Rainbow Quest

Folk songs from bygone days. Fridays at 12pm on WMUC FM!

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

January 31, 2019 - Can the Circle Be Unbroken?

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1 - Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family

2 - When the World's On Fire - The Carter Family

3 - The Birds Were Singing of You - The Carter Family

4 - River of Jordan - The Carter Family

5 - The Storms Are On the Ocean - The Carter Family

6 - Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven? - The Carter Family

7 - I Never Will Marry - The Carter Family

8 - Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family

9 - The Church in the Wildwood - The Carter Family

10 - Keep on the Sunny Side - The Carter Family

11 - Wabash Cannonball - The Carter Family

12 - Engine One-Forty-Three - The Carter Family

13 - A Distant Land to Roam - The Carter Family

14 - I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - The Carter Family

15 - Little Darling, Pal of Mine - The Carter Family

16 - Give Me Roses While I Live - The Carter Family

17 - Can the Circle Be Unbroken? - The Carter Family

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

November 1, 2019 - Dark Folk

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1 - Far From Any Road - The Handsome Family - Singing Bones (2003)

2 - Little Grave - Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence (2019)

3 - Song For Nico - Angels of Light - How I Loved You (2001)

4 - Valley of the Kings - Nico - The End... (1974)

5 - Pallid Eyes - Emily Jane White - They Moved In Shadow All Together (2016)

6 - The Wind That Cracks the Leaves - In Gowan Ring - Hazel Steps Through a Weathered Home (2002)

7 - Real Big Sky - Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death (2016)

8 - Odessa - Rome - Flowers From Exile (2009)

9 - Estranged - Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky - Droneflower (2019)

10 - My Devotion Will Never Fade - :Of the Wand & the Moon: - :Emptiness:Emptiness:Emptiness: (2001)

11 - Sheets - Promise and the Monster - Transparent Knives (2008)

12 - No Death - Mirel Wagner - Mirel Wagner (2012)

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

October 25, 2019 - Slowcore

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1 - Lost Wisdom - Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - Lost Wisdom (2008) 2- Belief Pt. 2 - Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - Lost Wisdom pt. 2 (2019) 3 - Spread Your Bloody Wings - Smog - The Doctor Came At Dawn (1996) 4 - Tugboat - Galaxie 500 - Today (1988) 5 - Katy Song - Red House Painters - Red House Painters (1993) 6 - Mermaid - Elysian Fields - Bleed Your Cedar (1996) 7 - Slide - Low - I Could Live In Hope (1994) 8 - Trouble Will Find You - Songs: Ohia - Protection Spells (2000) 9 - Wealthy Man - Cat Power - Myra Lee (1996) 10 - So You Wanna Be A Superhero - Carissa's Weird - They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996 - 2003 (2010) 11 - Blackest Bile - Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) 12 - Man Overboard - Saso - Exitudes (2011)

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

October 11, 2019 - Joanna Newsom

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1 - Bridges and Balloons - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004) 2 - The Book of Right-On - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004) 3 - Sawdust and Diamonds - Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) 4 - Cosmia - Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) 5 - Easy - Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (2010) 6 - '81 - Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (2010) 7 - Does Not Suffice - Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (2010) 8 - Divers - Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) 9 - Waltz of the 101st Lightborne - Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015) 10 - Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie - Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band - Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP (2007)

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

October 11, 2019 - Autumn

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1 - Who Could Win A Rabbit - Animal Collective - Sung Tongs (2004) 2 - Leaves That Are Green - Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966) 3 - I Lost Something in the Hills - Sibylle Baier - Colour Green (2006) 4 - All The Leaves Are Gone - Josephine Foster and The Supposed - All The Leaves Are Gone (2004) 5 - Milk and Honey - Alternate Take - Sandy Denny - Where the Time Goes (2005) 6 - Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine - Around the Well (2009) 7 - Song to the Siren - Take 7 - Tim Buckley - Works In Progress (1999) 8 - Reason to Believe - Karen Dalton - 1966 (2012) 9 - October Song - The Incredible String Band - The Incredible String Band (1966) 10 - Hazel Street - Alela Diane - About Farewell (2013) 11 - Chasing After Deer - Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006) 12 - Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011) 13 - Days of Decision - Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965) 14 - Candy Says - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969) 15 - Re: Stacks - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

September 20, 2019 - Indie Folk & Singer/Songwriters

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1 - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998) 2 - So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) 3 - Pink Moon - Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972) 4 - When the Bridegroom Comes - Judee Sill - Heart Food (1973) 5 - Don't Believe What They Say - Vashti Bunyan - Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (2007) 6 - Will I See You Tonight? - Devendra Banhart feat. Vashti Bunyan - Ma (2019) 7 - Between the Bars - Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997) 8 - It Wasn't the Hunting - Mount Eerie - Dawn: Winter Journal (2008) 9 - To Be Alone With You - Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004) 10 - Light Year - Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere (2009) 11 - Blue Spotted Tail - Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011) 12 - I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (2005) 13 - Chelsea - Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps (2017) 14 - First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005) 15 - Sea of Love - Cat Power - The Covers Record (2000) 16 - Pale Green Things - The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree (2005) 17 - Passing Afternoon - Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

September 6, 2019 - Anthems in Eden w/ Commentary

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Shirley & Dolly Collins - Anthems in Eden (1969)

Side A: A Song-Story: 1 - A Beginning 2 - A Meeting: Searching for Lambs 3 - A Courtship: The Wedding Song 4 - A Denying: The Blacksmith 5 - A Forsaking: Our Captain Cried 6 - A Dream: Lowlands 7 - A Leavetaking: Pleasant and Delightfu 8 - A New Beginning: The Staines Morris

Side B:

1 - Rambleaway 2 - Ca' the Yowes 3 - Bonny Cuckoo 4 - Nellie the Milkmaid 5 - Gathering Rushes in the Month of May 6 - The Gower Wassail 7 - An Awakening: Whitsun Dance 8 - God Dog

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Rainbow Quest on WMUC FM

August 30, 2019 - Tragic Ballads & Riddles

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1 - Oh, Had I a Golden Thread - Pete Seeger - Rainbow Quest (1960) 2 - Lord Lovel - Jean Ritchie - British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 1 (1960) 3 - The Faulse Lady - Andrew Rowan Summers - The Faulse Lady (1954) 4 - The Unquiet Grave - Shirley Collins - False True Lovers (1959) 5 - The Old Churchyard - Anna & Elizabeth + The Murphy Beds - Unreleased (2014) 6 - The Wife of Usher's Well - Hedy West - Old Times and Hard Times (1968) 7 - Mary Hamilton - Paul Clayton - Dulcimer Songs and Solos (1962) 8 - House Carpenter - Peggy Seeger - Songs of Courting and Complaint (1955) 9 - Lord Randal - Isla Cameron - Through Brushes and Briars (1956) 10 - The Three Ravens - Andrew Rowan Summers - Andrew Rowan Summers (1957) 11 - The Elfin Knight - Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger - Classic Scots Ballads (1956) 12 - The Devil's Nine Questions - Jean Ritchie & Oscar Brand - Shivaree (1955) 13 - I Will Give My Love an Apple - Audrey Coppard - English Folk Songs (1956) 14 - Scarborough Fair - Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid (1966) 15 - The Water is Wide - Joan Baez - Farewell, Angelina (1965)

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Old Songs, Young Hearts on WMUC Digital

May 9, 2019 - Progressive Folk

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1 - All That Is My Own - Nico - Desertshore (1970) 2 - Erzili - Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Beverly Glenn-Copeland (1970) 3 - Depuis L'Automne - Harmonium - Les Cinq Saisons (1975) 4 - Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006) 5 - Paix - Catherine Ribiero + Alpes - Paix (1972)

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Old Songs, Young Hearts on WMUC Digital

April 25, 2019 - Latin American Folk

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1 - Cellophane - FKA twigs - Cellophane (2019) 2 - Rogociano, El Guapangero - Alfonso Cruz Jimenez - Folk Songs of Mexico (1959) 3 - Hasta Siempre, Comandante (Song for Che Guevara) - Carlos Puebla - Canción Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America (1970) 4 - Choucounne - Lolita Cuevas & Frantz Casséus - Haitian Folk Songs (1953) 5 - El Canto del Agua (The Song of the Water) - El Grupo Jatari - Folk Music of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (2014) 6 - Mas, Que Nada! - Jorge Ben - Samba esquema novo (1963) 7 - Gracias a la Vida - Violeta Parra - Las últimas composiciones de Violeta Parra (1966) 8 - El Hijo del Sol - El Polen - Fuera de la Ciudad (1973) 9 - Canto a la Mujer de mi Pueblo - Los Kjarkas - Canto a la Mujer de mi Pueblo (1981) 10 - Mama Loi, Papa Loi - Exuma - Exuma (1970) 11 - Besame Mucho - Emilio Tuero - Los Cadetes del Swing (1940)

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April 11, 2019 - Freak Folk

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1. Leslie Anne Levine - The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts (2002) 2. Painting Box - The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (1967) 3. Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You - Josephine Foster - Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You (2005) 4. Call of the River - Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms (1970) 5. Trelawny - The Magickal Folk of the Faraway Tree - The Soup & The Shilling (2010) 6. Until I Do - The Sun Also Rises - The Sun Also Rises (1970) 7. Friendboats - Mariee Sioux - Faces in the Rocks (2007) 8. Unmarked Grave - David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide to Insufficiency (2005) 9. The Lullaby of Spring - Donovan - A Gift From a Flower to a Garden (1967) 10. Banshee Beat - Animal Collective - Feels (2005) 11. Invisible - Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008)

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March 28, 2019 - European Folk Tour

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1. Spring Season - Amazing Blondel - Evensong (1970) 2. Just as the Tide Was a'Flowing - Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band - No Roses (1971)    3. Scarborough Fair - Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid (1966) 4. Welsh Lament - Tina Lawton - Tina Lawton (1965) 5. Mein Kind Wir Waren Kinder - Zupfgeigenhansel - Volkslieder 1 (1976) 6. Oostland - Rum - Hinkelen (1978) 7. Det var en lördag aften (Saturday Evening) - Inger Nielsen - Inger Nielsen Sings Danish Folk Songs (1965) 8. Vi skal ikkje sova burt somarnatta - Lars Klevstrand - Vi skal ikkje sova (1968) 9. Bendik og Arolilja (Bendik and Arolilja) - Pelle Joner - Norwegian Folk Songs (1958) 10. Oh mina väike mehekene - Reet Hendrikson - Reet (1969) 11. Зачем сидишь до полуночи - Zhanna Bichevskaya - Zhanna Bichevskaya (1975) 12. Pieta - Karel Kryl - Bratricku, zavirej vratka (1969) 13. Le Retour du printemps - Véronique Chalot - A l'entrée du temps clair (1979) 14. Maleïts - L'Ham De Foc - Cançó De Dona I Home (2002) 15. The Parting Glass - Robin Williamson - Songs of Love and Parting (1981)

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Old Songs, Young Hearts on WMUC Digital

March 14, 2019 - Women of Folk

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1. Little Wind - Haley Heynderickx - Among Horses III (2018) 2. The Keys of Canterbury - Glen Tomasetti - Folk Songs with Guitar (1963) 3. Bread and Roses - Joan Baez & Mimi Fariña - The Bread and Roses Festival of Music (1979) 4. Wayward - Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering (2005) 5. Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way! (1964) 6. Englewood Mine - Peggy Seeger - Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (1964) 7. That Song About the Midway - Joni Mitchell - Clouds (1969) 8. Pastures of Plenty - Odetta - Odetta Sings the Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads (1960) 9. I Have Considered the Lilies - Connie Converse - How Sad, How Lovely (2009) 10. Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie - Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band EP (2007) 11. I'm a Dreamer - Josephine Foster - I'm a Dreamer (2013) 12. White as Diamonds - Alela Diane - To Be Still (2009) 13. The North Star Grassman and the Ravens - Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and the Ravens (1971) 14. Katie Cruel (Live) - Karen Dalton - Cotton Eyed Joe (1962) 15. The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Jean Ritchie - A Time For Singing (1965)

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Old Songs, Young Hearts on WMUC Digital

March 7, 2019 - Folk Standards and Classics

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1. Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975) 2. Both Sides Now - Pete Seeger - Young Vs. Old (1969) 3. Black is the Colour - Tia Blake and Her Folk-Group - ‎Folksongs & Ballads (1971) 4. Cello Song - Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969) 5. Fade Into You - Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See (1993) 6. Song to the Siren - Take 7 - Tim Buckley - Works In Progress (1999) 7. Où Va La Chance? - Françoise Hardy - Comment te dire adieu? (1968) 8. These Days - Nico - Chelsea Girl (1967) 9. Milk and Honey - Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965) 10. Won't You Come and Sing for Me - Anna & Elizabeth - Anna & Elizabeth (2015) 11. Blowin' in The Wind - Kina Grannis - Blowin' in The Wind (2017) 12. Deportees - Priscilla Herdman - Seasons Of Change (1983) 13. I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind - Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (1970) 14. Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower / Little Darling Pal of Mine (1935) 15. There But For Fortune - Phil Ochs - Phil Ochs in Concert (1966) 16. The First Day - Molly Drake - Molly Drake (2011)