Mostly Folk Playlist, April 29, 2012

Host: Terry Hayden

Upcoming performances
Down to the River | Steve Gates | A Bee in Her Mouth (Moon and River Café, May 5-6)
Facil | Don and Victoria Armstrong | Song for 9/11 (Caffe Lena, Thursday, May 3)
Seventh Sea | Dougie MacLean | Inside the Thunder (8th Step, Tuesday, May 1)
Dear Someone | Red Molly | Light in the Sky (Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Friday, May 11)
Don't Let Me Come Home a Stranger | Robin and Linda Williams | Stonewall Country -- Songs from the Musical (SUNY Cobleskill, Friday, May 4)
Hawaii Slide-O | Tony Trischka | Territory (Caffe Lena, Friday May 4)
Well, Well, Well | Brother Sun | Brother Sun (Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Friday, May 11)
There But for Fortune | Peter Yarrow | What's That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (8th Step, Saturday, May 5)

Upcoming performances: Phil Ochs Song Night (May 12, Linda Norris Auditorium)
Bracero | Phil Ochs | There But For Fortune
Paul Crump | Phil Ochs | A Toast to Those Who Are Gone
Too Many Martyrs | Kim and Reggie Harris | Rock of Ages
How Long? | Magpie | Seed on the Prairie

Assorted good songs
Pastures of Plenty | John McCutcheon | This Land: Woody Guthrie's America
Rumblin' in the Land | Tim Grimm | Thank You Tom Paxton

Closing songs
Beautiful Skies | Bill and Kate Isles | Still Beneath the Stars and Moon
Soar On | The Nellies | The Nellies
Poor Me | Joe Crookston | Fall Down As the Rain

Flying

I heard two songs about flying today:

From Soar On by the Nellies: "Let the joy of the song be the only sound as you fly with the breeze.”

From Beautiful Skies by Bill and Kate Isles, "If it's fight or flight, I'd rather fly.  Beautiful skies bright blue and clear.  Beautiful skies rise above the  fear.  Beautiful skies grow wings and fly."

Mostly Folk plus post-baseball instrumentals, April 8, 2012

Host: Terry Hayden

Today the show before Mostly Folk will be pre-empted by baseball, but baseball may end before Mostly Folk starts at 6:00.  I have prepared about an hour of instrumentals and will play as many fit in whatever time there is between baseball and Mostly Folk.

Post-baseball instrumentals

Minuit Sur La Plage | Kenny Vaughan | Kenny Vaughan
Mysterium | Kenny Vaughan | Kenny Vaughan
Hayseed Strut | Cash Box Kings | Holler and Stomp
Shuffle Rag | Toby Walker | Shake Shake Mama
Jitters | Mary Flower | Misery Loves Company
Hucklebuck | Joe Krown | Exposed
Braes of Locheil | Pilgrim Celtic Harp Trio | Garden Concert
The Time is Approaching | Eileen Ivers | An Nollaig - An Irish Christmas
Amazing Grace | Grant Dermody | Lay Down My Burden
On the Road from Appomatox | Southern Rail | Oasis Acoustic, Voume XI, #15
The Cuckoo | Burning Bridget Cleary | Totes for Goats
The Water is Wide | Pete Seeger | At 89
Hard Times Come Again No More | Privates by Choice | Hardtack and Saddlesores
The Battle Cry of Freedom | Privates by Choice | Hardtack and Saddlesores
Soldier's Joy | Privates by Choice | Hardtack and Saddlesores

Mostly Folk

People who will be performing in the area
The Folkie | Mike Agranoff | …Or Would You Rather Get a Job?
Hello NSA | Roy Zimmerman | Faulty Intelligence
Harness Up the Day | John McCutcheon | This Land: Woody Guthrie's America
Birdsong | Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen | Home by Dark
I Will Follow | Kim Richey | Chinese Boxes
Eamonn An Chnoic | Triskele | Look Back Don't Stare
Arrow | Cheryl Wheeler | Circles and Arrows

One more person who will be performing in the area, plus other good songs
The Place I Left Behind | The Deep Dark Woods | The Place I Left Behind
My Land is a Good Land | Eric Andersen | ‘Bout Changes and Things
Gone Gonna Rise Again | Annie Patterson | Oasis Acoustic, Voume XI, #16

Easter
Easter Eggs | Mark Rust | Legacy
Satisfied | Joe Crookston | Fall Down as the Rain

Passover
The Pharaoh's Daughter | Laurie Lewis | Skippin' and Flyin'
Mosé salió de Misrayim | Broadside Electric | Live Do Not Immerse
Go Down Moses | Kim and Reggie Harris | Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad

Hands
Hands | Betty and the Baby Boomers | I’ll Always Sing
Hands, Metal, and Wood | Joe Crookston | Able, Baker, Charlie, and Dog
Dearest Lord | The Beggar Folk | The Beggar Folk

Longlasting love
Lies | Stan Rogers | The Very Best of Stan Rogers
Dance and Sway | Joe Crookston | Fall Down as the Rain

Closing set
Tide and the River Rising | Betty and the Baby Boomers | Where the Heron Waits
Broad Old River | The Hudson River Sloop Singers | Broad Old River 2
Sing Their Souls Back Home | Billy Bragg | Mr. Love and Justice

Beggar Folk

I have been listening to the Beggar Folk often lately.  I love their sound.  For many songs, I don't much like the lyrics, but I really like the lyrics of "Dearest Lord."

Best albums, March 2012

Of the albums that arrived at the station in March 2012, my favorite was The Plum Tree and the Rose by Sarah McQuaid.  Also of interest were two albums by Christina Linhardt, Voodoo Princess and Circus Sanctuary.  These two albums weren't really folk, and I didn't like everything on them, but they were kind of interesting and different.

Best albums, February 2012

Of the albums that arrived at the station February 2012, my favorites were:

• Safe Crossing by West of Eden
• Garden Concert by Pilgrim Celtic Harp Trio