Sunday Supper: 08/22/21

Music fans were heartbroken when they heard that a singer-songwriter with a pure voice and great empathy, Nanci Griffith, had passed away in Nashville. This week's "Sunday Supper" will offer some excerpts of a conversation I had with her in 1998 at Atlantic Recording Studios in NYC. Joining her in the studio was a pantheon of Texas songwriters - Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rodney Crowell, and Eric Taylor - plus NYC guitarist Frank Christian. One of the highlights was "Desperados Waiting for a Train," which they all performed together. We'll hear that, plus other Nanci Griffith favorites. (The entire session is available as of 8/21 in the WFUV Archives.)

Also on this week's show, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss provide a high-energy sequel to their multi-platinum Raising Sand collaboration, and Jackson Browne, Allison Russell, Leo Sidran, Sara Milonovich, and Jon Shain & FJ Ventre treat us to more new releases.

Whether close by or from a distance, you'll enjoy it all from 5-6 p.m. at 90.7 FM and wfuv.org, or anytime on demand in the WFUV Weekend Archives, on the WFUV app, or the compassionate smart speaker of your choice.