The Year of the Fire Horse!
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for Saturday October 17, 2026
Hour 1: The Year of the Fire Horse!
First Set
Cris Williamson, “Blue Rider,” Blue Rider, 4:08 Olivia
Lyle Lovett, “If I Had a Boat,” Pontiac, 3:03 Curb/MCA
Lacy J. Dalton, Ginny Mitchell, & Mary McCaslin, “Girls from Santa Cruz,” Girls from Santa Cruz, 2:22 (self-produced)
Second Set
Steeleye Span, “Skewball,” Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir Rides Again, 3:29 Shanachie
Patty Griffin & The Chieftains, “Whole Heap of Little Horses,” Down the Old Plank Road, 2:40 RCA Victor/BMG
Rhiannon Giddens, “Angel Fire Rise,” Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, 4:19 Nonesuch
Third Set
Archie Fisher, “Ride Through the Rainbow,” Windward Away, 3:38 Red House
Archie Fisher, “The Black Horse,” Sunsets I Have Galloped Into, 1:16 Greentrax
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald, “The Dark Horse,” Fields of Elysian, 6:32 Freewheel Records
Rhiannon Giddens, “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers,” Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, 2:56 Nonesuch
Fourth Set
James Taylor, “Sweet Baby James,” Sweet Baby James, 2:48 Warner Bros.
Wishing Chair, “The Ghost of Will Harbut,” The Ghost of Will Harbut, 5:10 Terrakin Records
Peter Rowan, “The Wings of Horses,” Dust Bowl Children, 3:15 Sugar Hill
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for October 17, 2026
Hour 2: More Year of the Fire Horse!
First Set
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, “Six White Horses,” The Harrow and the Harvest, 3:32 Acony
Horse Flies, “Jenny in the Railroad,” Human Fly, 2:48 Rounder
Kongar-ol Ondar, “Good Horses,” Back Tuva Future, 2:54 Warner Bros.
Paul Pena & Ondar, “What You Talkin’ About,” Deep in the Heart of Tuva, 1:51 ellipsis arts
(Tuvan horses), “Tuvan Round-Up,” Tuva, Among the Spirits, 1:48 Smithsonian Folkways
Second Set
(Story of the Igil)
Rhiannon Giddens, “High on a Mountain,” Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, 3:38 Nonesuch
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, “Fantasy on the Igil,” Tuva, Among the Spirits, 4:18 Smithsonian Folkways
Third Set
Archie Fisher, “Ontario Dust,” Windward Away, 4:43 Red House
Garnet Rogers, “Small Victory,” Small Victories, 4:10 Snow Goose Songs
Lacy J. Dalton, “Let ’Em Run,” Girls from Santa Cruz, 3:53 (self-produced)
Fourth Set
Ginny Mitchell, “Blue Roan Mare,” Girls from Santa Cruz, 3:18 (self-produced)
Fred Small, “Heart of the Appaloosa,” Heart of the Appaloosa, 5:49 Flying Fish
Bill Miller, “Reservation Road,” The Art of Survival, 3:54 Rosebud Records