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NHPR Presents: May Day Music Special

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Emily Quirk

Published April 27, 2023 at 3:25 PM EDT

May Day in some countries is also called Workers' Day, or International Workers' Day.

NHPR presents a one-hour music special celebrating May Day, hosted by production manager Emily Quirk.

Join us Friday and Sunday as we examine American labor history through the lens of roots, blues, Americana, and rock genres spanning the last 100+ years.

Celebrate those who built our roads, pick our fruit— and those who fought and died for all the many things we now take for granted with music from:

Utah Phillips
Hazel Dickens
The Almanacs
Otis Span
Della Mae - hear the full interview with Celia Woodsmith from 2019

Interview with Celia Woodsmith.mp3

This program airs on Friday, April 28 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, April 30 at 6 p.m.

This May Day Music special originally aired in 2019.

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Emily Quirk

Before becoming Program Director, Quirk served as NHPR's production manager. During that time she's voiced and crafted the 'sound of the station,' coordinated countless on-air fundraisers, produced segments for Give Back NH, Something Wild, New Hampshire Calling, and developed NHPR's own NHPR Music vertical with features such as Live from Studio D, and long-loved favorites like Holidays By Request.

See stories by Emily Quirk

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