Labor Day 2007
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for September 1, 2007
Hour 1: Labor Day
First Set
Sally Rogers, "Hard Work," We'll Pass Them On, 2:42 Red House Records
Richard & Linda Thompson, "We Sing Hallelujah," I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, 2:49 Island/Carthage
Slaid Cleaves, "Working Stiff," Unsung, 2:29 Rounder
Second Set
Maria Dunn, "Can You Blame the Poor Miner?" We Were Good People, 3:34 Distant Whisper Music
Patrick Street, "A Prince among Men," All in Good Time, 4:21 Green Linnet Records
Bob Fox, "A Miner's Life," The Blast, 4:22 Topic Records
Midway Music
Aly Bain & Ale Möller, "Crying Waltz (Gratvalsen)," Beyond the Stacks, 3:34 NorthSide
Third Set
Kris Drever, "Harvest Gypsies," Black Water, 3:26 Compass
Billy Bragg, "Deportees," Talking with the Taxman about Poetry, 3:58 Yep Roc Records
Tom Russell, "Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?" Who's Gonna Build Your Wall? 3:44 Hightone
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for September 1, 2007
Hour 2: On the Road
First Set
Wilco, "California Stars," Mermaid Avenue, 4:57 Elektra
Tom Russell, "Woodrow," Hotwalker, 7:51 Hightone
Second Set
Paul Brady & The Johnstons, "Continental Trailways Bus," The Transatlantic Years, 3:22 Demon Records
Lindisfarne, "Meet Me on the Corner," On Tap, 2:39 Castle
Third Set
Bruce Hornsby, "Talk of the Town," Harbor Lights, 3:37 RCA Records
Rickie Lee Jones, "Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking," Pirates, 5:15 Warner Bros. Records
Fourth Set
Laurie Anderson, "Excellent Birds," Mister Heartbreak, 3:12 Warner Bros. Records
Donovan, "Love Floats," Beat Cafe, 4:14 Appleseed Records
Donovan, "Get Thy Bearings," Hurdy Gurdy Man, 2:45 Epic Records
Laurie Anderson & William Burroughs, "Sharkey's Night," Mister Heartbreak, 2:29 Warner Bros. Records
Fifth Set
Rickie Lee Jones, "Weasel and the White Boys Cool," Rickie Lee Jones, 6:03 Warner Bros.
Tom Waits, "Medley: Jack & Neal / California Here I Come," Foreign Affairs, 5:00 Elektra
Fifth Set
Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen, (Readings from On the Road and Visions of Cody), Poetry for the Beat Generation, 3:30 Rhino Records
Suzanne Vega, "Gypsy," Solitude Standing, 3:34 A&M
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, "All the Roadrunning," All the Roadrunning, 4:29 Warner/Nonesuch