Playlist for 5/24/23

 TIM GRIMM - My Favorite Spring (Tom Paxton) - Thank You Tom Paxton - 2012 

Kissinger turns 100 – Iraq War:

DAVE LIPPMAN - I Wonder Who's Kissinger Now - Singing CIA Agent George Shrub - 2004

TOM PAXTON - George W. Told the Nation - 2007

RICH EILBERT - Ocean of Sand - Back from the War - 2009

JOHN PRINE - Some Humans Ain't Human - American Folk – 2018

SEIZE THE DAY - United States - Not in Our Name - 2007 

Politics/Division:

GORDONVILLE, U.S.A. - Pot and Kettle - Us in the US - 2021

MURRAY McLAUCHLAN - America - Hourglass – 2021

CHUCK BRODSKY - Them and Us - Them and Us - 2018

JUD CASWELL - The Great Divide - Single – 2020

CRAIG WERTH - My Way or the Highway - The Spokes Man - 2010

Nuclear:

KEN DUNN - Fukushima Nightmares - Anthology, Volume 1 - 2022

MALVINA REYNOLDS - What Have They Done to the Rain? - Ear to the Ground - 2000 

THE PRINCES OF SERENDIPITY-TG VANINI - Plutonium Pops - What She Said - 2011

TOM NEILSON - Radiation - Dancin' Shoes - 1997

What's Wrong:

KEN DUNN - Don't Believe - Anthology, Volume 1 - 2022

CLAUDIA SCHMIDT - America Can You Hear Me/Star Spangled Banner/I Have A Dream - Concinnity - 2018

ROY ZIMMERMAN - Real America - Real American - 2010

BARRY McGUIRE - Eve of Destruction (P.F. Sloan) - Eve of Destruction - 1965

LEONARD COHEN - Democracy - The Future - 1992

Poverty:

GEOFF BARTLEY - Money Is King - Put the Big Stone Down - 2009

TOM PRASADA-RAO - In the Ghetto (Mac Davis) - Single – 2021

WINDBORNE- Song on the Times - Song on the Times - 2017

ANDY & JUDY - Street Lady (Andy Morris/Judy Daigle) - This Old Town - 2017

PUTNAM SMITH - Let's Give A Damn - 99 Desires - 2016

Songs for the Spirit:

JOE JENCKS - Let Me Sing You A Song - Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers - 2017

KEN DUNN - Old Pouring Rain - Anthology, Volume 1 - 2022

VALERIE SMITH - From A Distance (Julie Gold) - Single - 2020

COLLEEN KATTAU - Her Voice Is A River- Besos Kisses - 2020

Playlist for 5/17/23

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

Endangered Species:

BARBARA DANE - King Salmon Blues - Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs - 2018 

PIPER HAYES - Wolf Song - Piper & Carson - 2017

KEN DUNN - Tahlequah - Live in L.A. - 2019

DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER - Celia Says - Joy My Love – 2018

 Politics:

AZTEC TWO-STEP - Falling Down Clowns - Cause & Effect - 2012 

ROY ZIMMERMAN - My Conservative Girlfriend - Faulty Intelligence - 2006

ROWDY HOUSE - Don't Let a Liar Lead You - I Won't Comply - 2012

DAVE LIPPMAN - Moral Mondays - Food, Clothing & Glaciers - 2010

ELLEN BUKSTEL - Hey, Mr. Politician - Daddy's Little Girl - 2008

Labor – Corporate displacement:

ETHAN MILLER - Allagash - In Times of War - 2005

PADDY MILLS - Penobscot Bay  - Race to the Bottom - 2014

GENE MORRISON - Muzzy's Store - Looking Back - 2010 

WINTERGREEN - I Once Was a Farmer - Old Songs and New - 2005

JOE JENCKS - You Don't Have the Right - I Hear Your Voice - 2003

Fracking:

ROY ZIMMERMAN - The Faucet's on Fire! - The Faucet's on Fire! - 2015

THE BURNS SISTERS - Gas Man - The Hills of Ithaca - 2012

WOOL&GRANT - Get the Frack Outta Here (Bev Grant/Daniel A. Weiss) - Wool&Grant - 2013

YOUNG and RUSTY – Something in the Water – Come Back Coming On – 2017

WINDBORNE - Le Diable et le Fermier - Of Hard Times & Harmony - 2022

Slavery/BLM:

ANI DiFRANCO - Fuel - Little Plastic Castle - 2023

KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - No More Auction Block - Steal Away - Songs of the Underground Railroad -1984 

ETHAN MILLER - A Tramp's Thoughts - In Times of War - 2005

RHIANNON GIDDENS/AMHTHYST KIA/ALLISON RUSSELL/LEYLA McCALLA - Slave Driver - Songs of Our Native Daughters - 2019

CRYS MATTHEWS - One and the Same  - Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers – 2017

Songs for the Spirit:

ANI DiFRANCO - Pacifist's Lament - Binary - 2017

SONIA/disappear fear - Imagine (John Lennon) - Live at Maximal - 2016

SARA THOMSEN - Contemplation Chant - Winter Wanderings - 2012

Playlist for 5/10/23

 CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER - Redwinged Blackbird (David Francey) - Get Up and Do Right - 2017

Trump:

CLAUDIA SCHMIDT - Letter to Our Leader - Concinnity - 2018

EMMA'S REVOLUTION - I Believe Her - I Believe Her - Rooted – 2022

KATHLEEN HEALY - Speaking Out - Embracing the Journey - 2018

B - You Can't Take This Away from Me - Ghosts Underneath My Skin - 2018

THREE MILES LOST - Til It Happens to You (Lady Gaga) - 2016

War resistance:

DAVID ROVICS - Ballad of the Columbia Eagle - Single - 2023

PHILOCHS - Draft Dodger Rag - I Ain't Marching Anymore - 1965

JON BROOKS - War Resister - Moth Nor Rust - 2009

STILL ON THE HILL - Eveline and Peter Tyler - Still A River  - 2016

SARA THOMSEN - All Across the Land - Everything Changes - 2008

Fishing Destroyed:

DAN SCHATZ- In the Old Days - The Promise of the Sowing - 2015

BETH DeSOMBRE - The Sea Beside Us  - The Sea Beside Us - 2023

BETH DeSOMBRE - Bay of Biscay  - The Sea Beside Us - 2023

FINEST KIND - No More Fish, No Fishermen (Shelley Posen/John Goss) - Heart's Delight - 1999

PADDY MILLS - Penobscot Bay  - Race to the Bottom - 2014 

Border/Immigrants: 

LARRY & JOE - Border Wall - Nuevo South Train - 2023

JOEL RAPHAEL - America Come Home - America Come Home -2012

ANNE FEENEY - Who's the Criminal? (Ted Warmbrand) - If I Can't Dance - 2006

SAM BAKER - Migrants - Say Grace - 2013

THREE ALTOS - Would You Harbor Me (Ysaye Barnwell) - Comaradas - 2005 Sara Thomsen, Paula Pedersen, Amy Bernstein

Greed/Destruction of earth & men:

ERIC BALKEY  - Cut 'em Down - Folk Now  May & June - 2023

DAVE GUNNING - This Changin' Wind (Dave Gunning/Ray Stewart) - Lift - 2015 

MATTHEW OLWELL - By the Hush, Me Boys - CyberTrad - 2016

JIM PAGE - Amazon - The Time Is Now – 2022

MURRAY McLAUCHLAN - Hourglass- Hourglass - 2021

Mother's Day:

MARA LEVINE - The Sweetest Gift (James B. Coates) - Mara's Gems - 2008

JOE JENCKS - Mother of My Heart - The Coming of the Years - 2022

Playlist for 5/3/23

 JENNIFER CUTTING'S OCEAN ORCHESTRA - Springtime's Message - The Turning Year -2021

International Labor Day:

ANNE FEENEY - The Internationale (Pottier/Degeyter) - Jail for Justice - 2000

JOE JENCKS - Solidarity Forever (Joe Jencks/Ralph Chaplin) - Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers – 2017

MAGPIE - Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino - Workers of the World Awaken (Joe Hill) - When We Stand Together - 2017

WINDBORNE - Which Side Are You On? (Florence Reece) - Song on the Times - 2017

ANNIE PATTERSON & CHARLIE KING - Step By Step ( Pete Seeger/Waldemar Hille) - Step By Step - 2019

Cinco de Mayo:

DAN FRECHETTE & LAUREL THOMSEN - The Mist of Down Below - New Disguise – 2015

ERIC BANNAN - An American Dream - Stumbling Towards the Light - 2015

DAVID ROVICS - Guanajuato - Ten Thousand Miles Away - 2009

JOEL RAFAEL - El Bracero - Baladista - 2015

JOE TROOP - Mercy for Migrants - Borrowed Time - 2021

Sheros:

LENNIE GALLANT - On the Minnehaha - Single - 2023

S Afr Kirsten Neuschäfer Golden Globe sailing race only woman won race 1st on 4/27/23

BEV GRANT - Harriet Tubman (Walter Robinson) - We Were There! - 2002

LOIS MORTON - Change of Heart - Thinking It Through – 2019

JOHN McCUTCHEON - Forgotten - 22 Days - 2013

EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Supershero - Roots, Rock & Revolution - 2006

Magpie at Mt Toby:

MAGPIE - Old John Brown - John Brown, Sword of the Spirit - 2000

MAGPIE - Goodbye to Old Ohio - John Brown, Sword of the Spirit - 2000

MAGPIE - Pretty Little Bird - John Brown, Sword of the Spirit - 2000

 What's wrong America:

LULA WILES - Good Old Amercan Values - What Will We Do - 2019

ALICE HOWE - Travelin' Soul - Circumstance - 2023

PETER MULVEY & SistaStrings - Old Men Drinking Seagram's (John Statz/Pete Mulvey) - Love Is the Only Thing - 2022

LARA HERSCOVITCH - You USA - Highway Philosophers - 2020

THE NIELDS et al - America the Beautiful - Single - 2020

with Chris Smither, Dar Williams, Vance Gilbert, Peter Mulvey, Kalliope Jones 

Environment/Earth:

TOM CHAPIN - Come Blow Your Horn - This Pretty Planet - 2023

TOM CHAPIN - R-E-C-Y-C-L-E - This Pretty Planet - 2023

TOM CHAPIN - Walk the World Now, Children - This Pretty Planet - 2023

Gun Violence:

THE ROUGH & TUMBLE - God of War - Only This Far - 2023

JEFFERSON BERRY - Locks and Guns - Dreams of Modern Living - 2023

Playlist for 4/26/23

 HARRY BELAFONTE - Turn the World Around - Live (State U at Purchase) - 1997

MARA LEVINE - April Come She Will (Paul Simon) - Jewels and Harmony –  2013

Earth Day 4/22:

JESSE PALIDOFSKY - Respect Your Mother - Our Better Angels - 2021

THE MAMMALS - East Side West Side - Nonet - 2020

LIBBY RODERICK - If the World Were My Lover - How Could Anyone - 2005

SCOTT COOK - Pass It Along - One More Time Around - 2013

MALVINA REYNOLDS - The World's Gone Beautiful - Ear to the Ground - 2000

Right Whale day 4/24 in MA:

EAGLE McCALL - The Mains'l and the Bell - Song of the Seas - 2012

LEE MURDOCK - Whale Song (Steve Grimes) - Loving Light - 2016

ARTHUR DAVENPORT - Jonathan Leviathan - Jonathan Leviathan - 2016

JOHN McCUTCHEON - Leviathan - Supper's on the Table – 2001

DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER - Celia Says - Joy My Love - 2018

America/Immigrants blocked:

ROBINSON & ROHE - Where I'm Coming From - Into the Night - 2023

DIANA JONES with Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Peggy Seeger, Zara Phillips - We Believe You- Song to A Refugee - 2021

SHARON GOLDMAN - Sunset at the Border - Every Trip Around the Sun - 2019

THE LUCKY NOWS - Borders - Rise - 2018

CHE APALACHE - The Wall - Rearrange My Heart - 2019 Free Dirt

Religion:

GREG GREENWAY - Don't Promise Me - Between Hello & Goodbye - 2023

ROY ZIMMERMAN - Creation Science - Faulty Intelligence - 2006

SARA THOMSEN - The Good News - Somewhere to Begin - 2014

SCOTT COOK - If He Showed Up Now - Further Down the Line - 2017

LGBTQ:

SARA THOMSEN - Forbidden Love - Everything Changes - 2008

ROY ZIMMERMAN - I Want a Marriage Like They Had in the Bible - You're Getting Sleepy - 2011

CARRIE FERGUSON - Girls Like Me - Riding on the Back of the Wind - 2009

ORDINARY ELEPHANT - Who I Am - Before I Go - 2017

PAT HUMPHRIES - People Love - Hands - 2001

Songs for the Spirit:

WAILIN' JENNYS - One Voice (Ruth Moody) - Elsebound - Live on eTown 2018

ROBINSON & ROHE - Singing Like A Saw - Into the Night - 2023

ANNIE PATTERSON - A Healing in This Night (Bob Franke) - Single - 2021

Playlist for 4/12/23

 GREG GREENWAY - Hello Hello Hello - Between Hello & Goodbye - 2023

Politics/Division:

GORDONVILLE, U.S.A. - Guns & Religion - Single - 2023

JUD CASWELL - The Great Divide - Single - 2020

PAT WICTOR - Days of Decision (Phil Ochs) -Flare - 2022

GREG GREENWAY - Build A Bridge - Between Hello & Goodbye - 2023

CRAIG WERTH - My Way or the Highway - The Spokes Man - 2010

Gun Control:

MATT BORRELLO - Open Fire - Don't Turn Around - 2010

CHRISTINE LAVIN - More Than One Million Americans - Happydance Of The Xenophobe - 2007

LOU DOMINGUEZ - Gun Country - We the People - 2013

DAVID ROVICS - Angry White American Man - The Other Side - 2015

SUE HOROWITZ - Teach the Children - The Power and the Blessing - 2013

War/Refugees:

MARIA DUNN – Music in the Meadow  - Gathering - 2016

MARIA DUNN - The Milkman - Gathering - 2016

BETH DeSOMBRE - Dragons - The Sea Beside Us - 2023

DIANA JONES - Crossing Borders - Single - 2022

KORA FEDER - Child on the Move - In Sevens - 2019

JOEL RAFAEL - Secrets of the Heart - Rose Avenue - 2019

Racism/Change:

GREG GREENWAY - Another Day - Between Hello & Goodbye - 2023

DAVID ROTH - Dragon to Butterfly - If You Can't Fly - 1996

REGGIE HARRIS - Harlem Renaissance - Ready to Go - 2018

MARA LEVINE – Be the Change - Facets of Folk – 2019

GREG GREENWAY - Big Wide World - Between Hello & Goodbye - 2023

Resistance:

MARA LEVINE - Daughters and Sons (Tommy Sands) - Facets of Folk - 2019

DAVID ROVICS - Bella Ciao - Wayfaring Stranger - 2014

KRISTEN GRAVES - Folk Army - Now Ain't the Time for Tears – 2014

SARA THOMSEN - All Across the Land - Everything Changes – 2008

JOHN McCUTCHEON - The Rebel Girl (Joe Hill) - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015

Hope:

GREG GREENWAY - That's Where Hope Comes From - Between Hello & Goodbye - 2023

JOE JENCKS with Edie Carey - Let It Rain - Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers - 2017

RHIANNON GIDDENS – Music and Joy  - Songs of Our Native Daughters – 2019