Sunday Street Playlists
By CBackfish on Sun, 08/10/2025 - 10:24am
Opening set
*Darryl Purpose, Connected (CONNECTED, self-released)
Ellis Paul, I Lost a Day to the Rain (THE DRAGONFLY RACES, Black Wolf)
Darryl Purpose, Right Side of Zero (RIGHT SIDE OF ZERO, Tangible)
Set # 2
*Cassie & Maggie, Robert Frost (GOLD AND COAL, self-released )
The Kennedys, The Fire & The Rose (ANGEL FIRE, Philo)
Rich Lanahan & Pete Mancini,Gypsy Rider (SILENT TROUBADOUR, Paradiddle)
*Ray Lambiase, Like the Wind (PERFUME LIKE A FULL MOON, Raytone)
*Neil Young, Talkin’to the Trees (TALKIN’ TO THE TREES, Reprise)
Set # 3
*Cole Fortier, Swimming (single, self-released)
R.E.M., Night Swimming (AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE, Warner Brothers)
Morphine, Like Swimming (CURE FOR PAIN, Ryko)
The Doors, Moonlight Drive (STRANGE DAYS, Elektra)
Set # 4
Ry Cooder, Stand By Me (CHICKEN SKIN MUSIC, Reprise )
Ry Cooder, He’ll Have to Go (CHICKEN SKIN MUSIC, Reprise )
Flaco Jiminez, Un Mojado Sin Licensia (UN MOJADA SIN LICENCIA, Arhoolie)
Doug Sahm, Poison Love (DOUG SAHM AND BAND, Atlantic)
Texas Tornados, Soy De San Luis (TEXAS TORNADOS, Reprise)
Set # 5
The Rolling Stones, Sweethearts Together (VOODOO LOUNGE, Rolling Stones Records)
By CBackfish on Sun, 08/03/2025 - 11:24am
Opening set
*Patty Griffin, Back at the Start (CROWN OF ROSES, Thirty Tigers)
Patty Griffin, You Never Get What You Want (LIVING WITH GHOSTS, A&M)
Robert Plant, You Can’t Buy My Love (BAND OF JOY, Rounder)
Robert Plant w/Patty Griffin, Too Much Alike (DIGGING DEEP:SUBTERRANEA, Es Paranza)
Set # 2
*Eric Andersen, After This Life (DANCE OF LOVE AND DEATH, Y&T Music)
James Maddock, Another Life (ANOTHER LIFE, Casa Del Fuego)
Willie Dixon, I Love The Life I Live (HIDDEN CHARMS, Bug/Capitol)
David Olney, Luckiest Man (ROSES, Philo)
Randy Newman, My Life is Good (THE RANDY NEWMAN SONGBOOK V.2, Nonesuch)
Warren Zevon, Life’ll Kill Ya (LIFE’LL KILL YA, Artemis)
Richard Thompson, Now That I Am Dead (RT: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF RICHARD THOMPSON, Free Reed)
Bill Morrissey, Letter From Heaven (NIGHT TRAIN, Philo)
Willie Nelson, Heaven Is Closed (LAST MAN STANDING, Legacy)
Set # 3
Conversation with Jack Licitra about his music and theatre production, ‘The Blue Light Club.’
During the course of our conversation, we played:
Jack’s Waterfall, Call Dr. John (CALL DR. JOHN, Roots Rx Recordings)
By CBackfish on Sun, 07/27/2025 - 11:33am
Opening set
Joni Mitchell, Summertime (JONI MITCHELL AT NEWPORT, Rhino)
Joni Mitchell, The Hissing of Summer Lawns (THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS, Asylum)
Chrissie Hynde, In The Summertime (STANDING IN THE DOORWAY, BMG)
The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon (FACE TO FACE, Reprise)
The Lovin Spoonful, Summer in the City (HUMS, Kama Sutra)
Set # 2
Bonny Light Horseman, Summer Dream (ROLLING GOLDEN HOLY, 37d03d)
*I’m With Her, Rhododendron (WILD AND CLEAR AND BLUE, Rounder)
*Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bitter Ender (PERSONAL HISTORY, Thirty Tigers)
Set # 3
The Kennedys, River of Fallen Stars (MAIN STAGE FRFF, Signature Sounds)
*Kate Rusby, How The World Goes (WHEN THEY ALL LOOKED UP, Pure)
The Weepies, World Spins Madly On (SAY I AM YOU, Nettwerk)
Mose Allison, Stop This World (SWINGIN’ MACHINE, Atlantic)
Pat Wictor, The Way of the World (FLARE, Risky Disc)
Set # 4
*Kate Rusby, Master Kilby (WHEN THEY ALL LOOKED UP, Pure)
Marianne Faithfull,w/Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Flandyke Shore (SON OF ROGUE’S GALLERY, Anti-)
John Wesley Harding, Annam Water (TRAD ARR JONES, Appleseed)
Nic Jones, The Jukebox As She Turned (UNEARTHED, Mollie Music)
Set # 5
By CBackfish on Sun, 07/20/2025 - 9:59am
Today's program notes the recent passing of Dave Cousins, songwriter and performing musician, best known for his many years as leader of the Strawbs.
Opening set
Dave Cousins, Blue Angel (TWO WEEKS LAST SUMMER, A&M)
Dave Cousins, Ringing Down the Years (MOVING PICTURES, Witchwood Media)
Strawbs, The Magic of it All (THE MAGIC OF IT ALL, Esoterica Antenna)
Set # 2
*Marianne Faithfull, She Moved Through the Fair (BURNING MOONLIGHT, Decca)
*Marianne Faithful, Three Kinsmen Bold (BURNING MOONLIGHT, Decca)
Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer, Clyde Waters (CHILD BALLADS, Wilderland)
Josh Ritter, Silverblade (FEVER BREAKS, Pytheas)
*Josh Ritter, Truth is a Dimension (from forthcoming album)
Set # 3
*Woody Guthrie, Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee) (WOODY AT HOME Vols.1 &2, Shamus)
Tom Russell, Who’s Gonna’ Build Your Wall (EP, Hightone)
Set # 4
Sandy and the Strawbs, Sail Away to the Sea (SANDY DENNY AND THE STRAWBS, Hannibal)
Sandy and the Strawbs, Who Knows Where the Time Goes (SANDY DENNY AND THE STRAWBS, Hannibal)
Fairport Convention, Eastern Rain (WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAYS, Island)
By CBackfish on Mon, 07/14/2025 - 10:19am
Opening set
Bill Morrissey, Summer’s Jumped All Over Me (COME RUNNING, Turn and Spin)
*Ponyfolk, Sommer (THE WOODS HAVE SHOWN US, Hestehus Records)
*Holly Cole, Comin’ Back to Me (DARK MOON, Universal Music Canada)
Eilen Jewell, Summertime (GREEN RIVER, Signature Sounds)
Set # 2
*Ponyfolk, Shenandoah (THE WOODS HAVE SHOWN US, Hestehus Records)
Paul McKenna Band, Cold Missouri Waters (ELEMENTS, Greentrax )
Tom Waits w/Keith Richards, Shenandoah (SON OF ROGUE’S GALLERY, Anti-)
Tom Russell, American Rivers (BLOOD AND CANDLE SMOKE, Shout Factory)
John R. Miller, Shenandoah Shakedown (DEPRECIATED, Rounder)
Set # 3
*The Mammals, Luna Light (TOUCH GRASS V.1 & 2, Humble Abode)
*I’m With Her, Different Rocks, Different Hills (WILD AND CLEAR AND BLUE, Rounder)
*I’m With Her, Wild and Clear and Blue (WILD AND CLEAR AND BLUE, Rounder)
Set # 4
*I’m With Her, Year After Year (WILD AND CLEAR AND BLUE, Rounder)
Applewood Road, Losing My Religion (APPLEWOOD ROAD, Gearbox)
The Roches, Hammond Song (THE ROCHES, Warner Brothers)
The Wailin’ Jennys, Old Man (40 DAYS, Red House)
Tom Rush, Old Man’s Song (TOM RUSH, Columbia)
By CBackfish on Sun, 06/29/2025 - 4:58pm
A special CANADA DAY edition of Sunday Street
(To be aired again on July 1st from 3 PM – 6 PM as part of WUSB’s CANADA DAY programming)
Opening Set
Ian and Sylvia, Four Strong Winds (live) (THE LOST TAPES, Stony Plain)
Ian and Sylvia, Wild Geese (SO MUCH FOR DREAMING, Vanguard)
Ian Tyson, Fifty Years Ago (LIVE AT LONGVIEW, Vanguard)
Sylvia Tyson, At the End of the Day (AT THE END OF THE DAY, Stony Plain)
Set # 2
Stan Rogers, Northwest Passage (NORTHWEST PASSAGE, Fogarty’s Cove)
Stan Rogers, The Mary Ellen Carter (HOME IN HALIFAX, Fogarty’s Cove)
The Dreadnoughts, Dear Old Stan (INTO THE NORTH, Stomp Records)
Garnet Rogers, Night Drive (NIGHT DRIVE, Snow Goose)
Set # 3
The Arrogant Worms, The War of 1812 (Via YouTube)
The Band, Acadian Driftwood (THE LAST WALTZ, Warner Brothers/Rhino)
James Keelaghan, Red River Rising (SMALL REBELLIONS, Tranquilla )
Set # 4
Ian Tamblyn, Woodsmoke and Oranges (THROUGH THE YEARS, North Track)
Gordon Lightfoot, Whispers of the North (SALUTE, Warner Brothers)
Aengus Finnan, Lightfoot (BEAUTIFUL: A TRIBUTE TO GORDON LIGHTFOOT, Borealis)
Set # 5
By CBackfish on Sun, 06/22/2025 - 12:10pm
Opening set
The Beach Boys, Don’t Worry Baby SHUT DOWN V.2, Capitol)
The Beach Boys, I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times (PET SOUNDS, Capitol)
Brian Wilson, In My Room (AT MY PIANO, Decca)
Sly & The Family Stone, Everybody’s A Star (b-side, single, Epic)
James O’Malley, Celluloid Heroes (THE KINKS UNKOVERED, Paradiddle)
Janis Ian, Stars (STARS, Columbia)
Set # 2
*Willie Nile, Fall on Me (THE GREAT YELLOW LIGHT, River House)
R.E.M., Fall on Me (LIFE’S RICH PAGEANT, IRS)
The Kinks, Catch Me Now, I’m Falling (LOW BUDGET, Arista)
Set # 3
*Mary Chapin Carpenter, A Girl and Her Dog (PERSONAL HISTORY, Thirty Tigers)
*Mary Chapin Carpenter w/Anais Mitchell, Home Is A Song (PERSONAL HISTORY, Thirty Tigers)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, Home Is Where The Heart Is (HOME AND AWAY, Flying Fish)
Set # 4
*Mary Chapin Carpenter, Paint + Turpentine (PERSONAL HISTORY, Thirty Tigers)
Guy Clark, The Guitar (SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES YOU, Dualtone)
Richard Shindell, Your Guitar (CARELESS, Amalgamated Balladry)
*Jez Lowe, A Message From A Mandolin (OUBLIETTE, Tantobie)
Mary Chapin Carpenter, This Shirt (STATE OF THE HEART, Columbia)
Set # 5
By CBackfish on Sun, 06/08/2025 - 8:28pm
Opening set:
Love, You Set the Scene (FOREVER CHANGES, Elektra)
Calexico, Alone Again Or (CONVICT POOL, Quarterstick)
Arthur Lee, Five String Serenade (ARTHUR LEE & LOVE, New Rose)
David Kilgour & Martin Phillipps, Message to Pretty (WE’RE ALL NORMAL AND WE WANT OUR FREEDOM: A TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR LEE AND LOVE, Alias
Set # 2
*Tom Prasada-Rao, $ 20 Bill (for George Floyd) (BEAUTIFUL YOU: THE SONGS OF TOM PRASADA-RAO, Self)
Tom Prasada-Rao, It’s A Hard Life Wherever You Go (FOLK RADIO SINGLES OCTOBER 2021, Hudson Harding Music)
*Bruce Springsteen, My City of Ruins (LIVE IN MANCHESTER EP, Columbia)
Set # 3
*Tom Prasada-Rao, Richard Nixon’s Still Alive (BEAUTIFUL YOU: THE SONGS OF TOM PRASADA-RAO, SELF)
Peter Mulvey, Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (TEN THOUSAND MORNINGS, Signature Sound
Ellen McIlwaine, Higher Ground (THE REAL ELLEN MCILWAINE, Kot-Ai)
*Tom Prasada-Rao, Go Tell Mary (BEAUTIFUL YOU: THE SONGS OF TOM PRASADA-RAO, SELF)
Set # 4
*Steve Gillette, Back on the Street Again (BEST OF, Compass Rose)
Rufus Wainwright w/Sheryl Crow, 12:30 (FOLKOCRACY, BMG)
The Doors, Love Street (WAITING FOR THE SUN, Elektra)
By CBackfish on Sun, 06/01/2025 - 8:21pm
Opening set
Carousel film cast,June is Bustin’ Out All Over (CAROUSEL, Capitol)
The Decemberists, June Hymn (THE KING IS DEAD, Capitol)
Steeleye Span, A Rosebud in June (BELOW THE SALT, Chrysalis)
Cliff Edwards, June Night (UKELELE IKE SINGS AGAIN, Disney)
Van Morrison, Evening in June (WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?, Blue Note)
Set # 2
Nina Simone, Memphis in June (FORBIDDEN FRUIT, Colpix)
John Lurie, Tuesday Night in Memphis (MYSTERY TRAIN ST, RCA)
Rufus Thomas, The Memphis Train (single, Stax)
Bob Dylan, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (BLONDE ON BLONDE, Columbia).
Set # 3
*James McMurtry, The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy (THE BLACK DOG AND THE WANDERING BOY, New West)
James McMurtry, Red Dress (SAINT MARY OF THE WOODS, Sugar Hill)
Garnet Rogers, Where’d You Get That Little Dress? (FIREFLY, Snow Goose)
Elvis Presley, Baby Let’s Play House (THE SUN SESSIONS, RCA)
Carl Perkins & NRBQ, All God’s Children (BOPPIN’ THE BLUES, Columbia)
Set # 4
*Ray Lambiase, One For All (PERFUME LIKE A FULL MOON, Raytone)
Phil Ochs, Power and the Glory (ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO SING, Elektra)
By CBackfish on Sun, 05/18/2025 - 12:41pm
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan's 'Brining It All Back Home' and 'Highway 61 Revisted' --- both albums released in 1965
Opening set
Tim O’Brien, Subterranean Homesick Blues (RED ON BLONDE, Sugar Hill)
Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band, She Belongs to Me (single, Decca)
Rod MacDonald & Big Brass Bed, Maggie’s Farm (A FEW DYLAN SONGS, Solstice)
John Gorka, Love Minus Zero/No Limit (A TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN, V.2, Sister Ruby)
Set # 2
Ben Sidran, On the Road Again (DYLAN DIFFERENT, Nardis)
Dave Edmunds, Outlaw Blues (ROCKPILE, MAM)
Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (CHIMES OF FREEDOM, Amnesty International)
Set # 3
Judy Collins, Mr. Tambourine Man (Fifth ALBUM, Elektra)
Arlo Guthrie, Gates of Eden (LAST OF THE BROOKLYN COWBOYS, Reprise)
The Duhks, It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding (THE VILLAGE, 429 Records)
Byrds, It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (TURN! TURN! TURN!, Columbia)
Set # 4
Bob Dylan, California (THE BOOTLEG SERIES V.12: THE CUTTING EDGE 1965-1966, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Farewell Angelina (THE BOOTLEG SERIES V.3, Columbia)
Manfred Mann, If You Gotta Go (MANN MADE HITS, His Master’s Voice)
By CBackfish on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 2:50pm
Opening set:
Paul Kelly, That Was Your Mother’s Voice (SONGS FROM THE SOUTH, 1985-2019, EMI)
Gillian Welch, Happy Mother’s Day (BOOTS NO. 2: THE LOST SONGS, Acony)
Loudon Wainwright III, White Winos (LAST MAN ON EARTH, Red House)
Jill Sobule, Mom (CALIFORNIA YEARS outtake, Pinko Records)
Justin Townes Earle, Mama’s Eyes (MIDNIGHT AT THE MOVIES, Bloodshot)
Dion w/Shemekia Copeland, Mama Said (GIRL FRIENDS, KTBA)
Set # 2
Jill Sobule, Palm Springs (CALIFORNIA YEARS, Pinko Records)
The Flying Burrito Brothers, Wild Horses (BURRITO DELUXE, A&M)
Lisa O’Neill, All the Tired Horses (single, Rough trade)
Set # 3
Andy Bey, River Man (SHADES OF BEY, Evidence Music)
Nick Drake, One of These Things First (BRYTER LAYTER, Island)
Bombay Bicycle Club w/The Staves, Road (THE ENDLESS COLOURED WAYS, Chrysalis)
Karine Polwart, The Whole of the Moon (KARINE POLWART’S SCOTTISH SONGBOOK, Hegri Music)
* Mary Chapin Carpenter/Julie Fowlis/Polwart, A Heart That Never Closes (LOOKING FOR THE THREAD, Thirty Tigers)
Set # 4
Fairport Convention, Rising for The Moon (RISING FOR THE MOON, Island)
Fairport Convention, White Dress (RISING FOR THE MOON, Island)
By CBackfish on Sun, 05/04/2025 - 1:36pm
Opening set
Julie Andrews et al, The Lusty Month of May (CAMELOT ORIGINAL CAST, Columbia)
Shirley Collins & The Albion Band, Just as The Tide Was a-Flowing (NO ROSES, Sanctuary Records)
Jack Hardy, May Day (THE NAMELESS ONE, Prime CD)
Ashley Hutchings et. al, Staines Morris (MORRIS ON, Flegling )
Richard Thompson, Morris Medley/Flying Saucer Rock and Roll live, Boston 1986 (RT: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF RICHARD THOMPSON, Free Reed).
Richard Thompson, The Angels Took My Racehorse Away (HENRY THE HUMAN FLY, Reprise)
Set # 2
*The Waterboys w/Steve Earle, Kansas (LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER, Sun )
*The Waterboys, I Don’t Know How I Made It (LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER, Sun )
Phil Ochs, Jim Dean of Indiana (PHIL OCHS GREATEST HITS, A&M)
Michael McNevin, Giant Lonesome (IN THE ROUGH, Mudpuddle Music )
The Kinks, Celluloid Heroes (EVERYBODY’S IN SHOW BIZ, RCA)
Elliott Murphy, Hollywood (LOST GENERATION, RCA)
Garland Jeffreys, 35 mm Dreams (GHOST WRITER, A&M)
Set # 3
*Suzanne Vega, Alley (FLYING WITH ANGELS, Cooking Vinyl )
Suzanne Vega, Straight Lines (SUZANNE VEGA, A&M)
Terre & Maggie Roche, Underneath the Moon (SEDUCTIVE REASONING, Columbia)
By CBackfish on Sun, 04/27/2025 - 6:06pm
Opening set
*Tracy Chapman, Mountains of Things (TRACY CHAPMAN, Elektra)
Paul Simon w/Urubamba, El Condor Pasa (LIVE RHYMIN’, Columbia)
Paul Simon, The Cool, Cool River (THE RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS, Warner Brothers)
Glenn Hansard, Coyote (JONI 75: A JONI MITCHELL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, Decca)
Joni Mitchell, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER, Asylum)
Set # 2
*Tracy Chapman, Fast Car (TRACY CHAPMAN, Elektra) reissue
Tracy Chapman, Stand By Me (GREATEST HITS, Elektra/Rhino)
The Drifters w/ Ben E, King, There Goes My Baby (single, Atlantic)
The Velvet Underground, There She Goes Again (THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO, Verve)
Set # 3
*Suzy Thompson, Bride, 1945 (SUZY SINGS SIEBEL, self-released)
Eric Andersen, Louise (THE STREET WAS ALWAYS THERE, Appleseed)
Paul Siebel, Then Came The Children (WOODSMOKE AND ORANGES, Elektra)
Set # 4
Tracy Chapman, Bridges (CROSSROAD, Elektra)
Jackson Browne, Walls and Doors (STANDING IN THE BREACH, Inside)
Jackson Browne, When The Stone Begins to Turn (WORLD IN MOTION, Asylum)
Max Romeo, One Step Forward (WAR INNA BABYLON, Island )
Set # 5
By CBackfish on Sun, 04/20/2025 - 5:14pm
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)
Tom Russell, Nina (BLOOD AND CANDLE SMOKE, Shout Factory)
Set # 2
Ella Fitzgerald, Spring Is Here (ELLA FITZGERALD SING THE RODGERS & HART SONGBOOK, Verve)
*Seek Her 7, You Make Me Feel Like Spring (Natalia Zukerman and Lisa Ferraro) (FOLK NOW, Hudson Harding)
*I’m With Her, Ancient Light from forthcoming (WILD AND CLEAR AND BLUE, Rounder)
*Allison Russell, Superlover w/Annie Lenox, (single, Fantasy/Concord)
Set # 3
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 # 4
Pete Seeger, God Bless The Grass (GOD BLESS THE GRASS, Columbia)
Pete Seeger, Cement Octopus (GOD BLESS THE GRASS, Columbia)
*Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi, live at Forest Hills, 1979 (THE JONI ARCHIVES, v.4, Rhino)
Talking Heads, (Nothing But ) Flowers (NAKED, Sire)
By CBackfish on Sun, 04/06/2025 - 11:07am
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)
By CBackfish on Sun, 03/30/2025 - 11:52am
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
By CBackfish on Sun, 03/23/2025 - 5:35pm
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)
By CBackfish on Sun, 03/16/2025 - 10:41am
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
By CBackfish on Sun, 03/09/2025 - 11:08am
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)
By CBackfish on Sun, 03/02/2025 - 3:34pm
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)
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