Sunday Street Playlists
By CBackfish on Sun, 11/24/2024 - 3:01pm
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 )
By CBackfish on Sun, 11/17/2024 - 5:44pm
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)
By CBackfish on Mon, 11/11/2024 - 11:00am
'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)
By CBackfish on Sun, 11/03/2024 - 4:42pm
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)
By CBackfish on Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:50am
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)
By CBackfish on Sun, 09/29/2024 - 6:04pm
Opening set
*The Decemberists, Oh No! (AS IT EVER WAS, SO IT WILL BE AGAIN, Capitol)
Tom Waits, Jockey Full of Bourbon (RAIN DOGS, Island)
John Hammond, 'Till The Money Runs Out (WICKED GRIN, Pointblank)
Ben Sidran, Everything is Broken (DYLAN DIFFERENT, Bonsai)
Set # 2
*Robyn Hitchcock, Way Back in the 60’s (1967: VACATIONS IN THE PAST, Tiny Ghost)
Incredible String Band, No Sleep Blues (THE 5,000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION, Elektra)
Incredible String Band The Hedgehog’s Song (THE 5,000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION, Elektra)
Incredible String Band, Painting Box (THE 5,000 SPIRITS OR THE LAYERS OF THE ONION, Elektra)
Judy Collins, First Boy I Loved (WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES, Elektra)
Set # 3
Willie Nile, That’s Enough for Me (PLACES I HAVE NEVER BEEN, Columbia)
Jimmy Cliff, You Can Get It If You Really Want(THE HARDER THEY COME ST, Mango)
Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger, Don’t Look Back (single, Rolling Stones Records)
Willie Nile, Far Green Hills (THE INNOCENT ONES, River House)
Willie Nile plays WUSB’s Sunday Street Series on Sunday, October 6th at 5 P.M. Details at www.sundaystreet.org
Set # 4
By CBackfish on Sun, 09/22/2024 - 12:50pm
Opening set:
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Autumn in New York (CHEEK TO CHEEK: THE COMPLETE DUET RECORDINGS, Verve)
Pesky J Nixon, Breathe In Autumn (MONKEY BUSINESS AND MISLAID HOPES, not on label )
Maura Kennedy, Autumn Almanac (THE KINKS UNKOVERED, Paradiddle)
Set # 2
*Jesse Terry, Native Child (ARCADIA, not on label)
*Jesse Terry, River Town (ARCADIA, not on label)
Rod Picott, River Runs (WOOD, STEEL, DUST & DREAMS, Welding Rod)
Slaid Cleaves, Together Through the Dark (TOGETHER THROUGH THE DARK, Candy House Media)
Set # 3
Nico, These Days (CHELSEA GIRL, Verve)
Nico, The Fairest of the Seasons (CHELSEA GIRL, Verve)
Jackson Browne, Song for Adam (JACKSON BROWNE, Asylum)
Jimmy LaFave, Your Bright Baby Blues (TRAIL TWO, Music Road)
Set # 4
J. D. Souther, You’re Only Lonely (YOU’RE ONLY LONELY, WB)
Roy Orbison, Only The Lonely (A BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT, Orbison Records)
*Willie Nile, Lost and Lonely World (LIVE AT DARYL’S HOUSE, River House)
Willie Nile, Heaven Help the Lonely (PLACES I HAVE NEVER BEEN, Arista)
Willie Nile plays WUSB’s Sunday Street Series on Sunday, October 6th at 5 P.M.
Information at sundaystreet.org
Set # 5
By CBackfish on Sun, 09/15/2024 - 2:37pm
Opening set
The Highwaymen, Against the Wind (THE HIGHWAYMEN, Columbia)
*Ray LaMontagne, I Wouldn’t Change a Thing (LONG WAY HOME, Liula )
Amos Lee, No More Darkness, No More Light (MY NEW MOON, Dualtone)
Richard Shindell, Darkness, Darkness (REUNION HILL, Shanachie)
*Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Empty Trainload of Sky (WOODLAND, Acony)
Set # 2
*Ray Lamontagne, And They Called Her California (MY WAY HOME, Liula)
Neil Young, Out on the Weekend (HARVEST, Reprise)
Tony Scheuren, Old Maid (Southern California Brings Me Down
(BEST OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON RADIO HOUR, Rhino)
John Phillips, Topanga Canyon (JOHN PHILLIPS, Dunhill)
Rufus Wainwright, Twelve Thirty (FOLKOCRACY, BMG)
Set # 3
Kenny White, Vagabond Moon (WILLIE NILE UNCOVERED, Paradiddle)
Willie Nile, Heart of Wonder (HARD TIMES IN AMERICA EP, Polaris)
Willie Nile, Abandoned Love (POSITIVELY BOB, River House)
Willie Nile plays WUSB’s Sunday Street Series on Sunday, October 6th at 5 P.M.
Information at www.sundaystreet.org
Set # 4
*Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, North Country (WOODLAND, Acony)
By CBackfish on Thu, 09/12/2024 - 9:19am
This week’s edition of Sunday Street highlighted the 50th anniversary of the release of Randy Newman’s ‘Good Old Boys’ album
Opening set
Bob Dylan, September of My Years (TRIPLICATE, Columbia)
Rosanne Cash & Johnny Cash, September When it Comes (RULES OF TRAVEL, Capitol)
Lou Reed, September Song (LOST IN THE STARS: THE MUSIC OF KURT WEILL, A&M)
Set # 2
Randy Newman, Back on My Feet Again (GOOD OLD BOYS, Reprise)
Randy Newman, Birmingham (GOOD OLD BOYS, Reprise)
*Dolly Parton, Southern Accents (PETTY COUNTRY, Big Machine)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Rebels (SOUTHERN ACCENTS, MCA)
Set # 3
Randy Newman, Kingfish (GOOD OLD BOYS, Reprise)
Susan Werner, Snake Oil (HAYSEED, Sleeve Dog)
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow, Snake Oil (READY FOR THE TIMES, not on label)
Richard Thompson, Fergus Laing (STILL, Fantasy)
*Tim Grimm, Broken Truth (single, Vault)
Set # 4
*Brooks Williams, Stubble and Dust (DIAMOND DAYS, Red Guitar, Blue Music)
*Brooks Williams, Palomino Gold (DIAMOND DAYS, Red Guitar, Blue Music)
Set # 5
*Laurie Anderson, Flying at Night (AMELIA, Nonesuch)
*Laurie Anderson, Road to Mandalay (AMELIA, Nonesuch)
By CBackfish on Thu, 09/12/2024 - 9:17am
Opening set
Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop, That’s How the Summer Slips Away (RED SHOES, Borealis)
Lucy Kaplansky, Last Days of Summer (LAST DAYS OF SUMMER, not on label)
Garnet Rogers, Summer’s End 2 (SUMMER’S END, Snow Goose)
John Prine, Summer’s End (THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS, Oh Boy)
Bill Morrissey, When Summer’s Ended (YOU’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN, Philo)
Set # 2
Paul Simon, Late in the Evening (ONE TRICK PONY, WB )
*Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters, That Was Your Mother (MORE FUN WITH …, ATO)
*Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters, I’m Coming Home (MORE FUN WITH …, ATO)
Dennis Quaid, Closer to You (THE BIG EASY ST, Island)
Set # 3
Sparks, Over the Summer (INTRODUCING SPARKS, Columbia)
Eddie Cochran, Summertime Blues (single, Liberty)
Ana Egge, Summer Wastin’ (LAZY DAYS, Grace Records )
Rosanne Cash, The Summer I Read Collette (TEN SONG DEMO, Capitol)
Loudon Wainwright III, The Swimming Song (ATTEMPTED MOUSTACHE, Columbia)
Set # 4
The Flying Picketts, Factory (LOST BOYS, 10 Records)
James Taylor, Millworker (FLAG, Columbia)
Richard Thompson, Lotteryland (INDUSTRY, Hannibal)
Set # 5
By CBackfish on Mon, 08/26/2024 - 9:24am
We’re featuring Leonard Cohen’s NEW SONGS FOR THE OLD CEREMONY album which will see the 50th anniversary of its release this week.
Theme: Dave Van Ronk, Sunday Street (SUNDAY STREET, Philo)
Opening set
Larkin Poe, Rockin’ in the Free World (KINDRED SPIRITS, Tricki Woo)
Nanci Griffith, What’s That I Hear (WINTER MARQUEE, Elektra)
C,S,N,Y, Find the Cost of Freedom (SO FAR, Atlantic)
Traffic, Many A Mile to Freedom (THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS, Island)
Set # 2
Leonard Cohen, Who by Fire (NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY, Columbia)
Richard Thompson, The Story of Isaac (SINCERELY L. COHEN, Royal Potato Family)
Nick Drake, River Man (FIVE LEAVES LEFT, Island)
*Bombay Bicycle Club w/The Staves, Road (ENDLESS COLOURED WAYS, Chrysalis)
*The Decemberists, Don’t Go to the Woods (AS IT EVER WAS, SO WILL IT BE AGAIN, Capitol)
Set # 3
Willie Nile, The Justice Bell (for John Lewis) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, River House)
*Willie Nile, Wake Up America (LIVE AT DARYL’S HOUSE, River House)
*Willie Nile, One Guitar (LIVE AT DARYL’S HOUSE, River House)
By CBackfish on Wed, 07/17/2024 - 2:18pm
We’re featuring Neil Young’s ON THE BEACH album which will see the 50th anniversary of its release this week.
Opening set
The Be Good Tanyas, For The Turnstiles (HELLO LOVE, Nettwerk)
The Byrds, See The Sky About to Rain (FULL CIRCLE, Asylum)
Neil Young, On the Beach (ON THE BEACH, Reprise)
Set # 2
Neil Young, Revolution Blues (ON THE BEACH, Reprise)
David Wilcox, Transformer Man (BORROWED TUNES: TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG, Sony)
Cowboy Junkies, Tired Eyes (BORROWED TUNES: TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG, Sony)
Stephen Fearing, Thrasher (BORROWED TUNES; TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG, Sony)
Set # 3
*Tony Trishka,w/Sierra Ferrell, San Antonio Rose (EARL JAM, Down the Road)
*Tony Trishka w/Billy Strings, Brown’s Ferry Blues (EARL JAM, Down the Road)
Loudon Wainwright III, et al, The Swimming Song (EARL SCRUGGS ANNIVERSARY REVUE V.1., Columbia)
Joan Baez et al, Gospel Ship (EARL SCRUGGS ANNIVERSARY REVUE V.1., Columbia)
Johnny Cash w/Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Song to Woody (EARL SCRUGGS ANNIVERSARY REVUE V.1., Columbia)
Old Crow Medicine Show, Visions of Johanna (FIFTY YEARS OF BLONDE ON BLONDE, Columbia)
Set # 4
Nina Simone, Do What You Gotta Do (‘NUFF SAID, RCA)
By CBackfish on Sun, 06/30/2024 - 7:18pm
Opening set
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks (ASTRAL WEEKS, WB)
*Barnstar, The Way Young Lovers Do (FURIOUS KINDNESS, self-released)
The Waterboys, Sweet Thing (FISHERMAN’S BLUES, Chrysalis)
Set # 2
*Barnstar, While the World Goes Mad Around You (FURIOUS KINDNESS, self-released)
Guy Davis, Welcome to My World (BE READY WHEN I CALL YOU, M.C. Records)
The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Political World (CHIMES OF FREEDOM, Amnesty International)
Willie Nile, Beautiful Wreck of the World (BEAUTIFUL WRECK OF THE WORLD, River House)
Willie Nile begins the Sunday Street 2024-25 serieson Sunday, October 6th, at 5 P.M.
Information/tickets soon at sundaystreet.org
Set # 3
The Weepies, World Spins Madly On (SAY I AM YOU, Nettwerk)
Chrissie Hynde, Stop This World (IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE CITY, Fat Possum)
Pat Wictor, Way of the World (FLARE, Risky Disc)
Sam Cooke, Mean Old World (NIGHT BEAT, RCA)
Mose Allison, Ever Since the World Ended (EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED, Blue Note)
Set # 4
*Barnstar!, The Other Side of Zero (FURIOUS KINDNESS, self-released)
Darryl Purpose, Right Side of Zero (RIGHT SIDE OF ZERO, No More Silence Music )
By CBackfish on Sun, 06/23/2024 - 1:34pm
Opening set
The Treniers, Say Hey (single, Epic)
Chuck Prophet, Willie Mays is Up at Bat (TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL, Yep Roc)
Joe Henry, Our Song (CIVILIANS, Anti-)
Set # 2
*The Decemberists, Long White Veil (AS IT EVER WAS, SO IT WILL BE AGAIN, Capitol)
Johnny Rivers, Long Black Veil (single, Capitol)
The Byrds, Pretty Polly (SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO, Legacy edition)
The Oyster Band, The Oxford Girl (WIDE BLUE YONDER, Cooking Vinyl )
The Dixie Chicks, Goodbye Earl (FLY, Monument)
Set # 3
*Sierra Ferrell, American Dreaming (TRAIL OF FLOWERS, Rounder)
*Sierra Ferrell, Lighthouse (TRAIL OF FLOWERS, Rounder
*Laurie Lewis, Enough (TREES, Spruce and Maple Music)
*Laurie Lewis, Texas Wind (TREES, Spruce and Maple Music)
Mary McCaslin, The Wayward Wind (OLD FRIENDS, Philo)
Mary McCaslin, Sunny California (SUNNY CALIFORNIA, Philo/Mercury)
Set # 4
*Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, When the Levee Breaks (single, Rounder)
Robert Plant, Win My Train Fare Back Home (FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT, World Village)
Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Wah Wah (NO QUARTER. Atlantic)
*Mdou Moctar, Takoba (FUNERAL FOR JUSTICE, Matador)
Set # 5
By CBackfish on Thu, 06/20/2024 - 7:12am
Here's the playlist for the June 16th edition of Sunday Street on WUSB-FM.
This program was pre-recorded on Saturday, June 15, 2024
Theme: Dave Van Ronk, Sunday Street (SUNDAY STREET, Philo)
Opening set
*Christian Parker, Wild Mountain Thyme (CHANGE IS NOW, EMG )
The Decemberists, June Hymn (THE KING IS DEAD, Capitol)
John Martyn, Sing a Song of Summer (THE TUMBLER, Island )
Jonathan Richman, That Summer Feeling (JONATHAN SINGS!, Sire)
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow, Summer Fly (READY FOR THE TIMES, Red Guitar, Blue Music )
Peter Mulvey & Sista Strings, Early Summer of ’21 (LOVE IS THE ONLY THING, Righteous Babe)
Set # 2
*Richard Thompson, We Roll (SHIP TO SHORE, New West)
George Harrison, Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let it Roll) (ALL THINGS MUST PASS, Apple)
*Bruce Cockburn, On A Roll (O SUN, O MOON, True North)
Set # 3
*Richard Thompson, Life’s a Bloody Show (SHIP TO SHORE, New West)
The Kinks, Celluloid Heroes (EVERYBODY’S IN SHOW-BIZ, RCA)
Janis Ian, Stars (STARS, Columbia)
By CBackfish on Thu, 06/06/2024 - 1:08pm
Opening set
Nina Simone, Memphis in June (FORBIDDEN FRUIT, Colpix)
Lyle Lovett, I’ve Been to Memphis (JOSHUA JUDGES RUTH, MCA)
Louis Armstrong, Memphis Blues (LOUIS ARMSTRONG PLAYS W.C.HANDY, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, (Stuck Inside of Mobile with the) Memphis Blues Again (BLONDE ON BLONDE, Columbia)
Set # 2
*Teddy Thompson, Those Damn Roches (PROXY MUSIC, StorySound)
Teddy Thompson, Family (FAMILY, Fantasy)
Loudon Wainwright III et al, Meet The Wainwrights (YEARS IN THE MAKING, StorySound)
Set # 3
*The Rails, Mudlark (PROXY MUSIC, StorySound)
The Rails, Hanging On (THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD NOT JUST YOU, Thirty Tigers)
The Rails, Borstal (FAIR WARNING, Island)
Richard and Linda Thompson, Walking on a Wire (SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS, Hannibal)
Richard and Linda Thompson, Living in Luxury (bonus track, SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS, Hannibal)
Set # 4
David Bowie, Young Americans (YOUNG AMERICANS, RCA)
David Bowie, Who Can I Be Now (YOUNG AMERICANS re-issue, Ryko)
David Bowie, Somebody Up There Likes Me (YOUNG AMERICANS, RCA)
Set # 5
David Sanborn, Jesus (ANOTHER HAND, Elektra/Musician)
* Roseann Cash , Magician (THE POWER OF THE HEART, Light in the Attic
By CBackfish on Sat, 05/25/2024 - 10:46am
This week’s edition of Sunday Street on WUSB-FM celebrates Bob Dylan’s 83rd birthday on Friday May 24th by taking a three hour look at the 1970’s in Dylan’s career.
Opening set
Loudon Wainwright III, Talking New Bob Dylan (HISTORY, Charisma)
The GP’s, Zimmerman Blues (SATURDAY ROLLING ROUND, Woodworm)
Syd Barrett, Bob Dylan Blues (THE BEST OF SYD BARRETT: WOULDN’T YOU MISS ME, Harvest)
David Bowie, Song for Bob Dylan (HUNKY DORY, RCA)
Joan Baez, Diamonds & Rust (DIAMONDS & RUST, A&M)
Joni Mitchell, Talk to Me (DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER, Asylum)
Set # 2
Bob Dylan, Days of 49 (SELF-PORTRAIT, Columbia)
The Weight Band, Day of the Locusts (WORLD GONE MAD, self-released)
Caroline Doctorow, Time Passes Slowly (BOB DYLAN UNCOVERED V.2, Paradiddle)
Set # 3
Mick Jagger et al, Watching the River Flow (BOOGIE 4 STU, Eagle Records)
Doug Sahm, Wallflower (DOUG SAHM AND BAND, Atlantic)
The Band, When I Paint My Masterpiece (CAHOOTS, Capitol)
Bob Dylan, George Jackson (acoustic version) (single, Columbia)
Set # 4
Tom Russell & Gretchen Peters, Billy 4 (PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, Columbia)
By CBackfish on Sun, 05/05/2024 - 12:19pm
Opening set
The Beach Boys, Student Demonstration Time (SURF’S UP, Reprise)
Phil Ochs, I’m Going to Say It Now (IN CONCERT, Elektra)
Jason Isbell & David Crosby, Ohio (LIVE – Newport Folk Festival 2018 )
Bruce Cockburn, Call it Democracy (LIVE, True North)
Set # 2
*Ann Savoy, A Heart Needs A Home (ANOTHER HEART, Smithsonian Folkways)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, Home is Where The Heart Is (HOME AND AWAY, Flying Fish)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, All the Time in the World (HOME AND AWAY, Flying Fish)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, I Heard it Through the Grapevine (HOME AND AWAY, Flying Fish)
Richard Thompson, When The Spell is Broken (ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM, Polydor)
Set # 3
*Chris Smither, All About the Bones (ALL ABOUT THE BONES, Signature Sounds)
*Chris Smither, In The Bardo (ALL ABOUT THE BONES, Signature Sounds)
*Brooks Williams, Palomino Gold (DIAMOND DAYS, Red Guitar, Blue Music)
Set # 4
*Mark Knopfler, Tunnel 13 (ONE DEEP RIVER, EMI)
Levon Helm, A Train Robbery (DIRT FARMER, Vanguard)
Warren Zevon, Frank and Jesse James (WARREN ZEVON, Asylum)
Warren Zevon, Life’ll Kill Ya (LIFE’LL KILL YA, Artemis )
By CBackfish on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 8:49am
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)
By BobbL on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 8:47pm
feat. the historic appearance of Joni Mitchell at Newport 2022.
Host: Charlie Backfish
Engineer: Emma Backfish
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