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 #2 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases

[Womenfolk Find]
*Queen Esther / Oh My Stars (The Gettysburg Variation) / Blackbirding / EL Recordings / 4:56 (2026)
Susan Werner / Lake of Stars / Halfway to Houston / Sleeve Dog / 4:17 (2024)
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / Texas Bluebonnets / Spruce and Maple Music / 3:48 (2008)
Michaela Anne / Stars / Bright Lights and the Fame / Kingswood Records / 3:29 (2016)

[Instrumental Bed]
Sylvee & The Sea / Sun Rain / The Less I Needed the Better I Felt / Righteous Babe / 1:00 (2022)

Dar Williams / Spring Street / The Green World / Razor & Tie / 4:52 (2000)
*Dar Williams / Olive Tree / Hummingbird Highway / Righteous Babe / 4:50 (2025)
Annie Fitzgerald / Be Like a Tree / You & Me & The Sun / Self / 2:59 (2018)
Mary Bue / The World Is Your Lover / The World Is Your Lover / Self / 3:08 (2020)
Indigo Girls / World Falls / Nomads Indians Saints / Epic / 3:45 (1990)

[Instrumental Bed]
Yasmin Williams / Hummingbird / Acadia / Nonesuch / 1:00 (2023)

*Humbird / Blood Moon / Blood Moon - Single / Nettwerk / 3:39 (2026)
Eliza Gilkyson / Beautiful World / Beautiful World / Red House / 6:25 (2008)
Deb Talan / A Glimmer in the Grass / I Thought I Saw You / Self / 4:48 (2025)
Ruth Moody / The Garden / The Garden / Red House / 4:41 (2010)