The May Morning Dew
The program for May 7, 2016, offered some ballads and songs with a central image of evanescence.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Éamonn Coyne & Kris Drever | May Morning Dew | Storymap (Compass) |
| Martin Carthy | Bonny Woodhall | Waiting for Angels (Topic) |
| June Tabor | Bonnie James Campbell | An Echo of Hooves (Topic) |
| New Set | ||
| Maddy Prior | Dacre’s Gone to War | Fyre & Sworde: Songs of the Border Reivers (Fellside) |
| Alasdair Roberts | The Cruel Mother | No Earthly Man (Drag City) |
| Janet Russell | Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight | Fyre & Sworde: Songs of the Border Reivers (Fellside) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Six Organs of Admittance | They Fixed the Broken Mirror Today | For Octavio Paz (Holy Mountain) |
| Mary Hampton | Pretty Polly | Book Two (s/p) |
| Alasdair Roberts | The Two Brothers | No Earthly Man (Drag City) |
| June Tabor | The Border Widow’s Lament | An Echo of Hooves (Topic) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Sharron Kraus | Song of the Hanged Man | Songs of Love and Loss (Camera Obscura) |
| David Olney | Revolution | The Wheel (LoudHouse Music) |
| New Set | ||
| Sheila Mac Donald | Bird in a Tree | Half Light (s/p) |
| Malinky | Follow the Heron | 3 Ravens (Greentrax) |
| David Olney | Lenora | Migration (LoudHouse Music) |
| Leonard Cohen | Who by Fire | Cohen Live (Columbia) |
| New Set | ||
| David Olney | The Song | Migration (LoudHouse Music) |
| Logan’s Well | Jubilee | Thunder Perfect Mind (s/p) |
| Carol Noonan Band | Ballad of Brownfield | Noonan Building & Wrecking (Philo) |
| New Set | ||
| Marissa Nadler | Dying Breed | Songs III: Bird on the Water (Kemado) |
| Susan Udell | Maggie May & Katie Jane | Years: 1962–1994 (Heartstrings Music) |
| Maggie Holland | May Morning Dew | By Heart (Rhiannon) |
| Six Organs of Admittance | The Night Knows Nothing at All (faded under) | For Octavio Paz (Holy Mountain) |