John Prine 80th Birthday Salute, Hardly Strictly Highlights, and New Discoveries

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for October 10, 2026
Guest Host Michele Flannery

John Prine, “Hey Ah Nothin,” Found Dogs (Oh Boy!)

Tom Brosseau, “They Oughta Name a Drink After You,” The Prairie (self-released)

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, “Hello in There,” All the Good Times Are Past & Gone (Woodland)

Adrianne Lenker, “Summer’s End,” video recorded for John’s family in 2020

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, “Room to Spare,” unreleased live track written for John Prine 2026

John Prine, “World Without Love,” Found Dogs (Oh Boy!)

New Set:

Mama’s Broke, “Heaven,” Reunion (Free Dirt) HSB Horseshoe Hill stage highlight

Lambchop, “To Do,” Punching the Clown (Merge)

Hana Stretton, “As It Was Before This,” Tiarn (PW Elverum) playing 10/16 @ the Lab SF

Laura Veirs, “Pulse,” Temple Songs (Raven Marching Band) playing 10/20 @ Cafe du Nord SF

Haley Heynderickx, Max García Conover, “To Each Their Dot,” What of Our Nature (Fat Possum) playing 11/19 @ Little Saint (Healdsburg) & 11/20 @ the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley

Margaret Glaspy, “Reminder,” I Am Both (ATO) playing 10/16 @ The Chapel SF

New Set:

Trá Pháidín, “Garbhóg + “Fidin,” Cloch’s Claí (World of Echo) Galway

DUG, “Have At It!” Have At It! (Claddagh) Dublin (HSB Horseshoe Hill stage highlight)

Córas Trio, “The Road to Tarbolton,” Birth Is Upon Me, Death is Upon Me (Coracle) Belfast

Awen Ensemble, “The Walls Around Ballyfin,” The Walls Around Ballyfin (New Soil) Leeds

New Set:

Mike Reed’s Separatist Party, “New Angels,” Sing the Color Blue (Thrill Jockey)

Jimetta Rose, “Somebody Else’s Idea,” MettaSun (Night Dreamer)

Ibibio Sound Machine, “Love,” Chopping Mountain (Merge)

Spell Songs, “Njan (Nest),” In Thin Air (Hudson)

Music Under Announcements:

Garefowl, “Lámhaidh / Guillemot,” Things That Vanish (AD 93)

New Set:

Cocanha, “Flame Folclòre,” Flame Folclòre (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Son Rompe Pera, “Nada Que Hacer,” Marimbazos de Oro (Mexico City)

Esther’s Mood Ring, “Mustard Trees & Emerald Sprouts,” Dream Ecology (Inner Islands)

Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “Sometimes It’s Hard to Breathe (Live in the City of Ghosts),” Ghosts of American Psychonauts (No Quarter)

New Set:

Jesse Welles, “Good Morning America,” video single March 24, 2026 (HSB Towers of Gold stage Highlight)