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The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is "Remembering Kate Wolf." Kate was a very fine singer and songwriter, and folk music activist, who died of leukemia on December 10, 1986, about six weeks before she would have turned 45. Although her career as a touring and recording artist was relatively brief, Kate was, in her time, and to this day, a highly influential artist. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.

The just-released album, “More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith,” features some notable admirers of the Texas native’s catalog, including Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Emmylou Harris, and Mary Gauthier.

Rachel Goodman has had a lifelong love affair with music. Growing up in the North Bay Area, she surrounded herself with folk, bluegrass and old-time music. And she took inspiration from the likes of Nanci Griffith, Kate Wolf, and Hazel Dickens.

Here’s 90 minutes of the best in eclectic roots music to start your day with a smile. We start with some great covers of Jackson Browne songs by Kate Wolf, Bonnie Raitt, and Eliza Gilkyson. A lot of great folk artists have called Portland home, and here are some of the best of the younger artists: John Craigie, Shook Twins, and Avery Hill, plus Portland native Todd Snider who

Dave Hooper’s backup includes John Sebastian, David Grisman, Jimmie Dale Gilmore.