Here is the playlist for the Womenfolk Radio Labor Day Special that aired
this week, featuring songs about workers and odd jobs as well as music
marking the end of summer, including music from Gillian Welch, Dolly
Parton, Deidre McCalla, Lucy Kaplansky, Sinead O'Connor, Sierra Hull and
more. You can listen to the show at womenfolkradio.com or get the show on
PRX to use in any special programming on your station. Hope y'all get to
enjoy a much deserved break this weekend!  -Ellen Stanley

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WOMENFOLK RADIO (9-2-26)
Labor Day Special

HOUR #1 PLAYLIST:
**Womenfolk Theme Song

**Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem / Cocktail Swing / Cocktail Swing / Signature Sounds / 0:50 (2001)
Dar Williams / The End of the Summer / End of the Summer / Razor & Tie / 4:11 (1997)
Alison Krauss / End of a Summer Storm / Sandra Boynton's Frog Trouble / Boynton Recordings / 3:25 (2013)
Rachel Garlin / Boys of Summer / Mondegreens / Self / 3:32 (2020)
Louise Taylor / Last Days of Summer / Ride / Signature Sounds / 3:45 (1997)
Ana Egge / Summer Wastin' / Lazy Days / Grace/Parkinsong / 2:08 (2007)

[Instrumental Bed]
Karen Mueller / Heart of the Heartland / Landscape of the Heart / Self / 1:00 (2007)

Sierra Hull / Summer's End / Summer's End - Single / 3:48 (2020)
Lucy Kaplansky / Last Days of Summer / Last Days of Summer / Self / 3:45 (2022)
The Wailin' Jennys / Racing with the Sun / Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House / Red House / 4:29 (2009)
Rachael Kilgour / Dad Worked Hard / Dad Worked Hard - Single / Self / 4:04 (2023)
Salamander Crossing / Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Bottleneck Dreams / Signature Sounds / 2:38 (1998)

[Instrumental Bed]
Tracy Grammer / Jackson's Tune / The Verdant Mile / Self / 1:00 (2004)

Deidre McCalla / Shoulder to the Wheel / Endless Grace / Self / 4:04 (2022)
Nanci Griffith / Summer Wages / Other Voices Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) / Elektra / 4:06 (1993)
Gillian Welch / One More Dollar / Revival / Almo Sounds / 4:35 (1996)
Ani Difranco / Do Re Me (live) / Swing Set / Righteous Babe / 3:13 (2000)
Nanci Griffith / Lookin' for the Time (Workin' Girl) / The Last of the True Believers / Rounder / 2:48 (1986)

HOUR #2 PLAYLIST:

Caroline Cotter / The Call / Gently As I Go / Self / 3:23 (2023)
Goodnight Moonshine / Work I Done / Goodnight Moonshine / Self / 3:03 (2013)

The Nields / Workin' on a Building / Circle of Days / Self / 5:00 (2023)
Rhiannon Giddens / Build a House / Build a House - Single / Nonesuch / 4:43 (2022)
Tracy Chapman / Woman's Work / Matters of the Heart / Elektra / 2:01 (1992)

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

Ordinary Elephant / Railroad Man / Before I Go / Self / 3:37 (2017)
Sara Watkins / Long Hot Summer Day / Sara Watkins / Nonesuch / 4:44 (2009)
Indigo Girls / Hammer and a Nail / Nomad Indians Saints / Epic / 3:50 (1990)
Cheryl Wheeler / His Hometown / Sylvia Hotel / Philo / 4:01 (1999)
Dolly Parton / 9 to 5 / 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs / RCA / 2:40 (1980)

[Instrumental Bed]
Alison Brown / The Devil Went Down to Berkeley / Fair Weather / Compass / 1:00 (2000)

Maygen & The Birdwatcher / Take It to the Garden / Bootleggin' at the Flower Shoppe / Self / 3:35 (2022)
Adrienne Youg / Plow to the End of the Row / Plow to the End of the Row / AddieBelle / 3:16 (2004)
Ruth Moody / The Garden / The Garden / Red House / 4:41 (2010)
The Chieftans / Factory Girl (feat. Sinead O'Connor) / BMG / 4:24 (1999)
Marcia Ball / Peace, Love & BBQ / Peace, Love & BBQ / Alligator Records / 4:06 (2008)

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WOMENFOLK, hosted by Ellen Stanley (she/her)
~the best in folk/americana music from women & non-binary artists~

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