Today's program marked the passing of P.F. Sloan, Allen Toussaint, and Canada's Ron Hynes by playing some of their recordings. We also shared a powerful new song from Lynn Miles regarding the crisis with refugees from war-torn counties, as well as a new album from Sloan Wainwright and the issue of some recordings from a 1987/1988 Neil Young tour.

An in-studio visit from blues great Guy Davis was featured on today's program

An in-studio segment with master guitarist and bluesman Brooks Williams on today's program.

Today's program celebrated the music of Van Morrison, who turns seventy on Monday, August 31st.

Today’s program featured releases new to our playlist from Ana Egge, David Myles, and David Tamulevich. We noted the passing of record producer Bob Johnston by playing tracks from albums he produced for Lindisfarne, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan and also programmed a set of songs to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Major apologies to those who tried to listen on line today. Our web stream has been down since Saturday morning and we are still waiting for Stony Brook University's IT Department to restore the stream.

Lots of music new to our playlist on today's program including releases from James Maddock, Peter Keane, Steeleye Span, Hungrytown and Jonathan Edwards. We also sent some lucky listeners to area shows in the upcoming week including the Great South Bay Music Festival in Patchogue, Kacey Musgraves at The Paramount in Huntington, and Jonathan Edwards at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett.