This week's episode aired originally on 5/27/26 and features an interview with Adventures in Americana editor and founder Carol Roth about their 5th anniversary party coming up. Plus we play lots of train songs from Abigail Washburn, Kasey Chambers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Susan Werner, The Accidentals and more.
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HOUR #2 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases
[Womenfolk Find]
*Dawn Landes / Daughters of the Water / Catch a Little Sun / Fun Machine Music / 3:31 (2026)
Patty Larkin / Me and That Train / A Gogo / Vanguard / 5:17 (1999)
The Accidentals / Night Train / Time Out EP Session 1 / Self / 4:47 (2021)
Molly Maher / Tugboat / Balms of Gilead / House of Mercy Recordings / 4:!6 (2007)
[Instrumental Bed]
Lilli Lewis / Sittin’ on Top of the World / The Henderson Sessions / Louisiana Red Hot Records / 1:00 (2017)
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm / Move Along Train / Carry Me Home / Anti / 3:217 (2022)
Amy Ray / Joy Train / If It All Goes South / Daemon Records / 3:54 (2022)
The Nields / Train / Play / Zoe / 3:27 (1998)
Gillian Welch / Empty Trainload of Sky / Woidland / Acony / 3:25 (2024)
Dolly Parton / Train, Train / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill / 2:50 (1999)
[Instrumental Bed]
Laura Cortese / Train on the Island / Into the Dark / Self / 1:00 (2013)
*Triple Fiddle / Lost Creek No. 3 / Triple Fiddle / Self / 2:18 (2026)
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / Railroad / Bela Fleck & Abigial Washburn / Rounder / 3:38 (2014)
Ordinary Elephant / Railroad Man / Before I Go / Self / 3:38 (2016)
Sarah Jarosz / Runaway Train / Polaroid Lovers (Deluxe Edition) / Rounder / 3:01 (2024)
Kasey Chambers / Runaway Train / Barricades & Brickwalls / Warner Bros / 3:25 (2001)
Dolly Parton / Orange Blossom Special / Live and Well / Dolly Records / 1:43 (2004)