With New York on the cusp of autumn (warm weather notwithstanding), this week's "Sunday Supper" offers some September songs by Willie Nelson, Michael Franks, and David LaMotte, along with a final summer song by Tina Ross.
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With September 11 landing on a Sunday this year, I'll have a medley of songs about 9/11 that continue to resonate, by Sharon Goldman, David Roth, Bruce Springsteen, and Mark Erelli, on "Sunday Supper."
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On this Labor Day weekend "Sunday Supper" celebrates working class heroes with songs by Lee Dorsey, Jim Croce, Justin Towhives, on the WFUnes Earle, the Strawbs, and Fred Arcoleo.
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Allison Russell, whom I first heard as part of Birds of Chicago back in 2014, is now enjoying a meteoric year.
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As John Hiatt hits the Big 7-0 this weekend, "Sunday Supper" will toast this most proficient songwriter with a medley of covers and originals.
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The elegant Americana musician Valerie June is releasing a collection of covers this month, Under Cover. One track is her soulful take on Gillian Welch's and David Rawlings' "Look at Miss Ohio," which I'll be playing on this week's "Sunday Supper."
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"(Is It) Enough Hot Enough for Ya," Carla Ulbrich asks on this week's "Sunday Supper." Loudon Wainwright III has a suggestion: a vacation from the family in a song from his brand-new album, Lifetime Achievement.
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This week's "Sunday Supper" has two celebrations: Joni Mitchell's brave, joyful, Brandi Carlile-inspired comeback at the Newport Folk Festival and the 80th birth anniversary of Jerry Garcia (the latter including Jerry solo and with the Grateful Dead and Old & In the Way).
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This coming Tuesday is the 20th anniversary of the passing of Dave Carter, whose last radio appearance was on my show just before he was scheduled to perform at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, where I'd first heard him and his partner Tracy Grammer in 2000.
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This week's "Sunday Supper" is replete with birthday shout-outs: Arlo Guthrie's 75th and his father Woody Guthrie's 110th, Roger McGuinn's 80th, and the indefatigable Mavis Staples's 82nd.
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On this 4th of July weekend "Sunday Supper" presents patriotism with a twist. The Nields and Jean Rohe offer alternative anthems, while a host of artists supply new songs with truths about our society right now.
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Steve Earle has found a home in New York City, but part of his heart is in Texas. After releasing tributes to Texas songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he's completed the trilogy with Jerry Jeff, in honor of Jerry Jeff Walker.
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it's an action-packed "Sunday Supper" this week…
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There is something glorious about the month of June, which Lyle Lovett has captured in "12th of June," the title track of his new album of covers and originals. This Sunday actually being the 12th of June, how could I resist playing it on "Sunday Supper"?
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This Friday is Judy Garland's centennial, an occasion which both "Sunday Supper" and Rufus Wainwright are obliged to observe.
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Back in 2011 Levon Helm hosted Mavis Staples at one of his Midnight Rambles at this barn in Woodstock. That joyful collaboration was captured in an album, Carry Me Home, that's just been released. I'll have a taste of it on this week's "Sunday Supper."
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has just released an album called Dirt Does Dylan. Well, on this week's "Sunday Supper," everyone does Dylan! It's the annual Festival of Recent Bob Dylan Covers, in honor of his 81st birthday on Tuesday.
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Something of a birthday bonanza on this week's "Sunday Supper": David Byrne's 70th (including covers by Shawn Colvin and Caetano Veloso) and Taj Mahal's 80th (including a track from his new collaboration with Ry Cooder).
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Lots of Mother Love on this week's "Sunday Supper": an overture by the Wailin' Jennys, Randy Newman, and the Beatles, then later on songs by musical mamas Dar Williams, Liz Queler, Brandi Carlile, Susan Cattaneo, and Grace Morrison.
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"Sunday Supper" kicks off a new month and another year on WFUV. This week I offer a couple of bonus favorites from last week's 25th anniversary retrospective.
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