Thursday, January 7, 2016

Playlist for 12/30/15

Happy New Year:
ADLER & HEARNE - Winter Song - Happy Holidays, Vol. 7 - 2012 Hudson Harding Music
THE PAPERBOYS - Better Than the Last - At Peace with One's Ghosts – 2015
THE COPPER PONIES & JOE CROOKSTON - It's A New Year Now - Happy Holidays, Vol. 7 - 2012 Hudson Harding Music
KATE TAYLOR - Auld Lang Syne - Happy Holidays! Vol. 10 - 2015 - Hudson Harding Music

Immigration/Refugees:
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK - Are We A Nation? - Border Songs - 2012 No More Deaths
JESSE PALIDOFSKY - I Am An Immigrant – 2015
DAVID FERRARD - I Am an Immigrant (I'm from Here) - Journeyman - 2011 Alter Road Records
THREE ALTOS - Would You Harbor Me (Ysaye Barnwell) - Comaradas - 2005 Sara Thomsen, Paula Pedersen, Amy Bernstein
DAVID ROVICS - Statue in the Harbor - When I'm Elected President – 2014

War:
DAVID ROVICS - Before the War Came Home - The Other Side – 2015
JAY MANKITA & KAREN BROOKS - Draft Dodger Rag (Phil Ochs) - Live on Music of the People - 2015 WMCB
KELLEIGH McKENZIE - War for Sale - Chances - 2008 Zatchubilly Music
SARA THOMSEN - Is It for Freedom? - Somewhere to Begin - 2014

Racism:
JON FROMER - Another Black Man Gone - Gonna Take Us All - 2008
BOB DYLAN - The Death of Emmett Till - The Whitmark Demos: 1962-1964 - 2010 Sony Music
DAVID ROVICS – I Can't Breathe - The Other Side - 2015
RANCHERS FOR PEACE - Walking Around Black - 2013
BREE NEWSOME - Stay Strong - 2014
DAN SCHATZ - Black Lives - 2015

Homelessness:

ANGELA EASTERLING - Lay My Head - Common Law Wife - 2015 De L'est Music
HAPPY TRAUM - I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie) - Just for the Love of It - 2015 Lark's Nest Music
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Room Here for Another - What It's Like - 1990 Rounder Records


Politics:

CHRIS CHANDLER & PAUL BENOIT - One Percent/Ten Ton Shoes - Matadors - 2011
CHATHAM STREET - House of Fools - All That Mattered – 2011
JAY MANKITA - I'm Proud to Be A Socialist - Live on Music of the People - 2015 WMCB

Songs for the Spirit:
MATT BORRELLO - Glimpse of God - A Dollar & A Kiss - 2015
GEOFF BARTLEY - Mercy for the Dispossessed - Uncle Wiggly's Bicycle Ride - 2015

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

Friday, November 27, 2015

Playlist for 11/25/15

SI KAHN - Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving - 2007 Strictly Country Records
SWAMP BROTHERS - Food on the Table - The Tennessee Sessions - 2015 Itchy Sabot Records

Kennedy Assassination - 11/23/63:
ROBERT HARRIS - Song of the Assassination - 2012
ROD MacDONALD/MARK DANN - Honorable Men - The CooP - 1982 Fast Folk
ROD MacDONALD - The Ballad of Lee Harvey - 1990
ROD MacDONALD - Swallowed the Lie - Lee Harvey & the Microdots - 1997 Blue Flute

Iraq War:

TOM PAXTON - George W. Told the Nation - 2007 Pax Music
CHARLIE KING & KAREN BRANDOW - Who Will Be Next on the Gallows? - Higher Ground - 2008 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
ANNE FEENEY - Shell Game - If I Can't Dance - 2006
DAVE LIPPMAN - They Hate Our Fredom - Singing CIA Agent George Shrub Live in Manhattan - 2004
DAVE LIPPMAN - I Wonder Who's Kissinger Now - Singing CIA Agent George Shrub – 2004
CAILTE KELLY - Carry On - 2008
LINDSAY MAC - His Dreams - Stop Thinking - 2008
MEDICINE BAND - Johnny, Johnny (John Coster) - Dangerous Kingdom - 1997
AMY MARTIN - Home Uninjured - Bind Me to Free - 2006
SARA THOMSEN - All Across the Land - Everything Changes - 2008

Refugees:
RAY KORONA - Displaced - A Little Too Much Sunshine - 2010
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Refugee - One - 2004 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
DANA SIPOS - Night Sky - Roll Up the Night Sky - 2015
DAVID ROVICS - 1492 - 2015
DAVID ROVICS - Upon Our Shores – 2015
DAVID ROTH & ANNE HILLS - Orphans (Anne Hills) - Rhubarb Trees - 2011
THREE ALTOS - Would You Harbor Me (Ysaye Barnwell) - Comaradas - 2005 Sara Thomsen, Paula Pedersen, Amy Bernstein
DAVID ROVICS - Statue in the Harbor - When I'm Elected President - 2014

Politics:

CHATHAM STREET - House of Fools - All That Mattered - 2011
AZTEC TWO-STEP - Falling Down Clowns - Cause & Effect - 2012 Red Engine Records
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Hey, Mr. Politician - Daddy's Little Girl – 2008
JOHN COSTER - Walk So Proud - Lost Horizon - 2013

TOM NEILSON - Sueno con Serpientes - Another Pacifist Under Surveillance - 2007

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Playlist for 11/18/15

DAVID ROTH & ANNE HILLS - I Am You (Anne Hills & Michael Smith) - Rhubarb Trees - 2011

Joe Hill Executed 11/19/15:

JOE JENCKS - Joe Hill (Earl Robinson/Alfred Hayes) - Links in A Chain – 2009
FRED GILLEN, JR. - Ghost of Joe Hill - Wage Love - 2015 Dys Records
THE NIELDS – Joe Hill - XVII – 2015 Mercy House Prods.
DAVID ROVICS - Joe Hill - The Other Side - 2015
JOHN McCUTCHEON - It's a Long Way to the Soup Line (Joe Hill) - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015 Appalsongs
JOHN McCUTCHEON - The Tramp (Joe Hill) - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015 Appalsongs
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Joe Hill's Last Will (Joe Hill/John McCutcheon) - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015 Appalsongs

Terrorism:
HANNEKE CASSEL - The Marathon (For Boston) - Dot the Dragon's Eyes - 2013 Cassel Records
LIZ MITCHELL - In My City - Single - 2013
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Short Shift at Ground Zero - Simplicity - 2002
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - If I Give Your Name - One - 2004 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
DAVID ROVICS - International Terrorists - Living In These Times - 2001
DAVID ROVICS - Promised Land - Return – 2003
SEIZE THE DAY - United States - Not in Our Name - 2007 David Ferrard

Racism:
ANGELA EASTERLING - Isaac Woodard's Eyes- Common Law Wife - 2015 De L'est Music
BEN BEDFORD - Land of the Shadows - Land of the Shadows - 2009 Hopeful Sky Records
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS and MAGPIE - Those Three Are on my Mind - Spoken in Love - 1995 Long Tail Records
PAMELA MEANS - Strange Fruit - Single Bullet Theory - 2003 WIRL Records
JON FROMER - Another Black Man Gone - Gonna Take Us All - 2008

Labor:

HUDSON VALLEY SALLY - Song About a Miner - 2015
ANGELA EASTERLING - Throwing Strikes - Common Law Wife - 2015 De L'est Music
HEDY WEST with Pete Seeger on banjo - Cotton Mill Girls - Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest
MOLASSES CREEK - Choo Choo Yazoo - Something Worth Having - 2014

Women/Abuse:

LOUISE MOSRIE – Lay It Down - Lay It Down - 2014 Zoe Cat Music
ANGELA EASTERLING - Arkansas Murder Ballad - Common Law Wife - 2015 De L'est Music
COLLEEN KATTAU - Nice Love - Promo CD - 2015

DAVID ROTH & ANNE HILLS - May the Light of Love - Rhubarb Trees - 2011