This episode originally aired 5/20/26, celebrating Memorial Day, the end of a school year and the beginning of summer with music from Yola, Dar Williams, Iris DeMent, Ana Egge, Tracy Grammer, Lucy Wainwright Roche and more.
Lyrics
HOUR #1 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases
**Womenfolk Theme Song
**Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds / 0:50 (2001)
Lucy Wainwright Roche / Spring Song / 8 More / Self / 3:14 (2008)
The Nields / That’s What We Do / Circle of Days / Self / 3:13 (2023)
Dar Williams / You Give It All Away / I’ll Meet You Here / Self / 2:47 (2021)
Valerie June / Imagine / The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers / Fantasy / 3:08 (2022)
Valerie June / Joy, Joy! / Owls, Omens, and Oracles / Fantasy / 3:02 (2025)
[Instrumental Bed]
Ellis Delaney / Bde Maka Ska / Break the Spell / Self / 1:00 (2008)
Chastity Brown / Like the Sun / Sing to the Walls / Red House / 4:40 (2022)
Kashimana / Sun Baby - Acoustic Version / Love From the Sun / Self / 2:27 (2017)
Ana Egge / Sitting in the Midday Sun / Lazy Days / Grace/Parkinsong / 3:42 (2007)
Nikki Matteson and Rich Rue / Get Along / Sugar in the Rock / Self / 4:14 (2022)
Marcia Ball / Peace, Love & BBQ / Peace, Love & BBQ / Alligator / 4:06 (2006)
[Instrumental Bed]
Mother Banjo Band / Rise Up, Sinner / The Devil Hasn’t Won / So Low Recordings / 1:00 (2013)
Megan Bee / Used to Be / Cottonwood / Self / 3:13 (2022)
Tracy Grammer / The Verdant Mile / The Verdant Mile / Self / 3:25 (2004)
Cheryl Wheeler / Rainy Road Into Atlanta / Sylvia Hotel / Philo / 3:56 (1999)
Meg Hutchinson / Ready / Come Up Full / Red House / 3:31 (2008)
Rachael Kilgour / Ready Freddie / Rabbit in the Road / NewSong Recordings / 3:57 (2017)