Independence Day 2009
The program for July 4, 2009, included some by turns thoughtful and danceable music for the holiday.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Dick Gaughan | Tom Paine's Bones | Outlaws & Dreamers (Appleseed) |
| Lau | Banks of Marble | Live (Reveal/Compass) |
| Tim Readman & Fear of Drinking | Ye Jacobites | In Black & White (Festival) |
| New Set | ||
| Malinky | Dark Horse on the Wind | Flower & Iron (Mad River) |
| Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle | Here's to Tom Paine | All Under the Sun (Flying Fish) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Jeff Berlin | The Star-Spangled Banner, Tears in Heaven | (YouTube) |
| Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle | Let Your Banjo Ring | All Under the Sun (Flying Fish) |
| Dougie MacLean | Turning Away | Indigenous (Dunkeld) |
| Mari Boine | Eagle Brother | Radiant Warmth (Antilles) |
| Máire Brennan | Against the Wind | Máire (Atlantic) |
| Talitha MacKenzie | Spiorad | Spiorad (Shanachie) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| David Nigel Lloyd | On the Trail of Tears | How Like Ghosts Are We (Silk Purse) |
| Rick Lee | Natick | Natick (Waterbug) |
| Joanne Shenandoah | Blanket Fevers | Once in a Red Moon (Canyon) |
| New Set | ||
| Jack Gladstone | Colter's Run | Buffalo Cafe (s/p) |
| Talitha MacKenzie | Wind Chases the Sun | Indian Summer (Sonas) |
| Joanne Shenandoah | Prepare Yourself | Covenant (Silver Wave) |
| Talitha MacKenzie | Go So Far | Indian Summer (Sonas) |
| New Set | ||
| Sweet Honey in the Rock | Rivers of Babylon | Selections 1976–1988 (Flying Fish) |
| Krista Detor | Robert Johnson Has Left Mississippi | Cover Their Eyes (CoraZong) |
| Tish Hinojosa | Bandera del Sol / Flag of the Sun | Culture Swing (Rounder) |
| Karine Polwart | Rivers Run | This Earthly Spell (Proper) |
| New Set | ||
| Linda Waterfall | Fourth of July | Body English (Trout) |
| Carrie Newcomer | Two Toasts | The Geography of Light (Philo) |
| Jake Shimabukuro | The Star-Spangled Banner | Gently Weeps (Hitchhike) |