Here's the playlist for the 4/29/26 episode of Womenfolk Radio, which
celebrates May Day and International Workers' Day with songs about the
hard-working folks keeping this country going including new releases from
Mama's Broke, Joyann Parker, Crys Matthews and Creekbed Carter Hogan. Plus
we talk with Irish singer/songwriter Gráinne Hunt about her US tour. The
episode is available via PRX. -Ellen Stanley

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WOMENFOLK RADIO (4-29-26)
May Day Special with guest Gráinne Hunt

HOUR #1 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases
**Womenfolk Theme Song

**Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds / 0:50 (2001)
Maya De Vitry / Working Man / Working Man - Single / Mad Maker Studio / 3:22 (2021)
Ani Difranco / Deportee (Live) / Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center / Woody Guthrie Publications / 4:40 (2013)
*Crys Matthews / Citizen / Citizen / Shamus Records /  3:32 (2026)
*Della Mae / Takes All Kinds / Magic Accident / Compass / 2:01 (2026)
Della Mae / The Way It Was Before / Family Reunion / Self / 4:08 (2021)

[Instrumental Bed]
Jaspar Lepak / Floating Desert Ghosts / Self / 1:00 (2021)

*Mama's Broke / Heaven / Heaven - Single / Free Dirt Records / 3:44 (2026)
*Creekbed Carter Hogan / Long Con / Long Con / Gar Hole Records / 5:27 (2026)
Haley E Rydell / $20 Bill / Midwestern Daughter / Self / 3:17 (2023)
*Katie Dahl / A Song for Minnesota / A Song for Minnesota - Single / Self / 4:04 (2026)
The OK Factor / Happy Go Lucky / OKX / Self / 4:07 (2023)

[Instrumental Bed]
Becky Buller / Descent / Jubilee / Dark Shadow / 1:00 (2024)

Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello / Bandy the Rodeo Clown / Live at the White Squirrel / Self / 3:49 (2022)
The Nields / May Day Cafe / If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now / Zoe / 3:02 (2000)
Gillian Welch / Everything Is Free / Time (The Revelator) / Acony / 4:48 (2001)
Dar Williams / I Am the One Who Will Remember Everything / In the Time of Gods / Razor & Tie / 3:33 (2012)
*Sadie Gustafson-Zook / Waiting Blues / The House on the Park / Self / 2:04 (2026)


HOUR #2 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases

[Womenfolk Find]
*Queen Esther / Rebels / Blackbirding / EL Recordings / 2:45 (2026)
Carsie Blanton / Ain't We Got Fun / After the Revolution / Self / 5:16 (2023)
Norah Jones / Running / Visions / Blue Note / 3:29 (2024)
*Mavis Staples / Sad and Beautiful World / Beautiful Strangers / Anti / 4:06 (2025)
Iris DeMent / Workin' on a World / Workin' on a World / Flariella Records / 3:49 (2023)

[Instrumental Bed]
JoJo Green / Holding On / The Line / Self / 1:00 (2021)

Gráinne Hunt / Between the Pines / This Secret / Self / 3:36 (2019)

[Interview with Gráinne Hunt]

Gráinne Hunt / Magnets / Magnets - Single / Self / 3:40 (2024)
*Wren + Wilde / Chasing Time / Chasing Time - Single / Lupine Blue Records / 3:45 (2025)
Tessa Lark & Sierra Hull / Chasin' Skies / Chasin' Skies - Single / First Hand Records / 2:39 (2022)

[Instrumental Bed]
Sarah Jarosz / Interlude 1 / Blue Heron Suite / Rounder / 1:00 (2021)

*Joyann Parker / The Devil You Know / Life Lines / Self / 4:17 (2026)
Ruthie Foster / Working Woman / Joy Comes Back / Blue Corn / 4:32 (2017)
Joan Osborne / Woman's Work / Nobody Owns You / Womanly Hips / 3:39 (2023)
Natalie Merchant / Which Side Are You On? / The House Carpenter's Daughter / Myth America Records / 5:04 (2003)
Salamander Crossing / Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Bottleneck Dreams / Signature Sounds / 2:38 (1998)

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