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.

10/4/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST 

 

OPENING/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

10/4/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST

 

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE

STEVIE WONDER “LOVE'S IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY”

 

JERRY DOUGLAS “WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS”

PHIL OCHS “I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE”

TRACY CHAPMAN “TALKIN' BOUT A REVOLUTION”

 

THE KENNEDYS “SMOKETREE” TITLE TRACK OF NEW ALBUM

SPIRIT “NATURE'S WAY”

MUTLU “THE MAD KING”

 

ROBBIE ROBERTSON “BROKEN ARROW”

KATIE FRANK “NOBODY”

VAN MORRISON “GREEN MANSIONS”

LOW CUT CONNIE “LIVIN' IN THE USA”

 

JULIAN TAYLOR “WEIGHING DOWN”

JONI MITCHELL “FREE MAN IN PARIS”

WILLIE NELSON “ALWAYS ON MY MIND”

 

 

 

 

9/27/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST 

 

9/27/26 Acoustic Sunday Playlist

 

WELCOMING FALL:

 

CHERYL WHEELER “WHEN FALL COMES TO NEW ENGLAND”

JUSTIN HAYWARD “FOREVER AUTUMN”

HALL & OATES “FALL IN PHILADELPHIA”

 

AMERICANA SONG OF THE YEAR:

BRANDI CARLILE “RETURNING TO MYSELF”

 

ELTON JOHN “SKYLINE PIGEON”

CLIFF HILLIS “HAUNTED” NEW SONG

SHAWN COLVIN “CLIMB ON (A BACK THAT'S STRONG)”

AMOS LEE “MILO” NEW SONG

THE BEATLES “HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE”

THE KENNEDYS “WITHOUT US” NEW ALBUM SMOKETREE

LUKAS NELSON W SIERRA FERREL “FRIEND IN THE END”

 

GET WELL WISHES TO MICHAEL KIWANUKA:

MICHAEL KIWANUKA “HOME AGAIN”

MICHAEL KIWANUKA “SMALL CHANGES”

CAT STEVENS “OH VERY YOUNG”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

 

 

 

9/20/26 PLAYLIST HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

 

9/20/26 PLAYLIST HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”


SIERRA FERRELL "PAIR OF DICE" 
 
INDIGO GIRLS “CLOSER TO FINE”
 
MARTIN SEXTON “THE AMERICAN”
 
MONDO COZMO 'SHINE" 
 
SIMON & GARFUNKEL "THE SOUND OF SILENCE" 
 
JESSE WELLES "NO KINGS" 

DOLLY PARTON “19TH AMENDMENT”
 
MAVIS STAPLES "WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK
 
STEVE FORBERT "IT ISN'T GONNA BE " 

ERIC BIBB “ROLL ON BUDDY”
 
THE BEATLES "IN MY LIFE" 

GENESIS "CARPET CRAWLERS" 

SUSAN WERNER "MAY I SUGGEST" 
 
DARLINGSIDE "RIGHT FRIEND" 

9/13/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

9/13/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9 11

JOHN MCCUTCHEON “FOLLOW THE LIGHT”

SARAH MCLACHLAN “WORLD ON FIRE”

ELLIS PAUL/VANCE GILBERT “THE ONLY WAY”

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER “GRAND CENTRAL STATION”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “INTO THE FIRE”

MUTLU “THE MAD KING”

GARLAND JEFFREYS “WILD IN THE STREETS”

BEN ARNOLD “MY AMERICA”

PHIL OCHS “KNOCK ON THE DOOR”

JOHN FLYNN “AMERICAN DISSIDENT”

 

NATIONAL RESCUE DOGS DAY

DOLLY PARTON “CRACKER JACK”

THE BEATLES “MARTHA MY DEAR”

NEIL YOUNG “OLD KING"

JANE SIBERRY “EVERYTHING REMINDS ME OF MY DOG”

CAT STEVENS “I LOVE MY DOG”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY
 

9/6/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

9/6/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

Opening Theme Song: Danny Black “Sweet Annie”

JESSE WELLES “JOIN ICE”

WILLIE NELSON “WORKING MAN BLUES”

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW “FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH”

MOLLY TUTTLE “WHEN MY RACE IS RUN”

PAUL THORN “TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST”

BILLY STRINGS “I”M ONE OF THOSE"

STING “BE STILL MY BEATING HEART”

THE KENNEDYS “WITHOUT US”

COWBOY JUNKIES “WORKING ON A BUILDING”

MARVIN GAYE “MERCY MERCY ME”

IRON & WINE “CALIFORNIA SOBER”

JERRY DOUGLAS “WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS”

HEART “SOUL OF THE SEA”

 

CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

 

8/30/26 Remembering Dolly Parton on Acoustic Sunday 

8/30/26  Remembering Dolly Parton who came an Angel on 8/25/26

 

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

DOLLY PARTON “COLOR ME AMERICA”

LINDA RONSTADT “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU”

EMMYLOU HARRIS “OH DADDY”

DOLLY PARTON “JOLENE”

KENNY ROGERS/DOLLY PARTON “ISLANDS IN THE STREAM”

DOLLY PARTON “COAT OF MANY COLORS”

BRANDI CARLILE “WHAT CAN I SAY”

I'M WITH HER “ANCIENT LIGHT”

KACEY MUSGRAVES “CARDINAL”

JOHN PRINE “ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY”

CHRIS STAPLETON “HIGHER”

JONI MITCHELL “SHADOWS AND LIGHT” 

K D LANG /JANE SIEBERRY “CALLING ALL ANGELS”

GEORGE HARRISON “ALL THINGS MUST PASS”

PAUL MCCARTNEY “DAYS WE LEFT BEHIND”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

 

8/23/26 HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

8/23/26 HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

KATE WATERS “PEACE ON EARTH”

BOBBY MCFERRIN “DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY”

ALISON KRAUSS “THERE'S A LIGHT UP AHEAD”

BOB DYLAN “ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE”

JAMES TAYLOR “SECRET O'LIFE”

DENISON WITMER/SUFIAN STEVENS “WHICH WAY”

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT “ACROSS THE UNIVERSE”

JOHNNY CASH “YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE”

MARY FAHL “RUBY TUESDAY”

THE BE GOOD TANYAS “WAITING AROUND TO DIE”

RON SEXSMITH “REASON TO BELIEVE”

JOHN FLYNN “AMERICA'S GAME”

CHARLEY CROCKETT “THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL”

 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

8/16/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST 

8/16/26 ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PLAYLIST

 

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

 

KEB MO “FUSSING AND FIGHTING”

JONI MITCHELL “DON'T INTERRUPT THE SORROW”

DAVE CARTER/TRACY GRAMMER “TANGELWOOD TREE”

JOSH RITTER “I'M LISTENING”

BRANDI CARLILE “PHILADELPHIA”

MARGO PRICE “OVAL ROOM”

AMOS LEE “CROOKED”

THE BYRDS “HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE”

ANNIE & RON CAPPS “WHO AM I”

BLIND FAITH “CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME”

BIRDIE BUSCH “REASONS SEASONS”

JOHN LENNON “OH MY LOVE”

JOHN FLYNN “AMERICAN DISSIDENT”

JOHN HIATT "HAVE A LITTLE FAITH IN ME

BILLY STRINGS “BURN THE OTHER END”
 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY

 

8/9/26 HELEN LEICHT'S PLAYLIST ACOUSTIC SUNDAY FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK 

8/9/26 HELEN LEICHT'S PLAYLIST ACOUSTIC SUNDAY FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

ALISON BROWN/STEVE MARTIN/JACKSON BROWNE “DEAR TIME”

THE BAND “OPHELIA”

PAUL SIMON “BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME”

MARY FAUL “BOTH SIDES NOW”

STEEP CANYON RANGERS W EDIE BRICKELL “HALFWAY TO RENO”

THE BEATLES “MICHELLE TAKE 1"

DARLINGSIDE “RIGHT FRIEND”

NEIL YOUNG “AFTER THE GOLD RUSH”

BIG BENNY BAILEY “BOTTOM OF A GRAVE”

RHIANNON GIDDENS “CAROLINA RAIN”

THE BEACH BOYS “THE WARMTH OF THE SUN”

KATHERINE PERKINS “HELPLESS LOVE”

RICHARD THOMPSON “I MISUNDERSTOOD”
 

ACOUSTIC SUNDAY PRODUCED BY DAN KENNEDY


 

7/26/26 Helen Leicht's Acoustic Sunday on Folk Music Notebook 

7/26/26 HELEN LEICHT'S ACOUSTIC SUNDAY ON FOLK MUSIC NOTEBOOK

OPEN/CLOSING THEME: DANNY BLACK “SWEET ANNIE”

LYNN HOLLYFIELD “WE ARE THE PEOPLE”

CAT STEVENS “PEACE TRAIN”

RYAN BINGHAM “THE WEARY KIND”

MARGO PRICE W/JOAN BAEZ “DEPORTEE” NEW ALBUM DAYS OF UNREST

JD SOUTHER “BLACK ROSE”

JONI MITCHELL “CHINESE CAFE/UNCHAINED MELODY”

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW “FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH” NEW ALBUM UNION MADE

JOHN GORKA “GOOD NOISE”

SAM ROBBINS “PILES OF SAND”

THE STRAWBS “BENEDICTUS”

JOHN FLYNN “AMERICAN DISSEDENT”

GEORGE HARRISON “MY SWEET LORD”

LINDA RONSTADT “HEART LIKE A WHEEL”

THE MILK CARTON KIDS “BLINDED AND SMILING” NEW ALBUM LOST CAUSE LOVER FOOL