Folk and World Features Playlist, December 13, 2009

Theme: Celtic harp


St. Basil’s Hymn | Patrick Ball | The Christmas Rose
Give Me Your Hand | Patrick Ball | The Music of Turlough O’Carolan
Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major | Celtic and Classical Harp| Here Comes the Bride!
Brian Boru’s March | Celtic Harp Orchestra | Got the Magic
Merrily Kiss the Quaker | Kim Robertson | Treasures of the Celtic Harp
To Drive the Cold Winter Away | Lorinda Jones | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, #1
O'Carolan's Welcome | Sabrina Sigal Falls | Oasis Acoustic: Volume IX, #1
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella | Jan Jennings | Oasis Acoustic: Volume IX, #10
Da Day Dawn | Sue Richards | Celtic Mist
Morning Has Broken | Claire Hamilton | The Magic of Celtic Harp
She Moved Through the Fair | Claire Hamilton | The Magic of Celtic Harp
Flower of Scotland | Claire Hamilton | The Magic of Celtic Harp
Tis Last Rose of Summer | Kate Northrop | The Magic of Celtic Harp
Mna na hEireann | Ceoltoiri Celtic Ensemble | Celtic Mist
'S Truagh Nach 'eil Bodaich an Dontain / Maol Donaidh | Sue Richards | Celtic Mist
A Bunch of Rushes | Lorraine and Bennett Hammond | Love Has a Life of Its Own
Samantha Alice Lee | Lorraine and Bennett Hammond | Love Has a Life of Its Own
Gesù Bambino | Jody Marshall | Carol of the Bells
Still, Still, Still | Jody Marshall | Carol of the Bells

Mostly Folk Playlist, November 29, 2009

The Modern Folk Musician | Mike Agranoff | The Modern Folk Musician
English is Cuh-ray-zee | Pete Seeger | Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, vol. 3
The Scooter Store | Carla Ulbrich | Live From Outer Space
The Klingon Language | Carla Ulbrich | Live From Outer Space
Duet With a Klingon | Carla Ulbrich | Live From Outer Space
Thanksgiving | Si Kahn | Thanksgiving
Simple Gifts | Atwater-Donnelly | Culled From the Garden
Mountain Air | Dan Berggren | Mountain Air
Old Green Sweater | Dan Berggren | Mountain Air
Dance in the Kitchen | Tom Paxton | Comedians and Angels
How Beautiful Upon the Mountain | Tom Paxton | Comedians and Angels
I Have Seen Freedom | Si Kahn | Thanksgiving
Every Long Journey | Bill Staines | Looking for the Wind
Sower of Seeds | Pete Seeger | Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, vol. 3
Hope Dies Last | John McCutcheon | This Fire: Politics, Love and Other Small Miracles
Daughters & Sons | Woods Tea Company | Live
Once More a-Lumberin' Go | Christopher Shaw | Adirondack
Old Fences | Bill and Kate Isles | Matching Baggage
Are You Tired of Me Darling | Matt Watroba | The Best is Yet to Be
Plenty of Time | Smithfield Fair | The Longing
City Hall | Vienna Teng | Dreaming Through the Noise
Broken Wings | Cherish the Ladies | New Day Dawning
California | Josh Ritter | Hello Starling
Goin' Home | The Pines | Sparrows in the Bell
Georgianna | Chuck Suchy | Unraveling Heart
There Goes the Mountain | Tom Paxton and Anne Hills | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Indian Prayer | Tom Pacheco | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Shaman’s Vision | Peter Rowan | Awake Me in the New World
Earth | Kim and Reggie Harris | Simplicity

Folk and World Features Playlist, November 22, 2009

Theme: Music from Norway, Finland, and Sweden. 

Jalla Jalla | Frigg | Economy Class
Lars Lenkelifot | Frigg | Economy Class
Viikon Vaivane | Värttinä | Oi Dai
Us Kottu ei Uupuvani | Värttinä | Vihma
Lellupuo- Iikoon Frioomarssi / Iikko's Courtship March | Troka | Troka
Strömmerschottis | Troka | Troka
Finnish Gypsies | JPP | String Tease
Pål Karl | Hedningarna | Kaksi!
Herr Hillebran | Hoven Droven | More Happy Moments…
I Himmelen / In Paradise | Triakel | Triakel
Nämndemans Ola / Commissioner Ola | Garmarna | Vittrad
Inte sörja vi…/ We won’t grieve… | Garmarna | Vittrad
Kapten Kapsyl | Väsen | Whirled
Börjar du Fatta | Väsen | Whirled

Mostly Folk Playlist, November 15, 2009

Gin Ye Marry Me or Birnie Bouzle | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
The Biting Reel/Lost Time | Jeremy Kittel | Chasing Sparks
Add a Little Love | Greg Klyma | Rust Belt Underground
Better Days | The McKrells | Better Days
Sing to the Mountain | Elephant Revival | Elephant Revival
Highway Song | Aztec Two Step | Aztec Two Step
All to God | Harper Simon | Harper Simon
Shoulderbirds (You Know Me) | Peter Mulvey | Letters From a Flying Machine
No Use in Crying | Smithfield Fair | The Longing
I Believe in You | Luka Bloom | The Acoustic Motorbike
The Long Road | Cliff Eberhardt | 500 Miles
All That is Gold | Brooks Williams | Back to Mercy
This Shirt | Garnet Rogers with Doug Long | Summer Lightning
That's My Song | Bill Staines | Old Dog
Ring Around the Moon Tonight | Ben Bullington | White Sulpher Springs
No Pride At All | Jesse Winchester | Gentleman of Leisure
Defying Gravity | Cheryl Wheeler | Defying Gravity
Look What Love Has Given Me | Tret Fure | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VII #16
Dimming of the Day |Mary Black | The Best of Mary Black vol 2
Coat of Many Colors | Eva Cassidy | Somewhere
Deep in Gold | Amy Fradon | Passion Angels
Train Song | Carol Noonan | Absolution
Avenue of the Saints | The Pines | Tremolo
Who Knows Where the Time Goes | Sandy Denny | Gold Dust: Live at the Royalty
Urge for Going | Tom Rush | New Year
All My Life’s a Circle | McBride, Lussen and Wooden | Full Circle
Waters of Babylon | McBride, Lussen and Wooden | Full Circle

Folk and World Features Playlist, November 8, 2009

Theme: Family


Child of Mine | Bill Staines | Going to the West
For Baby (For Bobbie) | Peter, Paul, and Mary | The Peter, Paul, and Mary Album
December's Child | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
Jennifer and Kate | Tom Paxton | Comedians and Angels
Hands, Metal, and Wood | Joe Crookston | Able, Baker, Charlie, and Dog
Big Beams | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
Our Families Came to Sing | Mark Rust | Our Families Came to Sing
Canned Goods | Greg Brown | One Night
Blessed | Cheryl Wheeler | Defying Gravity 
Only a Housewife | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
The Sweetest Gift | Mara Levine | Mara's Gems
Christians and Pagans | Dar Williams | Mortal City
The Point | Chuck Brodsky | Two Sets
Links in a Chain | Joe Jencks | Links in a Chain
Everything is Beautiful | Ray Stevens | Greatest Hits

3 songs from Sonny: Time is a Tempest, All Mixed Up, Tikkun Olam

I like the songs Sonny Ochs plays on her show. Last week, some good ones she played were:

• "All Mixed Up," performed by Pete Seeger, from the album Live in '65. There's a version available on youtube. I've heard the Peter, Paul and Mary version before, but somehow, in this version, the lyrics popped out at me, in particular, the part that goes
  
  

  No race of man is completely pure,
  nor is anyone's mind, that's for sure
  The winds mix the dust of every land,
  and so will woman and man.
  This doesn't mean we will all be the same,
  We'll have different faces and different names
  Long live many different kinds of races
  It's difference of opinion that makes horse races
  Just remember the rule about rules, brother
  What could be right for one could be wrong for the other

  The full lyrics can be found at http://www.peteseeger.net/allmixedup.htm.
  
  
• "Time is a Tempest," performed by Cloudstreet. Cloudstreet is the Australian duo Nicole Murray and John Thompson. The lyrics can be found at http://www.cloudstreet.org/lyrics_danceup.htm#tempest. It's one of those uplifting songs about let's all join together and change the world.
  
  
• "Tikkun Olam, Repair the World" performed by Ellen Bukstel. This song can be heard on youtube and the lyrics can be viewed at http://www.bukstel.com/TikkunOlamlyrics.htm. Like "Time is a Tempest," it's a song about joining together to make the world a better place.
  

Mostly Folk Playlist, October 25, 2009

Everything Possible | Fred Small | Everything Possible
The Dolphins | Fred Neil | The Many Sides of Fred Neil
The Other Side of This Life | Eric Andersen | Blue Rain
Reason to Believe | Billy Bragg | 2006 Reissue Sampler vol. 2
Bird on a Wire | Leonard Cohen | Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Hallelujah | Hilary Scott | The Road to Hope
Calling All Angels | The Wailin' Jennies | Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Take Me Home, Country Roads | Gypsy Soul | Beneath the Covers: A Rediscovery
Songbird | Annie and the Hedonists | Side of the Road
The Water is Wide | Eva Cassidy | American Tune
If I Were | Donna Ulisse | When I Look Back
Speaking with the Angel |Mary Black | The Best of Mary Black vol 2, CD 1
Night Ride Across the Caucasus | Loreena McKennitt | Book of Secrets
Not in Kansas Any More | Janet Bates | Little Spinner
Wade in the Water | Ben Winship and David Thompson | Fishing Music II
500 Miles | Cliff Eberhardt | 500 Miles
Disfarmer | Bill Frisell | Disfarmer
Driving Wheel | Tom Rush | New Year
Lay Your Body Down | The Resophonics | Diamonds in the Ground
Unfinished Life | Kate Wolf | Gold in California
There But For Fortune | Peter Paul and Mary | Such is Love
I’ll Fly Away | Harvey Reid and Joyce Anderson | Kindling the Fire
Sailing Homeward | Donovan | Essence to Essence
When I'm Gone | Matt Watroba | The Best is Yet to Be
Peace Is | Fred Small | Everything Possible

Folk and World Features Playlist, October 18, 2009

Theme: world instrumentals


Angelo | Inti-Illimani | Andadas
Sikuriadas | Inti-Illimani | Lejanía
Guardians of the Medicine Pipes | Native Flute Ensemble | Spirit Wind
Flutes of the Heart | Native Flute Ensemble | Spirit Wind
Osaka To Me | Roger Davidson | Mango Tango
Ava | Roger Espinoza | Oasis World, Volume IX, #2
Danzarin | Extasis | Oasis World, Volume IX, #2
Gypsy Bicycle | Oxymora | Oasis World Vol. VII, #1
Viento del sur | Los Alhama and Andres Amador | Traditional Gypsy Flamenco
Torre del mare | Los Alhama and Andres Amador | Traditional Gypsy Flamenco
The Black Opal | Hossam Ramzy, and Ossama el Hendy | Ruby: Classical Egyptian Bellydance
Mazamiar Holiday | Upper Egypt Ensemble | Rough Guide to Bellydance Café
Su Prabhat | The Greencards | Viridian
Dance of Seven Veils | The McDades | Bloom
Morf'r Freahines (The Queen's March) | Nancy Davis | Oasis World Vol. VII, #1

Mostly Folk Playlist, October 11, 2009

The Singer's Request | John Wesley Harding | Trad Arr Jones
The Gardener | Broadside Electric | With Teeth
Waiting for the Bus | Chumbawamba | The Boy Bands Won
Big World | Dust Poets | World at Large
Get Together | Joe Jencks | Links in a Chain
Darcy Farrow | Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen | Live in Concert
Ballad of Blue Mountain Lake | Dan Berggren, John Kirk, and Christopher Shaw | North River, North Woods
Remember the Night of the Phoenix | Lee Murdock | The View From the Harbor
Santy Anno | Hank Cramer | The Shantyman
Pay Me My Money Down | Hank Cramer | The Shantyman
Road to Heaven | Staber and Chasnoff | Looking for the Road
My Days Are Gliding Swiftly By | Staber and Chasnoff | Looking for the Road
Ev’ry Night | James Hill and Anne Davison | True Love Don't Weep
Oh! Susana | James Hill and Anne Davison | True Love Don't Weep
Flora | Crooked Still | Hop High
Sometimes | Punch Brothers | Punch
Sylvie | Hungrytown | Hungrytown
Bring Me Li'l Water Silvy | The Wailin' Jennies | Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Into the Woods | Vicky Emerson | Long Ride
This is Her Gift | Els Cuypers and Patrick Niels | Oasis World, Volume IX, #2
Coming for You | Janet Bates | Little Spinner
Written on the Wing | Smithfield Fair | The Longing
Carpet of the Sun | Renaissance | Tales of 1001 Nights Vol. 1
Down By the River | Blues Divine | Shine Like the Sun
Sing Sing Sing | Hope Machine | Big Green Hope Machine

Best albums, September 2009

Of the CDs that came to the station in September, 2009, my favorites were:

• True Love Don't Weep by James Hill and Anne Davison. What struck me when I listened to this was that I like these songs with simple lyrics better than many songs with more introspective lyrics. The album includes some traditional songs and many original songs which sound traditional. The music is simple, down-to-earth, and light-hearted.
• Unraveling Heart by Chuck Suchy. Chuck Suchy has a warm voice, and with Peter Ostroushko as one of the instrumentalists, it is not surprising that the music is instrumentally rich.
  

Branching Out

I'm not generally a John Gorka fan, but I like his song "Branching Out." The first line is, "When I grow up, I wanna be a tree." The verses go on to describe life as a tree through the seasons, and the chorus says, "I'm gonna reach for the sky."

The full lyrics are available at http://www.lyricstime.com/john-gorka-branching-out-lyrics.html.

Mostly Folk Playlist, September 27, 2009

How Long | Magpie | Seed on the Prairie
What’s Going On|Foolish Notion | HARP | A Time to Sing, Disc 1
Singing for Our Lives | Holly Near | And Still We Sing
Hands | Betty and the Baby Boomers | I’ll Always Sing
Coast of Maine | Emma's Revolution | Roots, Rock, and Revolution
Branching Out | John Gorka | I Know
Side of the Road | Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert | Side of the Road
Never So Far | Greg Brown | Dream City: Essential Recordings Vol. 2, 1997-2006
Tools for the Soul | Danny Flowers | King Easy Radio Sampler
All My Money On You | Diana Jones | King Easy Radio Sampler, Volume 2
When I Get to the Border | Lucy Kaplansky | The Tide
The Loving Kind | Nanci Griffith | The Loving Kind
Don't Make Promises | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
Annachie Gordon | Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen | Live in Concert
Stillhouse | Annie and the Hedonists | Moonglow on the Midway
Widow Mae | The Gordons | Our Time
Katy Cline | Norman and Nancy Blake | Back Home in Sulphur Springs
Prayer for My Friends | John Starling and Carolina Star | Slidin' Home
Farewell Angelina | Tim O’Brien | Red on Blonde
So it Go | Robin and Linda Williams | Radio Songs
Summer’s Almost Over| Cheryl Wheeler | Defying Gravity
Farewell to Tarawathie | Hank Cramer | Caledonia
If I Were a Wealthy Man | Smithfield Fair | 20 for 20
Round the Bend | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
The Whistling Gypsy | Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem | In Person at Carnegie Hall – The Complete 1963 Concert
Good Night Irene | Arlo Guthrie with the University of Kentucky Symphony | In Times Like These

Folk and World Features Playlist, September 27, 2009

Theme: male vocalists.

Tao Rodriguez Seeger
Sólo Le Pido a Dios | The Mammals | Departure
Satisfied Mind | The Mammals | Born Live

Joe Crookston
Wandering Shepherd |Joe Crookston | Able Baker Charlie and Dog
Mending Walls |Joe Crookston | Able Baker Charlie and Dog

Dan Berggren
From Every Mountain Side | Dan Berggren | Fresh Territory
Peace Begins in My Own Heart | Dan Berggren | Fresh Territory

Bill Staines
The Heavens and the Years | Bill Staines | Old Dog
Sweet Wyoming Home | Bill Staines | Old Dog

Tom Paxton
What A Friend You Are | Tom Paxton | Comedians and Angels
Home to Me (Is Anywhere You Are) | Tom Paxton | Comedians and Angels

Eric Andersen
Violets of Dawn | Eric Andersen | ‘Bout Changes and Things
Close the Door Lightly When You Go | Eric Andersen | ‘Bout Changes and Things

Tom Rhoads
Pastures of Plenty | Broadside Electric | More Bad News
Silkie | Broadside Electric | More Bad News

Folk and World Features Playlist, September 20, 2009

Theme: female vocalists.

Linda Thompson
Nine Stone Rig | Linda Thompson | Fashionably Late
Dimming of the Day| Linda Thompson | Dreams Fly Away
Shay Fan Yan Ley| Linda Thompson | Dreams Fly Away

Carol Noonan
She Moved Through The Fair | Carol Noonan | Absolution
Train Song | Carol Noonan | Absolution

Leandra Peak of Neal and Leandra
Less of You | Neal and Leandra | Stranger to My Kin
Rich | Neal and Leandra | Stranger to My Kin

Carol Young of the Greencards
Time | The Greencards | Weather and Water
What You Are | The Greencards | Weather and Water

Jessee Havey formerly of the Duhks
Mists of Down Below | The Duhks | The Duhks
Death Came A Knockin' | The Duhks | The Duhks
The Leather Winged Bat |The Duhks | Your Daughters and Your Sons

Mary Travers of Peter Paul and Mary
Delievery Delayed| Peter, Paul, and Mary | Such is Love
Would You Like to Learn to Dance | Peter, Paul, and Mary | Such is Love
Blowin’ in the Wind | Peter, Paul and Mary | Freedom is a Constant Struggle

August 2009 Best Albums

Of the albums which arrived at WRPI in August 2009, my favorites were:

• The Weaver's Bonny by Atwater-Donnelly
  On the back of the CD case, it says that on this album, Atwater-Donnelly has outdone themselves. I think I agree. I think that I like it better than some of their previous albums because it does more with instruments.
• The Longing by Smithfield Fair
• The Shantyman by Hank Cramer. Rousing sailor songs.
  

Runners-up were:

• Miner's Songs - Bygone Times and Places by Hank Cramer
  Songs about miners. Hank Cramer has a nice deep voice.
  
• Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by the Wailin' Jennies.
• My Dusty Road by Woody Guthrie.
  
• Blood and Candle Smoke by Tom Russell
• Disfarmer by Bill Frisell
• Oasis World, Volume IX, #1, Oasis World, Volume IX, #2
  They sent us numbers 1, 2, and 3. For some reason, I liked many songs on 1 and 2, but few on 3. Many of the tracks I liked on 1 and 2 were instrumentals. Although these are billed as albums of world music, I found that a lot of it would fit better on a folk show than on a world show.
  

Mostly Folk Playlist, August 23, 2009

Walter | Christopher Shaw | Adirondack
So Easy | Aztec Two Step | Aztec Two Step
Gold on the River | Tom Rush | New Year
Reuben James | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
Intro: Salt Water Farm | Dave Rowe Trio | Three's a Charm
Salt Water Farm | Dave Rowe Trio | Three's a Charm
This Past Year | The McKrells | This Past Year
Roseville Fair | Schooner Fare | Signs of Home
Lies | Stan Rogers | Northwest Passage
Dance in the Kitchen | Tom Paxton | Comedians and Angels
Dance and Sway | Joe Crookston | Fall Down As the Rain
Old Love | Matt Watroba | The Best is Yet to Be
Ghost of Tom Joad | Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Who By Fire | Leonard Cohen | The Best of Leonard Cohen
Fly Away | Russ Hopkins | Sweet Mystery
Love is the Solution | Will Kimbrough | Will Kimbrough (EP)
Potter’s Field | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
Tell Me True | Red Hen | Crossing
Two Crows | Atwater-Donnelly | The Weaver's Bonny
Lebanese Melody/The Unquiet Grave | Elizabeth Nicholson and Stringed Migration | Fly Not Yet
Where Did Our Love Go | Dyer Switch Band | Family Business
Once More | Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem | Cocktail Swing
You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone | The Quarrymen | Get Back - Together
Guantanamera | Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, and Pete Seeger (HARP) | HARP - A Time to Sing
Indian Prayer |Tom Pacheco with Pete Seeger| Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Dink's Song | Roger McGuinn with Pete Seeger and Josh White Jr. | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
There is Hope | Aoife Clancy | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Somos El Barco (We Are the Boat) | Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, and Pete Seeger (HARP) | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary

Mostly Folk Playlist, August 9, 2009

This Little Light of Mine | Dyer Switch Band | American Airwaves
Young Timothy | Cavanaugh and Kavanaugh | Returning
La Valse Joyeuse | Donna Hébert | In Full Bloom
How Can I Keep From Singing | Bill Staines | Journey Home
Enola Gay | Utah Phillips | The Telling Takes Me Home
I Come and Stand at Every Door | Anne Hills | Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger, vol. 1
1000 Candles, 1000 Cranes | Small Potatoes | Waltz of the Wildflowers
Oh Sacred World | Pete Seeger | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Pete Gets the Last Word | Pete Seeger | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Alice | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
Tannery Pond Reel | Dan Berggren, John Kirk, and Christopher Shaw | North River, North Woods
Boys in the Choir | Tom Chapin | Let the Bad Times Roll
A Place in the Choir | Dave Fry | I Like Peanut Butter
You Gotta Sing | Sarah Lee Guthrie | Sarah Lee Guthrie
Worried Man Blues | Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash | Oasis Acoustic: Volume IX, #10
The Garden is Growing | Ron Short and Roadside Theater | King Easy Radio Sampler: Volume 5
Pond Tune | We Ski Cousins | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, #2
St. Thomas | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume II
Wild Rose of the Mountain | Mara Levine | Mara's Gems
I've Got No Honey Baby Now | Big Medicine | Oasis Acoustic: Volume IX, #11
How Long | Uncle Earl | She Waits for the Night
Old Greasy Coat | Red Hen | Crossing
The Old Man of the Mountain | Big Band Voodoo Daddy | How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway
Jump, Jive and Wail | Jump Daddies | Jump Daddies
The Wind Won’t Know Me There | Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie | Guide My Feet
Riding Free | Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher | Oasis Acoustic, Volume IX, #6
Lakota Commitment Song | Bill Center | Oglala Lakota
Amazing Grace | Bill Center | Oglala Lakota
The Water is Wide | Tom Chapin | Let the Bad Times Roll