8/9/09 Playlist

1 - 3. Phil Rosenthal: Sail Away Ladies, Chord Song, Golden Slippers (A Treasury of Bluegrass and Country Songs), American Melody www.americanmelody.com
4. Rory Block: Terraplane Blues (The Lady and Mr. Johnson), Rykodisc
5. TR Ritchie: Heaven (Wild Horses), Apex www.trritchie.com
6. Catie Curtis with Mary Gauthier: Hello Stranger (Hello, Stranger), Compass www.catiecurtis.com

7. Michael Smith: Tom Dundee (Love Letter on A Fish), Tales from the Tavern www.talesfromthetavern.com
8 & 9. TR Ritchie: A Delicate Balance & I'm Gonna Take It With Me (Wild Horses), Apex www.trritchie.com

Mike Seeger died on Friday, just before his 76th birthday.
From "True Vine," Smithsonian Folkways 40136 www.folkways.si.edu
10 - 13. Shouting in Jerusalem, When Sorrows Encompass Me Round, Calico, Early in The Spring

From the new Songs from Sing Out!, V. 53 #1 www.singout.org
14. Diana Jones: Better Times Will Come
15. Justin Townes Earle: They Killed John Henry
16. Julie Fowlis: An t-Aparan Goirid's an t-Aparan Ur
17. John Kruth: The Raven-Headed Hunter

It's Cathy Fink's birthday -- these songs are from the new CD made with Marcy Marxer and Christylez Bacon "Banjo to Beatbox," Community Music www.cathymarcy.com
18 - 21. Syncopated Washboard Rhythm Song, Soup Soup, Froggy Went A Courtin,' Barnyard Dance

More from Mike Seeger, this time with Paul Brown on "Way Down in North Carolina," Rounder 0983 www.rounder.com
19 - 22. Make Me A Pallet, Goodbye Little Bonnie, What'll I Do with The Baby O, Way Down in North Carolina

Anniversary of bombing Nagasaki:
23. Jim Page: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Russian Roulette (Visions in My View), Flying Fish LP
24. Utah Phillips: Enola Gay (El Capitan), Philo LP

Anniversary of Nixon leaving office:
24. Tom Paxton: Talking Watergate (New Songs from The Briarpatch), Vanguard LP
25. Charlie King: I Don't Feel Sorry for You, Mr. Nixon (Old Dreams and New Nightmares), CW Records LP

26. Lucy Wainwright Roche: Snare Drum (8 More), self www.myspace.com/lwrlwr
27. Red Hen: Old Greasy Coat (New Old Time), self www.redhen.net

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Beyond the Pale's "Postcards," Borealis www.borealisrecords.com

More from Mike Seeger, this time with many friends, from "The Second Annual Farewell Reunion," Mercury LP
28. with The Strange Creek Singers: I Am A Traveling Creature
29. with The Strange Creek Singers: You'll Find Her Name Written There
30. with Maria Muldaur: Take Me Back to The Sweet Sunny South
31. with Elizabeth Cotten: New Year's Eve Song

32. Darrell Scott: The Devil (Modern Hymns), Appleseed www.appleseedmusic.com
33. Matraca Berg / Gretchen Peters / Suzy Bogguss: Farther Along (The Sewanee Sessions), self http://myspace.com/winewomen
34. Ben Bullington: White Sulphur Springs (White Sulphur Springs), self www.benbullington.com
35. Rod Picott & Amanda Shires: Arrows on Your Compass (Sew Your Heart with Wires), self www.rodpicott.com
36. Bruce Robison: The New One (The New World), Premium
37. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House www.redhouserecords.com