Playlist (25) - WFDU-FM & Folk Music Notebook's TRADITIONS Playlist for May 17, 2026				
HOST: Ron Olesko				
SHOW Show #26-20	

Guests: Allan Pepper and Billy Altman who discussed their new book "Positively 4th and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York's Iconic Music Club The Bottom Line" 
			
(Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 10pm to 1am Eastern Time over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area, or on the web at wfdu.fm and simulcast on FolkMusicNotebook.com with an encore broadcast Monday on FMN at 3pm ET.)				
				
				
				
ARTIST	"Tune / Song"			
	ALBUM	Label		
HOUR 1				
Theme: HARVEY REID	"Dirty Dish Rag"			
	Solo Guitar Sketchbook	Woodpecker Records		
CHERYL WHEELER	"Spring"			
	Driving Home	New Rounder		
				
				
DAVID LAMOTTE	"Coming Alive Again"			
	The Seasons Project	Christine Lavin		
LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE	"Spring Song"			
	8 More	Lucy Wainwright Roche		
GRACE GRIFFITH	"Make Our Garden Grow"			
	Sands of Time	Blix Street		
DAVID MALLETT	"Greenin' Up"			
	Greenin' Up	North Road		
				
				
GREG BROWN	"Sailing Down My Golden River"			
	Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger	Appleseed Recordings		
THE RIX (RICK NESTLER & RIK PALIERI)	"The River That Flows Both Ways"			
	Sailing Pete's Course	The Rix		
PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROWMATIX	"Watch the River Flow"			
	Crowin' Around	Woodstock Records		
				
				
MARGARET MACARTHUR & FAMILY	"Them Stars"			
	Them Stars	Living Folk		
SANDY AND CAROLINE PATON	"The Great Storm is Over"			
	New Harmony	Folk Legacy		
BILL STAINES	"A Song of Peace "			
	One More RIver	Red House		
				
				
CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER	"Jubilation"			
	Banjo to Beatbox	Community		
MELISSA CARPER AND THEO LAWRENCE	"Joyous Time"			
	Havin' a Talk	Warner Brothers		
				
				
				
				
HOUR 2				
				
Guests: ALLAN PEPPER and BILLY ALTMAN who discussed their new book "Positively 4th and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York's Iconic Music Club The Bottom Line" 			
				
				
				
HOUR 3				
				
DAVE VAN RONK	"Garden State Stomp"			
	Christine Lavin Presents: Laugh Tracks Vol. 1	Christine Lavin		
				
				
HARRY CHAPIN	"Taxi"			
	The Bottom Line Archive: Harry Chapin	Bottom Line Archive		
JANIS IAN	"Society's Child"			
	The Bottom Line Encore Collection	Bottom Line Archive		
				
				
JORMA KAUKONEN	"Hesitation Blues"			
	Jorma Kaukonen Live at the Bottom Line	Omnivore Recordings		
FRED KOLLER	"Let's Talk Dirty Hawaiian"			
	The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words Vol. 1	The Bottom Line		
LUCINDA WILLIAMS	"Positively 4th Street"			
	The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words Vol. 1	The Bottom Line		
				
				
DAVID BUSKIN	"A Folksinger Earns Every Dime"			
	Wealthy Man	David Buskin		
DAVID MASSENGILL	"Henry the Accountant"			
	Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 3, No. 7) Live at the Bottom Line	Smithsonian Folkways		
CHRISTINE LAVIN with JACK HARDY, JOHN GORKA , ROD MacDONALD	"Sensitive New Age Guys"			
	Fast Folk Vol. 5 No. 3 - Live at the Bottom Line 2/18/89	Smithsonian Folkways		
				
				
KENNY RANKIN	"Always"			
	The Bottom Line Archive Series: Kenny Rankin	Bottom Line Records		
BOBBY WHITLOCK	"Will The Circle Be Unbroken"			
	The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words Vo. 1	Bottom Line Records		
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Ron Olesko
Folk Music Notebook, Director
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Bergenfield, NJ 07621


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