Hudson River Sampler WAMC

09/21/2025

Last night, I continued to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of The Hudson River Sampler by playing some of my favorite songs/singers from my time on WAMC. (Part I was last week.) Here's the playlist. And, if you missed it, it's posted on www.MixCloud.com.

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

Set #1 (Dedicated to Bill McKibben's Sun Day event being held tomorrow across the country--a listener emailed me last week and asked me to play songs about the sun):

Judy Collins / Good Day Sunshine / Sings Lennon and McCartney

The Steel Wheels / Breaking Like the Sun / Lay Down Lay Low

Brother Sun / The Source of the Sun / Weights & Wings

Sarah McQuaid / The Sun Goes On Rising / The Plum Tree and the Rose

Judy Collins / Golden Apples of the Sun / Maids and Golden Apples

Jack Williams / The Morning Sun / Eternity & Main

Kim & Reggie Harris / Solar Carol / Simplicity

(The remainder of this show is the second part of celebrating my 43rd anniversary on WAMC. The songs are a sampling of some of my favorites over the past 43 years..)

Set #2:

Joni Mitchell / Both Sides Now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7/24/2022) / Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)

John McCutcheon / Between Good and Gone / Trolling for Dreams

Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon / Life Before You / Together

Priscilla Herdman / Reedy River / The Water Lily

Mart Black / Fields of Gold (Live) / Speaking with the Angel

Set #3:

Robert Hazard / Bound / Troubadour

Betty 7 the Baby Boomers / Everything's Made for Love / Quite Early Morning

Bob Franke / Thanksgiving Eve / The Other Evening in Chicago

Shelley Posen / A Mazeldikeh Yor / Mazel

Shelley Posen / I'll See You Rosh Hashana / Mazel

Set #4:

Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur / Tennessee Blues / Penny's Farm

Happy Traum / Tennessee Waltz (feat. Martin Simpson) / Just for the Love of It

Mary McCaslin / Ballad Of Weaverville / Prairie in the Sky

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

Set #5:

Jack Hardy / Ask Questions / Rye Grass

Kemp Harris / Tulsa / The America Chronicles

Friction Farm / American Dream / Stone by Stone

Schooner Fare / We the People / We the People

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

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09/08/2025

Hi Everyone! Here's the playlist for the September 6, 2025 show. Don't forget, it's archived on www.MixCloud.com. If you missed it, you can go to MixCloud and listen later!

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

In-studio interview with Rees Shad, who is touring with a group of musicians to replicate the Guy Clark album, "Old No. 1" in venues around the Northeast. Next weekend he will be at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, and on September 20 at the Guthrie Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He explained the concept and played the Guy Clark song, "She Ain't Going Nowhere." He has also built a guitar to be raffled off as a benefit for the Guy Clark Family Foundation.

Recorded Music Set #1 (Returning to School):

Bett Padgett / First Day of School After Summer Vacation / Beneath Blue Water

Mustard's Retreat / Going Back to School / A Good Place to Be

Tom Chapin / On My Way To School / Mother Earth

L.J. Booth / Book Report / Camp Cuisine Tapes

Tom Paxton / What Did You Learn in School Today? / The Best of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Elektra Years

Elizabeth Mitchell / School Days / Sunny Day

John McCutcheon / Room at the Top. of the Stairs / Supper's on the Table...Everybody Come Come In

Lucy Kaplansky / Last Days of Summer / Last Days of Summer

Set #2 (Blood Moon tomorrow):

Tom Paxton / Looking for the Moon / Looking for the Moon

Patty and Craig / Blood Moon / Look to the Moon

Lynne Taylor / Blood Moon / Shades of Blue

Set #3:

Cheryl Wheeler / Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar / Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar

Ash and Eric / Cherish the Light / Northeast Region Folk Alliance Songwriters Vol. 1

Julian Taylor / Weighing Down / Pathways

Set #4 ( 9/11 Remembrance):

Garnet Rogers / Grace / Shining Thing

Chuck E Costa / The Goalie / At the Drawing Board

Tom Paxton / The Bravest / Looking for the Moon

Robin Greenstein / Hole in the Ground / Tears and Laiughter

Kitty Donohoe / There Are No Words / Northern Border

Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie / When All the Names Are One / Guide My Feet

One last song to end the show:

Lisa Bastoni / No Kings in America / single

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

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09/01/2025

Hi Everyone--Here's the playlist for the August 30, 2025 show. Explored the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, people playing in the WAMC Northeast Public Radio listening area, and more.

CIndy Kallet / Big Dark's Fancy (theme) / Workingon WIngs to Fly

Set #1 (remembering Tony Saletan)

Tony and Irene Saletan / All around My Hat / Folk Songs and Ballads

Tony and Irene Saletan / Bright Morning Stars / Folk Songs and Ballads

The Kossoy Sisters / Sun's Gonna Shine / Hop on Pretty Girls

Set #2 (Minnesota gun violence--again)

Katie Dahl / Oh Minnesota / Wildwood

Charlie Maguire / I'm from Minnesota / Harbour Lights: The Second Voyage

Matt Watroba / Minnesota Magie / The Far Si: The Si Kahn Funny Song Sing-Along Songbook

Scott Alarik / Minnesota's Got to Me / Stories

Connie Kaldor / Simplest of Things / Wide Open Spaces

Marion Halliday / Thoughts and Prayers / Rings Around Saturn

Set #3 (people playing in area)

Keith Murphy / Great Big Sea / Suffer No Loss

Cantrip / The Lambing Storm/The Splendid Isolation/The Skye Barbecue/Dolina MacKay / Cantrip Live

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

Garnet Rogers / Summer's End (2) / Summer's End

Garnet Rogers / Old Campfires / Summer's End

Set #4:

Gordon Lightfoot / Minstrel of the Dawn / If You Could Read My Mind

Ray Lambiase / One for All / Perfume Like a Full Moon

Si Kahn / Go To Work On Monday / Thanksgiving

Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen / Silken Dreams / Voices

Set #5 (Hurricane Katrina, 20th anniversary)

Matt Watroba / Katrina / The Yellow Room Gang: Live at Big Sky

Ellis Paul / Hurricane Angel / The Day After Everything Changed

Jesse Wi******er / Biloxi / Jesse Wi******er

Low 'n Lonesome / When the Levee Breaks / Low 'n Lonesome

Jack Williams / O, Chain Lightnin' / The High Road Home

Set #6:

John Stewart / New Orleans / The Day the River Sang

Jack Williams / Atlantis Goin' Down / The High Road Home

Ray Bonneville / I Am the Big Easy / Goin' by Feel

Gina Forsyth / We will Be Reborn / Promised Land

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

08/26/2025

Hi Everyone--Here's the playlist for the August 23, 2025 show. Starting on August 30, the Hudson River Sampler will return to WAMC's full network. I can't wait to interact with you all again. Don't forget, the show listed below is also available on www.MixCloud.com.

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

Set #1:

Avery Hill / The One Who Remembers / The One Who Remembers

Mark Nelson / Mist in the Pines / Autumn...

Craig Bickhardt / Woman of the Mist / The More I Wonder

Gordon Bok / Mist Covered Mountains of Home/Bonnie Galway / A Rogue's Gallery of songs for 12-String

Kim Beggs / Ragged in the Frozen Mist / Beneath Your Sin

Dick Weissman / Banjo in the Mist / No Ceiling

Tim O'Brien / When the Mist Clears Away / Where the River Meets the Road

Set #2:

Keith Murphy / Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary’s / Suffer No Loss

Cantrip / Old Waily, Windy Night / The Crossing

Keith Murphy / The Stormy Scenes of Winter / Bound for Canaan

Cantrip / Hardanger Fjord/The Liffy Banks / Cantrip Live

Set #3:

Eric Andersen / Blue River / The Cologne Concert

Jake Shimabukuro / Fields of Gold / Grand Ukulele

Christine Lavin / The Best Summer / Drum School Dropout

Grace Morrison / Cranberry Blossoms / Saltwater country

Happy and Artie Traum / Earl's Crab Shack / Hard Times in the Country

Set #4:

Jacob Bernz / Can You Hear Me Now / Can You Hear Me Now

David Roth / Home of the Brave / Last Day on Earth

Kemp Harris / Tulsa / The America Chronicles

Betty and the Baby Boomers / Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos / Quite Early Morning

Brother Sun / Lady of the Harbor / Some Part of the Truth

Set #5:

Miles and Mafale / This Is Happy / Be Brave

The Milk Carton Kids / I Only See the Moon

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Girl from the North Country / Dirt Does Dylan

Bill Shute and Lisa Null / Virginia's Alders / American Primitive

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

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08/16/2025

Sorry this took me so long to post. Here's the playlist from the August 9, 2025 show.

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

Set #1:

Nanci Griffith and Mac McAnally / Gulfcoast Highway / From a Distance - The Very Best of Nanci Griffith

Jack Williams / Highway from Back Home / Four Good Days

Dave Crossland / Solo Down the Highway / Here's to the Ride

Ruth and Max Bloomquist / The Highway Song / Turn Back a Page

T. Buckley / Long Highway / Miles We Put Behind

Maura O'Connell / Western Highway / Western Highway

Eric Andersen / Today is the Highway / Today is the Highway

Tim Grimm / The People's Highway / Farm Songs

Set #2:

Wild Mountain Mystics / Love Takes Over the Night / Fire and Honey

Heather Pierson / Yes to Love / Lines and Spaces

Annie Patterson / Meet Me By the Moonlight / Meet Me by the Moonlight

Gordon Bok / Blackbird / A Rogue's Gallery of Songs for 12-String

Michael Jerling / Old Stones / Music Here Tonight

Dan Berggren / Ten Miles to Saturday Night / Forty Seasons: Recordings from 1996 - 2006

Set #3:

Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley / Biscuits and Gravy (with Aubrey Haynie) / The Country Blues

Carla Gover / Pine Mountain High School/ Kentucky Queen

Jake Shimabukuro / Fields of Gold / Grand Ukulele

Tish Hinojosa / Midnight Moonlight / Taos to Tennessee

Jane Fallon / Take Care of the Santa Fe / Songs on Purpose

Set #4:

Joe Jencks / On Eireann's Shore / The Coming of the Years

Brian Conway / Red Rose, Proud Rose / Wallace Avenue

Betty and the Baby Boomers / The Cuckoo / Follow the Heron (Live) / Quite Early Morning

David Francey / Tonight in My Dreams / The Waking Hour

Set #5:

Catie Curtis / Passing Through / Hello, Stranger

John Flynn / Kintsugi / Poor Man's Diamonds

Judy Kass / Soothsayer / New Skin

Tom Prasada-Rao / Out of the Darkness / The Complete History of Love (Vol. 1)

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

08/03/2025

Here's the playlist for the August 2, 2025 show (and don't forget, if you missed it, you can still hear it on www.MixCloud.com!)

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

Set #1 (It's August...)

Roswell Rudd and Heather Masse / Love Song for August / August Love Song

Red June / I Saw You in August / Ancient Dreams

Dan Berggren and Dan Duggan / Quiet Night in August / Rooted in the Mountains

Meg Braun / August / Broken Places

Trillium / Fields in August / The Sun She Rises

Set #2:

Michael Jerling / Family Recipe / Family Recipe

Avery Hill / Potholder / The One Who Remembers

Bett Padgett / The Christmas Cookie Cutters / At the End of the Day

Jack Williams / Mama Lou / Across the Winterline

Guy Clark / Homegrown Tomatoes / Keepers

Set #3:

Bernice Lewis / Colorado Blue / She Undoes

Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley/ Everywhere I Go is a Long Way From Home (with Aubrey Haynie, Shawn Lane & Ron Block) / The Country Blues

Tony Trischka / San Antonio Rose (feat. Sierra Ferrell) / Earl Jam

Kate Mcdonnell / Pretty Good Day / Trapeze

Joe Jencks / Given Myself to Love / Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers

Set #4:

Cassie and Maggie / Nancy / Gold and Coal

Matthew Byrne / Nancy from London / Horizon Lines

Archie Fisher / Bonnie Annie Laurie / A Silent Song

Metthew Byrne / Sarah Jane / Horizon Lines

Keith Murphy / Fair Mary / Suffer No Loss

J.P. Cormier / Meagan's Song / Us

Set #5:

Chris Pierce / Sound All the Bells / American Silence

Judy Kass / Look at Us Marching Now / New Skin

Sally Rogers / Now is the Time / Old Friends I've Never Met

Joy Zimmerman / Be the Reason / Be the Reason (Single)

Emma's Revolution / We Are the Power / Single

Joe Jencks / Let Me Sing You a Song

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

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07/31/2025

Just a reminder to everyone! WAMC On the Road will present "Hudson River Sampler Under the Stars" on Saturday, August 16, 2025, 7 pm, at the Music Haven Stage in Schenectady's Central Park. We'll present singer/songwriters Michael Jerling, Kate McDonnell, Dan Berggren, and Joe Jencks! And a few surprises, too!

07/31/2025

Hi Everyone--Sorry this has taken so long. Here's the playlist for the July 26, 2025 show. If you missed it, you can find it on www.MixCloud.com.

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

Set #1:

Buffy Sainte-Marie / The Piney Wood Hills / The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie

Carla Gover / Pine Mountain High / Kentucky Queen

Johnsmith / Scotch Pine / Gravity of Grace

Eliza Gilkyson / Bristlecone Pine / Songs from the River Wind

Mark O'Connor / Black Pine Waltz / Songs Doc Didn't Sing

Robin and Linda Williams / Pine County / Back 40

Wren / Amongst the Pine / Stitch an Ocean

Kate Wolf / Carolina Pines / Poet's Heart

Set #2 (remembering Happy Traum--Artie, too):

Happy and Artie Traum / The Heart of Saturday Night / The test of Time

Happy Traum / Tennessee Waltz (feat. Martin Simpson) / Just for the Love of It

Happy Traum / The Water is Wide (feat. Byron Isaacs, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams) / Just for the Love of It

Set #3:

Tony Trischka / Brown's Ferry Blues (feat. Billy Strings) / Earl Jam

Jake Blount / Done Gone / Spider Tales

Steve Gillette / Grapes on the Vine / Best of Steve Gillette

Tom Rush / Won't Be Back At All / Gardens Old, Flowers New

Chris Pierce / Bring the Old Man Home / American Silence

Set #4:

Stillhouse Junkies / Evergreen / Small Towns

LJ Booth / The Siskiyou LIne / The Road That Leads Me Home

The Henry Girls / Ocean of War / Far Beyond the stars

Bernice Lewis / Twenty-Nine Cents a Bottle / Religion and Release

Meghan Cary / Responsibility / Sing Louder

Set #5:

Tom Prasada-Rao / Falling Star / Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao

Ray Lambiase / The Best Shade of Blue / Perfume Like a Full Moon

Michael Jerling / These Old Photographs / Music Here Tonight

Judy Kass / Hopeful Hearts / New Skin

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

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07/04/2025

Lynn Hushion Holley

07/04/2025

QOTD:"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." --Elmer Davis

07/04/2025

07/04/2025

We will remember and we will organize. Hate and cruelty are not sustainable, so we will win in the end. Forward, ever forward. ♥️✊🏾