Thursday, February 25, 2016

Playlist for 2/1716

MAGPIE – Before the Morning Sun – Looking Back, Moving Forward – 2008

Water
ARO VENO - Water - Singing Clear - 2011 Colleen Kattau & Bev Grant
SARAH UNDERHILL & IAN WORPOLE - Hole in the Ground - Chimaera – 2004
STILL ON THE HILL - What's Done Is Done - Once A River - 2014 Kelly & Donna Mulhollan
RAY KORONA - Water - The Song - A Little Too Much Sunshine – 2010
TODD BURGE - Water Works - Imitation Life - 2015
MARA LEVINE – River (Bill Staines) - Jewels and Harmony – 2013

Fracking/Pipeline Protest:
THOM CHACON - Before the Drilling Rigs Got Here - 2014
PAUL SACHS - When the River Didn't Flow - Oil Town – 2011
MAGPIE - Water in the Rock - Demo – 2011
ROY ZIMMERMAN - The Faucet's on Fire - Single - 2014
THE BURNS SISTERS - Gas Man - The Hills of Ithaca - 2012 Sisters Music
DAVID ROVICS - No Fracking Way - Ten New Songs – 2011

War - PTSD:

AMY WHITE - Why Can't We See (PTSD) - Didn't We Waltz - 2016 Fairewood Studios
RODNEY BROWN - Casualty of War - Until You Come Home - 2009 George Mann
HEATHER MALONEY - Involuntary - Make Me Break – 2015
RICH EILBERT - Back from the War - Back from the War - 2009
FREEBO - A Soldier at War - Before the Separation - 2005 Poppabo Music
DAVID ROVICS - When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Waiting for the Fall/A Retrospective

Hard Times - Despair:
SOLAS - Lay Me Down (G. Wolfe) - All These Years - 2016 THL Records
SOLAS - Darkness Darkness (Jesse Colin Young) - All These Years - 2016 THL Records
KARRNNEL SAWITSKY & DANIEL KOULACK - Killin' Floor - Tunes from the North, Songs from the South - 2015
LEONARD COHEN - Never Gave Nobody Trouble - Can't Forget - 2015 Sony Music
BEAUCOUP BLUE with Melody Gardot - Bluer Than the Midnight Sky - Hearts at Home – 2005
DAVE LIPPMAN - I Think There's More - I Hate Wal-Mart - 1998

Song:
AMY WHITE - Sing to Me - Didn't We Waltz - 2016 Fairewood Studios
LOUISE MOSRIE - Singing My Heart Out - Lay It Down - 2014 Zoe Cat Music

MAGPIE – Give Light – Looking Back, Moving Forward – 2008

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Playlist for 2/10/16

Elections:
JAY MANKITA - I'm Proud to Be A Socialist - Live on Music of the People - 2015 WMCB
DAVID ROVICS - When I'm Elected President - When I'm Elected President - 2014
THE STEEL WHEELS - Endure - Lay Down, Lay Low – 2012
ROY ZIMMERMAN - Burn Goody Clinton! - Thanks for the Support - 2008 Metaphor Records
ROY ZIMMERMAN - Vote Republican - You're Getting Sleepy - 2011 Metaphor Records
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Vote - Roots, Rock & Revolution - 2006 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.

Fight for freedom/El Salvador:

DAVID ROVICS - Unknown Soldier - For The Moment – 2005
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Romero (Jolie Rickman) - Higher Ground - 2008 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
TOM NEILSON - Woman of Sumpul River (Claribel Alegria/Tom Neilson) - In A Public Place – 1991
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Pequena Serenata Diurna (Sylvio Rodriguez) - Puppet Town - 2002 Vaguely Remeniscent Sounds
TOM NEILSON - Sueno con Serpientes (Sylvio Rodriguez) - Another Pacifist Under Surveillance - 2007

War Resistance:
JAY MANKITA & KAREN BROOKS - Draft Dodger Rag (Phil Ochs) - Live on Music of the People - 2015 WMCB
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Not My War - RPM - 2011 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
BEAUCOUP BLUE - I Surrender - Hearts at Home – 2005
JANET BATES - Prisoner of Conscience - Another Child - 2006
ARLO GUTHRIE - I Ain't Marching Anymore - The Songs of Phil Ochs - 1995 Sliced Bread Records
JON BROOKS - War Resister - Moth Nor Rust – 2009

Oppression:
GRANT PEEPLES - A Congress of Treasons - A Congress of Treasons - 2016
SHARON KLEIN - Noura - The Way Back Home - 2009
JON BROOKS - The Lonesome Death of Aqsa Parvez - Delicate Cages - 2011
PAMELA MEANS - Amen - Single Bullet Theory - 2003
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Stand Up (Mike Stern) - Sparks and Tears 2003 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds

Songs for the Spirit:

FREEBO - A God of My Own Choosing - If Not Now When - 2015 Poppabo Music
BURNING BRIDGET CLEARY - The Mountain - (Dave Carter/Tracy Grammer) - These Are the Days - 2015
THE LUCKY SISTERS - Let the Mystery Be (Iris Dement) - So Lucky - 2015 Patio Records
TIM GRIMM - The Tree - The Turning Point - 2013
DAVID ROTH - Pachamama Turns - So Far, So Good - 2015
EMMA'S REVOLUTION – Swimming to the Other Side – Roots, Rock & Revolution -2006 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
THE NIELDS - Treasure in the Rock - XVII – 2015 Mercy House Prods.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Playlist for 2/3/16

TIM GRIMM - The Back Fields - The Back Fields - 2009

Resistance: Shays Rebellion 2/3/1788:
DAVID ROVICS - Berkshire Hills - Ten Thousand Miles Away - 2009
JOHN COSTER - Millenium Drum - Lost Horizon – 2013
ANNE FEENEY - The Man Behind the Wire - Enchanted Way - 2010
SI KAHN - When the Land and They Were Young - Thanksgiving - 2007 Strictly Country Records
SARA THOMSEN - All Across the Land - Everything Changes - 2008

Prisons:

THE LORDS OF LIECHTENSTEIN - Marie - Oh, Hello Sweetie Pie - 2016
PETER KEANE - Nobody Knows But Me (Jimmie Rodgers/Elsie McWilliams) - Rural Electification – 2015
JOHN ROBERTS & DEBRA COWAN - Jim Jones - Ballads Long and Short - 2015 Golden Hind Music
LARA HERSCOVITCH - But for the Grace - Four Wise Monkeys - 2012
TOM NEILSON - Mumia - Dancin' Shoes - 1997
JIM PAGE - Song for Leonard Peltier - Ghost Bikes – 2010

Urban Decay/Gentrification:

THE LORDS OF LIECHTENSTEIN - Niagara Street - Oh, Hello Sweetie Pie – 2016
APARNA LAKSHMI - Small Town America - Points of Light & the Constellation - 2011
DAVID ROVICS - Gentrification Town - When I'm Elected President - 2014
MISSY WERNER - Main Street - Turn This Heart Around – 2014
STEVE WARNER/ROLLING COYOTES - Brokenville - Train of Life -2010
THE LORDS OF LIECHTENSTEIN - Where Dreams Go to Die - Oh, Hello Sweetie Pie - 2016

Marginalization:
THE LORDS OF LIECHTENSTEIN - Gorilla - Oh, Hello Sweetie Pie - 2016
PAUL SACHS - Survival is the New Success - Survival is the New Success - 2014
JACK WARSHAW - No Country for Poor People - Single - 2013
TERRY KITCHEN & MARA LEVINE - The Favor - 2012

Sexual Child Abuse:
REBECCA FOLSOM - For Crying Out Loud - Extraordinary Days - 2016
GENE MORRISON - Haunted Woman - Looking Back - 2010 Listen Here Records
RUTH HILL - Valley of Time - The River Beneath Me - 2011 Sugar Brook Music
LOUISE MOSRIE - Lay It Down - Lay It Down - 2014 Zoe Cat Music

REBECCA FOLSOM - Better Times - Extraordinary Days - 2016

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Playlist for 1/27/16

GRAHAM NASH - This Path Tonight - This Path Tonight - 2016

Aging/Death:
MICHAEL TROY - Waiting for the Train - I Am American - 2015
TIM GRIMM - She Remembers - Farm Songs – 2009
MEDICINE BAND - Lena's Gone (John Coster) - Dangerous Kingdom – 1997
LEONARD COHEN - Stages - Can't Forget - 2015 Sony Music
WILLIE NELSON/MERLE HAGGARD - Live This Long - Django and Jimmie - 2015 Sony Music
PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT - Old Apples - A More Perfect Union - 2012 Appleseed Recordings

What's Wrong:
MICHAEL TROY - I Want My Country Back (Michael Troy/Chuck Williams) - I Am American – 2015
TONY DENIKOS - Auction Block - Already Gone – 2009
RACHAEL KILGOUR - In America - Whistleblower's Manifesto: Songs for a New Revolution - 2013
DAVID ROVICS - God Bless the USA - Into A Prism - 2013

American Dream (Death of):

LETITIA VANSANT and the BONAFIDES - Promised Land - Parts & Labor - 2014
SHAWN TAYLOR - Swing Low Sweet Liberty - Home - 2012
FUZEK & ROSSONI - Waking Up from the American Dream - Waking Up from the American Dream – 2008
JASON TYLER BURTON - American Dream - The Mend – 2012

Hard Times/Homelessness:
LETITIA VANSANT and the BONAFIDES - Parts & Labor - Parts & Labor - 2014
RANCHERS FOR PEACE - Streets of Gold - Not Alone - 2013
JACK WILLIAMS - Sleeping in the Streets - Four Good Days - 2014 Wind River Records
DAVID ROVICS - A Dream Forclosed – Everything Can Change - 2013
LEONARD COHEN - Never Gave Nobody Trouble - Can't Forget - 2015 Sony Music

Friendship:
DYLAN SNEED - All Around Me - Texodus - 2010
MICHAEL TROY - Jesus on the Radio - I Am American – 2015
MATT BORRELLO - When You Lose a Friend - A Dollar & A Kiss - 2015
HAPPY TRAUM - Sailing Down My Golden River (Pete Seeger)- Just for the Love of It - 2015 Lark's Nest Music
JON FROMER - Harvest of My Soul (Reprise) - Looking for Freedom - 2015 PM Press

Songs for the Spirit:
CONNOR GARVEY - Bright Morning - Meteors and Beating Hearts - 2014
CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER – Dancin' in the Kitchen Reprise – Dancin' in the Kitchen – 2015 Community Music, Inc