Hudson River Sampler WAMC

Hudson River Sampler WAMC Hosted by Wanda Fischer since September 18, 1982, "The Hudson River Sampler" on WAMC is in its 43rd year on WAMC!

The show airs Saturdays from 8-10 pm, ET, archived on www.MixCloud.com.

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. ♥️✊🏾

07/04/2025

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07/04/2025

This is video was recorded in Jerry Douglas' home studio (called the Squirrels' Nest) in Nashville, TN. It was recored on September 18, 2020.

This was such a sweet experience for me! Thank you, Rose!
07/04/2025

This was such a sweet experience for me! Thank you, Rose!

Starting next weekend (July 5) for eight weeks, The Hudson River Sampler will only be available in real time via the WAM...
06/30/2025

Starting next weekend (July 5) for eight weeks, The Hudson River Sampler will only be available in real time via the WAMC Northeast Public Radio HD2 stream ONLINE. In order to get to it on your computer (or use the WAMC APP!!), go to the home page, then select the HD2 stream at the top left. Then click the play (forward arrow) icon. If you miss the show when it's on, you can still listen to it on www.MixCloud.com. It's usually available within a couple of hours of the broadcast!

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Here's the playlist for the June 28, 2025 show. Don't forget, you can still listen to it if you missed it by going to ww...
06/30/2025

Here's the playlist for the June 28, 2025 show. Don't forget, you can still listen to it if you missed it by going to www.MixCloud.com!

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

Set #1:

Keith Murphy / Nous Allons a Une Fete / Bound for Canaan

Charlie Parr / Jubilee / Charlie Parr

Abby Lappen / Jubilee / Edge of Time

Brooks Williams / Jubilee / How the Nighttime Sings

Bill Staines / Jubilee / The Happy Wanderer

Tom Chapin / Join the Jubilee (Live) / At the Turning Point (Live)

Kathy Mattea / Jubilee (with Jon Pickow, Peter Pickow, Bill Cooley, David Spicher, Eamonn O'Rourke, Steve Peavey, Natalie Royal & Jeff Gilkinson) /
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie

Set #2 (dedicated to Rose O'Connor from Kinvara.fm, who joined me in the studio tonight prior to my show):

Declan O'Rourke / The Stars Over Kinvara / Arrivals

Aengus Finnan / Wild Road / Fool's Gold

De Dannan / The Rose and the Briar / Hibernian Rhapsody

Seamus Egan / To An Old Rose

Tommy Makem / Red Is the Rose / Songbag

Set #3:

Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert / Keep My Heart In Mind / VOlume 4

I Draw Slow / Queen of the Wasteland / I Draw Slow

Alice Howe and Freebo / A Case of You (Live) / Alice Howe and Freebo (Live)

Sam Robbins / I Will (featuring Halley Neal / So Much I Still Don't See

Set #4:

Steve Gillette / Grapes on the Vine / Best Of

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

Zoe Mulford / The President Sang Amazing Grace / Small Brown Birds

Set #5:

The Heart Collectors / Carolina Mountains (EPV) / Alchymie (EP)

Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan / The Path That Winds Before Us / Still As Your Sleeping

Deborah Payne and Sam Gleaves / Welcome as the Flowers in May (feat. Ruth McLain) / Welcome as the Flowers in May

Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricus / Paper Flowers / Paper Flowers

Tim Grimm / Bow and Arrow / Bones of Trees

Set #6:

Crys Matthews / Changemakers / Changemakers

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

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

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Sorry this has taken so long. It's been a crazy week! Here's the playlist for the June 21, 2025 Hudson River Sampler sho...
06/27/2025

Sorry this has taken so long. It's been a crazy week! Here's the playlist for the June 21, 2025 Hudson River Sampler show!

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

Set #1:

Chris Smither / Desolation Row / Train Home

Wolf Loescher / City of Immigrants / Immigrant Songs

C. Daniel Boling / All of Us Are Immigrants / Love, Dan

Set #2:

Prudence Johnson / Summertime / Little Dreamer.....Lullabies for Young and Old

The Honey Badgers / Summer Skin / Summer Skin - Single

Red Molly / Summertime / Love and Other Tragedies

Gordon Lightfoot / Summer Side of Life / Summer Side of Life

Robin and Linda Williams / Green Summertime / Back 40

Set #3:

I'm With Her / Wild and Clear and Blue / Wild and Clear and Blue

My Only Sunshine / Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys / When It Rains

Michael Jerling / Grandpa's Ukulele / In Another Life

Set #4 (the first of the preview of the Old Songs Festival, which is next weekend):

Martin Carthy / The Cottage in the Wood / The Martin Carthy Collection

Wendy Grossman / South Wind / The Last Trip Home

Bon Débarras / La grondeuse à fille / Reel bipolaire / En panne de silence

Beppe Gambetta / Il Pescatore / Short Stories

Robert B. Jones / Death Letter Blues / A Portrait in Blues

Pat Wictor / Love In Vain / Living Ever-Lovin' LIVE

Roy Book Binder / Tired Of Bein' Mistreated / The Hillbilly Blues Cats

Andy Cohen / Buckdancer's Choice / Ridiculous Instrumentals

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

Set #5 (more previews of the Old Songs Festival):

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer & Chao Tian / High on a Mountain / From China to Appalachia

Sally Rogers / Across the Blue Mountains / We'll Pass Them On

Liam Purcell and Cane Mill Road / Down the Hill / Roots

The Clements Brothers / Hello Daniel / Dandelion Breeze

Chris Koldewey / Hard Times of Old England / Called Away

Jamcrackers / Simple Faith / Jamcrackers

Magpie / Bound for Freedom / Give Light

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

Don't forget: If you missed the show, you can find it on www.MixCloud.com!

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06/09/2025

Here's the playlist for the June 7, 2025 show. The first set represents songs for the seven states to which WAMC broadcasts terrestrially!

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

Set #1:

Lou and Peter Berryman / Your State's Name Here / What, Again?!

John Kirk / Moonlight in Vermont / Peace and Goodwill

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

Tom Smith / New Hampshire Wind / Journey Home

David Mallett / Pennsylvania Sunrise / Pennsylvania Sunrise

John Gorka / I'm from New Jersey / Jack's Crows

Kate Callahan / Connecticut Roads / Triumph

Andy and Judy / Massachusetts / Let Us Sing

Set #2:

Bob Dylan / One Too Many Mornings / The Times They Are A-Changin'

Peter, Paul and Mary / 500 Miles / Around the Campfire

Steve Gillette / That Song About the River / Best of Steve Gillette

Patty Larkin / Everybody's Talkin/ / Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in. the '60s

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

Toby Walker / Little Martha / Speechless...For Once

Set #3:

Chris and Mededith Thompson / Old Man of the Mountain / Lines of Longitude

Driftwood / Skin and Bone / City Lights

Ash and Eric / Simon, Taylor, Denver, Cash / Sure

Michael Hough / The Water is Wide / The Yellow Room Gang

Set #4:

Dom Flemons / Song to JCB / Traveling Wildfire

Joe Crookston / Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee/ Darkling and the Bluebird Jubilee

Ray Lambiase / Perfume Like a Full Moon / Perfume Like a Full Moon

Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan / Talk to Me of Mendocino / Still As Your Sleeping

Peter Mayer / God is a River / Midwinter

Set #5:

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

Craig Bickhardt / It Opens / Soliloquy: Sixteen Solo Songs

Tret Fure / Hope / Single from Hudson Harding collection

Betty and the Baby Boomers / Get Together / Quite early Morning

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

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Albany, NY

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8pm - 10pm

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