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01:00 PM

Dimming Of The Day

Artist Name	The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
CD/Album	Beat The Retreat
Record co./Cat #	Capitol 95929

01:03 PM

Til The Morning Comes

Artist Name	Grateful Dead
CD/Album	American Beauty
Record co./Cat #	Warner Espana 1893

01:06 PM

I Saw The Light

Artist Name	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
CD/Album	Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Record co./Cat #	EMI 46589

01:08 PM

Dimming Of The Day

Artist Name	Richard & Linda Thompson
CD/Album	Pour Down Like Silver
Record co./Cat #	Carthage 4404

02:10 PM

I'm Beginning To See The Light

Artist Name	Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
CD/Album	On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Record co./Cat #	Verve 821576

01:19 PM

Dark In The Daylight

Artist Name	Jim Boyes
CD/Album	Out' The Blue
Record co./Cat #	No Masters 01

01:23 PM

Bleary Winter

Artist Name	English Acoustic Collective
CD/Album	Ghosts
Record co./Cat #	RUF 09

01:27 PM

I Know My Babe

Artist Name	John Renbourn
CD/Album	The Soho Years
Record co./Cat #	Transatlantic 603

01:30 PM

You Get Brighter

Artist Name	The Incredible String Band
CD/Album	Wee Tam & The Big Huge
Record co./Cat #	Hannibal 4802

01:38 PM

Light A Candle For Me

Artist Name	Alan Greenleaf
CD/Album	Back Road Songs
Record co./Cat #	Self-Produced

01:42 PM

O Ir Kleyne

Artist Name	The Klezmer Conservatory Band
CD/Album	Oy Chanukah!
Record co./Cat #	Rounder 3102

01:44 PM

Who Will Blow The Candle Out

Artist Name	Coope Boyes & Simpson
CD/Album	What We Sing
Record co./Cat #	No Masters 50

01:49 PM

Let The Sunshine In

Artist Name	Cast Recording
CD/Album	Hair
Record co./Cat #	BMG 1150

01:53 PM

Over The Rainbow

Artist Name	Judy Garland
CD/Album	Best Of The Decca Years
Record co./Cat #	MCA 31345

02:00 PM

A'Roving On A Winter's Night

Artist Name	Herdman, Hills & Mangsen
CD/Album	Voices Of Winter
Record co./Cat #	Gadfly 235

02:03 PM

Into This Night

Artist Name	Patti Casey
CD/Album	Demo
Record co./Cat #	Self-Produced

02:05 PM

Shine A Light

Artist Name	The Band
CD/Album	Jericho
Record co./Cat #	Rhino 71564

02:10 PM

I Saw The Light

Artist Name	Selah Jubilee Singers
CD/Album	Good News
Record co./Cat #	Proper 1265

02:12 PM

Hurry Down Sunshine

Artist Name	Leroy Carr
CD/Album	Blues Before Sunrise
Record co./Cat #	Portrait 44122

02:16 PM

Walk In The Light

Artist Name	Heavenly Gospel Singers
CD/Album	Good News
Record co./Cat #	Proper 1265

02:21 PM

Sunlight

Artist Name	The Youngbloods
CD/Album	Elephant Mountain
Record co./Cat #	Mobile Fidelity 792

02:24 PM

Sunshine Sunshine

Artist Name	Tom Rush
CD/Album	The Circle Game
Record co./Cat #	Elektra 74018

02:27 PM

Silent Sunlight

Artist Name	Cat Stevens
CD/Album	Gold
Record co./Cat #	A&M 5420

02:30 PM

Daylight Katy

Artist Name	Gordon Lightfoot
CD/Album	Greatest Hits
Record co./Cat #	Rhino 78287

02:35 PM

Albion Sunrise

Artist Name	Albion County Band
CD/Album	Battle Of The Dead
Record co./Cat #	BGO 354

02:38 PM

First Light

Artist Name	Richard & Linda Thompson
CD/Album	First Light
Record co./Cat #	Chrysalis 1177

02:42 PM

We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky

Artist Name	Roane's Pennsylvanians
CD/Album	Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
Record co./Cat #	Jass 639

02:45 PM

Corn, Water And Wood

Artist Name	Riders In The Sky
CD/Album	Christmas The Cowboy Way
Record co./Cat #	Rounder 0045

02:48 PM

Bright Phoebus

Artist Name	Bright Phoebus
CD/Album	Bright Phoebus
Record co./Cat #	Leader 2076

02:52 PM

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Artist Name	Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
CD/Album	Facing Future
Record co./Cat #	Big Boy 5901

03:00 PM

Let Your Light Shine

Artist Name	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
CD/Album	The Gospel Album
Record co./Cat #	Self-Produced

03:02 PM

This Little Light

Artist Name	Bob Gibson
CD/Album	Joy! Joy!
Record co./Cat #	Riverside 9909

03:04 PM

Follow The Light

Artist Name	Tom Chapin
CD/Album	The Turning Of The Tide
Record co./Cat #	Self-Produced

03:08 PM

Starlight On The Rails

Artist Name	Utah Phillips
CD/Album	Good Thought!
Record co./Cat #	Philo 1004

03:12 PM

Moanin' At Midnight

Artist Name	Howlin' Wolf
CD/Album	Memphis Days
Record co./Cat #	Proper 2001

03:14 PM

Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning

Artist Name	Blind Willie Johnson
CD/Album	The Complete
Record co./Cat #	Legacy 52835

03:17 PM

I Am The Light Of This World

Artist Name	Andy Cohen
CD/Album	Oh Glory, How Happy I Am
Record co./Cat #	Riverlark 102

03:20 PM

Shine On Me

Artist Name	Rev Gary Davis
CD/Album	If I Had My Way
Record co./Cat #	Smithsonian Folkways 40123

03:24 PM

West Texas Sun

Artist Name	Nanci Griffith
CD/Album	There's A Light Beyond These Woods
Record co./Cat #	Philo 1097

03:28 PM

September Son

Artist Name	Lewis Franco
CD/Album	Swingin' In Daddyland
Record co./Cat #	Self-Produced

03:30 PM

As The Turning Of The Year

Artist Name	Herdman, Hills & Mangsen
CD/Album	At The Turning Of The Year
Record co./Cat #	Hand & Heart 2000

03:36 PM

Blues In The Night

Artist Name	Cab Calloway
CD/Album	Sentimental Journey
Record co./Cat #	Legacy 14538

03:39 PM

Lonesome Scene Of Winter

Artist Name	Beverly Smith & Carl Jones
CD/Album	Somewhere Over Yonder
Record co./Cat #	Self-Produced

03:43 PM

Bright Sunny South

Artist Name	Mike Seeger
CD/Album	Southern Banjo Sounds
Record co./Cat #	Smithsonian Folkways 40107

03:46 PM

Uncloudy Day

Artist Name	Hobart Smith
CD/Album	In Sacred Trust
Record co./Cat #	Smithsonian Folkways 40141

03:50 PM

The Rag Dance Song

Artist Name	Nowell Sing We Clear
CD/Album	Nowell Sing We Clear Vol 4
Record co./Cat #	Front Hall 039

03:54 PM

Menage A Trosi

Artist Name	The John Kirkpatrick Band
CD/Album	Force Of Habit
Record co./Cat #	Omnium 2015