Playlist, Feb. 17, 2008

1. Brooks Williams: Lightning (The Time I Spend with You), self www.brookswilliams.com
2. Wagtail: When the Sun Goes Down (One Clear Moment), self www.wagtailmusic.com
3. We're About 9: Nobody Flying (Paperdust Stardust), self www.wa9.org
4. Kym Tuvim: Mystery (Nothing Sweet Nothing), Retrofit www.kymtuvim.com

5. Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration: Lord Thomas (Fly Not Yet), Waterbug 81 www.stringedmigration.com
6. Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen (Sounding Board 3/15): Your Love (Cross the Water), Sleepy Creek 105 www.kalletlarsen.com
7. Jefferson Pepper: Columbus Day (American Evolution), American Fallout 003 www.americanfallout.com
8. Shelby Lynne: How Can I Be Sure (Just A Little Lovin'), Lost Highway 9789

It's Loreena McKennitt's birthday -- I played an interview mixed with her recorded music, produced in March 1995. The eight selections included Marrakesh Night Market, Prospero's Speech, The Blacksmith, Annachie Gordon, and 4 other pieces whose names I probably noted when I put the piece together, but don't know now! www.quinlanroad.com

Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, and the end of Random Acts of Kindness Week:
17. Emmylou Harris: Cup of Kindness (Stumble into Grace), Nonesuch 79805
18. Richard Thompson: Hand of Kindness (Hand of Kindness), Hannibal 1315
19. Rebecca Troon: Small Acts of Kindness (Turning Around), Awful Good www.cdbaby.com
20. Joan Baez: Be Not Too Hard (The Contemporary Ballad Book), Vanguard 2-LP collection
21. Paul Thorn: What Have You Done to Lift Somebody Up (A Long Way from Tupelo), Perpetual Obscurity 20089 www.paulthorn.com
22. Susan Werner: Help Somebody (The Gospel Truth), self www.susanwerner.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Larry Unger and Eden MacAdam-Somer's "Notorious," Black Socks 26

For Mike Huckabee:
23. Roy Zimmerman: Defenders of Marriage (Faulty Intelligence), Metaphor 920 www.royzimmerman.com
For the controversial exhibit (where DID those bodies come from?) "Bodies Revealed" at the XL Center:
24. Cindy Kallet: Bodies (Dreaming down A Quiet Line), Stone's Throw 1 www.cindykallet.com 25. Meg Hutchinson: America [Enough] (Come Up Full), Red House 209
26. Robin & Linda Williams: 50,000 Names (Radio Songs), Red House 204
27. Eric Bibb: Dance Me to The End of Love (Friends), Telarc 83619
28. Becky Chace: Lonely (A River Under Me), self www.beckychace.com
29. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174