Here is the playlist for the Independence Day special celebrated the July
4th holiday with songs of patriotism, protest and of course, fireworks
including new and old favorites from The Wailin' Jennys, Raye Zaragoza,
Nanci Griffith, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Eliza Gilkyson, Tracy Chapman and
more. The show is available on PRX. -Ellen Stanley

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WOMENFOLK RADIO (7-1-26)
Independence Day Special

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

**Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds / 0:50 (2001)
Lilli Lewis / My American Heart [Prelude] / Americana / Red Hot Louisiana Records / 1:13 (2021)
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm / This Is My Country / Carry Me Home / Anti / 4:35 (2022)
Amy Helm / Freedom for the Stallion / This Too Shall Light / Yep Roc / 3:22 (2018)
Nanci Griffith / Roses on the 4th of July / Clock Without Hands / Elektra / 3:36 (2001)
Big Red Machine / Latter Days (feat. Anais Mitchell) / How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? / Jagjaguwar Records / 3:38 (2021)

[Instrumental Bed]
Yasmin Williams / After the Storm / Urban Driftwood / SPINSTER / 1:00 (2021)

Crooked Still / American Tune / Friends of Fall / Self / 3:23 (2011)
Lucy Wainwright Roche / America / Lucy / Self / 3:39 (2010)
Lucy Wainwright Roche / Chicago / 8 More / Self / 4:18 (2008)
Ana Egge / Fifth of July / Bright Shadow / Self / 2:35 (2015)
The Wailin' Jennys / Firecracker / Firecracker / Red House / 3:51 (2006)

[Instrumental Bed]
The Chicks / March March / Gaslighter / Columbia / 1:00 (2020)

Jaspar Lepak / Arizona / Arizona - SIngle / Self / 2:49 (2024)
Crys Matthews / Hope Revolution / Changemakers / Self / 4:09 (2021)
Raye Zaragoza / Joy Revolution / Hold That Spirit / Rebel River Records / 2:58 (2023)
Ani Difranco / Independence Day / Little Plastic Castle (25th Anniversary Edition) / Righteous Babe / 3:48 (2023)
Ani Difranco / 4th of July / Puddle Dive / Righteous Babe / 3:03 (1993)


HOUR #2 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases

[Womenfolk Find]
*Vanessa Lively / Canaries / Mirroring the Wildness / Self / 3:59 (2026)
Lula Wiles / Independence Day / What Will We Do / Smithsonian Folkways / 4:06 (2019)
Jonatha Brooke / This Land Is Your Land / This Land Is Your Land - Single / Bad Dog Records / 4:05 (2012)
Karan Casey / I Live in a Country (feat. Pauline Scanlan) / Nine Apples of Gold / Self / 4:15 (2023)
Adrienne Young / Bonaparte's Retreat/My Love Is in America / The Art of Virtue / AddieBelle / 1:21 (2005)

[Instrumental Bed]
Adrienne Young / Bonaparte's Retreat/My Love Is in America / The Art of Virtue / AddieBelle / 1:00  (2005)

Marcia Ball / Peace, Love  & BBQ / Peace, Love & BBQ / Alligator / 4:06 (2008)
Rachel Garlin / Boys of Summer / Mondegreens / Self / 3:32 (2020)
Dar Williams / Teen for God / My Better Self / Razor & Tie / 3:29 (2005)
Eddie From Ohio / Fifth of July / Looking Out the Fishbowl / Virginia Soul Records / 4:29 (1996)
Tracy Chapman / Freedom Now / Crossroads / Elektra / 4:05 (1989)

[Instrumental Bed]
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez / Elzick's Farewell / Live From Ruhr Triennale / Train Wreck Records / 1:00 (2008)

Our Native Daughters / Black Myself / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:54 (2019)
Leyla McCalla / Freedom Is a Constant Struggle / Freedom Is a Constant Struggle - Single / Anti / 3:25 (2023)
Nina Simone / Backlash Blues / Nina Simone Sings the Blues / UMG / 2:29 (1967)
Lucy Kaplansky / Independence Day / Last Days of Summer / Self / 4:33 (2022)
Eliza Gilkyson / Sooner or Later / 2020 / Red House / 4:21 (2020) --
WOMENFOLK, hosted by Ellen Stanley (she/her)
~the best in folk/americana music from women & non-binary artists~

Wed 8-10 am CDT | KFAI 90.3 FM (Minneapolis, MN)
Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT | Folk Music Notebook
Sun 4-6 pm EDT | WHCP 101.5 FM (Cambridge, MD)
Archived Shows + Playlists:  (2023)

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