Here is the playlist for the Womenfolk Radio show that originally aired
8/5/26, featuring Celtic, folk and bluegrass bands in celebration of the
Twin Cities Irish Fest, the Fort Road Folk Festival and Minnesota Bluegrass
August Festival. Plus new music from I'm With Her, Allison Russell, Kristy
Cox, Heidi Talbot and more. -Ellen Stanley

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WOMENFOLK RADIO (8-5-26)
Celtic, Folk + Bluegrass Festival Highlights

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

**Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds / 0:50 (2001)
Emmy Woods & The Red Pine Ramblers / Rodeo Clown / Volume 1 / Self / 2:13 (2024)
*Heidi Talbot / Grace / Grace Untold / Self / 3:28 (2025)
The Wailin' Jennys / The Devil's Paintbrush Road / Firecracker / Red House / 3:48 (2006)
Cheryl Wheeler / Summer Fly / Half a Book / Self / 3:55 (1991)
Kasey Chambers / Dragonfly / Dragonfly / Essence Group / 2:55 (2017)

[Instrumental Bed]
The OK Factor / Lucky No 07 / Summer of Single / Self / 1:00 (2024)

Mary Cutrufello / Highway 59 (Let It Rain) / When the Night Is Through / Mercury / 4:30 (1998)
Grace Morrison / When It Rains / Maybe Modern / Self / 3:30 (2023)
The Kennedys / A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall / Songs of the Open Road / Self / 5:24 (2006)
*Feeding Leroy / Last Goodbye / Feeding Leroy / Self / 4:16 (2026)

[Instrumental Bed]
Laura Cortese / Train on the Island / Into the Dark / Self / 1:00 (2013)

Galactic Cowboy Orchestra / Triple S / Lost in the Numbers / 8:34 (2025)
*I'm With Her / Game to Lose (Toronto) / Sing Me Alive / Rounder / 4:30 (2026)
Karan Casey / The Curra Road / Distant Shore / Shanachie / 3:48 (2003)


HOUR #2 PLAYLIST:
*New Releases

[Womenfolk Find]
*Yazmin and Beat Zero / Salesman / The Truth Is... / Self / 4:16 (2026)
Jolie Holland / Money Can't Buy / U kin Be the Sun / Arts & Crafts Productions / 3:24 (2021)
*Allison Russell / Rainbows / Fantasy / In the Hour of Chaos / Fantasy / 3:26 (2026)
The Chieftans / The Magdelene Laundries (feat. Joni Mitchell) / Tears of Stone / BMG / 4:58 (1999)

[Instrumental Bed]
Altan / The Gap of Dreams / The Gap of Dreams / Compass / 1:00 (2018)

Adrienne O'Shea / Barbara Allen / Threads of Gold / Self / 4:33 (2023)
Dolly Parton / Little Sparrow / Little Sparrow / Sugar Hill / 4:14 (2001)
*Kristy Cox / Hurricane / Hurricane - Single / Billy Blue Records / 3:48 (2026)
*Clover and the Bee / Climbing High / Climbing High - Single / Self / 2:54 (2026)
The OK Factor / Bluegrass Ben / OKX / Self / 4:04 (2023)

[Instrumental Bed]
Sharon Shannon / The 3 Headed Monster / Spellbound / Compass / 1:00 (1998)

Sorcha / Waterman's/Luke Skywalker Walks on Sunshine / Stomp the Floor / Self / 4:23 (2024)
*Wren + Wilde / Chasing Time / Chasing Time - Single / Self / 3:35 (2026)
Chastity Brown / Lift Us / Back-Road Highways / Creative and Dreams / 3:46 (2012)
Mavis Staples / Everybody Needs Love / Sad and Beautiful World / Anti / 4:21 (2025)
Alison Brown / The Sound of Summer Running / Stolen Moments / Compass / 4:22 (2005)

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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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