Friday, February 26, 2010

Playlist for 2/22/10

ETHAN MILLER & KATE BOVERMAN - Wash Up Over Me - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005 Riot Folk
Environmental Destruction/Shut Down Vt. Yankee
TOM NEILSON - Radiation - Dancin' Shoes - 1997 Roaring Jelly Prods.
TOM NEILSON - Jacksonville - Dancin' Shoes - 1997 Roaring Jelly Prods.
JOEL MABUS - Alligator Ate Her Poodle - No Worries Now - 2009 Joel Mabus
CRABTREE&MILLS - Waterfalls - 2010 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyX3NhDoWN4
SHARON ABREU - Calling the Salmon Home - Seeking Sanctuary - 2002 Irthlingz Prods.
FRICTION FARM - Red Fish, Blue Fish - 34 deggrees, 32 minutes - 2006 Quinn/Stay
LINQ - Where Will the Wild Ones Go - Life Goes On - Linq Songs 2009
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Living Planet - Roots, Rock & Revolution - 2006 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.

Media Lies
DAVID ROVICS - What If You Knew - Waiting for the Fall, A Retrospective - BMI
JAY MANKITA - They Lied - Dogs Are Watching Us - 2004 Jay Mankita

Homelessness
DAVID FERRARD - Gilmartin - Across the Troubled Wave - Alter Road Recs. 2009
RORY McLEOD - Defending Our Homes - Travelling Home - 1992 Rory McLeod
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Somebody's Child - Daddy's Little Girl - 2008 Ellen Bukstel
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Moving Day - Sparks & Tears - Vaguely Rem 2003
JOE JENCKS - Room Here for Another (John McCutcheon) - Rise As One - 2005 Turtle Bear Music
PETER SIEGEL - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime - Living in Rome - 2008 Peter Siegel

Root of All Evil?
MALVINA REYNOLDS - Dialectic - Ear to the Ground - 2000 Smithsonian Folkways
MALVINA REYNOLDS - The Money Crop - Ear to the Ground - 2000 Smithsonian Folkways
JOHN FLYNN - Dragon - Dragon - 2004 MettaFour Records

Immigration
SARA THOMSEN - What Brings You Here? - Fertile Ground - Sara Thomsen 1999
TOM JURAVICH - Immigrants Like Me - Altar of the Bottom Line - 2007 Finnegan Music
HOPE MACHINE - Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie, 1963) - Big Green - Dys Records

Labor
PAT HUMPHRIES - Cold Cup of Water - Hands - Appleseed Recs. 2001
LOUISE MOSRIE - Battle of Blair Moutain - Home - 2010 Zoe Cat Music
ANNE FEENEY - Business News/Hallelujah, I'm a Bum - Dump the Bosses off your Back - 2008Anne Feeney
TOM JURAVICH - Altar of the Bottom Line - Altar of the Bottom Line - 2007 Finnegan Music
REBEL VOICES - They All Sang Bread & Roses (Si Kahn) - A Piece of the Wall - 1998-99 Reveille Music
PAT HUMPHRIES - No Sweat - Hands - Appleseed Recs. 2001

Friday, February 12, 2010

Music of the People on Mondays and Wednesdays

Music of the People will air on Mondays, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. and on Wednesdays, 9:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Hope you enjoy the music.
In solidarity,
Diane Crowe, DJ

Playlist for 2/15/10 and 2/17/10

For President's Day - Mostly "W" songs/1 Clinton
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - One Puppet Town - Puppet Town - 2002 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
GEORGE MANN - I'M George W. - Hail to the Thief II - 2004 Running Scared Productions
MARK LEVY - Son of a Bush - Hail to the Thief II - 2004 Running Scared Productions
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Vote - Roots, Rock & Revolution - 2006 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
JUD CASWELL - The Men Behind the Bushes - Blackberry Time - 2007 Alderdown Music
TOM NEILSON - Physical Relationship Blues - Spirit of Justice - 2003 Roaring Jelly Prods.

Farm songs - read Michael Pollan's new book:
"Food Rules - An Eater's Manual"
TIM GRIMM - 80 Acres - Farm Songs - 2009 Vault Records
JANET BATES - Here on the Farm - For All of His Wealth - 2007 Janet Bates
LOUISE MOSRIE - Backroads - Home - 2010 Zoe Cat Music
TOM NEILSON - Four Lane Highways - Living on the Maximum Wage - 2003 Roaring Jelly
RED MOLLY - This Farm Needs a Man - Love & Other Tragedies - 2008 Red Molly
ETHAN MILLER & KATE BOVERMAN - Simple Dirt - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005 Riot Folk

For Valentine's Day
PAT HUMPHRIES - People Love - Hands - 2001 Appleseed Recordings
FRICTION FARM - Ballad of the Lone Sock - 34 degrees, 32 minutes - 2006 Quinn/Stay
ARLON BENNETT - Red Light Kiss - Summer's Voice - 2007 Red Sea Records
AMY SPEACE - This Love - The Killer in Me - 2008 Wildflower Records
SARA THOMSEN - Love Song - Big Breath - 2003 Sara Thomsen
DAVID ROVICS - Life Is Beautiful - Waiting for the Fall - A Restrospective - BMI

Come see Kim & Reggie at the Echo Lake Concert Series in Leverett, MA, on 2/20/10
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Wade in the Water - Steal Away - 1984 Appleseed Recordings
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Harriet Tubman/Steal Away - Steal Away - 1984 Appleseed Recordings
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Rock of Ages - PMN Live Concert 2006, Amherst, MA

Save our constitution and civil rights
DAVID ROVICS - Burn It Down - Waiting for the Fall - A Restrospective - BMI
LINQ - George Orwell Where Are You? - Life Goes On - 2009 Linq Songs
EMMA'S REVOLUITON - Silence & Lies - Roots, Rock & Revolution - 2006 Pat Humphries & Sandy O
REBEL VOICES - In Contempt - A Piece of the Wall - 1998-99 Reveille Music
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - The List - Sparks & Tears - 2003 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Stand Up - Sparks & Tears - 2003 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
ELLEN BUKSTEL & NICK ANNIS - By My Silence - 2008 Bukstel & Annis

Finale
SARA THOMSEN - By Breath & May the Longtime Sun - By Breath - 2003 Sara Thomsen

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Playlist for 2/8/10

LEONARD COHEN - Bird on the Wire - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970- 2009 Sony Ent.

LGBT Civil Rights
CHARLIE KING - Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Inside Out - 1995 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
SARA THOMSEN - Forbidden Love - Everything Changes - 2008 Sara Thomsen
ABBY SMITH - Where Is It Written? - Monitored for Quality Control - 2007 Abby Smith
LINQ - Don't You Understand - Journey - 2004 Linqsongs
CHARLIE KING - If Loving You Were A Dangerous Thing - 2008 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - This Love - One - 2004 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
PAT HUMPHRIES - I'll Be There - 2001 Appleseed Recordings

Immigration - are Haitians welcome here?
GATHERING TIME - Train Coming - Songs of Hope & Freedom - 2008 Gathering Time
JOE JENCKS - Deportees - Rise As One - 2005 Turtle Bear Music
TOM NEILSON - America (Franco da Vita) - In a Public Place - 1991 Roaring Jelly Prods.
HEALY & JURAVICH - The Sky Road - Tangled in Our Dreams - 2006 Healy & Juravich
BEV GRANT & Dissident Daughters - In America - Cheeky Woman - 2006 Bev Grant

Political/religious systems
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Hey, Mr. Politician - Daddy's Little Girl - 2008 Ellen Bukstel
KRISTIN LEMS - Days of the Theocracy - In the Out Door - 2007 Carolsdatter Prods
GRAHAM & BARBARA DEAN - This Fair Land - Tom Paine's Blues - 2004 G & B Dean
COLLEEN KATTAU - Boys on the Radio - Inhabited Woman - 2007 Windlight Studio

Lost Love - in anticipation of Valentine's day
ERNEST TROOST - Switchblade Heart - Resurrection Blues - 2009 Ernest Troost
BREAD & BONES - Let Me Know - I Know Stories - 2008 Riptone Recs.
SARA THOMSEN - The Morning After Your Heart Breaks - Everything Changes - 2008
BEAUCOUP BLUE - Lonesome Blues - Hearts at Home - 2005 - Beaucoup Blue

Preview for upcoming show at the Echo Lake, Leverett
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Rock of Ages - PMN Live Concert 2006
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Windows of the Heart - PMN Live Concert 2006


Choose Choice
LARRY MURANTE - Yes We Can - Point of Entry - 2009 Weeping Wood Music
BUSKIN & BATTEAU - Choose Joy - Red Shoes & Golden Hearts -2009 Nouveau Retro Media
CAROLYN CURRIE - The World Is Flat - Waves of Silence - 2009 Carolyn Currie
MINDY SIMMONS - Tikkun Olam - One World Our World - 2009 MindyLouMusic
Finale
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - If I Had a Hammer - Roots, Rock & Revolution - 2006 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Playlist for 2/1/10

This Playlist was inspired by Obama's State of the Union Address. The songs tell why some of his ideas are not so great!!!

Re: The Continued wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Iran & Yemen looming in the future.)
JENNIE AVILA - A Bullet Lives On - Civil War Stories in Song - 2009 Jennie Avila Music
CAROLYN CURRIE - Rain - Waves of Silence - High Horse Recs. 2009
DAVID ROVICS - Four Blank Slates - BMI
SPOOK HANDY - It's Your War Now, Mrs. Bly - Watcha Gonna Do? - 2007 Skashic Recs.

Re: Spending Freezes on Education, (so important in the first part of his address!), health care and other social programs.
JANET BATES - Another Child - Another Child - Janet Bates 2005
RAY KORONA - Trimming the Fat Off the Budget - The Safe Thing to Do - 2005 Ray Korona
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Somebody's Child - Daddy's Little Girl - 2008 Ellen Bukstel
KRISTIN LEMS - Each Child is a Star - Upbeat! - Kristin Lems
ROY ZIMMERMAN - Dear Number 1036924053887 Thanks for the Support - Metaphor Recs 2008
TOM NEILSON - In a Public Place - In a Public Place - Roaring Jelly Prods. 1991

Re: Environmental devastation from tax-funded development of off-shore drilling, "clean" coal and new nuclear power plants
JANET BATES - Owl - The Colours Will Come Back - Janet Bates
ANTJE DUVEKOT - Lighthouse - High Wire Dancer - 2009 Antje Duvekot
DAVID ROVICS - Here at the End of the World - Songs for Mahmud - Ever Reviled Recs. 2004
PRINCE MYSHKINS - Don't You Love This Planet - Total Myshkin Awareness - Prince Myshkins
ANNIE DINERMAN - One Planet at a Time - Broken Cookies - Annie Dinerman 2009
KRISTIN LEMS - Too Cheap to Meter - In the Out Door - 2007 Caroldatter Prods.
JEFFERSON PEPPER - The Crying Land - American Evolution - 2008 American Fallout Recs
TOM NEILSON - HOT Frogs on the Loose - Dancin' Shoes - Roaring Jelly 1997
RED MOLLY - Coal Tattoo - Never Been to Vegas - 2006 Red Molly
TERRY KITCHEN - Mr. Ginder's Coal - That's How It Used to Be - 2004 Urban Campfire Prod
JENI & BILLY - Local 6167 - Jewell Ridge Coal - 2008 Jewell Ridge Recs.

Corporate control of the economy and the failure of our elected politicians
CHARLIE KING - S & L So Long - Inside Out - 1995 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
EVAN GREER - The Day the Democrats Won - Never Surrender - Riot Folk 2009
RADIO FREE EARTH - Can't Take Any More - And Don't Forget It! - 2006 Radio Free Earth

Yes, Be the Change
ANTJE DUVEKOT - Merry-Go-Round - High Wire Dancer - 2009 Antje Duvekot
ARLON BENNETT - Be the Change - Summer's Voice - Red Sea Records 2007
CAROLYN CURRIE - Don't run with Scissors - Waves of Silence - High Horse Recs 2009