Today's songs

Some songs I heard today that I liked:

Changes - Circle Spinning by Moby Grape
Woodstock by John Martyn

Best albums, July 2009

Of the new CDs which arrived at WRPI in July, my favorites were:

• Get Back-Together by Quarrymen
• Let the Bad Times Roll by Tom Chapin
  

Runners-up were:

• Eclipse by Lura
• Brian Boru’s March: Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Solos, Vol 1 by Glenn Weiser
• Sweet Mystery by Russ Hopkins
  

Best albums, June 2009

Of the new CDs which arrived at WRPI in June, my picks are:

• North River, North Woods by Dan Berggren, John Kirk, and Chris Shaw
• Song Up in Her Head by Sarah Jarosz
• Crossing by Red Hen
• In Full Bloom by Donna Hébert

Some songs I liked

Some songs I heard recently which I liked enough to ask the DJs who played them what they were:

It's All Right by Jim Capaldi
Traveling Soldiers by Dakota and Bob Bates with Tom Benson and Lexi - this was a recording done live at WRPI, with an 8-year-old on lead vocal

Mostly Folk Playlist, July 5, 2009

Give Me Water Lord | The Gordons | Our Time
Shady Grove | Mitch Barrett | Oasis Acoustic, Vol. IX, #9
Someday I Will Believe | Trent Wagler | Oasis Acoustic, Vol. IX, #8
Don't Burn the Zion Church | Ron Fetner | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, #2
Laughlin Boy | Barry and Brooks | Oasis Acoustic, Volume VIII, #2
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key | Dust Poets | World at Large
Bracero | Joe Jencks | Links in a Chain
Be Thou My Vision | Dan Berggren, John Kirk, and Christopher Shaw | North River, North Woods
From Every Mountain Side | Dan Berggren | Fresh Territory

People who will be performing in the area
Bashtak-la Deesh Meni Kanchaar | Alash | Oasis World Volume VII, #3
Que Sera Sera | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
Intro: Gonna Miss You | Dave Rowe Trio | Three's a Charm
Gonna Miss You | Dave Rowe Trio | Three's a Charm

Coming up at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Long Black Veil | Tim O'Brien | Fiddler's Green
Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | David Bromberg | Sideman Serenade
Shenandoah | John Kirk and Trish Miller | Quicksteppin'
Pharaoh | Crooked Still | Still Crooked

Coming up at Solarfest
Closer | Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem | Gambling Eden
Hard Times Come Again No More | Peter Mulvey | Glencree

Coming up at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Pleasures of the Harbor | John Flynn | Two Wolves
The Wind Won’t Know Me There | Kim & Reggie Harris & Magpie | Guide My Feet
Mick's Knitted Triplets | Folk Arts Quartet | Oasis Acoustic, Vol. IX, #9

Town's East End | Mickey Baker | Blues and Jazz Guitar of Mickey Baker
Nothin' to Hide | Tommy James and the Shondells | 40 Years: The Complete Singles Collection (1996-2006)