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This program was pre-recorded on Saturday, March 28th, 2026

Theme:  Dave Van Ronk, Sunday Street (SUNDAY STREET, Philo)

A truncated edition of Sunday Street this week with a Stony Brook Women's Lacrosse broadcast at 10:45 AM

Yet our land is still troubled by men who have to hate
They twist away our freedom and they twist away our fate
Fear is their weapon and treason is their cry.
We can stop them if we try. --- Phil Ochs, The Power and the Glory, 1963

Opening set - The day after 'No Kings' 
Sloan Wainwright, We Are the People (RED MAPLE TREE, not on label)
Patti Smith, People Have the Power (DREAM OF LIFE, Arista
*Bruce Springsteen, The Streets of Minneapolis (single, Columbia)
*Jesse Welles, Good Morning America (via youetube.com)
Phil Ochs, The Power and the Glory (ON MY WAY, Micro Werks)

We shared a recent conversation with Sloan Wainwright, in advance of her upcoming April 19th show at 5 PM at The Long Island Museum in WUSB's Sunday Street Series (sundaystreet.org for information)

During that conversation we played:
Sloan Wainwright, Two Sticks (RED MAPLE TREE, not on label)
Sloan Wainwright, Summertime (COOL MORNING, Derby Disc)

Remembering Chip Taylor, the singer/songwriter, who passed away on March 23rd:
Chip Taylor & John Prine, Sixteen Angels Dancing Cross the Moon (EP, Train Wreck) 
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Angel of the Morning (ANGEL OF THE MORNING & BONUS TRACKS, Train Wreck)
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Don't Speak in English (ANGEL OF THE MORNING & BONUS TRACKS, Train Wreck)

More of our conversation with Sloan Wainwright that included these songs:
Sloan Wainwright, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (UNCOVERING, Not on Label)
Loudon Wainwright et.al., Meet The Wainwrights  (YEARS IN THE MAKING, StorySound)

Another recent passing in the music world - Terry Cox, the percussionist in the band Pentangle:
Pentangle, Pentangling  (THE PENTANGLE, Reprise) 
Pentangle, Moondog (SWEET CHILD, Reprise) 

Dylan 
Sloan Wainwright, On A Night Like This (UNCOVERING, Not on label) 
Bob Dylan, Tough Mama (PLANET WAVES, Asylum) 
*indicates new release or recent re-issue

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