Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Playlist for 12/23/15

Winter Solstice:
GATHERING TIME – A Light in the Darkness – Keepsake – 2015
CHRIS CHANDLER & PAUL BENOIT - Winter Song/Girl from the North Country (Bob Dylan/Chris Chandler) - Matadors – 2011
JOE JENCKS - The Longest Night of the Year - Happy Holidays! Vol. 10 - 2015
SARA THOMSEN - The Longest Night - Winter Wanderings - 2012

Elections:
ROY ZIMMERMAN - The Big Republican Tent - 2015
DAVID ROVICS - God's Gift to the Caliphate – 2015
JAMES LEE STANLEY - Political Party - The Envoy – 1993
BRIAN HUNT - The Redistricting Song – 2011

Revolution:
DAVID ROVICS - Waiting for the Hurricane - The Other Side - 2015
SHAWN TAYLOR - Waves - Free – 2010
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Levantese Companero (Angel Parra) - Puppet Town - 2002 Vaguely Remeniscent Sounds
JANET BATES - Calling for You - Another Child – 2006
MEDICINE BAND - Millenium Drum (John Coster) - Dangerous Kingdom – 1997

What's Wrong with America:
DAN WEBER - Oh Woody - What I'm Lookin For - 2015
BILLY JONAS - This We Know - Get Real - 2004
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Not Me - This Fire - Politics, Love and Other Small Miracles - 2007 Appalsongs
TONY DENIKOS - Auction Block - Already Gone - 2009
THE PAPERBOYS - City of Chains - At Peace with One's Ghosts - 2015

Mining Disasters:

BATTLEFIELD BAND - The Blantyre Explosion - Beg & Borrow - 2015
PAT LAMANNA - Los Mineros de Chile - Do I Know My Song Well Enough to Start Singing Yet? - 2012
TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS - Widow of the Mountain - The Promise of Friday Night - 2012 Inside Edge Records
SUSIE GLAZE - West Virginia Mine Disaster (Jean Ritchie) - Dear Jean - 2014 Jean Ritchie CD Project Trust

Merry Christmas:
DAVID ROVICS – Christmas in a Tent - The Other Side - 2015
SOFIA TALVIK - Cold Cold Feet - 2015
DAVID ROVICS - Christmas Song - Everything Can Change - 2013
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Christmas in the Trenches - Water from Another Time - 1989 Rounder Records

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Playlist for 12/16/15

Today we had a live show for Phil Ochs' birthday in the WMCB studio. We started by playing from the CD:
PHIL OCHS - Changes - The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 - 2000 Smithsonian Folkways

Then three local singer-songwriters from the Western Mass. area sang Phil's songs. Jay and Karen harmonized when the other led the song and John played harmonica:
JOHN COSTER – There But for Fortune
JAY MANKITA – Draft Dodger Rag, When I'm Gone and Cops of the World
KAREN BROOKS – Power and the Glory

A round robin followed with all three singing their original songs:
JOHN COSTER – Walk So Proud, Ontario, Old Stones Broken Bones, Johnny Has Gone to France
JAY MANKITA – Proud to Be a Socialist, How Deep and Wide, Bessie, Lost Again
KAREN BROOKS – Wings of a Dove, Se Baba (Prayer for Peace), Motorcycle Song

The last half hour was filled with songs from CDs. Four of Bev Grant's songs in advance of her performing at Mt. Toby Concerts on Saturday:
BEV GRANT - We Were There - We Were There! - 2002
BEV GRANT & The Dissident Daughters - In America - Cheeky Woman - 2006
WOOL&GRANT - Get the Frack Outta Here - Wool&Grant - 2013 Ina May Wool and Bev Grant
BEV GRANT & The Dissident Daughters (Jolie Rickman) - Emma Goldman - Cheeky Woman - 2006

The show ended with a song in memory of the Sandy Hook massacre of 12/14/12:
SONIA RUTSTEIN - Rio's Home - No Bomb Is Smart - 2004

You can hear the entire show at:
http://www.buzzsprout.com/53208/334581-121615-musicofthepeople-john-jay-karen-mp3

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Playlist for 12/9/15

DAVID ROVICS - We Just Want the World - We Just Want the World - 1998

Elections/Politics:
DAVID ROVICS - God's Gift to the Caliphate - 2015
THE STEEL WHEELS - Endure - Lay Down, Lay Low – 2012
DAVE LIPPMAN - Tea Party Tango - Food, Clothing & Glaciers – 2010
LENNY SOLOMON - 501(C)4 - Under My Hat - 2014
ROWDY HOUSE - Don't Let a Liar Lead You - I Won't Comply - 2012
ROY ZIMMERMAN - Vote Republican - You're Getting Sleepy - 2011 Metaphor Records

Palestine:
HUDSON VALLEY SALLY - In Jerusalem - 2015
THREE LITTLE BIRDS - Apartheid - 2012 youtube.com
JIM PAGE - Palestine - Collateral Damage – 2002
DAVID ROVICS - Israeli Geography - Meanwhile in Afghanistan - 2013
DAVID ROVICS - Jenin - Hang A Flag in the Window - 2002

Heroes and Heroines:

FENDRICK AND PECK - If I Could Only Turn Back - Lucky Penny - 2015
MAGPIE - A Toast to Those Who Have Gone - The Long Walk to Freedom Reunion Concert - 1997 Cultural Center for Social Change
CARDBOARD OX - The Ballad of Ida - 2015
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Forgotten - 22 Days - 2013 Appalsongs
ANNE FEENEY - Fannie Sellins - Union Maid - 2003

Development:

FENDRICK AND PECK - Sweet Peppermint Wind - Lucky Penny - 2015
MISSY WERNER - Main Street - Turn This Heart Around – 2014
MATT BORRELLO - Silver City - Don't Turn Around - 2010
JUD CASWELL - For Sale - Blackberry Time - 2007 Alderdown Music
DAVID ROVICS - Gentrification Town - When I'm Elected President - 2014

Fishing:
CARDBOARD OX - The Fisherman - 2015
PADDY MILLS - Penobscot Bay - Race to the Bottom - 2014 Our Hometown Music
DAN SCHATZ- In the Old Days - The Promise of the Sowing - 2015 Folk-Legacy Records
SETH LAKEMAN - The Shoals of Herring (Ewan MacColl) - Joy of Living - Compass Records – 2015
FINEST KIND - No More Fish, No Fishermen (Shelley Posen/John Goss) - Heart's Delight - 1999 Fallen Angel Music

Happy Chanukah:

GREENFIELD HARMONY – Ocho Kandelitas - Live Concert – 12/7/08

Monday, December 7, 2015

Playlist for 12/2/15

MICHAEL BRAUNFELD – The Local – Full Circle – 2014

Poverty:
SOFIA TALVIK - Cold Cold Feet - 2015
DAN SCHATZ- Poor Man (Frank Proffitt) - The Promise of the Sowing - 2015 Folk-Legacy Records
JACK WARSHAW - No Country for Poor People - Single - 2013
SHAWN TAYLOR - The Bottom Line - Home - 2012
ANGELA EASTERLING - Lay My Head - Common Law Wife - 2015 De L'est Music
JOHN COSTER - Last Stand on the Land - Lost Horizon - 2013

Domestic Violence:
JASON TYLER BURTON - The Ballad of Sally Moore - Pt. 1 Road Runner - 2015
JASON TYLER BURTON - The Ballad of Sally Moore - Pt. 2 - All the Whiskey in the World - 2015
JASON TYLER BURTON - The Ballad of Sally Moore - Pt. 3 - 2015
JEREMY LYONS - Clouds on Her Face - Make It Better - 2014
PAT HUMPHRIES - Jamie - Same Rain - 1992 Moving Forward Music
ELAINE ROMANELLI - Real - The Hour Before – 2015

Climate Change - COP 2015 Paris:
TOM NEILSON - Where Greenland Used to Be - Where Greenland Used to Be – 2012
RUSTIC RIDERS - Small Farms Rising - Wake Up! - 2015
COLLEEN KATTAU - When's It Gonna Rain - Promo CD - 2015
MICHAEL BRAUNFELD - Washed Away - Full Circle - 2014

Immigration:
DAN FRECHETTE & LAUREL THOMSEN - The Mist of Down Below - New Disguise - 2015
DAVID ROVICS - Statue in the Harbor - When I'm Elected President – 2014
ALAN REID - The Road of Tears - Recollection - 2010 Temple Records
HEALY & JURAVICH - The Sky Road- Tangled in Our Dreams - 2006 Finnegan Music
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK - Are We A Nation? - Border Songs - 2012 No More Deaths

Revolution:
ABBY LAPPEN - Evolution - Edge of Time - 2014
KRISTEN GRAVES - Demand - Now Ain't the Time for Tears – 2014
JANET BATES - Bearded Stranger - Another Child – 2006
SARA THOMSEN - All Across the Land - Everything Changes – 2008

Songs for the Spirit:
ABBY LAPPEN - Edge of Time - Edge of Time - 2014
DAN FRECHETTE & LAUREL THOMSEN - The Mist of Down Below - New Disguise - 2015
SARA THOMSEN – Holy Angels - Everything Changes – 2008