Mostly Folk Playlist, April 10, 2011

I started early because the show before mine was pre-empted by baseball, and I started when baseball was over.  I started off with a folk rock segment:

Hang Me | The Anarchist Orchestra | The Anarchist Orchestra
Pretty Polly | The Anarchist Orchestra | The Anarchist Orchestra
Wade on In | Tao Seeger Band | Rise and Bloom
Rise and Bloom | Tao Seeger Band | Rise and Bloom
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm | Broadside Electric | With Teeth

Then the rest was what I considered to be the actual Mostly Folk show:

Now We Sit Us Down | Pete Seeger | At 89
Fogarty's Cove | Stan Rogers | The Very Best of Stan Rogers
Barrett's Privateers | Stan Rogers | The Very Best of Stan Rogers
Tin Can Sailors | Jim McGrath | Last of the Romantics
Roll Alabama Roll | Schooner Fare | Alive
You Hilo Man! | Hank Cramer | Loosely Celtic
Grandy Scratch Scratch | Brian Maskew | Songs in Good Company
The Ghosts of Ellis Island | Hudson River Sloop Singers | Broad Old River 2
My Images Come | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume II
Only an April Fool | Dan Berggren | Fresh Territory
Here's to You | Dan Berggren | One with the Water
Restlessness | Marianne Pasts | Moments
Isle of May | Magpie | Living Planet
Island Earth | Betty and the Baby Boomers | Where the Heron Waits
Solartopia | Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends | Tomorrow's Children
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye | Janis Ian | The Essential Janis Ian
I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound | Tom Paxton | Live for the Record
The Flying Lawn Chair | Michael Jerling | Little Movies
Peg and Awl | David Ferrard | Across the Trouble Wave
Follow the Drinking Gourd | David Ferrard | Across the Trouble Wave
Wade in the Water | Kim and Reggie Harris | Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad
Now Let Me Fly | Kim and Reggie Harris | Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad
Freedom’s Star | Serendipity Singers | Serendipity
Movin’ in My Heart | Serendipity Singers | The Many Sides of the Serendipity Singers
Wayfaring Stranger | The Beggar Folk | The Beggar Folk
Dearest Lord | The Beggar Folk | The Beggar Folk
The Beggar Folk | The Beggar Folk | The Beggar Folk
Russia (Siberia's Snows) | Moira Smiley and Voco | Small Worlds
Zelena (Green Mikrokosmos) | Moira Smiley and Voco | Small Worlds
The Manifold Path | Oliver Schroer and the Stewed Tomatoes | Freedom Row
Krasavaska Ruchenitsa | Jayme Stone | Room of Wonders
Shady Grove | Mark Growden | Lose Me in the Sand
Cotton Jenny | Gordon Lightfoot | Gord's Gold
I Sing | Joe Crookston | Darkling and the BlueBird Jubilee
Darkling and the BlueBird Jubilee | Joe Crookston | Darkling and the BlueBird Jubilee
All of the Hard Days Are Gone | Woods Tea Company | The Passage
My Corner of the Sky | McBride, Lussen, and Wooden | Full Circle

Best albums, March 2011

Of the albums that arrived at the station in March 2011, my favorite was:

• Harris, Kim and Reggie.  Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad.   Kim and Reggie Harris are among my favorite singers, and I also enjoy this type of song (such as "Wade in the Water" and "Oh Freedom").  I like the style of singing in which the singers belt out the music with strong voices (exemplified on this album, and also on other albums by performers such as Magpie, Serendipity Singers, Schooner Fare, and the Weavers). 

Honorable mention goes to:

• Seeger, Mike and Peggy.  Fly Down Little Bird. Mike and Peggy's parents collected traditional songs, and these are the songs Mike and Peggy grew up listening to, songs their parents collected and transcribed.  Simple, traditional music.  
• Spector, Phil.  Wall of Sound The Very Best of Phil Spector 1961-1966.  I enjoy oldies, although sometimes mainstream music gets dull for me.

Best albums, February 2011

Of the albums that arrived at the station in February 2011, my favorites were:

• The Beggar Folk.   My favorite songs on this album were "Dearest Lord," "The Beggar Folk," and "Wayfaring Stranger."  The music carries me away, with the rich instrumental work and the nice harmony in the combination of male and female vocals.  If you click on the link at the beginning of this paragraph, you can hear the songs in their entirety, not just clips.
• The Very Best of Stan Rogers.  This has all the great Stan Rogers songs on it.  I love just about every one.  There are love songs, sad songs, rousing songs, songs about the hard life of the working man.  Stan Rogers' deep voice combines with good instrumental work.