This episode originally aired 6/10/26, featuring a conversation with talk with Celtic musician and Center for Irish Music director Norah Rendell, who talks about the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend and previews some of the artists that will be performing. We also continue our celebrations of Pride, playing new music from Allison Russell, Dani Larkin, Crys Matthews, Sarah Something 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)
Raina Rose / Drum Machine / Caldera / Self / 3:53 (2013)
Devon Sproule / Ain’t That the Way / Don’t Hurry for Heaven / Black Hen Music / 4:11 (2010)
Amy Rigby / Shopping Around / Til the Wheels Fall Off / Signature Sounds / 4:13 (2003)
*Clover and the Bee / Love Song #6 / Love Song #6 - Single / Self / 3:38 (2025)

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

Draíocht (Michael Rooney & June McCormack) / Old Maids Of Galway/The Rookery Reel / Land’s End / 3:11 (2006)

[Interview with Norah Rendell]

Louise Mulcahey / The Boy On the Hilltop/The Merry Harriers/Five Mile Chase / Tuning the Road / ? / 3:05 (2014)
The Wailin’ Jennys / Deeper Well / Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House / Red House / 5:19 (2009)

[Instrumental Bed]
Ellis Delaney / Bde Maka Ska / Break the Spell / Self / 1:00 (2008)

*Wren + Wilde / Chasing Time / Chasing Time - Single / Lupine Blue Records / 3:47 (2026)
Heidi Talbot / Time / In Love + Light / Compass / 4:20 (2008)
Gráinne Hunt / Magnets / Magnets - Single / Self / 3:40 (2024)
*Dani Larkin / David / Next of Kin / Larking Records / 3:30 (2026)
Katie Dahl / Summer Grass / Seven Stones / Self / 3:30 (2023)