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.