This episode originally aired 7/8/26, where we talk with folk-charting singer, songwriter and painter Vanessa Lively about her new album Mirroring the Wildness. We also play new releases from Mary Chapin Carpenter, Catie Curtis, Chastity Brown, Ann Reed, Olive Klug and more.
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HOUR #1 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases
**Womenfolk Theme Song
**Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds / 0:50 (2001)
*Mary Chapin Carpenter & The Mountain Goats / Put the Message in the Box / Put the Message in the Box/Migrations - Single / Cadmean Dawn / 4:20 (2026)
Emily White / Stone in Your Pocket / Songs You Didn’t Know I Wrote About You / Self / 3:50 (2023)
*Catie Curtis / Troubled Mind / C’mon Butterfly / Self / 4:49 (2026)
[Instrumental Bed]
The Quebe Sisters / Bluegrass in the Backwoods / The Quebe Sisters / Self / 1:00 (2019)
*Olive Klug / What to Make of Me (Western AF Version) / What to Make of Me (Western AF Version) - Single / Western AF / 2:42 (2026)
Ruth Moody / North Calling / Wanderer / Self / 5:31 (2024)
*Big Richard / Alaska / Pet / Signature Sounds / 3:57 (2026)
Rosanne Cash / Girl From the North Country / The List / Manhattan Records / 3:33 (2009)
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings / North Country / Woodland / 5:13 (2025)
[Instrumental Bed]
Sprig of That / This Time Last Week / Bloom / Self / 1:00 (2023)
*Chastity Brown / Year of Twenty-Six / Year of Twenty-Six - Single / Self / 5:41 (2026)
Mick Flannery & Anais Mitchell / Minnesota / Minnesota - Single / Rosaleen Records / 3:51 (2020)
*Ann Reed / Minneapolis 2026 / Minneapolis 2026 - Single / Self / 2:51 (2026)
Gaelynn Lea / I See It Too / Learning How to Stay / Self / 2:33 (2018)
Gaelynn Lea / Rebuild / Rebuild - Single / Self / 3:54 (2020)