The theme for this edition of Stranger Songs is "Train Songs, Volume II." Trains, and what they represent, are among of the most frequently written about topics in folk and other roots musics.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| "Train Songs" was the theme on the April 13, 2021 edition of Stranger Songs and this show does not repeat any songs from that one. That first train songs show remains available for on-demand listening at this link. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/51586.html |
| Railroad Line Bill Garrett - Bill Garrett - Borealis
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| Chattanooga Choo Choo Mason Daring & Jeanie Stahl - 40 - Daring |
| Sleepy Town Train Jackie Washington - Keeping Out of Mischief - Pyramid
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| Midnight Train to Georgia Rory Block - Ain’t Nobody Worried: Celebrating Great Women of Song - Stony Plain |
| When the Train Comes Along The Whiteley Brothers - Bluesology - Pyramid
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| Freight Train Boogie Doc & Merle Watson - Elementary Doctor Watson - Tomato |
| Golden Rails Ball & Chain & The Wreckers - Satisfied - Moo Music
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| Last Steam Engine Train Paul Mills - The Other Side of the Glass - Borealis
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| Guysborough Train Stan Rogers - From Coffee House to Concert Hall - Fogarty's Cove
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| Maria Took the Train to Town Anne Hills - Tracks - Hand & Heart Music |
| (Just) Waiting for a Train Steel Rail - Coming Home - Crossties
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| Dulcimer David Mallett - Inches & Miles 1977-1980 - Flying Fish |
| Tears Like Rain Doug McArthur - Tears Like Rain - Doug McArthur
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| Southern Train Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - London, 1958 - Jasmine |
| Southern Special Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones - Old Tin - Dittyville Music |
| Nuevo South Train Larry & Joe - Nuevo South Train - Larry & Joe
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| Railroad Blues Bill Staines - Third Time Around - Catfish |
| 500 Miles Eric Bibb - Ridin' - Stony Plain |
| The Santa Fe at Midnight Tom Russell - Borderland - HighTone |
| That Lonesome Whistle Sound Caitlin Hanford - Bluer Skies - Denon
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| I Remember Loving You Priscilla Herdman & Utah Phillips - Darkness Into Light - Flying Fish |
| Cortelia Clark Ronny Cox - How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury - Bay Sound |
| Whistle Stop Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Louie Louie Louie - Savoy Jazz |
| Next Stop Brattleboro NRBQ - High Noon – A 50-Year Retrospective - Omnivore |
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4:08 PM, June 13th, 2023