wolf)
George Winston, Snow (DECEMBER, Windham Hill)
Pat Wictor, First Snow (THIS IS ABSOLUTELY REAL, Risky Disc)

Set # 2
*Rosanne Cash, 7th Avenue (THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION, Rumble Strip)
*Rosanne Cash, When The Master Calls the Roll (THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION, Rumble Strip)
Sara Milonovich & Greg Anderson, Reunion Hill (FORWARD IN ALL DIRECTIONS, not on label)
Bob Dylan, ‘Cross the Green Mountain (GODS AND GENERALS ST, Sony Music)

Set # 3
*Twisted Pine, Knockout Roses (LOVE YOUR MIND, Signature Sounds)
Crooked Still, Orphan Girl (live) (CROOKED STILL LIVE, Signature Sounds)
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, Maybe This Christmas (WINTERSONGS, Signature Sounds)

Set # 4
Pete Mancini & Rich Lanahan, I’ll Feel a While Lot Better (SILENT TROUBADOUR, Paradiddle)
The Byrds, The Bells of Rhymney (MR. TAMBOURINE MAN, Columbia)
*Roger McGuinn, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire (The Folk Den Project, www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/)

Opening set
Kay Starr, December (CHRISTMAS JUBILEE, Vintage Jazz Classics)
Thea Gilmore, December in New York (STRANGE COMMUNION, Fulfill)
Norah Jones, December (THE FALL, Blue Note)
Kate Bush, December will be Magic Again (single, EMI)

Set # 2
*Justin Townes Earle, Graceland (ALL IN: UNRELEASED & RARITIES, New West)
Paul Simon, Trailways Bus (THE CAPEMAN, WB)
Paul Simon, Dazzling Blue (SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT, Hear Music)
David Bowie, America (THE CONCERT FOR NEW YORK CITY, Columbia)

Set # 3
*Justin Townes Earle, Glory Days (ALL IN: UNRELEASED & RARITIES, New West)
The Band, Atlantic City (JERICHO, Rhino)
Elliott Murphy, Better Days (LIGHT OF THE DAY, Schoolhouse Records)
Bruce Springsteen, The Promised Land (DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, Columbia)

Set # 4
David Olney, For the Sake of the Song (EVERMORE: LIVE IN HOLLAND, Strictly Country)
*Townes Van Zandt, Illegal Cargo (STEAL MY FIRE: THE SONGS OF DAVID OLNEY, New West)
*Jimmie Dale Gilmore, If It Wasn’t for the Wind (STEAL MY FIRE: THE SONGS OF DAVID OLNEY, New West)
David Olney, Snowin’ on Raton (THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, Philo)

Set # 5
Jamie Cullum, River (THE SONG SOCIETY PLAYLIST, Island)

This program was pre-recorded on Saturday, November 23rd, 2024

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

Opening set
Graham Parker, Almost Thanksgiving Day (YOUR COUNTRY, Bloodshot) 2004
Fairport Convention, Now Be Thankful (single, Island)
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Thanksgiving Song (COME DARKNESS, COME LIGHT, Zoe)
Loudon Wainwright III, Thanksgiving Day (THERAPY, Silvertone)

Set # 2
The Band, Acadian Driftwood (THE LAST WALTZ BOX SET, WB/Rhino)
Neil Young, Four Strong Winds (THE LAST WALTZ BOX SET, WB/Rhino)
Joni Mitchell, Furry Sings the Blues (THE LAST WALTZ BOX SET, WB/Rhino)
*Joni Mitchell, Traveling (demo) (THE JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES V.4, Rhino)

Set # 3
Gathering Time, River (OLD FRIENDS, Not On Label)
Eric Andersen & Joni Mitchell, Blue River (live at McCabe’s 1990 via YouTube )
Lynn Miles, Violets of Dawn (TRIBUTE TO A SONG POET, Y&T Music)

Set # 4
Dan Bern, Thanksgiving Day Parade (NEW AMERICAN LANGUAGE, Messenger)
Green Day, Macy’s Parade (WARNING, Reprise)

Set # 5
Garnet Rogers, Love's Been Linked to the Blues (NIGHT DRIVE, Snow Goose)
David Olney, Crack in the Wall (DON’T TRY TO FIGHT IT, Red Parlor )

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 46th year. You can reach the program’s host, Charlie Backfish, at charles.backfish@stonybrook.edu

This program was pre-recorded on Saturday, November 16th, 2024

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

Opening set
*Bryan Ferry, Bob Dylan’s Dream ((BRYAN FERRY RETROSPECTIVE 1973-2023, BMG)
*Bryan Ferry, She Belongs To Me (BRYAN FERRY RETROSPECTIVE 1973-2023, BMG)
Chrissie Hynde, Love Minus Zero/No Limit (STANDING IN THE DOORWAY, BMG)
Jimmy LaFave, It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (TRAIL, Music Road)

Set # 2
*Bryan Ferry, Song to the Siren (BRYAN FERRY RETROSPECTIVE 1973-2023, BMG)
Tim Buckley, Morning Glory (GOODBYE AND HELLO, Elektra)
Jeff Buckley, Morning Theft (SKETCHES FOR MY SWEETHEART THE DRUNK, Columbia)
Jeff Buckley, Lilac Wine (GRACE, Columbia)
Nick Drake, Northern Sky (BRYTER LAYTER, Island)

Set # 3
Bryan Ferry, Don’t Worry Baby (THESE FOOLISH THINGS, Atlantic)
The Ronettes, Be My Baby (Philles single, 1963)
Amy Winehouse, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (BRIDGET JONES ST, Island)

'My ship Liberty sailed away on a bloody red horizon
The groundskeeper opened the gates and let the wild dogs run'
----Bruce Springsteen, Living in the Future

Opening set
Susan Werner, My Strange Nation (2017 edition)
Bruce Springsteen, Living in the Future (MAGIC, Columbia)
Lou Reed, Busload of Faith (NEW YORK, Sire)
Willie Nile, Getting Ugly Out There (CHILDREN OF DARKNESS, River House)
George Harrison, Beware of Darkness (ALL THINGS MUST PASS, Apple)
Bob Dylan, All Along the Watchtower (JOHN WESLEY HARDING, Columbia)

Set # 2
*Willie Nelson, Lost Cause (LAST LEAF ON THE TREE, Legacy)
Beck, End of the Day (SEA CHANGE, Geffen)
*Josh Ritter, I’m Not Smiling (HEAVEN OR SOMEPLACE JUST AS NICE, Pytheas)
*Robyn Hitchcock, A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967 – VACATIONS IN THE PAST, Tiny Ghost)

Set # 3
*Brooks Williams, Ring Those Golden Bells (DIAMOND DAYS, Blue Music Red Guitar)
*Brooks Williams, Gone and Done It Now (DIAMOND DAYS, Blue Music Red Guitar)
*Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow, Red Clay Halo (GREENS AND BLUES, no label)

Set # 4
*Holly Cole, No Moon at All (DARK MOON, Rumpus Room Records)
Van Morrison, Moondance (MOONDANCE, WB)

Opening set
Tom Waits, November (THE BLACK RIDER, Island)
Julie London, November Twilight (CALENDAR GIRL, Liberty)
Slaid Cleaves, November Skies (HOLIDAY SAMPLER EP, Philo)
The Waterboys, November Tale (MODERN BLUES, Harlequin and Clown)

Set # 2 - For Election Day 1 
Loudon Wainwright III, I Had a Dream (single, Snowden Music)
John Gorka, Brown Shirts (2020 version, via youtube)
*Decemberists, The Black Maria (AS IT EVER WAS SO IT WILL BE AGAIN, Capitol)
*Tim Grimm, Broken Truth  (single, Vault)

Set # 3
*Josh Ritter, Only A River (HEAVEN, OR SOMEPLACE AS NICE, Pytheas)
John Hurlbutt & Jorma Kaukonen, The Ballad of Easy Rider (THE RIVER FLOWS,  Fur Peace Ranch)
Tom Russell, American Rivers (BLOOD AND CANDLE SMOKE, Shout Factory)

Set # 4
*Josh Ritter, Still in the Still of the Night (HEAVEN, OR SOMEPLACE AS NICE, Pytheas)
The Five Satins, In the Still of the Night (single, Ember)
*Josh Ritter, Shadows (HEAVEN, OR SOMEPLACE AS NICE, Pytheas)
Gordon Lightfoot, Shadows (SHADOWS, WB)
*Joni Mitchell, w/The Persuasions,  Shadows and Light  (JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES V.4 THE ASYLUM YEARS 1976-1980, Rhino)

Opening set
Donovan, Season of the Witch (SUNSHINE SUPERMAN, Epic)
Marianne Faithful, Witches’ Song (BROKEN ENGLISH, Island)
The Incredible String Band, Witches Hat (THE HANGMAN’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, Elektra)
Kate Rusby, The Witch of the Westmoreland (LIFE IN A PAPER BOAT, Pure)

Set # 2
Barbara Dane, Trouble in Mind (TROUBLE IN MIND, San Francisco Records)
Barbara Dane, I’m On My Way (ON MY WAY, Capitol)
Barbara Dane & Lightnin’ Hopkins, I’m Goin’ Back Baby Now (SOMETIMES I BELIEVE SHE LOVES ME, Arhoolie)
Barbara Dane, & The Chambers Brothers, It Isn’t Nice) (BARBARA DANE & THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS, Folkways)

Set # 3
*Natalie Zukerman, Show Up (single, FOLK NOW OCTOBER, Hudson Harding)
*Danielle Miraglia, The Ones Who Made Him (single, daniellem.com)
*Robin and Linda Williams, The Flimflam Blues (digital single, Oakenwood Records)
Guy Davis, Welcome to My World (BE READY WHEN I CALL YOU, MC Records)

Set # 4 A conversation with Brooks Williams during which we played the following:
*Brooks Williams, Pony (DIAMOND DAYS, Red Guitar, Blue Music)
*Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow, Sweet Greens and Blues (GREENS AND BLUES, Not on Label)