The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Special | Blowin' in the Wind | PBS

A beautiful rendition of "Blowin' in the Wind" by Peter Yarrow and friends.

That Harp Guy performing Scum of the Earth

I saw this guy performing at the farmer's market this morning -- Thaddeus "Gaffer" Venar.

Mostly Folk Playlist, October 10, 2010

Song | Performer | Album

Bright Clear Day | Sarah Lee Guthrie and Family | Go Waggaloo
Crawdad | Elizabeth Mitchell |Putumayo Kids Presents Folk Playground
*Moondancer | Lui Collins | Moondancer
Dance a Little Longer | Joel Rafael | The Songs of Woody Guthrie
Rhode Island Red | Jim McGrath | Last of the Romantics

*Cornbread and Butter Beans | The Wiyos | Hat Trick
*Jeff Davis | David Grier | Panorama
*Mean Old Wind | Kris Delmhorst | Five Stories

Dream Awhile | Steve Kirkman | Tribes Hill: We're All Here -- Because We're Not All There
Amazing Grace | Chuck E. Costa | Tribes Hill: We're All Here -- Because We're Not All There
You Can Count On Me | Rich Deans | Tribes Hill: We're All Here -- Because We're Not All There

Song for Sarajevo | Ali Eskandarian | Born to the Breed - A Tribute to Judy Collins
Ghosts in the River | Rustic Riders | Hearing Hearts
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Molasses Creek | (More Better) Molasses Creek

*Two Wolves | John Flynn | Two Wolves
*String of Pearls | Les Sampou | Fall From Grace
*Mercy Now | Mary Gauthier | Mercy Now

*Killing the Blues | Annie and the Hedonists | Good Old Wagon
Leaves Don't Drop (They Just Let Go) | Carrie Newcomer | The Geography of Light
Five Point Star | Neptune's Car | Strawberry Moon
Morning Song | Atwater-Donnelly | The Weaver's Bonny

[Mostly Folk Calendar]

*Sons of the Century | Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies | Tenderhooks
*Spanish for Crown | April Verch | From Where I Stand

Saucy Sailor | Burning Bridget Cleary | Everything is Alright
Sir John | Cara | In Colour
Oro Se Do Bheatha 'Bhaile | Screaming Orphans | Oasis Acoustic, Volume X, #1
The 23rd of June | The Cottars | Feast

Joy of My Heart | Archie Fisher | Windward Away

*Will be playing in the area in the coming week.

Best album, September 2010

Of the albums that arrived at the stations in September 2010, my favorite was  Tribes Hill: We're All Here -- Because We're Not All There.  Tribes Hill is an organization of musicians based in the Hudson Valley.   The album is a compilation of songs by members of the group.  Some of the songs are more in the indie vein, which I don't like as much, but there were six songs on this two-CD set that I did like -- the ones by Hope Machine, Joe Crookston, Steve Kirkman, Chuck E. Costa, Rich Deans, and Marc Black.

Pete Seeger story

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/nyregion/03routine.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

A New York Times feature on Pete Seeger including some pearls of wisdom such as "It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with," and, with regard to chopping wood, "It’s in our DNA to like to go 'whack.'"

Times Union article about Andy Spence

The Albany Times Union has a story on Andy Spence, a pillar of the local folk community:

http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Old-Songs-founder-Andy-Spence-keeps-the-music-685362.php

Best albums, August 2010

Of the albums that arrived at WRPI in August 2010, my favorites were:

• Strawberry Moon by Neptune's Car -- warm, folky music, appreciating the beauty of nature
• Small Worlds by Moira Smiley and Voco -- Eastern European music, some by Béla Bartók