Much of tonight's show was picked in honor of Emily's son Jake, celebrating his birthday this week. Artists include John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Tommy Emmanuel, Arlo Guthrie, Doc & Merle Watson, and Sara Watkins.
It's a full-moon night, so Emily has programmed songs about the moon from the Northwoods, Jane Gillman, and Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from the soundtrack of the film "Once." Also: local band Blackberry Winter; Lyle Lovett; and Trout Fishing in America.
Emily created tonight's show around Earth Day, with lyrics and subjects relating to Mother Earth by Arlo Guthrie, Eric Anderson, Kate Wolf, Van Morrison, and more.
Emily's lineup this week includes Greg Brown with the late Bill Morrissey; Iris Dement; Norah Jones; Eva Cassidy; Lucinda Williams; Cat Stevens; Ricky Scaggs with Bruce Hornsby; and Michael Doucet.
Cover versions of famous songs this week, with Willie Nelson ("Stardust"), Jose Feliciano ("Light My Fire"), James Taylor ("Something In the Way She Moves"), and John Gorka ("Just Like a Woman). Also: Kris Kristofferson does his "Sunday Morning Coming Down" with Steve Earle.
This week Emily Features John Lowell & Ben Winship; Don McLean; Elyza Gilkyson; Michael Martin Murphey's classic "Geronimo's Cadillac;" Alan Rhody; James Taylor; and "Time for Three."
This week Emily features Emmylou Harris, tracks from "The McGarrigle Hour," John Gorka, Judy Collins, Cindy Kallett, local musicians David Wilson & Randle Chowning, and the duo of John Akerman and Richard Rutherford.
After a very warm week Emily anticipates the (official) arrival of spring with songs related to sunshine, flowers, birds etc. by Mary Chapin Carpenter, the Youngbloods, James Taylor, John Hartford, Ira Edelman, the Wailin' Jennys, and more.
Featured tonight: George Harrison, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Peter Rowan, the Duhks, Chris Smither, Mark Bileu, Levon Helm, Lucy Kaplansky, and Doug Smith.
Emily features a duet by Joni Mitchell and Shawn Colvin, along with cuts by Emmylou Harris, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Wil Maring with Robert Bowlin, Ellen Gomez, Slaid Cleves, and Kevin Welch.
This week, tracks by the Court Yard Hounds (ex-Dixie Chicks Emily Robison and Martie Maguire); Show of Hands; Mark Knopfler in duets with Emmylou Harris and Chet Atkins; Steve Winwood, both with and without his band Traffic; and two vastly different takes on Leonard Cohen's classic song "Hallelujah."
It's Emily's Valentine's show, featuring hit singles by Linda Ronstadt and Elvin Bishop, along with tracks by Randy Ricks, Shawn Colvin, Eva Cassidy, Michael Nesmith, and Ben Winship & Brian Wicklund.
This week Emily features cellist Yo-Yo Ma from his "Songs of Joy and Peace," and performing with Edgar Meyer. Also: the McGarrigle sisters and guests, Privates by Choice, John Gorka, Joni Mitchell, and more.
This week, Emily pays tribute to each of the four Beatles with some of their solo work, along with another strong influence on her in her formative years, Jonathan Edwards. Also: Emmylou Harris, Sara Watkins, Buddy Miller, and more.
This week, Emily features covers of songs by Leonard Cohen, John Prine, and Lennon/McCartney, performed by James Taylor, Judy Collins, and Bonnie Raitt.
It's Emily's New Year's Day show, with tracks related to the New Year by Slaid Cleaves, Tracy Chapman, John Prine, Eliza Gilkyson, Don Conoscenti, James Taylor, and more.
For Christmas night Emily invites longtime "Mulberry Tree" host Carolyn Huber back to present music by Loreena McKennitt, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Eric Bibb, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and more.
This week, mostly singer-songwriters along with a couple of cover tunes, featuring Rocky Volotato, Norah Jones, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin, and Steve Goodman. Also, a "fathers and sons" set with Jim and A.J. Croce, and Bob and Jakob Dylan.
Emily features local and regional singer-songwriters, including Big Smith, Chris Albert and his band "Techs and the Roadies," and Auset, Brad Sarno, and John Higgins, The Northwoods and the Flying Mules from St. Louis. Also: John Gorka, Richard Shindell, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dar Williams, and Gillian Welch.
