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.