My guests this week were singer-songwriters Paul Sachs and Robin Greenstein (click on the links below to hear our chat and their live performances in the studio.)

Today’s show fell on the 35th anniversary of the opening of The Speakeasy, a legendary Greenwich Village nightclub that was the epicenter of the NYC folk scene in the ’80s and ’90s, and home to the Fast Folk community.

Also, new music from Anne Hills & Jay Ansill, Billy Bragg & Joe Henry and the Nordic Fiddler’s Bloc.

(Tune in to WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS every Sunday from 2pm to 5pm Eastern Time over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area, or on the web at www.wfdu.fm or iHeartRadio.com. The show can also be heard Saturday evenings at 6:30pm ET at www.bluesandroots.radio.com. On-demand streams of shows, including this one, are archived for two weeks by clicking HERE. A Sing Out! Radio Partner.)

ARTIST “Tune / Song”
ALBUM Label – Website
2PM
Theme: HARVEY REID “Dirty Dish Rag”
Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
ANNE HILLS & JAY ANSILL “Follow That Road”
Fragile Gifts Hand and Heart Music – www.annehills.com , www.jayansill.com

ANNE HILLS & JAY ANSILL “Allie”
Fragile Gifts Hand and Heart Music – www.annehills.com , www.jayansill.com
ANNE HILLS & JAY ANSILL “Rowan”
Fragile Gifts Hand and Heart Music – www.annehills.com , www.jayansill.com
ANNE HILLS & JAY ANSILL “Lover’s Knot”
Fragile Gifts Hand and Heart Music – www.annehills.com , www.jayansill.com

DAR WILLIAMS “If I Wrote You”
Many Great Companions Razor & Tie –
DAR WILLIAMS “The End of Summer”
Many Great Companions Razor and Tie – www.razorandtie.com , www.darwilliams.com

Honoring the 35th anniversary of the opening of Speakeasy, a legendary nightclub in Greenwich Village that was the epicenter of the NYC folk movement in the 80s and 90s:
ROD MACDONALD “American Jersualem”
Fast Folk: A Community of Singers and Songwriters Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu
SUZANNE VEGA “Gypsy”
Fast Folk: A Community of Singers and Songwriters Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu
JACK HARDY “Forget-Me Not”
Fast Folk: A Community of Singers and Songwriters Smithsonian Folkways – www.si.edu/folkways

NORDIC FIDDLER BLOC “Hjaltaren”
Deliverance self – www.thenordicfiddlersbloc.com

3PM
GUEST: PAUL SACHS who performed Late for the Protest, Every Mother’s Son and Love is Love live in the studio, and we shared selections from his new CD “Love is Love” :
PAUL SACHS “The Killer Inside”
Love is Love self – www.paulsachs.com
PAUL SACHS “Boys Will Be Boys”
Love is Love self – www.paulsachs.com
PAUL SACHS “The Best Hope Can Do”
Love is Love self – www.paulsachs.com

center>THE END OF AMERICA “New Drugs”
The End of America Forrest Park Recordings – www.theendofamericamusic.com

BILLY BRAGG & JOE HENRY “Rock Island Line”
Shine a Light Cooking Vinyl – www.cookingvinyl.com

4PM
SHARON KATZ “Kumandi Ekhaya”
Double Take self – www.sharonkatz.com

Guest: ROBIN GREENSTEIN who performed “I’m Flying Home Tonight”, Here I Am (Hineni) live int the studio and we shared selections from her new CD “Love and Laughter” :
ROBIN GREENSTEIN “Hole in the Ground”
Tears and Laugher self – www.robingreenstein.com
ROBIN GREENSTEIN “Western Swing”
Tears and Laugher self – www.robingreenstein.com
ROBIN GREENSTEIN “I Heard the Road Call Me”
Tears and Laugher self – www.robingreenstein.com

BANJO NICKARU & WESTERN SCOOCHES “You Are My Sunshine”
Very Next Thing On the Bol Records – www.banjonickaru.com
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Ron Olesko
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