This episode originally aired 4/22/26, celebrating Earth Day with songs about blooming flowers, budding trees and other growing things. We also talk with members of the award-winning bluegrass band Della Mae about their new album and a new video they did with Alison Brown and Steve Martin.
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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)
Nanci Griffith / Everything’s Comin’ Up Roses / Blue Roses From the Moons / Elektra / 2:55 (1997)
Kate Rusby / A Rose in April / Hourglass / Compass / 5:45 (1997)
Matt & Shannon Heaton / Maid of Selma/Rose in the Heather/DGaF / Whirring Wings / Self / 4:25 (2024)
Nikki Lemire / Meadowlark / Live at Lakewood / Self / 3:48 (2024)
[Instrumental Bed]
Sara Watkins / Under the Pepper Tree / Under the Pepper Tree / New West / 1:00 (2021)
*Della Mae / Family Tree / Magic Accident / Compass / 2:37 (2026)
[Interview with Della Mae’s Kimber Ludiker]
[Instrumental Bed]
Sharon Shannon / Sacred Earth / Live in Minneapolis / The Daisy Label / 1:00 (2017)
Della Mae / No Rain / No Rain - Single / Self / 3:24 (2024)
[Interview with Della Mae’s Avril Smith]
*Della Mae / Out Run ‘Em / Magic Accident / Compass / 3:09 (2026)
Rita Hosking / Station ID / Climate Country Radio / Self / 0:05 (2024)
Rita Hosking / Smokey / Climate Country Radio / Self / 1:52 (2024)
Sarah Harmer / Escarpment Blues / I’m a Mountain / Zoe / 4:02 (2005)
Tracy Grammer / Gypsy Rose / Flower of Avalon / Signature Sounds / 5:03 (2005)