HELLO from coastal New Jersey. Great to be back on the air, on Folk Music Notebook, playing the music I love, and in some cases helped develop and connect to larger audiences. It has been a privilege to choose the music and hear your enthusiasm for what we find. I have spent my life listening, sharing, attending and enjoying and presenting music of all kinds to listeners of all kinds. Join me as we explore the most fascinating new artists as well as our contemporaries and those who set the acoustic path over the past 100 years here in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe, along with a continued interest in the rich musical home of Philadelphia.  Helen Leicht's Acoustic Sunday will broadcast each Sunday mornings at 10am Eastern here on folkmusicnotebook.com with an encore Sundays at 9pm ET and also on your phone with the folkmusicnotebook app for Google and Apple.

THE BLUE TRANSISTOR by John Flynn

This is a photo taken by my husband Biff Kennedy. We had the amazing opportunity to meet Paul McCartney at the Plaza Hotel in NYC.  I was invited to go to NY to see the premier of his movie Give My Regards to Broadstreet AND a chance to interview him at the Plaza (1984). Of course, I was very calm (nearly fainted)

Also, I just got my copy of Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, And The Art Of Rock Promotion  It's Paul Rappaport's first book and he was the Senior VP at Columbia Records.  On page 206, you can read about my first meeting with Sir Paul.  Thank you Rap for remembering that amazing day in NYC.  It wasn't a dream, it really happened.

5/24/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

5/24/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

RAY CHARLES “AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL”

JOHN FLYNN “AMERICA'S GAME”

BRUCE ROBISON “TRAVELIN' SOLDIER”

STEVE FORBERT “YOU CANNOT WIN IF YOU DO NOT PLAY”

MARY GAUTHIER “SOLDIER OF FORTUNE” 

BOB DYLAN “SARA” 

PAUL MCCARTNEY “DAYS WE LEFT BEHIND”

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW “LAST AMERICAN WALTZ” W/ MOLLY TUTTLE

SIMON & GARFUNKEL “AMERICA”

I'M WITH HER “ANCIENT LIGHT”

THE BEACH BOYS “IN MY ROOM”

THE MAGNOLIA JANES “THE SUN IN MY BACKYARD”

JONI MITCHELL “THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS” 

LITTLE FEAT “EASY TO SLIP”

TIM GRIMM “IN THE USA”

 

5/17/26 Acoustic Sunday on Folk Music Notebook 

 

Open/closing theme: Danny Black “Sweet Annie”

THE MILK CARTON KIDS “A FRIEND LIKE YOU” NEW ALBUM LOST CAUSE LOVER FOOL

JACKSON BROWNE “THESE DAYS”

WILLIE NELSON “DREAM CHASER”

GEORGE HARRISON “DARK HORSE”

 

REMEMBERING CHRISTINE HAVRILLA - WHO DIED MAY 14, 2025 AFTER BATTLING CANCER

CHRISTINE HAVRILLA “BROKEN WING” 

INDIGO GIRLS “CLOSER TO FINE”

JESSE WELLES “NO KINGS”

BIRDIE BUSCH “REASONS SEASONS” NEW ALBUM NIGHT BLOOMING

LYLE LOVETT “IF I HAD A BOAT”

JERRY DOUGAS “BIRDLAND” NEW ALBUM AMERICANA MASTER SERIES

 

SONGS FOR TAJ MAHAL'S 84TH BIRTHDAY 5/17/42

TAJ MAHAL “TIME” NEW ALBUM TIME

TAJ MAHAL “LOVIN IN MY BABY'S EYES” 

THE KENNEDYS “HEADWINDS”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

5/10/26 MOTHER'S DAY ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

 

OPEN/CLOSING THEME DANNY BLACK'S “SWEET ANNIE” 

FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK BEGAN 5/3/19 ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PETE SEEGER'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

PETE SEEGER “TURN, TURN, TURN”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “WE SHALL OVERCOME”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS”

 

MOTHER'S DAY!

BRANDI CARLILE “THE MOTHER”

JOHN GORKA “THINGS WE'VE HANDED DOWN”

DOLLY PARTON “COAT OF MANY COLORS”

ALISON KRAUSS “BABY MINE”  (THE BEST OF COUNTRY ARTISTS, SING THE BEST OF DISNEY /DUMBO

JONI MITCHELL “BOTH SIDES NOW”

SUZIE BROWN “MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS” SONGS WORTH SAVING

JULIE ANDREWS “MY FAVORITE THINGS”

CAROLE KING “WHERE YOU LEAD”

 

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW “LAST AMERICAN WALTZ”  FEATURES MOLLY TUTTLE

DAVE MASON “LET IT GO, LET IT FLOW”

ERIC BIBB “DIDN'T I KEEP RUNNIN' ”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

REBROADCAST OF 5/4/25 HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

REBROADCAST OF 5/4/25 HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION “THE WRONG WAY”

VAN MORRISON “CRAZY LOVE”

SUZIE BROWN “AIN'T IT HEARTBREAKING”

JEFF BECK “CAUSE WE'VE ENDED AS LOVERS”

REES SHAD “AIN'T THAT THE WAY”

NEIL YOUNG “AFTER THE GOLDRUSH”

THE BEATLES “YESTERDAY”

MARIAN MASTRORILLI "ANGELS (ANGEL IN TRANSITION)

BOB DYLAN “DON'T THINK TWICE”

MARK KNOPFLER “AHEAD OF THE GAME”

PAUL THORN “TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST”

ANN PEEBLES “I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN”

HU DOST “BROKEN DOWN IN AMERICA”

THE BAND “IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE”

BOB DYLAN “LEOPARD-SKIN PILL BOX HAT”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

4/26/26 HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

 

4/26/26 HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

THE HOLLIES "THE AIR THAT I BREATHE:

AIR “LAFEMME D'ARGENT”

ANNIE & RON CAPPS “WHO AM I”

THE BEATLES “THE FOOL ON THE HILL”

BRANDI CARLILE “RETURNING TO MYSELF”

 

REMEMBERING DAVE MASON WHO DIED 4/19/26 AT THE AGE OF 79:

DAVE MASON “WE JUST DISAGREE”

TRAFFIC FEELIN' ALRIGHT"

DAVE MASON “SHOULDN'T HAVE TOOK MORE THAN YOU GAVE”

 

EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON “THE TIME FOR FLOWERS”

DENISON WITMER/SUFJIAN STEVENS “WHICH WAY”

SAM ROBBINS “PILES OF SAND”

 

THE MILK CARTON KIDS “BLINDED AND SMILING”

SIMON & GARFUNKEL “APRIL COME SHE WILL”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

4/19/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

4/19/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

I WENT BACK AND READ THE LYRICS TO THIS SONG AND DECIDED TO START ACOUSTIC SUNDAY WITH STEVIE WONDER:

STEVIE WONDER “HE'S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL”

AMOS LEE “JESUS”

K.D. LANG/JANE SIEBERRY “CALLING ALL ANGELS”

U2 “EASTER PARADE” NEW EASTER LILY EP

 

BIRDIE BUSCH “REASONS SEASONS” NEW ALBUM NIGHT BLOOMING

BIRDIE BUSCH “SOUTH PHILLY”

BILL WITHERS “AIN'T NO SUNSHINE”

T BONE BURNETT/ROSANNE CASH “I'M GONNA GET OVER THIS (SOMEDAY)”

 

TORI AMOS “STRONGER TOGETHER” NEW ALBUM IN TIMES OF DRAGONS

THE BEATLES "NORWEGIAN WOOD"

DAN FOGELBERG “AS THE RAVEN FLIES”

MUTLU “HELLO MORNING”

JAMES TAYLOR “I WAS A FOOL TO CARE”

ALEXI MURDOCH “ORANGE SKY”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

4/12/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

 

4/12/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

 

MARY GAUTHIER “SOLDIER OF FORTUNE” *

BOB DYLAN “BLOWIN' IN THE WIND”

AMOS LEE “CROOKED”

JESSE WELLES “NO KINGS” *

PAUL MCCARTNEY “DAYS WE LEFT BEHIND” *

FRANK SINATRA “IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING”

KACEY MUSGRAVES “CARDINAL” *

BONNIE RAITT “ANGEL OF MONTGOMERY”

JULIAN LENNON “TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES”

U2 “THE TEARS OF THINGS” *

THE BAND “TEARS OF RAGE”

STAN RIDGEWAY “LONELY TOWN”

TOM PAXTON/JOHN MCCUTCHEON “LAST MAN SITTING”*

THE BYRDS “CHESTNUT MARE”

 

*NEW/RECURRENT SONGS

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

 

4/5/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

 

4/5/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPENING/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

JUDY COLLINS “AMAZING GRACE”

THE BEATLES “LET IT BE” NAKED VERSION

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS”

 

FOR EASTER SUNDAY - A TRADITION TO PLAY A FEW SONGS FROM THE 1970 

ALBUM - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

“OVERTURE”

“HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS”

“SUPERSTAR

 

ANNIE & RON CAPPS “WHO AM I”

ROBBIE ROBERTSON “FALLEN ANGEL”

BYWATER CALL “ONLY”

BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS “GOD BLESS THE CHILD”

 

FOR ARTEMIS II - TRIP TO THE MOON:

NICK DRAKE “PINK MOON”

CAT STEVENS “MOONSHADOW”

VAN MORRISON “MOONDANCE”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY: DAN KENNEDY
 

 

3/29/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

3/29/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

 

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

 

TERRY CASHMAN “TALKIN' BASEBALL”

JOHN FOGERTY “CENTERFIELD”

JOHN FLYNN “AMERICA'S GAME”

ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION “RICHMOND ON THE JAMES”

JONI MITCHELL “DON'T INTERRUPT THE SORROW”

PAUL MCCARTNEY “DAYS WE LEFT BEHIND”

JERRY DOUGLAS “WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS”

GOMEZ “REVOLUTIONARY KIND”

ELP “FROM THE BEGINNING”

TAJ MAHAL & THE PHANTOM BLUES BAND “TIME”

GORDON LIGHTFOOT “SUNDOWN”

REES SHAD “AIN'T THAT THE WAY”

CHIP TAYLOR “ANGEL OF THE MORNING”

IRON & WINE “ALL IN GOOD TIME”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

 

3/22/26 Acoustic Sunday Playlist Folk Music Notebook 

 

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK'S “SWEET ANNIE”

JONATHAN BYRD “WILDFLOWERS”

THE BEATLES “HERE COMES THE SON”

JERRY DOUGLAS “BIRDLAND”

EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON “THE TIME FOR FLOWERS”

THE BEACH BOYS “THE WARMTH OF THE SUN”

MARY GAUTHIER “SOLDER OF FORTUNE”

JOHN FLYNN “DOVER”

I'M WITH HER “ANCIENT LIGHT”

AMOS LEE “DARKEST PLACES”

DAR WILLIAMS “COMFORTABLY NUMB”

DENISON WITMER "WHICH WAY (SUFJIAN STEVENS)

SIMON & GARFUNKEL “FAKIN' IT”

BRUCE COCKBURN “PACING THE CAGE”

 

Acoustic Sunday produced by Dan Kennedy