1. Lissa Schneckenburger: Jam on Gerry's Rock / Willie's (Song), Footprint 2008 www.lissafiddle.com
2. William Jackson: The Hummingbird (Songs from Sing Out! Vol. 52, #3), Sing Out www.singout.org
3. Ruthie Foster: Love in The Middle (The Truth According to Ruthie Foster), Blue Corn Music 70901 www.bluecornmusic.com
4. The Iguanas: Back in The Limelight (If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times), Yep Roc 21223 www.yeproc.com
5. Dana & Susan Robinson: Cotton from The Clay ('Round My Door), Threshold 0089 www.robinsongs.com
6. Audrey Ault Mezera: 40 (Music with The Dirt Left On), Reckless www.audreyauldmezera.com
7. Andy Mullen: It Makes Me Smile (The Toenail Jar), self www.andymullenmusic.com
8. Anais Mitchell: Shenandoah (The Brightness), Righteous Babe 053 www.anaismitchell.com
9. Lau: Banks of Marble (Live), Compass 4479 www.compassrecords.com
10. Karine Polwart: Rivers Run (This Earthly Spell), Proper www.karinepolwart.com
11. Demon Barbers: Pit Boots (+24 db), self www.thedemonbarbers.com
12. Eliza Carthy: Little Bigman (Dreams of Breathing Underwater), Topic 571 www.topicrecords.co.uk
It's Tom Rush's birthday -- and he has a new CD: What I Know, Appleseed 1115 www.appleseedmusic.com
13 - 16. Too Many Memories, What I Know, All A Man Can Do, Fall into The Night
Thursday is the 200th birth anniversary of Charles Darwin. I read the first two paragraphs of an article about him in the new National Geographic which showed the progression from him to Francis Crick (and thus James Watson), and then I played
17. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: Gentle Arms of Eden (Drum Hat Buddha), Signature Sounds 1266 www.signaturesounds.com
18. Chris Smither: Origin of Species (Leave The Light On), Signature Sounds 2001
19. Lou & Peter Berryman: Evolution: Ketchup Wasn't Red (The Universe: 14 Examples), Cornbelt 17 http://louandpeter.com
20. Christine Lavin: Amoeba Hop (Absolutely Live), Lifesong LP
21. Les Barker: The Weakest Link (Arovertherapy), Mrs Ackroyd DOG 015 www.mrsackroyd.com
22. Rodney Crowell: The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design (Sex & Gasoline), Yep Roc 2187 www.yeproc.com
23. Kate and Anna McGarrigle: NaCl (Pronto Monto), Warner Bros LP
24. Matt & Shannon Heaton: Lover's Lament (Lover's Well), EatsRecords 008 www.mattandshannonheaton.com
25. Chris Pureka: Cruel and Clumsy (Dryland), Sad Rabbit www.chrispureka.com
26. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Sourwood Mountain (Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind), Music Maker 76 www.musicmaker.org
The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Khafif Music & Dance's "Masala," Fluffy Gravy www.khafif.com
Thursday is the 200th birth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln as well:
27. Ben Bedford: Lincoln's Man (Lincoln's Man), Hopeful Sky 101 www.benbedford.com
28. Mark Erelli: Abraham (Delivered), Signature Sounds 2014 www.signaturesounds.com
29. Chris Vallillo: We Are Coming, Father Abra'am (Abraham Lincoln in Song), Gin Ridge Music 1009 www.chrisvallillo.com
30 & 31. Richard Shindell: Arrowhead & Reunion Hill (Courier), Signature Sounds 1270 www.signaturesounds.com
32. Ben Bedford: Twenty One (Land of The Shadows), Hopeful Sky 202 www.benbedford.com
33. Bob Gibson: Let the Band Play Dixie (The Living Legend Years), Bob Gibson Legacy1001 www.bobgibsonlegacy.com
34. The Gordons: Lincoln's Funeral Train (Our Time), Inside-Out Records 49 gatormusic@hotmail.com
35. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174 www.redhouserecords.com
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Mark Erelli's Feb. Blog and Download
SURVIVAL IS VICTORY
I have never been what you might call a “casual fan” of music. I was the nine-year old boy, shaking his hips in the pale blue TV light, trying to parse together Michael Jackson’s dance moves from his “Thriller” video. I was the 12-year old who borrowed his grandpa’s video camera to film music videos with his friends, putting on his best rock n’ roll sneer possible while singing into a hairbrush taped onto a broom handle. I was the 14-year old who biked the shoulder of a state highway to get to the local record store and peruse the latest releases each Tuesday. Once back home, I would Frisbee my purchases in through my open bedroom window, and then saunter into the house “empty handed,” concealing the depth (and dollar amount) of my musical obsession from my parents.
Twenty years on I am a professional musician, and though I still like to think of myself as that music-obsessed teenager, like any junkie I suppose it just takes more to get that same rush. Some things I used to love no longer hold me in their sway (anybody want to buy 150 Grateful Dead bootlegs on cassette?), and I am harder to impress when I hear something new which, frankly, I think myself or one of my friends does at least as well, if not better. Still, I crave the simple joy I got when I first started going to concerts to see my musical idols in the flesh. Sitting close to the stage as I could, I would be hypnotized by fingers flying across guitar necks, and hoping to collect a discarded pick or broken string off the stage as a keepsake.
More at
http://markerelli.com/index.php?page=home
I have never been what you might call a “casual fan” of music. I was the nine-year old boy, shaking his hips in the pale blue TV light, trying to parse together Michael Jackson’s dance moves from his “Thriller” video. I was the 12-year old who borrowed his grandpa’s video camera to film music videos with his friends, putting on his best rock n’ roll sneer possible while singing into a hairbrush taped onto a broom handle. I was the 14-year old who biked the shoulder of a state highway to get to the local record store and peruse the latest releases each Tuesday. Once back home, I would Frisbee my purchases in through my open bedroom window, and then saunter into the house “empty handed,” concealing the depth (and dollar amount) of my musical obsession from my parents.
Twenty years on I am a professional musician, and though I still like to think of myself as that music-obsessed teenager, like any junkie I suppose it just takes more to get that same rush. Some things I used to love no longer hold me in their sway (anybody want to buy 150 Grateful Dead bootlegs on cassette?), and I am harder to impress when I hear something new which, frankly, I think myself or one of my friends does at least as well, if not better. Still, I crave the simple joy I got when I first started going to concerts to see my musical idols in the flesh. Sitting close to the stage as I could, I would be hypnotized by fingers flying across guitar necks, and hoping to collect a discarded pick or broken string off the stage as a keepsake.
More at
http://markerelli.com/index.php?page=home
Friday, February 6, 2009
The latest video from Playing for Change
This one released on Bob Marley's website on his birth anniversary:
One love:
http://web.bobmarley.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=71548&type=v_sub&_mp=1
One love:
http://web.bobmarley.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=71548&type=v_sub&_mp=1
Not to be outdone,
Ed McKeon was ALSO kind enough to put a post up:
http://caterwauled.blogspot.com/2009/02/right-there-in-black-and-white.html
http://caterwauled.blogspot.com/2009/02/right-there-in-black-and-white.html
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
I have a photo exhibit up at Roaring Brook,
and Susan Campbell was kind enough to put a note about it on her blog:
http://blogs.courant.com/susan_campbell/2009/02/have-to-retype-this.html
http://blogs.courant.com/susan_campbell/2009/02/have-to-retype-this.html
Monday, February 2, 2009
Paul LeMay of Peace Train and The New England Fiddle Contest Is Gone
Read his obituary and look at some oooooold photos at
http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-lemayobit.artfeb03,0,7237027.story
http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-lemayobit.artfeb03,0,7237027.story
Sunday, February 1, 2009
2/1/09 Playlist
1. Al Stewart: Hanno the Navigator (Sparks of Ancient Light), Appleseed 1112 www.appleseedmusic.com
2. David Tamulevich / The Yellow Room Gang: Planting Trees (The Yellow Room Gang Vol. 2: Happy New Day), Yellow Room Records 9 www.yellowroomgang.com
3. Red Rock Rondo: Rocks on Fire (Zion Canyon Song Cycle), Steamboat Mountain www.redrockrondo.com
4. Magpie: Same Boat Now (In This World), Sliced Bread 75315 www.slicedbread.com
5. Dean Stevens: Stories (At Last), Volcano 2005 www.deanstevens.com
6. Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (Farewells & Fantasies), Elektra Rhino R2 73518
7. Celeste Krenz: I Know You (My Mother and Me), High Horse www.celestekrenz.com
8. Krista Detor: Awake the Voice (The Silver Wood -- Wintersongs), Tightrope 1107 www.kristadetor.com
9. Chris Wood, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, et al: Cold Haily Rainy Night (The Imagined Village), Realworld 01422 www.imaginedvillage.com
10. Eliza Carthy: Rosalie (Dreams of Breathing Underwater), Topic Records 571 www.topicrecords.co.uk
11. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson: Monkey on A Wire (Rattlin' Bones), Essence / Sugar Hill 4048 www.sugarhillrecords.com
12. Tom Pacheco: Riding with Mr. Thompson (Railroad Rainbows & Talkin Blues), Frog's Claw www.tompacheco.com
13. Tom Pacheco: 10 Centy Gas (Railroad Rainbows & Talkin Blues)
14. Lynn Miles: Surrender Dorothy (Black Flowers Volume 1), self www.lynnmilesmusic.com
15. John Lilly: Explosion in the Fairmount Mine (Always Lift Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed), Proper American 006 www.properamerican.com
16. Mollie O'Brien: Beware (Always Lift Him Up)
17. Rufus Wainwright: Albatross (Born to The Breed), Wildflower 1313 www.wildflowerrecords.com
18. Joan Baez: Since You've Asked (Born to The Breed)
19. Loudon Wainwright III: Saw Your Name in The Paper (Recovery), Yep Roc 2181 www.yeproc.com
20. Tommy Sands with Moya Sands: A Stor Mo Chroi (Let the Circle Be Wide), Appleseed 1114 www.appleseedmusic.com
21 & 22. Dar Williams: February & Mortal City (Mortal City), Razor & Tie 2821
23. John Gorka: Temporary Road (Temporary Road), High Street 10315
24. John Gorka: Good Noise (Out of The Valley), High Street 10325
25. Bruce Springsteen: The Wrestler (Working on A Dream), Columbia
26. Peggy Seeger: Bring Me Home (Bring Me Home), Appleseed 1106 www.appleseedmusic.com
The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from "Honk Toot Suite" by Eamonn Coyne & Kris Drever, Compass 4448 www.compassrecords.com
27. Crossover: Come On Down to My World (Friends Having Fun), self www.crossover.i8.com 28. Becky Schlegel: Hills of South Dakota (For All the World to See), Lilly Ray 701 www.beckyschlegel.com
29. Vance Gilbert: Up on Rockfield (Up on Rockfield), Disismye Music www.vancegilbert.com
30. Carrie Rodriguez: Absence (MP3)
31. Garnet Rogers: Election Night: North Dakota (At A High Window), Snow Goose Songs www.garnetrogers.com
32. The Brainstormers: Poor Man's Troubles (The Brainstormers), Simon Slick www.brainstormermusic.com
33. Adrienne Young: River and A Dirt Road (Room to Grow), AddieBelle www.addiebelle.com
34. Marissa Nadler (performing 2/6 in a WHUS-produced concert at the S. U. Ballroom): Dying Breed (Song III: Bird on The Water), Kemado Records www.marissanadler.com
35. Adam Michael Rothberg: Moving Day (Another Spin), self www.adamr.net
36. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174 www.redhouserecords.com
2. David Tamulevich / The Yellow Room Gang: Planting Trees (The Yellow Room Gang Vol. 2: Happy New Day), Yellow Room Records 9 www.yellowroomgang.com
3. Red Rock Rondo: Rocks on Fire (Zion Canyon Song Cycle), Steamboat Mountain www.redrockrondo.com
4. Magpie: Same Boat Now (In This World), Sliced Bread 75315 www.slicedbread.com
5. Dean Stevens: Stories (At Last), Volcano 2005 www.deanstevens.com
6. Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (Farewells & Fantasies), Elektra Rhino R2 73518
7. Celeste Krenz: I Know You (My Mother and Me), High Horse www.celestekrenz.com
8. Krista Detor: Awake the Voice (The Silver Wood -- Wintersongs), Tightrope 1107 www.kristadetor.com
9. Chris Wood, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, et al: Cold Haily Rainy Night (The Imagined Village), Realworld 01422 www.imaginedvillage.com
10. Eliza Carthy: Rosalie (Dreams of Breathing Underwater), Topic Records 571 www.topicrecords.co.uk
11. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson: Monkey on A Wire (Rattlin' Bones), Essence / Sugar Hill 4048 www.sugarhillrecords.com
12. Tom Pacheco: Riding with Mr. Thompson (Railroad Rainbows & Talkin Blues), Frog's Claw www.tompacheco.com
13. Tom Pacheco: 10 Centy Gas (Railroad Rainbows & Talkin Blues)
14. Lynn Miles: Surrender Dorothy (Black Flowers Volume 1), self www.lynnmilesmusic.com
15. John Lilly: Explosion in the Fairmount Mine (Always Lift Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed), Proper American 006 www.properamerican.com
16. Mollie O'Brien: Beware (Always Lift Him Up)
17. Rufus Wainwright: Albatross (Born to The Breed), Wildflower 1313 www.wildflowerrecords.com
18. Joan Baez: Since You've Asked (Born to The Breed)
19. Loudon Wainwright III: Saw Your Name in The Paper (Recovery), Yep Roc 2181 www.yeproc.com
20. Tommy Sands with Moya Sands: A Stor Mo Chroi (Let the Circle Be Wide), Appleseed 1114 www.appleseedmusic.com
21 & 22. Dar Williams: February & Mortal City (Mortal City), Razor & Tie 2821
23. John Gorka: Temporary Road (Temporary Road), High Street 10315
24. John Gorka: Good Noise (Out of The Valley), High Street 10325
25. Bruce Springsteen: The Wrestler (Working on A Dream), Columbia
26. Peggy Seeger: Bring Me Home (Bring Me Home), Appleseed 1106 www.appleseedmusic.com
The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from "Honk Toot Suite" by Eamonn Coyne & Kris Drever, Compass 4448 www.compassrecords.com
27. Crossover: Come On Down to My World (Friends Having Fun), self www.crossover.i8.com 28. Becky Schlegel: Hills of South Dakota (For All the World to See), Lilly Ray 701 www.beckyschlegel.com
29. Vance Gilbert: Up on Rockfield (Up on Rockfield), Disismye Music www.vancegilbert.com
30. Carrie Rodriguez: Absence (MP3)
31. Garnet Rogers: Election Night: North Dakota (At A High Window), Snow Goose Songs www.garnetrogers.com
32. The Brainstormers: Poor Man's Troubles (The Brainstormers), Simon Slick www.brainstormermusic.com
33. Adrienne Young: River and A Dirt Road (Room to Grow), AddieBelle www.addiebelle.com
34. Marissa Nadler (performing 2/6 in a WHUS-produced concert at the S. U. Ballroom): Dying Breed (Song III: Bird on The Water), Kemado Records www.marissanadler.com
35. Adam Michael Rothberg: Moving Day (Another Spin), self www.adamr.net
36. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174 www.redhouserecords.com
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