Steve Matteo, who writes about popular music for Long Island Pulse, joined us on air to highlight music for the holiday season, centering on impressive new releases as well as some rediscovered albums from past years. We also spoke by phone with Meg Hutchinson, of the ensemble Winterbloom, who did an afternoon concert at The University Cafe in the Sunday Street Acoustic Series, co-sponsored by WUSB.

Steve Matteo, who writes about popular music for Long Island Pulse, joined us on air to highlight music for the holiday season, centering on impressive new releases as well as some rediscovered albums from past years. We also spoke by phone with Meg Hutchinson, of the ensemble Winterbloom, who did an afternoon concert at The University Cafe in the Sunday Street Acoustic Series, co-sponsored by WUSB.

An in-studio visit from Mary McCaslin and Caroline Doctorow, in advance of their concert in the afternoon at The University Cafe, was a feature of today's program.

Today's program featured a phone conversation with Ellis Paul, who will play The University Cafe on Sunday, December 2nd, at 2 P.M. in a show which has become an annual tradition for our Sunday Street series at the Cafe.

New music from Jory Nash, Nels Andrews, Suzie Brown and Hat Check Girl (Annie Gallup and Peter Gallway) and a phone conversation with Jez Lowe, who will be in concert at The University Cafe on Sunday, October 28th at 2 P.M. in the Sunday Street Acoustic Concert Series, co-sponsored by The University Cafe.

Today's program featured several tracks from Lynn Miles' third volume in her "Black Flowers" series, as well as new music from Van Morrison, Charlie Peacock, Annabelle Chvostek, Hans Theessink and John Cale. We also played a set of songs from Jez Lowe, who will be in concert at The University Cafe on Sunday, October 28th, at 2 P.M. Additionally, we asked for listener support for WUSB during our current Radiothon.

Another busy edition of SUNDAY STREET. We featured two tracks from Caitlin Canty's impressive new album, GOLDEN HOUR, spoke on the phone with Sarah McQuaid, who is in the midst of an ambitious US tour, and were most pleasntly surprised by an in-studio visit from Iain Matthews who, with Jim Fogarty,was at Stony Brook to do an afternoon concert in our series at The University Cafe. And, oh yes, we continued to ask listeners to support WUSB during our Fall Radiothon and sincerely thank those who called in and made pledges.

Lots of great new releases on today's progra, including several tracks from a masterful new album by Mark Knopfler and an impressive debut album from The Stray Birds. Also, a track from the soon-to-be-released Bob Dylan album and new music from Marci Geller and Anna Dagmar.

Some songs for Labor Day, some songs to note those struggling with the flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, and an adventurous new song from Iain Matthews recalling the London music scene in the 1960s, from his innovative new album with Egbert Derix, were part of today's music mix.