Sunday, January 31, 2010

1/31/10 Playlist

Playlist, Sunday Night Folk Festival, January 31, 2010

Grammy winners:
1. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (Trad. Blues): Rising High Water Blues (A Stranger Here), Anti-
2. Levon Helm (Americana): I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Electric Dirt), Vanguard
3. Loudon Wainwright III (Traditional Folk): Mother's Last Farewell Kiss (High Wide & Handsome), Proper www.properuk.com
4. Steve Martin (Bluegrass): Saga of The Old West (The Crow), Rounder www.rounder.com
5. Steve Earle (Contemporary Folk): Where I Lead Me (Townes), New West www.newwestrecords.com

6. Carolyn Cruso: Natural Disaster (Have You Ever), Blue Heron www.carolyncruso.com
7. Rodney Crowell: The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design (Sex and Gasoline), Yep Roc www.yeproc.com
8. Katie Moore: Any Day Woman (Only Thing Worse), Borealis www.katiemoore.com
9. Jorma Kaukonen: Trouble in Mind (River of Time), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

10. Matt & Shannon Heaton: Lily of The West (Lovers' Well), self www.mattandshannonheaton.com
11. Kieran Kane: Marriage of Convenience (Somewhere beyond The Roses), Compass www.compassrecords.com
12. Liz Longley: People Get Ready (Somewhere in The Middle), self www.lizlongley.com
13. Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers: Satisfied Man (The Bear), Vanguard
14. Sarah Jarosz: come On up to The House (Song Up in Her Head), Sugar Hill

15. Jory Nash: Our Time Again (New Blue Day), Thin Man Records www.jorynash.com
16. Christine Lavin: Good Thing SHE Can't Read My Mind (Cold Pizza for Breakfast), Yellow Tail www.christinelavin.com
17. Tim O'Brien: How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live (Always Lift Him Up -- A Tribute to Bline Alfred Reed), Proper American www.properamerican.com
18. Rose Laughlin: Cold Rain and Snow (The Chicago Sessions), Ramblin' Rose www.roselaughlin.com

19. Linzay Young & Joel Savoy: Missouri Heights (Linzay Young & Joel Savoy), Valcour www.valcourrecords.com
20. Rebecca Troon: Hands of The Musician (Animal Skin), self
21. Gerard Edery and Ensemble: La Comida La Manana (Sampler), private
22. Laurie Lewis: Unfinished Life (Blossoms), Spruce and Maple www.laurielewis.com

23. Laurie Lewis: Cool Your Jets (Blossoms)

The recent Supreme Court decision:
24. Eckstrom & Quinn: Supremely Confident (Songs from Sing Out! v. 47, #4), Sing Out! www.singout.org
25. Pete Seeger & Bernie Asbell: Mad As I Can Be (Songs from Sing Out! v 47, #4)
26. Woody Guthrie: Do Re Mi (Some Folk), ProperBox 115 www.proper.com
27. Tom Paxton: I Am Changing My Name to Chrysler (The Paxton Report), Mountain Railroad LP

28. Gary O'Donoghue: Who Can You Ask When You're God? (Cat Nav: Guide Cats for the Blind Vol. 4), Osmosys www.mrsackroyd.com
29. Wheeler Street w/ Roy Bailey: Ben Kenobi (Cat Nav)

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

Upcoming concerts:
30. Doug & Telisha Williams: Unrepentant Sinner's Last Prayer (Ghost of The Knoxville Girl), self www.DandTW.com
31. The Sweetback Sisters: Red Shoes Blues (Chicken Ain't Chicken), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com

32. Todd Snider: Some Things Are (The Other Side: Music from East Nashville), Red Beet www.redbeetrecords.com
33. Louise Mosrie: Battle of Blair Mountain (Home), self www.loisemosrie.com
34. Geoff Kaufman: You're Nothin' But A Humbug (Sea Song Sampler), Cob's Cobble http://geoffkaufman.com
35. Kate Taylor: Soap Opera Life (Fair Time!), self www.katetaylor.com
36. Mary J. Blige: Kitchen (Stronger with Each Tear), downloaded
37. Molasses Creek: Jolene (Follow the Heron Home), SoundSide www.molassescreek.com
38. Drew Nelson: Stranger (Dusty Road to Beulah Land), Waterbug www.drewnelson.net
39. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

Friday, January 29, 2010

Phoebe Snow hospitalized

From Phoebe Snow's manager to John Platt of WFUV:
"She had a brain hemorrhage due to high blood pressure. She is still in a
coma, but healing well physically. She shows all good signs of waking up,
but no one can predict when she will. You can say that on the radio and tell
people to send her great thoughts. Tell them that she was in the middle of
rehearsing a new band and had just recorded new songs and was getting ready
to start touring on March 23.
"It's obviously all on hold, but ready to be put back when she's ready. Let's
all be hopeful."

Sunday, January 24, 2010

1/24/10 Playlist

1. Catie Curtis: Don't Want to Know (Hello, Stranger), Compass www.catiecurtis.com
2. Genticorum: Le Vingt D'Avril (La Bibournoise), Mad River www.madriverrecords.com
3. Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family: Go Waggaloo (Go Waggaloo), Smithsonian Folkways www.folkways.si.edu
4. Erik Balkey: Come Back Home (Deadpan Alley), Hudson Harding

5 & 6. Sankofa Strings: Banjo Dream & Banjo-Pickin' Girl/Cluck Ol' Hen (Colored Aristocracy), Carolina Chocolate Drops www.carolinachocolatedrops.com
7. John Shipe: Honky Tonk Romans (Yellow House), Involushun www.johnshipe.com
8. Conjunto Jardin: Fandanguito de los Muertos (Yerba Buena), Trova www.conjuntojardin.com 9. Patrick Fitzsimmons: The Waiting Place (So Beautiful So Blue), OBH www.patrickfitzsimmons.net

10. Claudia Schmidt: I Don't Know (Promising Sky), self www.claudiaschmidt.com
11. Jack Cooke: Gotta Travel On (Sittin' on Top of The World), Pinecastle www.pinecastle.com 12. K. C. Clifford: Johnny Cash (Pockets Full of Hope), self www.kcclifford.com
13. Cornbread: Education Blues (Clearing the Tracks), self

Kate McGarrigle (and Anna of course):
14. Talk to Me of Mendocino (Kate & Anna McGarrigle), Warner Bros. LP
15. NaCl (Pronto Monto), Warner Bros. LP
16. Tell My Sister (Kate & Anna McGarrigle), Warner Bros. LP
17. Stella by Artois (Pronto Monto), Warner Bros. LP

18. Cheminant a La Ville (French Record), Rykodisc
19. The Work Song (Love Over and Over), Polydor LP
20. La Belle S'est Etourdie (French Record), Rykodisc
21. Midnight Flight (Love Over and Over), Polydor LP

22. Wise Men (The McGarrigle Christmas Hour), Nonesuch www.nonesuch.com
23 - 25. Matapedia, Jacques et Gilles, Talk about It (Matapedia), Hannibal

26 & 27. Claudia Schmidt: Tree of Dreams & Promising Sky (Promising Sky), self www.claudiaschmidt.com

Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Hanneke Cassel's "For Reasons Unseen," self www.hannekecassel.com

28. Priscilla Herdman: January Thaw (Forgotten Dreams), Flying Fish www.priscillaherdman.com
29. Southpaw Jones: Wheat Threshers (Cruelty), Freshly Picked www.southpawjones.com
30. The Lovell Sisters: Time to Grow (Time to Grow), self www.lovellsisters.com
31. Corb Lund: Horse Doctor, Come Quick (Losin' Lately Gambler), New West www.newwestrecords.com
32. Annabelle Chvostek: The Sioux (Resilience), Borealis www.borealis.com

33. Joel Rafael: Ramblin' 'Round (The Songs of Woody Guthrie Vol 1 & 2), Inside www.insiderecordings.com
34. Eva Cassidy: Early One Morning (Somewhere), Blix Street www.blixstreet.com
35. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson: Rattlin' Bones (Rattlin' Bones), Essence / Sugar Hill
36. Annbjorg Lien: Waltz with Me (Waltz with Me), Compass www.compassrecords.com
37. Slaid Cleaves: Cry (Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away), Music Road www.slaid.com 38. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Chris Smither article

from Hampshire Life (that would be Hampshire County, not New Hampshire), Dec. 4, 2009, and included on his Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=95123059396

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Kate McGarrigle has died

I'm very sad to report that Kate McGarrigle has died — she and her sister Anna recorded only 10 albums, but provided material for Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris and who knows who else. Their style and sound were a little odd compared to the more mellifluous sounds of some who covered them, but their fans are very dedicated.

Kate was also the mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

There are several articles about her:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/01/19/mcgarrigle-kate-obit.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6993782.ece

http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Singer+Kate+McGarrigle+dies/2458946/story.html

http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/McGarrigles+were+born+sing+together/2461271/story.html

Sunday, January 17, 2010

1/17/10 Playlist

1. The Sweetback Sisters: The Sweetest Gift, A Mother's Smile (Chicken Ain't Chicken), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com
2. Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff: Palace of Versailles (Uncorked), Wallaby Trails www.alstewart.com
3. Hot Club of Cowtown: Reunion (Wishful Thinking), Gold Strike www.hotclubofcowtown.com
4. Matt Harlan: Driving Song (Tips & Compliments), Berkalin www.mattharlan.com

5. Trout Fishing in America; Martin Luther King & Rosa Parks (Big Round World), Trout Music www.troutmusic.com
6. Girsa: The Swedish Jig (Traditional Irish Music), RiverRollick www.girsamusic.com
7. John Gorka: The Dutchman (So Dark You See), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
8. Anne Hills: My Daughter and Vincent Van Gogh (Points of View), Appleseed www.appleseedmusic.com

It's Steve Earle's birthday:
9. Marie (Townes), New West www.newwestrecords.com
10. Copperhead Road (Copperhead Road), UNI / MCA
11. Home to Houston (The Revolution Starts ... Now), Artemis / E squared
12. Christmas in Washington (El Corazon), Warner Bros

Related subject-matter:
13. Steve Earle: Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Artemis / E squared
14. Anais Mitchell: Song of The Magi (The Brightness), Righteous Babe www.anaismitchell.com 15. Nathan Moore: The Tanks (In His Own Worlds), Frogville www.nathanmoore.com

...and tangentially relevant:
16. Ralph McTell: Jesus Wept (Sand in Your Shoes), Red House www.redhouserecords.com New

17. Doug & Telisha Williams: Unrepentant Sinner's Last Prayer (Ghost of The Knoxville Girl), No Evil www.DandTW.com
18. Wild Asparagus: Cold Lampin' (Live at The Guiding Star Grange), self www.wildasparagus.com
19. Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole: Bluerunner (L'Esprit Creole), Valcour www.valcourrecords.com
20. Gadelle: Mon Aimable Catin (Gadelle), self www.gadelle.com
21. Bonsoir Catin: Mon Aimable Brune (Vive L'Amour), Valcour www.valcourrecords.com

22. Geoff Bartley: Money Is King (Put the Big Stone Down), Magic Crow www.geoffbartley.com 23. Louise Mosrie: God Lives in Arkansas (Home), Zoe Cat www.louisemosrie.com
24. Ray Wylie Hubbard: Tornado Ripe (A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment), Bordello www.raywylie.com
25. Laurie MacAllister & Amy Speace: When the War Is Won (Until You Come Home: Songs for Veterans and Their Kin), self www.untilyoucomehome.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Hanneke Cassel's "For Reasons Unseen," Cassel Records www.hannekecassel.com

26 & 27. Claudia Schmidt: Wisconsin Country & Ubumama (Promising Sky), self www.claudiaschmidt.com
28. James Hill & Anne Davison: New York Strum (True Love Don't Weep), Borealis www.borealisrecords.com
29. Molasses Creek: Papa Come Quick (Follow the Heron Home), Soundside www.molassescreek.com
30. Loudon Wainwright III: High Wide & Handsome (High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project), Proper www.properuk.com
31. Delbert McClinton & Dick 50: People Just Love to Talk (Acquired Taste), New West www.newwestrecords.com
32. Trina Hamlin: Jacaranda (One Night Stand), self www.trinahamlin.com
33. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

Sunday, January 10, 2010

1/10/10 Playlist

Birthdays/birth anniversary:
1. Cindy Kallet: Wings to Fly (Working on Wings to Fly), Folk-Legacy www.cindykallet.com
2. Fay Baird / The Short Sisters: Winnegacome, Winnebago (A Little Gracefulness), Black Socks Press http://ss.mapping.com/
3. Amy White: Happy Go Lucky vs. The Undertow (Bittersweet: An American Romance), Fairewood www.fairewood.com
4. Louis Killen: When Fortune Turns The Wheel (Old Songs, Old Friends), Front Hall LP
5. Helen Bonchek Schneyer: Meeting in The Air (On the Hallelujah Line), Folk-Legacy www.folk-legacy.com
6. Shawn Colvin: Get Out of This House (A Few Small Repairs), Columbia

A visit from Alastair Moock, recorded just before the program -- all songs live in studio:
7. Own Way to Heaven
8. Woody's Lament
9. A Cow Says Moo
10. A Life I Never Had
From his most recent CDs:
11. Fishin' Blues (A Cow Says Moock), self www.moockmusic.com
12. God Saw Fit to Make Tears (Fortune Street), CoraZong www.moock.com

13. Lou & Peter Berryman: 30 degrees (Yah Hey), Cornbelt http://louandpeter.com
14. Chris MacLean: Snow (Feet Be Still), self www.chrismaclean.com
15. Ensemble Galilei: Winter's Blanket (Notes from Across The Sea -- With Love, Ann Mayo Muir), self www.annmayomuir.com

16. The Devil Makes Three: Never Learn (Care for All: Musicians for Healthcare), self www.vermontcareforall.org
17. Anais Mitchell / Maddub / Bernie Sanders: Suffering of The People (Care for All: Musicians for Healthcare)
18. Doug & Telisha Williams: Lorretta's Ballad (Ghost of The Knoxville Girl), self www.DandTW.com
19. Beverly Smith and Carl Jones: Maybelle (Glow), Ditty Ville www.smithnjones.net
20. Ray Wylie Hubbard: Tornado Ripe (A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment...), Bordello www.raywylie.com

Birthday girls:
21. Cindy Kallet: Salmon River (This Way Home), Stone's Throw www.cindykallet.com
22. Amy White: Forsaken (Bittersweet: An American Romance), Fairewood www.fairewood.com 23. Fay Baird / The Short Sisters: Moses (A Planet Dancing Slow), Black Socks Press http://ss.mapping.com/

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Ensemble Galilei's "Notes from Across The Sea" www.annmayomuir.com

24. Karma Farmers: Virgins in Heaven (Songs for Aging Cynics), Shiflettunes dshifl@aol.com
25. Cindy Kalmenson: Land of The Free (I'm Not Leaving), Big Gack www.cindykalmenson.com 26. James Keelaghan: House of Cards (House of Cards), Borealis www.borealisrecords.com
27. Liz Longley: Almost over You (Somewhere in The Middle), Luckelizz www.lizlongley.com

28. Pete Kennedy: 19 in Vietnam (Guitarslinger), self www.kennedysmusic.com
29. Donna Hebert: La Grondeuse / La Grande Gigue Simple (In Full Bloom), self http://fiddlingdemystified.com/
30. Matt Harlan: Driving Song (Tips & Compliments), Berkalin www.mattharlan.com
31. Girlyman: Storms Were Mine (Everything's Easy), self www.girlyman.com
32. Levon Helm: Growin' Trade (Electric Dirt), Vanguard
33. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House Records www.redhouserecords.com

Monday, January 4, 2010

Grammy-nominated Utah Phillips tribute album: one co-producer

By Kristin E. Holmes
Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer, Jan 4, 2010

The Rev. Dan Schatz was that little boy - the one curled up and asleep at the concert while his parents moved to the music.

The songs were traditional folk, and the music was often spare and lyrics simply put. Once, when Schatz was 8, they were delivered by folk music icon and iconoclast Bruce "Utah" Phillips.

He sang about hobos riding the rails, and rolling hills in West Virginia. What was background music for an 8-year-old has fueled, nearly three decades later, a Grammy-nominated CD coproduced by Schatz.

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

Sunday, January 3, 2010

1/3/10 Playlist

1. Zoe Mulford: Welcome in Another Year (Bonfires), Azalea City www.zoemulford.com
2. Chuck McCabe: Holidaze (Creatures of Habit), Woodshed www.chuck-mccabe.com
3. Anne & Pete Sibley: Coming Home (Coming Home), self www.anneandpetesibley.com
4. Jory Nash: Charlie (New Blue Day), Thin Man www.jorynash.com

5. Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell: Wolves (One to The Heart, One to The Head), Scarlet Letter www.gretchenpeters.com
6. Pierce Pettis: Farewell (That Kind of Love), Compass www.compassrecords.com
7. Heather Masse: Be My Sailor (Bird Song), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
8. Joel Mabus: How Can I Keep from Singing (No Worries Now), Fossil www.joelmabus.com

9. Vanessa Peters & Ice Cream on Mondays: First Lesson (Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up), Little Sandwich
10. Gurf Morlix: Drums from New Orleans (Last Exit to Happyland), self www.gurfmorlix.com 11. Paul Rishell & Annie Raines: I'm A Lover Not A Fighter (A Night in Woodstock), Mojo Rodeo www.paulandannie.com
12. Drew Nelson: Grandmother Moon (Dusty Road to Beulah Land), Waterbug www.drewnelson.net

13. Jay Howlett: Cornbread and Black-Eyed Peas (Carnival Lights), Blah Blah Woof Woof www.jayhowlett.com
14. Oliver Schroer: Roses for The Lady (Hymns and Hers), Borealis www.oliverschroer.com
15. Kerri Powers: Low Down Low (Faith in The Shadows), self www.faithintheshadows.com
16. Corb Lund: This Is My Prairie (Losin' Lately Gambler), New West www.newwestrecords.com

Events from the past 10 or so years:
9/11:
17. Hugh Blumenfeld: Hole in The Sky (Mr. Jekyll & Dr. Hyde), self www.hughblumenfeld.com 18. Mark Erelli: The Only Way (The Only Way), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com

Into the war(s):
19. Steve Earle: Rich Man's War (The Revolution Starts...Now), Artemis / E-squared
20. Jay Howlett: The Guardsman's Letter (Carnival Lights), Blah Blah Woof Woof www.jayhowlett.com
21. Tom Waits: Road to Peace (Orphans), Anti-

The Religious Right:
22. Eliza Gilkyson: Man of God (Paradise Hotel), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
23. Mark Graham & Tom Sauber: Noah (Thought I Heard It Blow), Upland
24. Todd Snider: Conservative, Christian, Right-wing Republican, Straight, White American Males (East Nashville Skyline)

Annnnnd the economy:
25. James McMurtry: Can't Make It Here radio edit (Childish Things), self
26. Sally Rogers: Gone to The Dogs (We'll Pass Them On), Red House www.redhouserecords.com
27. Eliza Gilkyson: Great Correction (Beautiful World), Red House www.redhouserecords.com

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

More blasts from events past:
Health care:
28. Sparky & Rhonda Rucker: Hard As Stone [re health care] (One Earth), Tremont www.sparkyandrhonda.com

Katrina:
29. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Houston (The Calling), Zoe Rounder www.rounder.com

Guns everywhere:
30. Christine Lavin: More Than 1,000,000 Americans (Happy Dance of The Xenophobe), Yellow Tail www.yellowtailrecords.com

Mountain top removal:
31. Darrell Scott: Never Leave Harlan Alive (Music of Coal), Lonesome Records and Publishing www.lpoy.org

Hope or something like it:
32. Dirk Powell et al: Oui On Peut (single download)
33. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com