Playlist for 10/25/17

MARA LEVINE – Leave Time (Dan Schatz) Jewels and Harmony - 2013
MARA LEVINE - Burning Tree (Elmer Beal, Jr.) Jewels and Harmony - 2013

Cuba Blockade began /10/22/1962:
PHIL OCHS - Talking Cuban Crisis - All the News That's Fit to Sing - 1964
CHRISTY MOORE - The Companeros (Ewan MacColl) - Joy of Living - 2015 Compass Records
DAVID ROVICS - Playa Giron - Wayfaring Stranger - 2014
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Pequena Serenata Diurna (Silvio Rodriguez) - Puppet Town - 2002 Vaguely Remeniscent Sounds
SILVIO RODRIGUEZ - Sueno con Serpientes - 1975

Blantyre Mining Disaster 10/22/1877:
BATTLEFIELD BAND - The Blantyre Explosion - Beg & Borrow - 2015
DICK GAUGHAN - Blantyre Explosion - True and Bold - 1986
THE EARLY MAYS - Mannington No. 9 (Keith McMannus) - Chase the Sun - 2017
SUE MASSEK - Only A Miner (Aunt Molly Jackson) - Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records
SUSIE GLAZE - West Virginia Mine Disaster (Jean Ritchie) - Dear Jean - 2014 Jean Ritchie CD Project Trust
CROWES PASTURE - Darkness Outside - Edge of America - 2017
PETER KEANE - Hobo's Lullaby (Goebel Reeves) - Rural Electification - 2015
KARRNNEL SAWITSKY & DANIEL KOULACK - How Does A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live - Tunes from the North, Songs from the South - 2015
LOWELL LEVINGER - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Jimmy Cox) - Down to the Roots - 2014 Grandpa Raccoon Records
JOHN McCUTCHEON - The Tramp (Joe Hill) - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015 Appalsongs

Stock market crash 10/24/1929:
TRET FURE - The Fishermen of Bristol Bay - Rembrandt Afternoons - 2015 Tomboy Girl Records
SETH LAKEMAN - The Shoals of Herring (Ewan MacColl) - Joy of Living - Compass Records - 2015
RUNA - Farewell to Tarwathie - Shilling - Live -2016
BETH DeSOMBRE - Bigger Faster and More - I Was Here - 2016
FINEST KIND - No More Fish, No Fishermen (Shelley Posen/John Goss) - Heart's Delight - 1999 Fallen Angel Music

Labor/Fishing:
JEFFREY MARTIN - Poor Man - One Go Round - 2017
SUE MASSEK - Dreadful Memories (Sarah Ogan Gunning) - Precious Memories - 2015 Strictly Country Records
GEOFF BARTLEY - Money Is King - Put the Big Stone Down - 2009
DAVID ROVICS - Minimum Wage Strike - Live at Club Passim - 2000
PUTNAM SMITH - Let's Give A Damn - 99 Desires - 2016

Cats:
TIM GRIMM - Pumpkin the Cat - Farm Songs - 2009
DAVID DODSON - Cubby the Cat - Life Goes On - 2017

Playlist for 10/18/17

PADDY MILLS - It's Getting Cold - The Good Life – 2016

Puerto Rico:
FERNANDITO FERRER - Alla al Otro Lado II - Despues de Tanto Tiempo – 2002
FERNANDITO FERRER - Que Salgan Ya - Despues de Tanto Tiempo - 2002
MARTIN ESPADA – Live Interview and spoken word readings
ROY BROWN - Monon - Yo Protesto – 2005
ROY BROWN - Descargo Numero 51 - Yo Protesto - 2005

Harper's Ferry armory raided, 10/16/1859:
PESKY J. NIXON - John Brown - Red Ducks - 2012
DAVID ROVICS - John Brown - Ten Thousand Miles Away - 2009
MAGPIE - Goodbye to Old Ohio - John Brown, Sword of the Spirit - 2000
MAGPIE - Captain - John Brown, Sword of the Spirit - 2000
MAGPIE - The Testimony of Frederick Douglas - John Brown, Sword of the Spirit - 2000

International Brigade formed 10/17/1936:
DAVID ROVICS - The Last Lincoln Veteran - Troubador (People's History in Song) - 2010
PETE SEEGER - Viva la Quince Brigada - Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Vols. 1 & 2 - 2014 Smithsonian Folkways
DICK GAUGHAN - Jamie Foyers (Ewan MacColl) - Joy of Living - Compass Records - 2015
SI KAHN - Clarence Kailin - Courage - 2010 Strictly Country Records
HUDSON VALLEY SALLY - The Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade - 2015

Labor/on the sea:
CARDBOARD OX - The Fisherman - 2015
EAGLE McCALL - Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin's Lament) - Song of the Seas - 2012 Michael E. Bryant

Playlist for 10/11/17

JENNIFER CUTTING'S OCEAN ORCHESTRA - Leaves of Autumn - Waves - 2017

War:
DAVID ROVICS - Has the Bombing Begun - Spies Are Reading My Blog - 2013
SAM GLEAVES - Angel in the Ashes - Ain't We Brothers - 2015
JIM PAGE - Collateral Damage - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017
ROD MacDONALD - Unearthly Fire - 2011 So. Florida Folk Fest
SEIZE THE DAY - United States - Not in Our Name - 2007 David Ferrard

Indigenous People's Day:
NANCY SCHIMMEL - 1492 - Sun, Sun Shine - 1991
DAVID ZIMMERMAN - Columbus - Just a Little Something - 1999
EMMYLOU HARRIS - Apache Tears (Johnny Cash)- Look Again to the Wind/Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited - 2014 Sony Music
DULCIE TAYLOR - When the Cherokee Roamed - Wind Over Stone - 2015 Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings
BYRD & STREET - The Good Old Days - This Much Is True - 2017
ANNE WEISS - Cherokee - Where Folk Gets the Blues - 2012
JIM PAGE - Song for Leonard Peltier - Ghost Bikes - 2010
JON BROOKS - Sgt. Tommy Prince - Ours and the Shepherds - 2007
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - Sing Our Own Song (UB40/Sainte-Marie) - Power in the Blood - 2015 Gypsy Boy Music
GILLIAN WELCH/DAVID RAWLINGS - As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (Peter La Farge) - Look Again to the Wind/Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited - 2014 Sony Music
PAT HUMPHRIES - Indanee (Roland Mousaa/Tom Pacheco) - Hands - 2001 Appleseed Recordings

Religion:
JOEL MABUS - God Don't Like It - I Don't Either - Different Hymnals - 2017
PAT LAMANNA - If I Believed in God - Do I Know My Song Well Enough to Start Singing Yet? - 2012
SARA THOMSEN - The Good News - Somewhere to Begin - 2014
HOLLY NEAR - I Ain't Afraid - And Still We Sing: The Outspoken Collection - 2002 Hereford Music
ETHAN MILLER & KATE BOVERMAN - Hands on You - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005 Riot Folk

Dogs:
DAVID ROVICS - Riot Dog - Big Red Sessions - 2011
ELENA WATSON - Oli Canoli (Tom Neilson) - Root Beer Makes Me Burp - 2004
CRAIG WERTH - Good Old Dog - The Spokes Man - 2010
TIM GRIMM - Blame It on the Dog - The Turning Point - 2013

Songs for the Spirit:
LIBBY RODERICK - How Could Anyone - How Could Anyone - 2005
JOEL MABUS – One Simple Song - I Don't Either - Different Hymnals – 2017

Playlist for 10/4/17

PAT LAMANNA - October - Do I Know My Song Well Enough to Start Singing Yet? - 2012

Gun Control:
STEVE WARNER/ROLLING COYOTES - Culture of Violence - Carry On - 2007 Talking Horse Music
DAVID ROVICS - Angry White American Man - The Other Side – 2015
ROD MacDONALD - Joe Public - Later That Night - 2014
EFRAT - Bring Me Peace - The Silver Lining – 2015
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Forgive Us - This Fire - Politics, Love and Other Small Miracles - 2007

Trump/"The Idiot":
JIM PAGE - Nothing Rhymes with Orange - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017
JIM PAGE - Masters Of Lies - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017
DAVID ROVICS - God's Gift to the Caliphate - Letter to My Landlord - 2016
TIM GRIMM - Gonna Be Great - A Stranger in This Time – 2017
Up & Down Theatre - Make America Great Again - 2016

Landlords/Housing:
JIM PAGE – Put It Down - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017
JIM PAGE - Landlord - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017
JOHN O'CONNOR - You Must Pay the Rent - We Ain't Gonna Give It Back - 1994
DAVID ROVICS – Landlord – Into A Prism – 2013
SCOTT COOK - The Lord Giveth (and the landlord taketh away) - Moonlit Rambles - 2011

Homeless:
JIM PAGE - 338 Dollars Behind - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017
ANNE LOUISE WHITE - The Place We Found for Michael (Andrew Lawrence) - Then Again – 1993
LETITIA VANSANT and the BONAFIDES - Caught Between the Times - Parts & Labor - 2014
RANCHERS FOR PEACE - Streets of Gold - Not Alone - 2013
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Room Here for Another - What It's Like - 1990 Rounder Records

What's Wrong/Conscience:
JIM PAGE - Shadow in the Room - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017
HEATHER PIERSON - Righteous Song - Singin' - 2017
SAM GLEAVES - The Golden Rule - Ain't We Brothers - 2015
ROD MacDONALD - Who Built the Bomb (That Blew Oklahoma City Down) - And Then He Woke Up – 1997

Labor/Unemployment:
JOHN O"CONNOR/JANET STECHER - North by North - Songs for Our Times - 2004
LENNY SOLOMON - Laid Off in Autumn - Under My Hat - 2014

THE PRINCES OF SERENDIP - Seed-Maid --Seed-Maid - 2017

Playlist for 9/27/17

DON WHITE – Away from the Sun – More Alive - 2016

Genocide:
DAVID FERRARD - Wild Flowers - Journeyman - 2011 Alter Road Records
CHUCK BRODSKY - Lili's Braids - Subtotal Eclipse - 2011
SARA THOMSEN - Halabja - Somewhere to Begin - 2014
JANET BATES - Rwanda - Another Child - 2006
DAVID ROVICS – One Day in Kenya – Letter to My Landlord – 2105

Peace and Civility:

AARON NATHANS & MICHAEL G. RONSTADT - The Strength to Not Fight Back - Hang On for the Ride - 2017
MARIA DUNN - For Peace and Plenty - We Were Good People - 2004
CHARLIE KING - If Baboons Can Work It Out - So Far...So Good - 2013
AUSTIN & ELLIOTT - Don't Go Away Mad - Cradle and Crow - 2016
SONIA/disappear fear - Imagine (John Lennon) - Live at Maximal - 2016

Immigration:
CROWES PASTURE - Edge of America - Edge of America - 2017
TIM GRIMM - The Hungry Grass - A Stranger in This Time - 2017
DAVID ROTH/KAREN DRUCKER/JD MARTIN - Home of the Brave -2017

Child Abuse:
TERRY KITCHEN - The Kid Behind the Wall - The Quiet Places - 2017
MONDAY MORNING DENIAL - Fragments - Scoundrels That We Are - 2016
AUSTIN & ELLIOTT - Rocking the Cradle - Cradle and Crow – 2016
DAVE MURPHY - Voice Inside Your Head - American Landscape - 2016 Phoenix Night

Labor:
DAN ZANES & Friends - Bring Me A Little Water, Sylvie - Lead Belly, Baby! - 2017 Smithsonian Folkways
DAN ZANES & Friends - Take This Hammer - Lead Belly, Baby! - 2017 Smithsonian Folkways
DAN ZANES & Friends - Cotton Fields - Lead Belly, Baby! - 2017 Smithsonian Folkways

Climate Change:
AARON NATHANS & MICHAEL G. RONSTADT - Old Waltzes and Skylights - Hang On for the Ride - 2017
CROWES PASTURE - The Storm - Edge of America – 2017
TERRY KITCHEN - Nature's Way - The Quiet Place – 2017
NORMAN BLAKE - How the Weary World Wears Away - Brushwood Songs & Stories - 2017
BEV GRANT - Mother's Wrath - It's Personal - 2017

Hope:
CROWES PASTURE - Shelter from the Storm (Bob Dylan) - Edge of America - 2017
AARON NATHANS & MICHAEL G. RONSTADT - Hang On for the Ride - Hang On for the Ride - 2017