My Roots Go Down

There's a cool song written by Sarah Pirtle called My Roots Go Down. I discovered it because of a video on Facebook of a little girl singing it.

Songs in my head

I woke up this morning with a few notes in my head.  I couldn't quite get enough to hear what it was.  I tried to focus, to get the notes to bubble up, form into a song. Adam Lambert? Is it Adam Lambert? It's something modern.  The only modern people I know are Adam Lambert and Adele.  Is it one of them? How does it sound? It is like fanning a flame -- there's the smallest spark, and you fan it, trying to get it grow into a fire, or in this case a song.  Mad World? Is it Mad World? Yes it is Mad World sung by Adam Lambert.  And you know what goes with it? How the Nighttime Sings by Brooks Williams. How the Nighttime Sings is happier, so it comes after Mad World.

 

Mostly Folk Playlist, June 15, 2014

Host: Terry Hayden

Clearwater
Sail Away | Betty and the Baby Boomers | Where the Heron Waits
Let Me Be Your Mate Clearwater | Hudson River Sloop Singers | Broad Old River 2
Roll the Old Chariot Along | Hudson River Sloop Singers with Rick Nestler| Broad Old River 2
It's a Long Haul | Pete Seeger with Travis Jeffrey and the Rivertown Kids| At 89
Aweigh, Santy Anno | Work O' The Weavers | We're Still Here
Solartopia | Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids, Dan Bernz and Dar Williams | Tomorrow's Children
Tiptoe Alley | Jay Ungar and Molly Mason | The Lovers’ Waltz
Mermaid's Avenue | The Klezmatics | Wonder Wheel
Dark Eyes | Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer | Rockin' the Uke
California | Josh Ritter | Hello Starling
Hawaii Slide-O | Tony Trischka | Territory
Pianoforte 2010 | Jake Shimabukuro | Peace Love Ukulele
Circle of the Sun | Elizabeth Mitchell | Blue Clouds
The Dance | Joseph Firecrow | Face the Music
My Train Comin' | Thomasina Winslow | Essential Tunes
Quiet Early Morning | Holly Near | Early Warnings
Getting Up Early | Tom Paxton | Wearing the Time
Yonder Come Day | Toshi Reagon | Justice

Old Songs
I Still Have Joy | Peter and Mary Alice Amidon | Hymns and Ballads
Just a Closer Walk with Thee | Annie and the Hedonists | Woman Be Wise
Morag's Waltz | George Wilson and Friends | Contra Roots and Branches
Song for the Night Sea Journey | Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra | Ocean: Songs for the Night Sea Journey
The Hills of Bounty | Vishten | Vishten Live

Father’s Day
January Baby | Alien Folklife | Double Vision
Hands, Metal, and Wood | Joe Crookston | Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog
Like Father Like Son | Mark Rust | Legacy
Big Beams | Dan Berggren | One With the Water (Caffe Lena, Fri. June 20)
Bandanas | Dan Berggren | One With the Water (Caffe Lena, Fri. June 20)
Father Daughter Mother Son | Tom Chapin | Let the Bad Times Roll (Clearwater Festival, June 21-22)

Mostly Folk Playlist, May 18, 2014

Upcoming

Fiddler's Bend | Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin | It All Comes Back to Love (Middleburgh Public Library, May 27)

The Two Sisters | Molly Andrews | Blue Morning Glory (GottaGetGon May 23-25)

The Road is Dark | Michael Jerome Brown | The Road is Dark (GottaGetGon May 23-25)

Exploring the Blue | Luka Bloom | The Acoustic Motorbike (Caffe Lena May 22)

Mercy Now | Mary Gauthier | Mercy Now (Caffe Lena June 1)

For Catherine | Laura Cortese | Into the Dark (Caffe Lena May 30)

Rolling Home | North Sea Gas | Keltic Heritage (Squire Jacob Coffeehouse May 24)

People who will perform at Phil Ochs Song Night May 24

Strong Hearts | Cathy Winter | Next Sweet Time

Too Many Martyrs | Kim and Reggie Harris | Rock of Ages

How Long | Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie | Spoken in Love

What's That I Hear | Kim and Reggie Harris | What's That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs

Changes | Phil Ochs | There But For Fortune

Ballad of the Carpenter | Phil Ochs | I Ain't Marching Anymore

Paul Crump | Phil Ochs | A Toast to Those Who Are Gone

When I'm Gone | Phil Ochs | There But For Fortune

Assorted fun stuff

Why Worry | Chet Atkins | Sails

Joy is Like the Rain | Medical Mission Sisters | Joy is Like the Rain

Joy is Like the Rain | Marilyn Bennett | A Gift of Love

The Morning Trumpet | 1995 Garden State Sacred Harp Singing Convention | Showers of Blessings

Ecstasy | Lui Collins | There's a Light

Green Man | Jennifer Cutting's Orchestra | Oasis Acoustic: Volume XI, #5

Oak, Ash, and Thorn | John Roberts and Tony Barrand | Dark Ships in the Forest

To the Begging I Will Go / Jack of All Trades | Revels Chorus | Celtic Roads: Through Ireland, Scotland and Brittany

Chicken on a Raft | Four Shillings Short | Dodging Lodging

The Mary Ellen Carter | Schooner Fare | Alive

Somos El Barco (We Are the Boat) | Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt | A More Perfect Union