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)

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)

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 )

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

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)

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

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)

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 )

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)

feat. the historic appearance of Joni Mitchell at Newport 2022.
Host: Charlie Backfish
Engineer: Emma Backfish

Today's program featured an in-studio visit with Joe Iadanza