Mostly Folk Playlist, October 14, 2007

Host: Terry Hayden

Pete Gets the Last Word | Pete Seeger | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Quite Early Morning | Pete Seeger | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Quite Early Morning | The Mammals | Rock That Babe
There is Hope | Aoife Clancy | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
One More Night | Elana James | Elana James
All Good Things | Corrinne West | Second Sight
Weather and Water | The Greencards | Weather and Water
Darling Corey | Crooked Still | Hop High
John Henry | Earl Scruggs | Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966
Shantytown | Jamcrackers | Jamcrackers
Folk Music in the Nude | Modern Man | Assisted Living
My Yard | Fathappy | Oasis Acoustic, Vol. VII, 7
Rubberneckin' | Elvis Presley | Elvis at the Movies
Singin' in the Kitchen | Bobby Bare | Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies
Riding in My Car | Woody Guthrie and Arlo Guthrie | This Land is Your Land
Brush Your Teeth Blues | Johnny Irion | Ex Tempore
Livin' by the Open Door | Sarah Lee Guthrie | Sarah Lee Guthrie
I'll Always Sing | Betty and the Baby Boomers | I'll Always Sing
How Can I Keep From Singing | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume I
Simple Gifts | Atwater Donnelly | Culled From the Garden
John Barleycorn | Atwater-Donnelly | Culled From the Garden
This Fire | John McCutcheon | This Fire: Politics, Love and Other Small Miracles
Giants' Dance | Smithfield Fair | 20 for 20
Come Ye O're Frae France | The Muses | Live!
Faerie Feet | Elaine Silver | Oasis Acoustic Volume VII, X
Finnean's Dance | Coyote Run | Oasis World Volume VII, 3
Frankie and Johnny | Garnet Rogers | All That Is
Further On (Up the Road) | Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band | Live in Dublin
Good Night Irene | Arlo Guthrie with the University of Kentucky Symphony | In Times Like These

September 2007 Best CDs

Of the CD's that arrived at WRPI in September, 2007, the ones I liked best were:

1. Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary. This is a compilation CD from Appleseed. It includes some tracks from prior albums, as well as some new material. I have two of the Pete Seeger tribute CD's (Where Have All the Flowers Gone and Seeds), and it overlaps with the material on those albums. There's a lot of Pete Seeger influence on the 10th anniversary CD, including both tracks recorded by him and songs associated with him being performed by others. It's a mix of old and new performers, famous and not so famous. The idea is that Appleseed is trying to support the people who will become the Pete Seegers and Woody Guthries of the future. It seems like they really put some thought into the order the songs appear on the CD. I like that, I like CD's that are put together with thought rather than just a bunch of random songs. If you're into this sort of thing (Pete Seeger, the 60's, songs of social change), this album is worth adding to your collection.
2. Oasis World Volume VII Number 3. Oasis puts together compilations, usually of lesser known artists, and sends them to DJ's. They usually do a really good job. That is, we get a lot of CD's by lesser known artists who are lesser known because they aren't very good, but Oasis seems to mostly include the good ones. Some of those people who send us CD's are navel-gazing singer/songwriter types who just strum a guitar, but the songs on the Oasis CD generally have rich instrumentation. Although this CD is classified as "world," it tends to be people in the US drawing on influences from other cultures, rather than people from other cultures. Sometimes I feel I can't play the world music I like on my regular radio show, because my regular show is mostly American, Canadian, British, and Celtic, but I think most of the songs on this album would fit on my radio show. That could be a drawback if you are looking for something different from what we usually hear in English-language folk music, but I like what's on the album.

Tao Rodriguez Seeger recordings

Tao Rodriguez Seeger performs and records with the Mammals, as well as various other people. On many of the CD's, the musicians take turns doing songs. As a result, Tao's singing is scattered throughout various albums. Here's what to listen to if you want to hear Tao (Let me know of any corrections or additions):

Born Live, The Mammals

13. Satisfied Mind

Evolver, The Mammals

1. Way Down the Old Plank Road
6. Lady Margaret

Rock that Babe, The Mammals

5. Chan Chan
8. John Henry
12. Quite Early Morning

Migration, The Mammals

2. Walking Down Death Row
5. Chan Chan

Departure, The Mammals

8. Solo le Pido a Dios
11. Satisfied Mind

Bootleg Six-Pack, The Mammals

3. Red Mountain Wine

Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger Volume 3

3. Trouble at the Bottom
6. A Little a' This 'n' That
7. Maple Syrup Time

Que Vaya Bien, Roy Brown, Tito Auger, and Tao Rodriguez Seeger

1. Que Vaya Bien
4. Cosecha lo que Siembres
10. Deportado
12. El Alambique

The Anarchist Orchestra, The Anarchist Orchestra

(entire album)

Sowing the Seeds: The 10th Anniversary -- Appleseed Recordings

17. The Ross Perot (George Bush) Guide to Answering Embarrassing Questions

Tao also does background vocals on some albums by Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie.