Labor Day 2007

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for September 1, 2007
Hour 1: Labor Day

First Set

Sally Rogers, "Hard Work," We'll Pass Them On, 2:42 Red House Records

Richard & Linda Thompson, "We Sing Hallelujah," I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, 2:49 Island/Carthage

Slaid Cleaves, "Working Stiff," Unsung, 2:29 Rounder

Second Set

Maria Dunn, "Can You Blame the Poor Miner?" We Were Good People, 3:34 Distant Whisper Music

Patrick Street, "A Prince among Men," All in Good Time, 4:21 Green Linnet Records

Bob Fox, "A Miner's Life," The Blast, 4:22 Topic Records

Midway Music

Aly Bain & Ale Möller, "Crying Waltz (Gratvalsen)," Beyond the Stacks, 3:34 NorthSide

Third Set

Kris Drever, "Harvest Gypsies," Black Water, 3:26 Compass

Billy Bragg, "Deportees," Talking with the Taxman about Poetry, 3:58 Yep Roc Records

Tom Russell, "Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?" Who's Gonna Build Your Wall? 3:44 Hightone

First Set

Wilco, "California Stars," Mermaid Avenue, 4:57 Elektra

Tom Russell, "Woodrow," Hotwalker, 7:51 Hightone

Second Set

Paul Brady & The Johnstons, "Continental Trailways Bus," The Transatlantic Years, 3:22 Demon Records

Lindisfarne, "Meet Me on the Corner," On Tap, 2:39 Castle

Third Set

Bruce Hornsby, "Talk of the Town," Harbor Lights, 3:37 RCA Records

Rickie Lee Jones, "Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking," Pirates, 5:15 Warner Bros. Records

Fourth Set

Laurie Anderson, "Excellent Birds," Mister Heartbreak, 3:12 Warner Bros. Records

Donovan, "Love Floats," Beat Cafe, 4:14 Appleseed Records

Donovan, "Get Thy Bearings," Hurdy Gurdy Man, 2:45 Epic Records

Laurie Anderson & William Burroughs, "Sharkey's Night," Mister Heartbreak, 2:29 Warner Bros. Records

Fifth Set

Rickie Lee Jones, "Weasel and the White Boys Cool," Rickie Lee Jones, 6:03 Warner Bros.

Tom Waits, "Medley: Jack & Neal / California Here I Come," Foreign Affairs, 5:00 Elektra

Fifth Set

Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen, (Readings from On the Road and Visions of Cody), Poetry for the Beat Generation, 3:30 Rhino Records

Suzanne Vega, "Gypsy," Solitude Standing, 3:34 A&M

Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, "All the Roadrunning," All the Roadrunning, 4:29 Warner/Nonesuch