Playlist for 3/22/11

Today's show is from the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings' The Best of Broadside, 1962 - 1988

The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs - Links on the Chain
The New World Singers - Blowin' in the Wind
The Broadside Singers - Paths of Victory
Peter La Farge - The Ballad of Ira Hayes
The Broadside Singers with Tom Paxton - Ain't That News?
The Broadside Singers - The Times I've Had
Matt McGinn - Go Limp
The Glasgow Song Guild - Ding Dong Dollar
Pete Seeger - Mack the Bomb
Mark Spoelstra - The Civil Defense Sign
Happy Traum & Bob Dylan - Let Me Die in My Footsteps
Jim Page - Hiroshima, Nagasaki Russian Roulette
Malvina Reynolds - What Have They Done to the Rain?
Phil Ochs - Ballad of William Worthy
Tom Paxton - Train for Auschwitz
Pete Seeger - Do As the Doukhobors Do
The Broadside Singers with Tom Paxton & Pete Seeger - Christine
Peter La Farge - As Long As the Grass Shall Grow
Bob Dylan - John Brown
Bonnie Dobson - Take Me for a Walk

Playlist for 3/15/11

Disasters and Nuclear Power - for Japan
DAVID ROVICS - Tsunami - Haliburton Boardroom Massacre - 2006
STEVE & KRISTI NEBEL - In the Islands - Raven Speaks - 2009
KRISTIN LEMS - Too Cheap to Meter - Equality Road: In the Out Door - 2007 Carolsdatter Productions
CHARLIE KING - Acres of Clams - Somebody's Story - 1979
TOM NEILSON - Just A Little Meltdown - Fools No More - 2006

War - for Libya
STEVE & KRISTI NEBEL - They've Got Guns - Raven Speaks - 2009
LYDIA ADAMS DAVIS - Did I Miss the Demonstration - Take Me Back - 1993 Three Feathers Music, Remastered 2008
DAVID ROVICS - St. Patrick's Battalion - Waiting for the Fall, A Retrospective - BMI
SARA THOMSEN - All Across the Land - Everything Changes - 2008
JOSH JOFFEN - Liberty's Song - Postcard from Antigua - 2010

Empires fall, Life endures
JONATHAN BYRD - I Was an Oak Tree - Cackalack - 2010
JOHN PRINE - That's How Every Empire Falls - Fair & Square EP - 2008 John Prine
COCO & LAFE - The Dreaming Bean - Big Bang! - 2011 Skyhunter Music
TIM GRIMM - The Hole - Holding Up the World - 2008

Unions - for Wisconsin
BEV GRANT - Union Maid - We Were There! - 2002
TOM JURAVICH - Power in a Union - Altar of the Bottom Line - 2007 Finnegan Music
ANNE FEENEY - War on the Workers - Union Maid - 2003

Sue Kranz & Ben Tousley at the Echo Lake - 3/19/11
SUE KRANZ & BEN TOUSLEY - Field Behind the Plow - Demo CD 2011
SUE KRANZ & BEN TOUSLEY - Take Heart - Demo CD 2011
SUE KRANZ & BEN TOUSLEY - Waterfall - Demo CD 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day
SI KAHN - Mother Jones' Farewell to Ireland - We're Still Here - 2004 Strictly Country Records
JOE JENCKS - ON Eireann's Shore - Links in a Chain - 2009

Playlist for 3/8/11

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

ELLEN BUKSTEL - Is It Hot in Here, Or Is It Me? - Daddy's Little Girl - 2003

Women in the World:
SUE & DWIGHT - Marching - Little Child Big World - 2008 S& W Peters
AMY CAROL WEBB - On It Goes - Faith, Fortitude, Friends - 2004
SARA THOMSEN - A Woman's Place - Everything Changes - 2008

Heroines:
JENNIE AVILA - To Clara Barton - Civil War Stories in Song - 2009
SARA THOMSEN - My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage - By Breath - 2003
DAVID ROVICS - The Death of Rachel Corrie - Waiting for the Fall, A Retrospective - BMI

Women and Work:
BEV GRANT - We Were There - We Were There - 2002
TOM JURAVICH - Factory of Broken Dreams - Altar of the Bottom Line- 2007 Finnegan Music
ROBIN GREENSTEIN - Cotton Mill Girls - Images of Women, Vol. 1 - 2002 Windy Records
PEGGY SEEGER - Gonna Be an Engineer - Three Score & 10 - 2007 Appleseed

Women and War:
JANET BATES - Women in Black - The Colours Will Come Back - 2005
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Mrs. McGrath Revisited - 2008
ROBIN GREENSTEIN - The Cruel War - Images of Women, Vol. 2 - 2010 Windy Records
THE MAMMALS - Alone on the Homestead - Departure - 2006 Humble Abode Music

What Kind of Woman Are You?:
BOB DYLAN - Just Like a Woman - Best of Original Mono Recordings 2010 Sony Music
LEONARD COHEN - Suzanne - Songs from the Road - 2010 Sony Music
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Real Woman - Daddy's Little Girl - 2003
KRISTEN LEMS - The Witches Song - Equality Road: We Will Never Give Up - 2007

Mothers and Grandmothers:
SARAH PIRTLE - Mama's Weaving - Pocketful of Wonder - 2009 Discovery Center Music
BEV GRANT - Mama Never Said a Word - In Time - 1995
LUCY KAPLANSKY - Amelia - 2007 Red House Records
PETER SIEGEL - My Grandmother - Move the Mob - 2001
KRISTEN LEMS - My Mom's a Feminist - Equality Road: We Will Never Give Up - 2007

Women and Love:
ROBIN GREENSTEIN - Come All You Fair & Tender Ladies - Images of Women, Vol. 2 - 2010 Windy Records
ANNE LOUISE WHITE - This Condition - Then Again - 1993 Mango Douce Music
PAT HUMPHRIES - People Love - Hands - 2001 Appleseed

Playlist for 3/1/11

PETER MAYER - All the World Is One - Heaven Below - 2010 Peter Mayer

In Solidarity with the Wisconsin Workers:
TOM JURAVICH - We Are Union - Altar of the Bottom Line - 2007 Finnegan Music
BEV GRANT - Union Maid - We Were There - 2002 Beverly Grant
PETE SEEGER - Talking Union - Carry It On - 19887 Flying Fish Records

Free Press and Internet, too:
CHARLIE KING & Karen Brandow - The News, the Blues & the People Take II - Higher Ground - 2008 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
DAVID ROVICS - What If You Knew - Waiting for the Fall, A Retrospective - BMI

For the Libyan Freedom Fighters:
BOB DYLAN - The Times They Are A-Changin' - Best of Original Mono Recordings - 2010 Sony Music
TOM PRASADA-RAO - Better Angels - Goodnight Regret - 2010 Tom Prasada-Rao
STORYHILL - Better Angels and Cover Your Tracks - Shade of the Trees - 2010 Red House Records
JANET BATES - A Lion - The Colours Will Come Back - 2004 Janet Bates
DEAN STEVENS - Let Justice Roll Down - At Last - 2008 Volcano Records
BOB DYLAN - Chimes of Freedomn - Best of Original Mono Recordings - 2010 Sony Music

What's Wrong with this country?
ETHAN MILLER - Organized Crime - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005 Riot Folk
BILL HARLEY - Ahab - First Bird Call - 2008 Round River Recors
ANNE FEENEY - C.E.O.s - Jail for Justice - 2000 Anne Feeney
PETER SIEGEL - My Culture - Move the Mob - 2001 Peter Siegel
EVAN GREER - The Day All the Democrats Won - Never Surrender - 2009 Riot Folk
PETE SEEGER - And Still I Am Searching - Where Have All the Flowers Gone - 1998 Appleseed Recordings

The Criminal System:
ANNE FEENEY - For Gene Debs - Jail for Justice - 2000 Anne Feeney
CHARLIE KING & Karen Brandow - Who Will Be Next on the Gallows? - Higher Ground - 2008 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
TOM NEILSON - Allenwood Jail - Spirit of Justice - 2003 Roaring Jelly Productions

What State Religion:
PETER MAYER - The Garden - Heaven Below - 2010 Peter Mayer
ETHAN MILLER - Hands on You - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005 Riot Folk
PETER SIEGEL - The Preacher & the Slave - Move the Mob - 2001 Peter Siegel
CHARLIE KING & Karen Brandow - Our Father - Higher Ground - 2008 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
TOM PRASADA-RAO - Gitanjali - Goodnight Regret - 2010 Tom Prasada-Rao

Uplifting Signoff:
DEAN STEVENS - La Tierra Es Mi Madre - At Last - 2008 Volcano Records
ETHAN MILLER & Kate Boverman - Tree of Life - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005 Riot Folk

Playlist for 2/22/11

Sorry, there was no show last week, due to illness. Here's this week's playlist:

ANNE FEENEY - Winter, Go Away - Heartland - 1994 Super 88 Records

For the Mideast fight for freedom:
SARA THOMSEN - Freedom Song - Big Breath - 2003 Sara Thomsen
FRED ARCOLEO - Made to Stand - Seeds - 2010 Rally Folk Records
DAVID ROVICS - Resistance - Return - 2003 David Rovics
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - What's That I Hear - What's That I Hear - 1995 Sliced Bread Records

Three cheers for the LABOR movement in Wisconsin:
KEN LONNQUIST - 14 Senators - Youtube.com, written 2/18/11
ANNE FEENEY - War on the Workers - Jail for Justice - 2000 Anne Feeney
TOM JURAVICH - The Problem - Altar of the Bottom Line - 2007 Finnegan Music
EVAN GREER - Picketline Song - Never Surrender - 2009 Riot Folk
BEV GRANT - Which Side Are You On? - We Were There! - 2002 Beverly Grant
SI KAHN - Jobs With Justice - I'll Be There - 1989 Flying Fish Rcords
ANNE FEENEY - Internationale - Jail for Justice - 2000 Anne Feeney

More for Black History Month:
MAGPIE - The Ballad of Harriet Tubman - John Brown - 2000 Sliced Bread Records
MARSHALL JONES - Legend of Danville - Songs of Dissent - 1998 Cultural Center for Social Change
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS & MAGPIE - Freedom Riders - What's That I Hear - 1995 Sliced Bread Records
MAGPIE - Cry Carolina - Songs of Dissent - 1998 Cultural Center for Social Change
MAGPIE - The Testimony of Frederick Douglas - John Brown - 2000 Sliced Bread Records
GREG GREENWAY - In the Name of Love - Live - 2003 Circle of Friends Coffeehouse

Belated Happy Valentine's Day:
DAVID ROVICS - Life Is Beautiful - Waiting for the Fall, A Retrospective - BMI
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ & BEN KYLE - Big Kiss - We Still Love Our Country - 2010 Ninth St. Opus
DOUGIE MacLEAN - This Love Will Carry - The Essential Dougie MacLean - 2007 Dunkeld Records
GATHERING TIME - Moonlight Row - Preview of Red Apples & Gold - 2010 Gathering Time
SARA THOMSEN - Hearts & Hands - Fertile Ground - 1999 Sara Thomsen

Love the Environment:
LIBBY RODERICK - If the World Were My Lover - How Could Anyone - 2005 Libby Roderick
PATTI CASEY - You Are the River - The Heart of a Waiting Boy - 2010 Patti Casey
PAUL KAPLAN - Call Me the Whale - The Folk Process - 2008 Old Coat Music

PAT LAMANNA - Sing to the Mountains - Full Circle - 2009 Pat Lamanna

Playlist for 2/8/11 - May Freedom Ring

KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Windows of the Heart - PMN live concert 2006 Amherst, MA

Black History Month:
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Harriet Tubman/Steal Away - Steal Away - 1997 Appleseed Recs.
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - One Little Step Towards Freedom - Get On Board - 2007 Appleseed Recordings
AUDREY AULD - The Butterfly Effect - Folk Alliance Showcase Compilation XIII - 2009
BETH DeSOMBRE - Crawfordsville, Indiana - At Home in this Town - 2011 Beth DeSombre Music
PETE SEEGER & Friends - Take It from Dr. King - Seeds, Vol. 1 - 2003 Appleseed Recs.
PAMELA MEANS - Two Halves - Single Bullet Theory - 2003 WIRL Records
BEN BEDFORD - Land of the Shadows - Land of the Shadows - 2009 Hopeful Sky Records
ETHAN MILLER - White Lies - If All the Land Would Rise - 2005 Riot Folk
DAVE LIPPMAN - Free At Last - I Hate Walmart - 1998 Dave Lippman
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Bound for Freedom - One - 2004 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.

Nelson Mandela Released from Prison 2/11/1990:
Elvis Costello, Dave Wakeling & Ranking Roger - Free Nelson Mandela - youtube special AKA live
STELLA CHIWESHE - Huvhimi - Folk Alliance Showcase Compilation VII - 2003
TONY BIRD - Sorry Africa - Sorry Africa - 1990Subtropical and Rounder Records
BROOKLYN WOMEN'S CHORUS - Freedom Has Come - The Power of Song - 1994 Bev Grant Music
SHARON KATZ & The Peace Train - Jikele Maweni Siyahamba - youtube.com


Magpie at the Echo Lake, Leverett, MA 2/12/11:
MAGPIE - Who Will Speak for the Trees - Raise Your Voice - 2004 Sliced Bread Records
MAGPIE - The Rainforest Song - Living Planet - 1989 Collector Records
MAGPIE - Raise Your Voice - Raise Your Voice - 2004 Sliced Bread Records

To the Egyptian Revolution:
PAUL KAPLAN - Send in the Thugs - Youtube 2011
GATHERING TIME - Songs of Hope & Freedom - Songs of Hope & Freedom - 2008 Gathering Time
EVAN GREER - Ya Basta! - Never Surrender - 2009 Riot Folk
RAY KORONA - The Cost of Freedom - A Little Too Much Sunshine - 2010 Ray Korona
LIBBY RODERICK - Dancing in Front of the Guns - How Could Anyone - 2005 Libby Roderick Music
DAVID ROVICS - Behind the Barricades - Hang A Flag in the Window - 2002 David Rovics

PETE SEEGER - If I Had a Hammer - Live in '65 - 2009 Appleseed Recordings

Playlist for 1/25/11

Winter Songs:
KEN WEBB - Let It Snow - Christmas Pony - 2001 Kenn Webb
DEBRA COWAN - The Snow Is on the Ground - Fond Desire Farewell - 2008 Falling Mtn. Music
ZOE MULFORD - The January Man - Hudson Hardy Sampler v.5 - 2010 Hudson Harding Music
TIM GRIMM - Heart of the Winter - Farm Songs - 2009 Tim Grimm

For Martin Luther King Day:
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Done With Driver's Dribbin' - Get On Board, V.2 - 2007 Appleseed
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Get On Board - Get On Board, V.2 - 2007 Appleseed
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Ballad of the Underground Railroad - Get On Board, V.2 - 2007 Appleseed
BROOKLYN WOMEN'S CHORUS - Freedom After While - The Power of Song - Bev Grant
AMY CAROL WEBB - Rosa - 2006 Music to Life - Public Domain Fndn.
BEV GRANT - Harriet Tubman - We Were There! - 2002 Beverly Grant

Protest of George W. Bush's Inauguration on 1/20/01:
DAVID ROVICS - Moron - Songs for Mahmud - 2004 David Rovics
MAGPIE - I Trust the People - Hail to the Thief II - 2004 Running Scared Prods.
JUD CASWELL - The Men Behind the Bushes - Blackberry Time - 2007 Jud Caswell
MARK LEVY - Son-of-a-Bush - Hail to the Thief II - 2004 Running Scared Prods.


First Bombing of Iraq 1/17/91:
DAVID ROVICS - Song for Basra - Hang A Flag In The Window - 2002 David Rovics
JAY MANKITA - They Lied - Dogs Are Watching Us - 2004 Jay Mankita
DAVID ROVICS - Hang A Flag In The Window - Hang A Flag In The Window - 2002 David Rovics
RORY McLEOD - No More Blood for Oil - Not in our Name - 2007 David Ferrard
JIM PAGE - Collateral Damage - Collateral Damage - Whid Isle Music

For the Environment:
SPARKY & RHONDA RUCKER - Point of No Return - One Earth - 2009 Tremont Prods.
DOUG SPEARS - Okeechobee - Welcome Home - 2009 Cypress Moss Records
DEB COWAN -_FarmersandFishermen - 2010 mp3
DREW LANDRY - Oil Spill Song - 2010 youtube.com

Songs of Hope and Healing:
SIOBHAN QUINN & MICHAEL BOWERS - Let It Come - Dreamers, Lovers & Outlaws - 2007 Roundhouse Music
TRACY SPRING - Of this World - Songs of Hope and Humanity, Vol. 1, 2012
BEN TOUSLEY - Here's to the Milk of Kindness - Open the Gates - 1998 Ben Tousley
ANNIE CANADA - One Hope - Social Change Sampler

MINDY SIMMONS - One World - One World Our World - 2009 Mindy Lou Music