Saturday, May 30, 2015

Playlist for 5/27/15

Archbishop Romero canonized:
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Romero (Jolie Rickman) - Higher Ground - 2008 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds

Coal Mining:
SUE MASSEK - Fair Ye Well Old Ely Branch (Aunt Molly Jackson) - Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records
SUE MASSEK - That 25 Cents That You Paid (Jim Garland) - Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records
SUE MASSEK - Only A Miner (Aunt Molly Jackson) - Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records

MEMORIAL DAY:
CRAIG WERTH - Canvas of War - Ten Miles Out - 2011
DAVID ROVICS - Four Blank Slates - Waiting for the Fall/A Retrospective
BOB BRADSHAW - Remember Me - Home - 2013 Fluke Records
LAURA ZUCKER - Memorial Day - A Step Ahead
TOM PAXTON - The Unknown - Until You Come Home - 2009 George Mann
NELL ROBINSON - Poppies - The Rose of No-Man's Land - 2014
RUSTIC RIDERS - We Remember - Hearing Hearts - 2008
NATHAN BELL - Names - Blood Like a River - 2014
SAM BAKER - Boxes - Pretty World - 2007
SPUYTEN DUYVIL - The Cruel War - The Social Music Hour, V I - 2015
MARE WAKEFIELD - About the War - Meant to Be - 2011 Maresie Music
SALLY SPRING - Boys in the Cornfield - Made of Stars - 2010 Sniffinpup Records
BEN BEDFORD - Fisher's Hill - Land of the Shadows - 2009 Hopeful Sky Records
BEN BEDFORD - Lincoln's Man - Lincoln's Man - 2008
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO - The Dying Soldier - A Wanderer I'll Stay - 2015 Lula Records
ANNE FEENEY - No Man's Land - Enchanted Way - 2010
LOKASHAKTI - We Regret to Inform You - Three Stories - 2010 Lokashakti Records
EMILY NYMAN - Give Me A Dream - Until You Come Home - 2009 George Mann
AMY SPEACE - The Weight of the World - The Killer in Me - 2008 Wildflower Records
DONNA LYNN CASKEY - They Go On- Nameless Heart - 2014
ETHAN MILLER & KATE BOVERMAN - Come Home - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005

Peace:
THE LEVINS - World of Peace - Trust - 2015
HEALY & JURAVICH - Song for Peace - Tangled in Our Dreams - 2006 Finnegan Music

Monday, May 25, 2015

Playlist for 5/20/15

Happy Would-Be 90th Birthday (5/19/1925), Malcolm X:
MATTHEW JONES - As Above, So Below: Tribute to Malcolm X & Betty Shabazz - Songs of Dissent - 1998 Cultural Center for Social Change Malcolm X birthday 5/19 - would be 90 yrs old
DAVE DERSHAM - Betty's Ballad - The Burn of Summer - 2003
MARSHALL JONES - Legend of Danville - Songs of Dissent - 1998 Cultural Center for Social Change
MAGPIE - Cry Carolina (Greg Artzner) - Songs of Dissent - 1998 Cultural Center for Social Change
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Too Many Martyrs - The Long Walk to Freedom - 1997 Cultural Center for Social Change
MATTHEW & MARSHALL JONES - When I Was Young (Matthew Jones) - The Long Walk to Freedom - 1997 Cultural Center for Social Change
MAGPIE - A Toast to Those Who Have Gone (Phil Ochs) - The Long Walk to Freedom Reunion Concert - 1997 Cultural Center for Social Change
BROTHER SUN - In the Name of Love (Greg Greenway) - Some Part of the Truth - 2013

SI KAHN & SUE MASSEK Interview with songs from the new CD, Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records
SUE MASSEK - Dreadful Memories (Sarah Ogan Gunning)
SUE MASSEK - Come All You Coal Miners (Sarah Ogan Gunning)
SUE MASSEK - I Am A Traveling Creature
SUE MASSEK - Hello, Coal Miner (Sarah Ogan Gunning)
SUE MASSEK - I'm Going to Organize (Sarah Ogan Gunning)
SUE MASSEK - Down on the Picket Line (Sarah Ogan Gunning)

Songs from 2 new albums:
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - Power in the Blood (Alabama 3/Sainte-Marie) - Power in the Blood - 2015 Gypsy Boy Music
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - We Are Circling - Power in the Blood - 2015 Gypsy Boy Music
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - Ke Sakihitin Awasis (I Love You, Baby) - Power in the Blood - 2015 Gypsy Boy Music
LEONARD COHEN - Never Gave Nobody Trouble - Can't Forget - 2015 Sony Music Leonard Cohen new album
LEONARD COHEN - Joan of Arc - Can't Forget - 2015 Sony Music
LEONARD COHEN - Stages - Can't Forget - 2015 Sony Music

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Playlist for 5/13/15

COLLEEN KATTAU - Come with Me, Climb - The Living Years - 2013

Economy/Classism:
FINEST KIND - Song of the Lower Classes - For Honor & For Gain - 2010 Fallen Angel Music
PROFESSOR LOUIE - Working Class - Class - 2013
TERRY KITCHEN & MARA LEVINE - The Favor - Demo CD - 2012
LUCY BILLINGS - State of Blind - Carry the Water - 2014
MELISSA RUTH - Dusty Boxcar - Ain't No Whiskey - 2011 Who Said Music
JOHN GORKA - Ignorance & Privilege - So Dark You See - 2009
TERRY KITCHEN - Ninety-nine - That's How It Used to Be - 2004 Urban Campfire
SCOTT COOK - The Lord Giveth (and the landlord taketh away) - Moonlit Rambles - 2011

Corporations:
KEVIN ROBINS - Corporate Anorexia - 2010
COLLEEN KATTAU - Borderline - Sing It Down - 1996 A Two Story Production
DAVE LIPPMAN - Citizens United - Food, Clothing & Glaciers - 2010
ROY ZIMMERMAN - Citizens United - You're Getting Sleepy - 2011

Palestine - 5/14/1948 the Nakba:
DAVID ROVICS - The Key - Return - 2003
DAVID ROVICS - Palestine - Return - 2003
DAVID ROVICS - I Wanna Go Home - Behind the Baricade: The Best of David Rovics 2003

Torture:
DAVID ROVICS - After We Torture Our Prisoners - For the Moment - 2005
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Rain - RPM - 2011 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
KEVIN SO - Letter from Guantanomo - Best Foot Forward - 2009
HARLEY STRING BAND - Guantanamo - Didn't Come to Stay Long - 2007

Fracking:
DAVID ROVICS - No Fracking Way - Ten New Songs - 2011
ROY ZIMMERMAN - The Faucet's on Fire - Single - 2014
WOOL&GRANT - Get the Frack Outta Here - Wool&Grant - 2013 Ina May Wool and Bev Grant
LENNY SOLOMON - The Fracking Song - Under My Hat - 2014
THE BURNS SISTERS - Gas Man - The Hills of Ithaca - 2012 Sisters Music

CONNOR GARVEY - Monster - Where Ocean Meets Land - 2011

Playlist for 5/6/15

JAMES DURST - An Occasional Eagle - Wish I Were Here - 2014 WorldWind

Happy Mother's Day:
THE BURNS SISTERS - Mothers' Ode - Looking Back - 2015 Sisters Music
LYNN HOLLYFIELD - Mostly Wild - In the Balance - 2014
KELLEIGH McKENZIE - O Mother - Chances - 2008 Zatchubilly Music
MARA LEVINE - The Sweetest Gift - Mara's Gems - 2008
JOHN SMITH - She Loved Flowers - The Longing Road - 2014 Blue Pine Music

Viet Nam War - ended 4/30/75:

ERIC BALKEY - Born in the USA - Everything Is Great - 2014 Hudson Harding Music
RAMBLIN JACK ELLIOTT - Drive On - The Rose of No-Man's Land - 2014
TOM PAXTON - Draft Dodger Rag - The Songs of Phil Ochs - 1995 Sliced Bread Records
ARLO GUTHRIE - I Ain't Marching Anymore - The Songs of Phil Ochs - 1995 Sliced Bread Records
JAY PSAROS - The Orphan - Single - 2013
COUNTRY JOE MacDONALD - Fixin' to Die Rag - Live at Woodstock - 1969
SCOTT AINSLIE - Rice Grows Again in Vietnam - The Feral Crow - 2004

Kent State Massacre - 5/4/70:
MAGPIE - Kent - Give Light - 1999 Sliced Bread Records
DAVID ROVICS - Dead - All the News That's Fit to Sing - 2014

Hunger Strike - Bobby Sands 4/4/81, Francis Hughes 5/12/81:
DAVID ROVICS - Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands - Everything Can Change -2013
LARRY KIRWAN/BLACK 47 - Bobby Sands MP - Bittersweet Sixteen - 2006
MARY COURTNEY - 66 Days - Sceil Eile (Another Story) - 2003
MARY COURTNEY - The Seeds of Freedom - Sceil Eile (Another Story) - 2003 Completely Stone Mad Music
DAVID ROVICS - Up the Provos (Song for Francis Hughes) - Troubador/People's History in Song - 2010

Gardens and Farms:
DAVID ROVICS - The More Gardens Song - Songs for Mahmud - 2004
ROWDY HOUSE - Family Farm - rowdyhousemusic.com - 2012
TOM CHAPIN - Farmer's Market Good - Give Peas a Chance - 2011 Sundance Music
JOHN McCUTCHEON - The Farmer Is the Woman - Gonna Rise Again - 1987 Rounder
DANA & SUSAN ROBINSON - Farmer's Market A-Z - American Hornpipe - 2012 Threshold Music

Song:
JOE JENCKS - Let Me Sing You A Song - 2014
STEVE CHIZMADIA - Find A Song - Jack of All Trades - 2012
SARA THOMSEN - Somewhere to Begin - Somewhere to Begin - 2014

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Playlist for 4/29/15

SARAH PIRTLE - That Quiet Place - Everyday Bravery - 2006 Discovery Center Music

Labor:
BEV GRANT - I Am A Sewing Machine - 2015
SUE MASSEK - Down On the Picket Line - Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records
DANA SIPOS - Night Sky - Roll Up the Night Sky - 2015
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Casey Jones - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015 Appalsongs
JOHN McCUTCHEON - There Is Power In A Union - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015 Appalsongs

Racism in Sports:
CHUCK BRODSKY - The Handshake - Tell Tale Heart - 2015
PAUL KAPLAN - Welcome Home - 2014
TERRY KITCHEN - The Greatest Game They Never Played - That's How It Used to Be - 2004
TOM NEILSON - Fighting Whities - Only Outlaws Will Be Free - 2005

Empire/Capitalism:
CHUCK BRODSKY - Not A Single Shot - Tell Tale Heart - 2015
TIMOTHY HILL - Don't Take It So Personally - Spirit's Body - 2004 Melihodos
SUE MASSEK - I Hate the Capitalist System - Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records
JACK HARDY - Empires- Noir - 2007
DAVE CROSSLAND - The Man Who Would Be King - Mother and Country - 2015

Aging:
TODD BURGE - Aches and Pains - Imitation Life - 2015
DYLAN SNEED - The Garden - Texodus - 2010
LUCY BILLINGS - What You Gonna Do? - Carry the Water - 2014
DANA & SUSAN ROBINSON - When This Old Hat Was New - American Hornpipe - 2012 Threshold Music

Death/AIDS:
MARTIN SWINGER - Red Ribbon - 2014
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Wooden Box - Daddy's Little Girl - 2008
LUCY BILLINGS - The Here and Now - Carry the Water - 2014
SUE and DWIGHT - See the Little Baby - Little Child Big World - 2008
ELAINE ROMANELLI - The Year of Death - The Hour Before - 2015

Peace:
COLLEEN KATTAU - Word Bomber (Chumbawamba) - In My Name - 2012
JACK TEMPCHIN - Jesus and Mohammed - Room to Run - 2015 Blue Elan Records
COLLEEN KATTAU - Peace Loving Nation - In My Name - 2012

MYA BYRNE - Forgotten Dreams - As I Am - 2014