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Sunday Street Playlists

Sunday Street playlist for 05/05/2024

Opening set
The Beach Boys, Student Demonstration Time (SURF’S UP, Reprise)
Phil Ochs, I’m Going to Say It Now (IN CONCERT, Elektra)
Jason Isbell & David Crosby, Ohio (LIVE – Newport Folk Festival 2018 )
Bruce Cockburn, Call it Democracy (LIVE, True North)

Set # 2
*Ann Savoy, A Heart Needs A Home (ANOTHER HEART, Smithsonian Folkways)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, Home is Where The Heart Is (HOME AND AWAY, Flying Fish)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, All the Time in the World (HOME AND AWAY, Flying Fish)
Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, I Heard it Through the Grapevine (HOME AND AWAY, Flying Fish)
Richard Thompson, When The Spell is Broken (ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM, Polydor)

Set # 3
*Chris Smither, All About the Bones (ALL ABOUT THE BONES, Signature Sounds)
*Chris Smither, In The Bardo (ALL ABOUT THE BONES, Signature Sounds)
*Brooks Williams, Palomino Gold (DIAMOND DAYS, Red Guitar, Blue Music)

Set # 4
*Mark Knopfler, Tunnel 13 (ONE DEEP RIVER, EMI)
Levon Helm, A Train Robbery (DIRT FARMER, Vanguard)
Warren Zevon, Frank and Jesse James (WARREN ZEVON, Asylum)
Warren Zevon, Life’ll Kill Ya (LIFE’LL KILL YA, Artemis )

Sunday Street playlist for 03/31/2024

Sunday Street is heard Sundays from 9 AM to 12 noon on WUSB, 90.1 fm and wusb.fm from Stony Brook, New York. The program is now in its 45th year. You can reach the program’s host, Charlie Backfish, at charles.backfish@stonybrook.edu

This program was pre-recorded on Saturday March 30th 2024

Theme: Dave Van Ronk, Sunday Street (SUNDAY STREET, Philo)

Opening set
Gene Autry, Peter Cottontail (THE ESSENTIAL GENE AUTRY, Legacy)
Steve Goodman, Easter Parade (THE EASTER TAPES, Red Pajama)
Nina Simone, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (TO LOVE SOMEBODY, RCA)
Nina Simone, Lilac Wine (WILD IS THE WIND, Philips)
Tom Russell, Nina Simone (BLOOD AND CANDLE SMOKE, Shout Factory)

Set # 2
*Aoife O’Donovan, America Come (ALL MY FRIENDS, Yep Roc)
*Aoife O’Donovan, Over the Finish Line (ALL MY FRIENDS, Yep Roc)
Aoife O’ Donovan, Nebraska (AOIFE O’DONOVAN PLAYS NEBRASKA, Yep Roc)
Dar Williams, Highway Patrolman (BADLANDS: TRIBUTE TO SPRINGSTEEN’S NEBRASKA, Sub Pop)
Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City (NEBRASKA, Columbia)

Set # 3
Crooked Still, Come On In My Kitchen (SHAKEN BY A LOW SOUND, Signature Sounds)
Crooked Still, Orphan Girl (HOP HIGH, Signature Sounds)

Sunday Street playlist for 07/31/2022

feat. the historic appearance of Joni Mitchell at Newport 2022.
Host: Charlie Backfish
Engineer: Emma Backfish

Sunday Street playlist for 08/04/2019

Today's program featured an in-studio visit with Joe Iadanza

Sunday Street playlist for 05/19/2019

Today’s edition of Sunday Street celebrated the upcoming 78th birthday of Bob Dylan. Much of the program centered on three Dylan albums seeing anniversaries this year: Nashville Skyline (50th), Slow Train Coming (40th) and Oh Mercy (30th).

Sunday Street playlist for 04/28/2019

In studio visit with Mary Lee Kortes on today's program.

Sunday Street playlist for 03/31/2019

An in studio visit with Casey Neill was part of today's program