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05/31/2026

Hi Everyone--Here's my playlist from last night, May 30, 2026. Don't forget: If you missed it, you can listen again on www.MixCloud.com. It will be posted on Mondays. Thanks for listening!

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

Set #1 (Blue Moon tomorrow):

Nanci Griffith / Once in a Very Blue Moon (Live) / From a Distance - The Very Best of Nanci Griffith

Diane Taraz / Full Moon Tonight / Gathered Safely In

Jaime Michaels / One Spectacular Moon / Crooked

Aoife Clancy / Silvery Moon / Silvery Moon

Anne Hills / The Moon's Song / Points of View

Craig Bickhardt / One for the Moon / Outpourings

Anne Dodson / Against the Moon / Against the Moon

Set #2 (remembering Dan Duggan, who passed away after having suffered from a stroke--a big friend of this program):

Dan Berggren and Dan Duggan / Sittin' In Your Kitchen / Rooted in the Mountains

Jamcrackers / Get Crackin' / Get Crackin'

Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn / You Are What You Dream

Dan Duggan / Old Zeb / Trillium Lane

Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn / Music Pulls Us Through / Esperance

Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn / As Long As You Love Me / Esperance

Set #3 (people performing within our listening area):

Peter Mulvey / Road to Mallow / Kitchen Radioi

Jon Pousette-Dart / Can We Just Talk / Talk

Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem / Travelin' Shoes / Some Bright Morning

Eileen Ivers / Ships Are Sailing / Wild Blue

The Black Feathers / Down By the River / Soaked to the Bone

Set #4:

Johnsmith / Made of Love / Simple As

Jack Williams / We're All Alike / Live and in Good Company

Jefferson Ross / United Natiions / Low Country Wedding

Ralph McTell / Streets of London / Long Way from Clare to Here

Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow / London Road / Working in Wood

Set #5:

James Keelaghan / Kiri's Piano / History -- The First 25 Years

Garnet Rogers / Shadows on the Water / Summers End

Geoff Bartley / Song to a Hawk / Put the Big Stone Down

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

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05/16/2026

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05/14/2026

Sorry this took so long. Here's the playlist for the May 9, 2026 show. If you missed it, you can go to www.MixCloud.com to hear the archived version.

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

Set #1:

L.J. Booth / Book Report / Big Hourglass

Carrie Newcomer / A of Questions / A Great Wild Mercy

Greg Brown / My New Book / The Poet Game

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer / When the Big, Bad Books Go "Boo!" / All New

Kray Van Kirk / Silence in the Archives / Empire

Set #2:

Mark Rust / I Only Know My Way Home / Legacy

Dan Berggren / Found My Way Back Home / Fresh Territory

John Gorka / Really Spring / Bright Side of Dawn

Richard Shindell / The Weather / Reunion Hill

Garnet Rogers / Redwing / Firefly

Set #3:

Emma's Revolution / Sing, People, Sing / Revolution Now

Tom Paxton / If the Poor Don't Matter / Redemption Road

Happy Traum / I Ain't Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta) / Just for the Love of It

Set #4 (Mother's Day):

Sugarland / Mother / Bigger

Allison Moorer / The Stars & I (Mama's Song) / Crows

Lucy Kaplansky / Mother's Day / Reunion

David Roth / Mother's Day Card / If You Can't Fly

Rich Scher / Another Mother's Day / Mill Pond

Set #5:

The Rankin Family / The River / Endless Seasons

House of Hamill / Turning Away / Folk Hero

Set #6 (More Mother's Day):

Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt / Lovely Agnes / Closing the Distance

Patty Stevenson and Craig Siemsen / On My Grandma's Patchwork Quilt / Paint Me a Picture

Tim O'Brien / Grandma's Hands / Where the River Meets the Road

Guy Davis / Grandma is Dancing / Give in Kind

Set #7 (More Mother's Day):

Priscilla Herdman / I'll Love You Forever / Forever and Always

Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt / Mama, I Miss You Tonight / Closing the Distance

Pete Seeger / You Are My Sunshine (one of my late mother's favorites) / American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) Working on Wings to Fly

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05/08/2026

Hi Everyone--So sorry it's taken me this long to post my playlist from the May 2, 2026 show. Don't forget--if you missed it, you can go to www.MixCloud.com and listen to it at your leisure!

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

Set #1:

John Roberts & Tony Barrand / Staines Morris (my favorite May Day song) / Mellow With Ale from the Horn

Dervish / The Broad Majestic Shannon / The Great Irish Song Book, Volume 2: Poets and Storyteller

House of Hamill / Banks of the Brandywine / Wildfire

Chris Koldeway and the Brackish Buoys / Mingulay Boat Song / Looking Seaward

Tommy Sands / When the Boys Come Rolling Home / Beyond the Shadows

Set #2:

John Prine / Paradise / John Prine

Hannah Shira Neimin / Kentucky / Tether My Heart

Mark Dvorak / The Bluebells In Kentucky / Time Ain't Got Nothin' On Me

Carla Gover / Kentucky Queen / Kentucky Queen

Joel Mabus / Kentucky Hambone Blues / A Bird in This World

Doc Watson / My Rose of Old Kentucky / Memories

Cathy Fink / My Old Kentucky Home / Doggone My Time

One Song about the anniversary of Kent State:

Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner (Magpie) / Kent / Give Light

Set #3:

John Gorka / Arms Length / Writing in the Margins

I'm With Her / Find My way to You (Atlanta) / Sing Me Alive

Ed Snodderly (ES Pearl) / High in the Rhyme (featuring Amythyst Kiah) / Baggage Flies Free

Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen / At the Turning of the Year / At the Turning of the Year

Set #4:

Annette Wasilik / Chincoteague / Love and Fire

Veronneau / A Case of You / Blue Tapestry

C.B. Smith / The Wild Winds Roar / Look to the Sky

Red Molly / 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / The Red Album

Set #5:

Eric Andersen / Darkness / Mingle with the Universe: The Worlds of Lord Byron

Joe Jencks / For What It's Worth / The Candle and the Flame

Andy Revkin / Save Dreams for Sleeping / Wake Me Up Martha

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

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04/21/2026

Hi Everyone--Sorry this took me so long, Here's my playlist from last Saturday night, April 18, 2026. Don't forget, if you missed it and want to hear it, you can go to www.MixCloud.com.

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

Set #1

Incredible String Band / Painting Box / The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion

Vickie Russell / Painted By Monet / Next

Anne Hills / My Daughter and Vincent Van Gogh / Points of View

Debi Smith / Vincent Van Gogh's Mom / Flight of the Robin

Don McLean / Vincent / American Pie

Tret Fure / Rembrandt Afternoons / Rembrandt Afternoons

Rosanne Ranieri / I Paint You / Frantic and Weightless

Tim O'Brien and the O'Boys / When I Paint My Masterpiece / Oh Boh1 O'Boy!

Set #2:

Dan Berggren / Birch Are Soprano/Mountain Air / In Concert Live at Caffe Lena

Betty and the Baby Boomers / Sail Away Ladies / Where the Heron Waits

Magpie / Ship Gonna Sail / Endless River

Lui Collins / Susqyehanna / Closer

Set #3 (in memory of Moya Brennan)

Dervish / Tobar an tSaoil - The Well Of The World (feat. Moya Brennan) / The Great Irish Songbook Vol 2: Poets & Storytellers

Clannad / Theme from Harry's Game (2003) (Remaster) /. Hourglass - Single

Clannad / Neansai Mhile Gra / A Celtic Tapestry

Set #4:

Red Molly / 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / The Red Album

Alice Howe and Freebo / Travelin' Soul (Live) / Alice Howe and Freebo (Live)

Tom Rush / Mole's Moan / Blues, Songs and Ballads

Happy Traim / Lakes of Ponchartrain / There's a Bright Side Somewhere

Set #5 (in memory of Vickie Russell):

Amy Fradon / Angel Moon (featuring Vickie Russell on harmony) / Passion Angel

Vickie Russell / Every Day's a Miracle / Next

Set #6:

Michael Cooney / The Bankers and the Diplomats are Going in the Army /Michael Cooney, Or the Cheese Stands Alone

The Short Sisters / Average Your Income / Downsized

Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir / Broken Down Squatter / Bay of Fundy

Peter Mayer / Everybody In / Catching Rain

Vickie Russell / When It's All Over / Single

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

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03/30/2026

Hi Everyone--Here's the playlist for the March 28, 2026 show. Don't forget--if you missed it, you can listen on www.MixCloud.com. Shows are posted on Mondays.

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

Set #1:

Hana Zara / The Ballad of Husker Scruggs / The Ballad of Husker Scruggs - Single

Lisa Bastoni / No Kings in America / No Kings in America - Single

Ken and Brad Kolodner / John Brown's March / Skipping Rocks

Reggie Harris / Sing Out, March On... Ain't Gonna Let Nobody / On Solid Ground

Judy Kass / Look at Us Marching Now / New Skin

Set #2 (Paul Geremia died last week):

Paul Geremia / Something's Gotta Be Arranged /Live from Uncle Sam's Backyard

Paul Geremia / Death Don't Have No Mercy / Love My Stuff

Eric Bibb / Judgement Day / In the Real World

Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis / I'm Goin' Home / Whistlin' Past the Graveyard

Set #3:

Anne Hills / Yesterday's Wind /Angle of the Light

David Mallett / I Knew This Place / Greenin' Up

The Heart Collectors / One Voice / Twilight Tales - EP

Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / Voices of the Water / O California!

Max Gomez / Roses on the Moon / Memory Mountain

Set #4:

Buffy Ford Stewart & Bill Mumy / Man Who Would Be King / Same Old Heart

Tim Grimm / Dreaming of King Lear / Gone

Brooks Williams / King of California / Work My Claim

Dick Gaughan / Ewan and the Gold / Redwood Cathedral

Dick Gaughan / All the King's Horses / Redwood Cathedral

Set #5:

Bob Franke / A Healing in This Night / In This Night

Maria Dunn / For Peace and Plenty / We Were Good People

Bill Staines / A Song of Peace / One More River

Eliza Gilkyson / Peace Call / Land of Milk and Honey

Priscilla Herdman / Peace Must Come / Darkness Into Light

Rhiannon Giddens, Resistance Revival Chorus & Crys Matthews / How I Long for Peace / How I Long for Peace - Single

Tom Paxton / Peace Will Come / The Essential Tom Paxton

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

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03/16/2026

Hi Everyone--Here's the playlist for the March 14, 2026 show. Don't forget, if you missed it, you can listen by going to www.MixCloud.com.

indy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

I spoke briefly to Tom Chapin. He's playing at the Eighth Step at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady on March 21st, then at Six on the Square in Oxford, NY, on March 28th. Then I played two of his songs:

Tom Chapin / Upstate New York Waltz / Let the Bad Times Roll

Tom Chapin (featuring the Chapin Sisters) / Hold Our Ground Forever / Songs of Hope

Set #1 (Pi[e]Day):

Bob Franke / The Carter, or Faerie Pie / In This Night

Brian Peters / Cold String Pie / Sharper Than the Thorn

Diane Taraz / Raisin Pie / Shoes That Fit Like Sand

Erin Ash Sullivan / Eat the Pie / Signposts and Marks

Christine Lavin / Chicken Pot Pie / If You're Drunk You Cannot Buy a Puppy

Vance Gilbert / Pie & Whiskey / Good Good Man

Peter Cooper / Mama, Bake a Pie / The Lloyd Green Album

Set #2 (the start of St. Patrick's Day):

Paul Kaplan / Heather on the Moor (Live) / King of Hearts (Live)

Maggie's Wake / Bridget O'Brien / Maggie's Wake

Sina Theil / Red is the Rose (Live) / Live at The Galway

Amelia Hogan / Home by Bearna / Burnished

Set #3 (more St. Patrick's Day):

Mick Moloney and Eugene O'Donnell / St. Brendan's Fair Isle / Uncommon Bonds

Miranda Hardy / Trapped in an Irish Drinking Song / Trapped in an Irish Drinking Song - Single

Danny Quinn / Galway Girl / 'Tis a Fine Soft Day

Conie Dover / Mally Leigh / If Ever I Return

Karan Casey / The King's Shilling / The Winds Begin To Sing

Dick Gaughan / Song for Ireland / Handful of Earth

Set #4 (more St Patrick's Day):

The House Band / The Rocky Road to Dublin / Another Setting

Andy M. Stewart and Manus Lunny / Dublin Lady / Dublin Lady

The Jeremiahs / Passage West / The Femme Fatale of Maine

Tommy Sands / Every County on the Island / Fair Play to You All

Tommy Sands / When the Boys Come Rolling Home / Beyond the Shadows

De Dannan / Danny Boy / Hibernian Rhapsody

Cindy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Working on Wings to Fly

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03/02/2026

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03/02/2026

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