Sunday, November 29, 2009

11-29-09 Playlist(s)

Filled in on the 11/29/09 Bluegrass Café for about a half-hour following the broadcast of a game:

1. Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time: I'm A Lie (Took Down and Put Up), Lonesome Day www.lonesomeday.com
2. Rhonda Vincent: Eighth of January (Destination Life), Rounder www.rounder.com
3. Steep Canyon Rangers: The Mountain's Gonna Sing (Deep in The Shade), Rebel www.rebelrecords.com
4. Bearfoot: Single Girl (Doors and Windows), Compass www.compassrecords.com

5. Pine Mountain Railroad: Awful Lonesome Train (Alone with Forever), Steeltown Records
6. Dede Wyland: Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold (Keep the Light On), Patuxent www.pxrec.com
7. Lonesome River Band: Molly (No Turning Back), Rural Rhythm www.ruralrhythm.com
8. Kathy Kallick Band: A Warmer Kind of Blue (Warmer Kind of Blue), Copper Creek www.coppercreekrecords.com

Then I slid right into my own show, The Sunday Night Folk Festival:

1. Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff: Palace of Versailles (Uncorked), Wallaby Trails www.alstewart.com
2. Maria Sangiolo: Red Tent (One Autumn Night), Long Night Moon www.mariasangiolo.com
3. Joel Rafael: Sierra Blanca Massacre (The Songs of Woody Guthrie Vol. 1 & 2), Inside Recordings www.insiderecordings.com
4. Bonsoir Catin: Mon Aimable Brune (Vive L'Amour), Valcour

Relationships on their way out:
5. Winterbloom: Thanks for The Roses (Winterbloom), self www.winterbloom.com
6. Zoe Mulford: Just Before I Go (Bonfires), Azalea City www.zoemulford.com
The C.C.C.:
7. John McCutcheon: Boys in Green (Untold), Appalseed www.folkmusic.com
8. Charlie Maguire: The C.C.C. (Stepping Stones), Mello-Jamin www.charliemaguire.com

Going to / coming home from Thanksgiving:
9. Pat Donohue: Waiting for A Plane (Radio Blues), Prairie Home Productions www.patdonohue.com
10. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Thanksgiving Song (Come Darkness, Come Light), Zoe Rounder www.rounder.com
11. John McCutcheon: Thanksgiving Day (Autumnsongs), RounderKids www.rounder.com

I had a copy of this CD to give away:
12. Joan Baez: Day After Tomorrow (Day After Tomorrow), Razor & Tie

Stan Rogers would have been 60 today. I played an interview I recorded in February 1980, intercut with songs from his albums including
13. Barrett's Privateers
14. Frontrunner
15. Flowers of Bermuda
16. Harris and The Mare
17. White Collar Holler
18. The Jeannie C.
19. 45 Years

20. Garnet Rogers: Night Drive (Night Drive), Snow Goose Songs www.garnetrogers.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Harvey Reid's "Blues & Branches," Woodpecker Records www.woodpecker.com

Debra will visit next week:
21. Debra Cowan: The Night Owl Homeward Turns (Fond Desire Farewell), Falling Mountain www.debracowan.com

The Almanac Singers:
22 - 24. Deliver the Goods, Billy Boy, Belt-Line Girl (Which Side Are You On? The Best of The Almanac Singers), Rev-Ola www.revola.co.uk

I read a short portion of Sophocles' "Ajax" which surely describes PTSD, albeit in 440 BCE
25. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: Gentlemen of Distinction (Closing the Distance), Flying Fish
26. John Prine: Sam Stone (Prime Prine -- The Best of John Prine), Atlantic
27. James McMurtry: Can't Make It Here radio edit (Childish Things), Lightning Rod
28. John Wesley: Thanksgiving Day (single -- was given this -- don't know the source)
29 Roy Zimmerman: Thanks for The Support (Thanks for The Support), Metaphor www.royzimmerman.com

30. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

Sunday, November 22, 2009

11/22/09 Playlist

1. Harvey Reid: Fool Me Once (Blues & Branches), Woodpecker www.woodpecker.com
2. The Refugees: Unbound (Unbound), Wabuho www.therefugeesmusic.com
3. James McMurtry: Hurricane Party (Live in Europe), Lightning Rod www.jamesmcmurtry.com
4. Red Molly: Wichita (Love and Other Tragedies), self www.redmolly.com

5. Paul Reddick: Climbing up The Hill (Sugar Bird), NorthernBlues [www.northernblues.com]
6. Missy Raines & The New Hip: Ides of March (Inside Out), Compass www.compassrecords.com
7. Cindy Kalmenson: Land of The Free (I'm Not Leaving), Big Gack www.cindykalmenson.com
8. Red Rock Rondo: When the Rooster Crows (Zion Canyon Song Cycle), Steamboat Mountain www.redrockrondo.com

They won some Canadian Music Awards:
9. James Hill & Anne Davison: New York Strum (True Love Don't Weep), Borealis www.borealisrecords.com
10. Tony McManus: Donal Og / The Lea Rig (The Maker's Mark), Compass www.compassrecords.com

11. Anne Hills: Alexandra Leaving (Points of View), Appleseed www.appleseedmusic.com
12. Houston Jones: Pick Up the Snake (Jericho Road), Summerhill www.houstonjones.com
13. Mollie O'Brien: Beware (Always Lift Him Up -- A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed), Proper American www.properamerican.com

Guest: Donna Martin www.donnamartin.com with a bunch of new songs:
14. Conscientious Man
15. One Miracle Less
16. I Cannot Lie Down
17. Making Men from Boys

18. Red Rooster: Leaves in Autumn (Walk), self www.redroostermusic.com
19. Anne & Pete Sibley: Tell Me Darling (Coming Home), self www.anneandpetesibley.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Uncharted Waters's "Uncharted Waters" www.jemmoore.com

It's John Jennings's birthday:
20 & 21. Everybody Loves Me & Night Will Fall (Buddy), Vanguard
22 & 23. The Next in Line & Signal Fires (I Belong to You), Vanguard

Food insecurity / Thanksgiving week / help:
24. Phil Lee: 3 Faces in TheWindow (Songbook Americana), Shanachie
25. Rory McLeod: Hunger Is the Best Sauce (Mouth to Mouth), Talkative www.rorymcleod.com
26. Tom Paxton: Feed the Children (Up & Up), Mountain Railroad www.tompaxton.com

27. Jason Spooner Trio with Dar Williams: Girl from The North Country (download single), self www.Jasonspooner.com
28. Susan Werner: Uncle John (Midwestern Saturday Night), self www.susanwerner.com
29. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

Thursday, November 19, 2009

1/19/09 fill-in on The Red House

1.Jim Henry + Brooks Williams: Minor Swing (Ring Some Changes), Signature Sounds http://www.signaturesounds.com/
2. Joel Mabus: Doc'sology (Omnibus), Fossil http://www.joelmabus.com/
3. Doc Watson: Little Sadie (Trouble in Mind), Sugar Hill http://www.sugarhillrecords.com/
4. Liz Meyer & Mark Cosgrove: Cecil (Regions of The Soul), Strictly Country Records
5. Pat Donohue: Stealin' from Chet (Back Roads), Blue Sky http://www.patdonohue.com/
6. Chet Atkins: Guitar Blues / Pickin' The Blues (The Essential Chet Atkins), RCA Nashville / Legacy
7. Chet Atkins & Les Paul: Caravan (Chester & Lester), RCA Nashville / Legacy
8. Eliza Gilkyson: Beauty Way (Hard Times in Babylon), Red House http://www.redhouserecords.com/

9. Hugh Blumenfeld & Jim Mercik: Is This Enough (Rocket Science), Prime CD http://www.hughblumenfeld.com/
10. Garnet Rogers: Night Drive (Night Drive), Snow Goose Songs http://www.garnetrogers.com/
11. Heart: Crazy on You (Dreamboat Annie), Mushroom Records LP

12. Feather Merchants: Dan (MP3 from Jim Chapdelaine)
13. The Mayocks: Your Pretty Smile (MP3 from John Mayock)
14. Feather Merchants: Last Man on Earth (MP3 from Jim Chapdelaine)

15. Gail Wade: Down the Kennebec (Journey), self http://www.gailwade.net/
16. Donna Martin: Paper Boat (Ghost), KSP http://www.donnamartin.com/
17. Nancy Tucker: (Playing with Fire), Collie Flower

18. Patty Larkin: Not Bad for A Broad (Step into the Light), Philo LP
19 & 20. Patty Larkin: Banish Misfortune / Open Hand & Winter Wind (Angels Running), High Street

21. Mark Saunders / Mad Agnes: Hummingbird (Revenant), self http://www.madagnes.com/
22. Harvey Reid: Off to Adventure (Of Wind and Water), Woodpecker http://www.woodpecker.com/
23. Tony Gilkyson: Goodbye Guitar (Goodbye Guitar), self
24. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Nuestra Senora del Rio (Misfits), Realiza http://www.elizagilkyson.com/

25. Roger Williams with Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters: Bb Polka (Phoenix), Happy Appy www.amygallatin.com
26. Mark Erelli: Shadowland (Delivered), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com
27. Cindy Kallet: Wolf's Lullaby (Cindy Kallet 2), Folk-Legacy www.cindykallet.com
28. Nina Gerber: It's All Just Talk (Good Music with Good People), Goatscape www.ninagerber.com

Monday, November 16, 2009

Sarah Jarosz at College

The Freshman

By Joan Anderman, Boston Globe, Nov. 15, 2009

“Song Up in Her Head’’ was released in June on Nashville’s Sugar Hill Records, a few weeks after Jarosz’s 18th birthday. Praise poured in, and she was promptly booked on “A Prairie Home Companion.’’

Now, just when most rising stars would be leaping headlong into the beckoning arms of agents and promoters, Jarosz is putting her career on the back burner to study at the New England Conservatory. She admits that enrolling in the school of life was a tempting choice; plenty of musicians do it, and many believe that hitting the road is the only legitimate path for a player.

The rest is at http://tinyurl.com/yjnujlr

Sunday, November 15, 2009

11/15/09 Playlist

Playlist for The Sunday Night Folk Festival, Nov. 15, 2009

1. Sagapol: Eravamo Bene (Episode Trois), Anubis www.sagapool.com
2. Buffy Sainte-Marie: No No Keshagesh (Running for The Drum), Appleseed www.appleseedmusic.com
3. Danny Schmidt: Serpentine Circle of Money (And The Forest Rose Up to Sing), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
4. The Sacred Shakers: Jordan Is A Hard Road to Travel (The Sacred Shakers), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com

5. Elizabeth Nicholson & Stringed Migration: Romanian Hora / Galway Bay (Fly Not Yet), Waterbug www.stringedmigration.com
6. Drew Nelson: Stranger (Dusty Road to Beulah Land), Waterbug www.drewnelson.net
7. Lissa Schneckenburger: Little Musgrove and Lady Barnswell (Song). Footprint www.lissafiddle.com
8. Pieta Brown: Lovin' You Still (Shimmer), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

9. Pete Seeger: Healing River (Live in '65), Appleseed www.appleseedmusic.com
10. Carley Wolf: Gypsy Soul Blues (Set Sail), self www.carleywolf.com
11. Jory Nash: Our Time Again (New Blue Day), Thin Man www.jorynash.com
12. The Sweater Set: Stick Around (Surprise Visit), self www.thesweaterset.com

13 & 14. Margot Leverett and The Klezmer Mountain Boys (Branford Folk 12/12): Little Moses (Hazel Dickens, vocal) & Boreasca (2nd Avenue Square Dance), Traditional Crossroads www.traditionalcrossroads.com
15 & 16. Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg: Bridget & Yula (Saints & Tzadiks), World Village www.worldvillagemusic.com

Upcoming concerts by:
17. Richard Shindell: Gethsemani Goodbye (Not Far Now), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com
18. Lucy Kaplansky: Life Threads (single), self www.lucykaplansky.com
19. Feufollet: Femme L'a Dit (Cow Island Hop), Valcour www.feufollet.net
20. Gail Wade: Will You Remember Me (Journey), self www.gailwade.net

21. David Mallett: Ten Men (Alright Now), North Road www.davidmallett.com
22. Amy Speace: The Weight of The World (The Killer in Me), Wildflower www.amyspeace.com 23. Mike and Ruthy: The Doctor's Door (Waltz of the Chickadee), Humble Abode www.mikeandruthy.com
24. Sarazin Blake: Mid-Term Elections, 2006 Nov (The Air Your Lungs Forced Out), Same Room www.sarazinblake.com

Finally, I can play:
25. Joni Mitchell: Urge for Going (Hits), Reprise

Today's the 40th anniversary of an anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Washington DC, where hundreds of thousands marched:
26. Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert: The Great Peace March (Singing with You), Redwood LP

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Olver Schroer's "Hymns and Hers," Borealis www.borealisrecords.com

CD Giveaways:
27. Todd Snider: Corpus Christi Bay (The Excitement Plan), Yep Roc www.yeproc.com
28 & 29. Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women: Nana and Jimi & Don't Make Promises (Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women), Yep Roc www.yeproc.com

In a concert 12/4 with Fred Wilhelm:
30. Lori McKenna: I Know You (Unglamorous), Warner Bros.
31. Mark Erelli: Volunteer (Delivered), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com
32. Catie Curtis: Don't Want to Know No Evil (Hello, Stranger), Compass www.catiecurtis.com

Maya Lin's black granite wall was dedicated 11/15/82:
33. Iris DeMent: There's A Wall in Washington (The Way I Should), Warner Bros.
34. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

Robert Earl Keen in The New Yorker

GUITAR WHISPERING

“You know what I said about some guitars just having songs in them?” he said. “This is one of them.” Keen’s fingers moved over the strings, but the rest of him seemed to float toward the ceiling.

The rest is at http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/11/16/091116ta_talk_seabrook

Sunday, November 8, 2009

11/8/09 Playlist

1. Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell: Prairie in The Sky (One to The Heart, One to The Head), Scarlet Letter www.gretchenpeters.com
2. Joel Mabus: Poison in The Glass (No Worries Now...), Fossil www.joelmabus.com
3. Dolly Parton: My Tennessee Mountain Home (Dolly sampler), RCA Nashville / Legacy
4. James Keelaghan: McConnville's (House of Cards), Borealis www.borealisrecords.com

5. Vicky Emerson: Into the Woods (Long Ride), self www.vickyemerson.com
6. Lennie Gallant: Tonight I Drive You Home (If We Had A Fire), Fontana www.lenniegallant.com
7. Anne Hills: The Moon's Song (Points of View), Appleseed www.appleseedmusic.com
8. Paul Benoit: Bluebird (Bluebird), self www.paulbenoitmusic.com

It's a time of illness, what with various kinds of flu around. I'm lucky enough not to get sick very often, but when I do I always remember being a sick little kid, home from school, spending the day in my mother's bed listening to the radio, sipping tablespoons-full of flat ginger ale.

9. Greg Brown: Say A Little Prayer (Red House 25: A Silver Anniversary Retrospective), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
10. Dave Moore: Mama Had A Sick Child (Jukejoints & Cantinas), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
11. Sally Rogers: Some Little Bug Is Gonna Find You Someday (Love Will Guide Us), Flying Fish LP
12. Bernard Carney & Peter Grayling: Bronchiodilated Blues (No Time Like the Future), Tempo (Australian)
13. Herdman / Hills / Mangsen: The Druggist (At the Turning of The Year), Hand & Heart Music www.priscillaherdman.com
14. Austin Lounge Lizards: The Drugs I Need (The Drugs I Need), Blue Corn Music www.austinloungelizards.com
15. Aztec Two-Step: Better These Days (Days of Horses), Red Engine www.aztectwostep.com

Roy and The Lizards make even the somber subject of health-care reform funny, in a macabre sort of way. Maybe they've been reading the "health reform" legislation.
16. Austin Lounge Lizards: Go Ahead and Die (The Drugs I Need), Blue Corn Music www.austinloungelizards.com
17. Roy Zimmerman: Dear Number 1036924053887 (Thanks for The Support), Metaphor www.royzimmerman.com

Some true stories and more:
18. Sparky & Rhonda Rucker: Hard As Stone (One Earth), Tremont www.sparkyandrhonda.com
19. Garnet Rogers: Election Night -- North Dakota (At A High Window), Snow Goose www.garnetrogers.com
20. Ian Robb: They're Taking It Away (From Different Angels), Fallen Angle
21. Ben Bullington: Twangy Guitars (White Sulphur Springs), self www.benbullington.com

Giveaway:
22. Dolly Parton with Porter Wagoner: The Last Thing on My Mind (Dolly sampler), RCA Nashville / Legacy

23. The Avett Brothers: Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise (I and Love and You), American www.theavettbrothers.com
24. Corinne West: Whisky Poet (The Promise), Make Records www.corinnewest.com
25. Rancho Deluxe: Maintenance Man (True Freedom), self www.ranchodeluxe.org
26. Debra Cowan: The Rainbow (Fond Desire Farewell), Falling Mountain www.debracowan.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar, over selections from Oliver Schroer's "Camino" www.borealisrecords.com

27 & 28. WPA (Iron Horse 11/15): Cry for You & Remember Well (Works Progress Administration), self www.wpamusic.com
29. Neko Case: Polar Nettles (Middle Cyclone), Anti- www.nekocase.com

30. Vanessa Peters & Ice Cream on Mondays: First Lesson (Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up), Little Sandwich
31. Sparky and Rhonda Rucker: My Blues (One Earth), Tremont www.sparkyandrhonda.com
It's Bonnie's birthday:
32. Bonnie Raitt: Write me A Few of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues (Takin My Time), Warner Bros
33. Bonnie Raitt: Love Me Like A Man (Give It Up), Warner Bros
34. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

WGBH drops folk and blues programs

Their explanation on their website:

http://www.wgbh.org/listen/goodbyefolkandblues.cfm

Sunday, November 1, 2009

11/1/09 Playlist

1. Jeff Black: Standing Still (Mining for Gold), private / Warner www.jeffblack.com
2. Blame Sally: Vera Chiesa (Night of 1000 Stars), self www.blamesally.com
3. Sarazin Blake: India or Spain (The Air Your Lungs Forced Out), Art of The Underground www.sarazinblake.com
4. Avi & Celia: Cold Cold Ground (Let It Rise), self www.aviandcelia.com

5. Charlie King and Karen Brandow: You Can't Buy Me (Higher Ground), Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds www.charlieking.org
6. Emily Kurn: I'm Just Like You (I'm Just Like You), self www.emilykurnmusic.com
7. EnochKent: Some Hae Meat (One More Round), Borealis www.borealisrecords.com
8. Cori Brewster: Across the Great Divide (Buffalo St.), Shadow Lake www.coribrewster.com

No more daylight savings time -- our own wrinkle in time:
9. Bob Zentz: Wrinkle in Time (Beaucatcher Farewell), Folk-Legacy LP
10. Bob Zentz: It's About Time (It's About Time), self www.bobzentz.com
11. Bob Zentz: Time, Friend, Time (Mirrors and Changes), Folk-Legacy LP

Girsa in concert at The Wilde Auditorium 11/7:
12 & 13. Girsa: I Live Not Where I Love & Paddy Ryan's Dream/Blue Britches (Traditional Irish Music), RiverRollick www.girsamusic.com

14. Ric J. Edmiston: Holy Man (Good Grief), Bongseye www.bongseyemusic.com
15. Dolly Parton & many friends: Romeo (Dolly Sampler), RCA Nashville / Legacy www.legacyrecordings.com
16. Michael Jerling: How Can People Live Like That (Music Here Tonight), Fool's Hill www.michaeljerling.com
17. The Four Bitchin' Babes: Chocolate (Diva Nation), Hem and Haw www.fourbitchinbabes.com

It's their birth anniversary or birthday:
18. Sippie Wallace with Bonnie Raitt: Women Be Wise (Sippie), Atlantic LP, 1982
19. Lyle Lovett: Texas Trilogy, Daybreak (Step Inside This House), Curb/MCA
20. Gordon Lightfoot: Ode to Big Blue (Songbook), Warner / Rhino
21. Sippie: Up the Country Blues (Sippie)
22. Lyle: Texas Trilogy, Train Ride (Step Inside This House)
23. Gordon: Early Morning Rain (Songbook)
24. Sippie: You Got to Know How (Sippie)

Loreena McKennitt about Samhain and All Souls Night:
25. Samain Night (Parallel Dreams), Quinlan Road www.quinlanroad.com
26. All Souls Night (The Visit), Quinlan Road www.quinlanroad.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Randy Collins's "Elevate," Selfless Records www.randycollinsmusic.com

27 & 28. Anne Hills: A Plain Song & Gardens (Points of View), Appleseed www.appleseedmusiccom

29. James Hill & Anne Davison: Ode to A Frozen Boot (True Love Don't Weep), Borealis www.borealisrecords.com
30. Miss Tess: Train Ride to Caroline (Darling, Oh Darling), self [www.misstessmusic.com]
31. Bop Ensemble: Flash Around the Globe (Between Trains), Cordova Bay \www.myspace.com/bopensemble
32. Hank Williams Jr.: Red, White & Pink-Slip Blues (127 Rose Avenue), Curb / Hank www.curb.com
33. Jakob's Hollow: The Yuppie Song (The Legend of Bobby the Kid), self [www.jakobshollow.com]
34. Bread & Bones: I Was Not Born Here (I Know Stories), Riptone www.breadandbones.com
35. David Kleiner: Nine Afghan Children (The News That's Fit to Sing), self
36. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com