This week's Independence Day special celebrates the July 4th holiday with songs of patriotism, protest and of course, fireworks including new and old favorites from The Wailin’ Jennys, Raye Zaragoza, Nanci Griffith, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Eliza Gilkyson, Tracy Chapman and more.
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HOUR #2 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases
[Womenfolk Find]
*Vanessa Lively / Canaries / Mirroring the Wilderness / Self / 3:59 (2026)
Lula Wiles / Independence Day / What Will We Do / Smithsonian Folkways / 4:06 (2019)
Jonatha Brooke / This Land Is Your Land / This Land Is Your Land - Single / Bad Dog Records / 4:05 (2012)
Karan Casey / I Live in a Country (feat. Pauline Scanlan) / Nine Apples of Gold / Self / 4:15 (2023)
Adrienne Young / Bonaparte’s Retreat/My Love Is in America / The Art of Virtue / AddieBelle / 1:21 (2005)
[Instrumental Bed]
Adrienne Young / Bonaparte’s Retreat/My Love Is in America / The Art of Virtue / AddieBelle / 1:00 (2005)
Marcia Ball / Peace, Love & BBQ / Peace, Love & BBQ / Alligator / 4:06 (2008)
Rachel Garlin / Boys of Summer / Mondegreens / Self / 3:32 (2020)
Dar Williams / Teen for God / My Better Self / Razor & Tie / 3:29 (2005)
Eddie From Ohio / Fifth of July / Looking Out the Fishbowl / Virginia Soul Records / 4:29 (1996)
Tracy Chapman / Freedom Now / Crossroads / Elektra / 4:05 (1989)
[Instrumental Bed]
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez / Elzick’s Farewell / Live From Ruhr Triennale / Train Wreck Records / 1:00 (2008)
Our Native Daughters / Black Myself / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:54 (2019)
Leyla McCalla / Freedom Is a Constant Struggle / Freedom Is a Constant Struggle - Single / Anti / 3:25 (2023)
Nina Simone / Backlash Blues / Nina Simone Sings the Blues / UMG / 2:29 (1967)
Lucy Kaplansky / Independence Day / Last Days of Summer / Self / 4:33 (2022)
Eliza Gilkyson / Sooner or Later / 2020 / Red House / 4:21 (2020)