Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Playlist for 8/7/19

Nuclear Weapons:
MALVINA REYNOLDS - What Have They Done to the Rain? - Ear to the Ground - 2000 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
JOEL RAPHAEL - Dance Around My Atom Fire (Woody Guthrie) - America Come Home -2012 Inside Recordings
JIM PAGE - Hiroshima, Nagasaki Russian Roulette - Best of Broadside 1962-1988 - 2000 Smithsonian Folkways
DAVID ROVICS - Hiroshima - Return - 2003
SARA THOMSEN - Keeping the Peace - By Breath - 2003

Walls:
SHARON GOLDMAN - Sunset at the Border - Every Trip Around the Sun – 2019
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Shadow of the Wall - Revolution Now - 2017
DEAN STEVENS - Why Do We Build the Wall (Anais Mitchell) - Arise! - 2019
JANET BATES - The Walls Came Tumbling Down - The Little Spinner - 2009
SAM GLEAVES & TYLER HUGHES - Tear Down the Fences – Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes - 2017

Gun Violence:
ROY ZIMMERMAN - To the Victims of this Tragedy We Send our Thoughts and Prayers - You're Getting Sleepy - 2011 Metaphor Records
CHRISTINE LAVIN - Cary Grant, Esther Williams, Tom Cruise and the Romance of the Gun - Live at McCabe's - 2015
SUZIE BROWN - Fallen Down - Almost There - 2013
JOE JENCKS - Why Are the Guns Still Firing - The Forgotten (Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn) - 2018 Turtle Bear Music
ZOE MULFORD - The President Sang Amazing Grace - Small Brown Birds - 2017

Conscience/Consequences:
TIM GRIMM - Sowin' on the Mountain - Heart Land Again - 2019
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Forgive Us - This Fire - Politics, Love and Other Small Miracles - 2007 Appalsongs
HUDSON VALLEY SALLY - Not Another Gun (John Fisher/James Durst) - Diamonds and Pearls - 2017
TWO OF A KIND - Hatred Has No Place - Lead With Love – 2018
MARA LEVINE - You Reap What You Sow (Susan B Shann) – Facets of Folk – 2019

Homeless:
STEVE ERIKSSON - Reaching for the Sun (S. Eriksson/Eliz. Santos) - Right Before Our Eyes - 2019
CLAUDIA RUSSELL + BRUCE KAPLAN - Land of Plenty - Lovers Tree - 2018
RANCHERS FOR PEACE - Streets of Gold - Not Alone - 2013
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Room Here for Another - What It's Like - 1990 Rounder Records
TOM PAXTON - The Last Hobo- Boat in the Water - 2017

Love:
STEVE ERIKSSON - Right Before Our Eyes - Right Before Our Eyes - 2019
CAMELA WIDAD - Warriors of Love (Camela Widad/Carmen M Taylor) - Warriors of Love – 2014
COLLEEN KATTAU - In My Name - In My Name - 2012
DAVID ROTH & ANNE HILLS - I Stand for Love - Rhubarb Trees – 2011
SOLAS - Little Bird of Heaven - All These Years - 2016 THL Records

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Playlist for 7/31/19

ARI & MIA - Turn Me Round - Land on Shore - 2013
JUD CASWELL - Blackberry Time - Blackberry Time - 2007 Alderdown Music

Aging:
DAVID ROTH - So Far, So Good - So Far, So Good – 2015
CROWES PASTURE - A Hazy Shade of Winter (Paul Simon) - Slow It Down – 2019
PETE SEEGER & LORRE WYATT - Old Apples - A More Perfect Union - 2012 Appleseed Recordings
WILLIE NELSON/MERLE HAGGARD - Live This Long - Django and Jimmie - 2015 Sony Music
LEONARD COHEN - Stages - Can't Forget - 2013 Sony Music

Immigration:
JOE IADANZA - Common Man - Common Man - 2019
Sharon Katz & Nonhlanhla Wanda - Amaqhawe - Side By Side - 2018
DAVID ROVICS – I Was A Stranger – Single – 2019
BEV GRANT & The Dissident Daughters - In America - Cheeky Woman - 2006
DAVID ROTH - Home of the Brave (David Roth/Karen Drucker/JD Martin) - Last Day on This Earth - 2017 May the Light Music

Hard Times:
JOE IADANZA - Weary Hearts - Common Man – 2019
CASEY JOE LAMBERT - Raincrow - EP - 2019
HEATHER PIERSON - The Hard Work of Living - The Hard Work of Living - 2013 Sacred Vessel Recordings
DAVE LIPPMAN - I Think There's More - I Hate Wal-Mart - 1998

Equality:
JOHN SHELDON - The Same Water - Single
MARA LEVINE - A Perfect Rose (Terry Kitchen) - Facets of Folk - 2019
DONNA LYNN CASKEY - Worthy - Nameless Heart - 2014
MICHAEL FRANTI & Spearhead - Little Things - Stay Human, Vol. II - 2019 Boo Boo Wax
ISABEL TAYLOR - The Crow Bird - Isabel Taylor – 2019

Domestic Abuse:
ISABEL TAYLOR - Hold Her Like Sand - Isabel Taylor - 2019
HOLLY NEAR - Casualty in My Own House (Holly Near/Mary Watkins) - 2018 Calico Tracks Music
PAT WICTOR - Whiskey Vacation - Sunset Waltz – 2008
AMBER CROSS - Savage on the Downhill (Amber Cross/Ray Bonneville) - Savage on the Downhill - 2017
JANE ROSS FALLON - Walking Wounded - Songs on Purpose - 2016

Mercy:
CROWES PASTURE - Mercy Now (Mary Gauthier) - Slow It Down - 2019
ANI DiFRANCO - Terrifying Sight - Binary - 2017

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Playlist for 7/17/19

JACK TEMPCHIN - Summertime Bum - Room to Run - 2015 Blue Elan Records

Police Killing of Black People:
DAVID ROVICS – I Can't Breathe - The Other Side - 2015
PAUL SACHS - The Witness - Love Is Love - 2016
JUDY COLLINS - In the heat of the summer (Phil Ochs) - Forever - An Anthology - 1997 Elektra
VINCENT CROSS - Michael Brown - Old Songs for Modern Folk - 2016
DAVID ROVICS - Today in Charlottesville - Single - 2017

Labor:
ANNE FEENEY - War on the Workers - Union Maid - 2003
CHARLIE KING - Our Life Is More Than Our Work - Two Good Arms - 1992 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
JEFFREY MARTIN - Poor Man - One Go Round – 2017
BYRD & STREET - Workin' Man - This Much Is True - 2017
DAVID ROVICS - 15 - When I'm Elected President - 2014

Impeach:
NOEL PAUL STOOKEY - Impeachable- 4 Song Preview - 2017
CHARLIE KING - Why Don't You Move to Russia? - Life & Love, Tears & Laughter - 2017
ALASTAIR MOOCK - Make It Great - Alastair Moock - 2017
HOUSE OF HAMMIL - Snake Oil - March Though Storms - 2018
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Trumpty Dumpty (That's An Emergency) - Single - 2019

America:
KEB' MO' - America the Beautiful - Big Wide Grin - 2001  Sony Music
PADDY MILLS - Race to the Bottom - Race to the Bottom – 2014
RAYE ZARAGOZA - American Dream - Fight for You - 2017
WES WEDDELL - These Truths - Somewhere in the Middle - 2019 Dusty Shadows Music
SHAWN TAYLOR - Swing Low Sweet Liberty - Home - 2012

Climate Change:
RUSTIC RIDERS - The Storm Is Coming - Wake Up! - 2015
MICHAEL BRAUNFELD - Washed Away - Full Circle – 2014
THE INFAMOUS STRING DUSTERS - Won't Be Long – Ladies & Gentlemen - 2016
JOHN PRINE - The Lonesome Friends of Science - The Tree Forgiveness - 2018 Cowboy Records
BEV GRANT - Mother's Wrath - It's Personal - 2017

Hate & Anger:
DAVID ROVICS – Angry White American Man – The Other Side – 2017
JACK TEMPCHIN – High Cost of Hate (Let's Make Some Lawyers Rich) - Room to Run - 2015 Blue Elan Records
WES WEDDELL – We March - Somewhere in the Middle - 2019 Dusty Shadows Music

Songs for the Spirit:
ELAINE ROMANELLI - Shine - The Hour Before - 2015
FREEBO - To the Light (Freebo/Severin Browne/David Roth/James Lee Stanley) - If Not Now When - 2015 Poppabo Music
LEONARD COHEN - Hallelujah - Songs from the Road - 2010 Sony Music
ETHAN MILLER & KATE BOVERMAN – Tree of Life – PMN Live Concert – 2006

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Playlist for 7/10/19

MARA LEVINE - Summertime (George & Ira Gershwin, Heyward DuBose) - Jewels and Harmony - 2013

Labor Strikes:
PADDY MILLS - Bay View Massacre - Race to the Bottom - 2014 Our Hometown Music
BEV GRANT - The Women Are Coming - Single - 2003
ARLO GUTHRIE with the Dillards - Ludlow Massacre (Woody Guthrie) - Thirty-two Cents - 2008 Rising Son Records
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Casey Jones (Joe Hill) - Joe Hill's Last Will - 2015 Appalsongs
LOUISE MOSRIE - Battle of Blair Mountain (Louise Mosrie/Mike Richardson) - Home - 2010 Zoe Cat Music

Immigration/Mexican border:
TED WARMBRAND - Who's the Criminal? - Border Songs - 2012 No More Deaths
JOEL RAPHAEL - America Come Home - America Come Home -2012 Inside Recordings
CRABTREE & MILLS - Across the Borderline - Flight of Fancy - 2006 Free & Easy Music
DAN FRECHETTE & LAUREL THOMSEN - The Mist of Down Below - New Disguise - 2015
SAM BAKER - Migrants - Say Grace - 2013

Draft resistance:
BEV GRANT & The Dissident Daughters - Emma Goldman (Jolie Rickman) - Cheeky Woman - 2006
PHILOCHS - Draft Dodger Rag - I Ain't Marching Anymore - 1965 Elektra
ANNE FEENEY - Arthur McBride - Enchanted Way - 2010
JANET BATES - Prisoner of Conscience - Another Child - 2006
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Not My War - RPM - 2011 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.

Sexual abuse:
SARAH PIRTLE - A Million Flowers - Everyday Bravery - 2006 Discovery Center Music
SUSAN TONEY - Strange Child - Strange Child - 2007 Strange Child Records
REBECCA FOLSOM - For Crying Out Loud - Extraordinary Days - 2016
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - I Believe Her - I Believe Her - Single - 2018
LOUISE MOSRIE - Lay It Down - Lay It Down - 2014 Zoe Cat Music

Palestine:
DAVID ROVICS - Gaza- When I'm Elected President - 2014
BILL HOOD - Reaching Out to You - Single - 2012 gazaark.org
DAVE LIPPMAN - Gaza's Ark - Boycott & Divestment Songs, Vol. 1 - 2015
SCOTT MacFARLANE, DAVIDSON, COBAIN - Ship of Hope - 2012 gazaark.org
THREE LITTLE BIRDS - Apartheid - Three Little Birds - 2012

Roger Conant, Presente:
STEVE & KRISTI NEBEL - Wayfaring Stranger - Windows - 2019 Icebird Records
LOUISE MOSRIE - Land of the Living - Lay It Down - 2014 Zoe Cat Music

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Playlist for 7/3/19

4th of July:
JOSH JOFFEN - Liberty's Song - Postcard from Antigua - 2010
BLUE O'CONNELL - American Song - Single -1990
LOIS MORTON - Red White and Blues - As I See It - 2008
MICHAEL VEITCH - Happy Fourth of July - Wake up Call - 2017

Stand Up/Values:
MARION HALLIDAY - Good Things Will Come - Rings Around Saturn - 2019
STEVE & KRISTI NEBEL - When You Come to the End of Your Day - Windows - 2019 Icebird Records
TIM GRIMM - Sowin on the Mountain - Heart Land Again - 2019
ASHLEY STORROW - Wild Wind - The Bear and the Bird - 2016
PHIL OCHS - When I'm Gone - Phil Ochs - In Concert - 1966 Elektra

Climate Change:
STEVE & KRISTI NEBEL - California - Windows - 2019 Icebird Records
GUY FORSYTH & JESKA BAILEY - Concrete - Conspirators - 2019 Small & Nimble Records
NORMAN BLAKE - The Truth Will Stand (When This World's on Fire) - Brushwood Songs & Stories - 2017
JANET BATES - Save Our Souls - The Little Spinner - 2009
ETHAN MILLER & KATE BOVERMAN - Come Winter - 2013

Refugees:
STEVE & KRISTI NEBEL - Refugees - Windows - 2019 Icebird Records
DAVID ROVICS - Upon Our Shores - Single - 2015
ZOE MULFORD - Answer the Knock at the Door - Small Brown Birds - 2017
LUCY KAPLANSKY/RICHARD SHINDELL/ DAR WILLIAMS - Cathedrals: Cry Cry Cry (Jump Little Children) - Single - 2018
DAVID ROTH - Home of the Brave (David Roth/Karen Drucker/JD Martin) - Last Day on This Earth - 2017 May the Light Music

Addiction:
MARION HALLIDAY - Still Burning - Rings Around Saturn – 2019
ERIC GERBER - The Law and the Lonesome (Jonathan Byrd/Corin Raymond) - Three - 2017
CHICAGO FARMER - Rocco N' Susie - Midwest Side Stories - 2016
LULA WILES - Morphine - What Will We Do - 2019 Smithsonian Folkways
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Who's the Pusher Now? - Single – 2012

Change
MARION HALLIDAY - We Are the Change - Rings Around Saturn - 2019
STEVE & KRISTI NEBEL - Dark Days - Windows - 2019 Icebird Records
TIM GRIMM - Better Days - Heart Land Again - 2019

Playlist for 6/19/19

THE STEEL WHEELS - Until the Summer Comes - No More Rain - 2013

Capital Punishment:
DAVID ROVICS - The Ghost of Ethel Rosenberg - Punk Baroque - 2017
https://davidrovics.bandcamp.com/track/the-ghost-of-ethel-rosenberg
ANNE HILLS - Iron Lady - The Songs of Phil Ochs - 1995 Sliced Bread Records
CHARLIE KING - Two Good Arms - Two Good Arms - 1992 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds
JOHN McCUTCHEON - Dead Man Walking - Mightier Than the Sword - 2005 Appalsongs

Police Brutality:
DAVID ROVICS - Watch Out for the Cops - Meanwile in Afghanistan - 2013
THE CONTENDERS - Something True - Laughing with the Reckless – 2017
ROY ZIMMERMAN - DWB - The Faucet's on Fire! - 2015
PATTY GRIFFIN - The Wheel - Patty Griffin – 2019
AUDREY & ORWELL - Rapture - Stairwells – 2011

War:
DAVID ROVICS - From Kabul to Khartoum - Living in These Times - 2001
THE PRINCE MYSHKINS - Ministry of Oil - Total Myshkin Awareness
ANDREW ALLING - Hookah - Unladen - 2017
JAN GILLIES - The Indianapolis - Change is Coming - 2013
HOLLY NEAR - In the Shadow of War - Peace Becomes You - 2012

Politics:
SI KAHN and The Looping Brothers -Going Going Gone - It's A Dog's Life - 2019
ZOE SPEAKS - There's A Hole Where Your Soul's Supposed to Be - Wings - 2018
NORMAN BLAKE - The Truth Will Stand (When This World's on Fire) - Brushwood Songs & Stories - 2017
ROY ZIMMERMAN - Drain the Swamp - Rize Up - 2018

Hazards of Labor:
SI KAHN and The Looping Brothers - Rats in a Maze - It's A Dog's Life - 2019
DAN SCHATZ- Something in the Rain (Tish Hinojosa) - The Promise of the Sowing - 2015 Folk-Legacy Records
MARIA DUNN - Blue Lung - Piece By Piece - 2012
BEV GRANT - Ballad of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (Ruth Rubin) - We Were There! - 2002

Poverty/Homelessness:
SI KAHN and The Looping Brothers - Baltimore Blues - It's A Dog's Life - 2019
KAIA KATER - Paradise Fell - Nine Pin - 2016
LULA WILES - What Will We Do - What Will We Do - 2019 Smithsonian Folkways

SI KAHN and The Looping Brothers - 44 Years - It's A Dog's Life - 2019

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Playlist for 6/12/19

MOUTHS OF BABES - Spring - Brighter in the Dark - 2017

Revolution:
DEAN STEVENS - International (Jim Infantino) - Arise! - 2019
JOHN COSTER - Millenium Drum - Lost Horizon - 2013
ETHAN MILLER & KATE BOVERMAN - Declaration of War - If All the Land Would Rise – 2005
DAVID ROVICS - Behind the Barricades - Waiting for the Fall - 2009
DEAN STEVENS - When the Revolution Comes (Ed White) - Arise! - 2019

Immigration/Refugees:
DAVID ROVICS – I Was A Stranger – Single – 2019
KEB' MO' - This Is My Home - Oklahoma - 2019
TOM NEILSON - Woman of Sumpul River (Claribel Alegria/Tom Neilson) - In A Public Place - 1991
MIKE VIAL - Girl on the Mountain, Boy on the Beach - A World That's Bigger - 2016
DAVID CROSBY - Look in their Eyes - Lighthouse - 2016

Walls:
DEAN STEVENS - Why Do We Build the Wall (Anais Mitchell) - Arise! - 2019
JACKSON BROWNE - Walls and Doors - Standing in the Breach - 2014 Inside Recordings
LETITIA VANSANT and the BONAFIDES - Promised Land - Parts & Labor - 2014
CHARLIE KING - There Is A Wall - So Far...So Good - 2013
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Shadow of the Wall - Revolution Now - 2017

Environment:
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Let's Go Swimming - RPM - 2011 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.
DEAN STEVENS – Pledge Allegiance to the Earth (Jay Mankita) - Arise! - 2019
DAVE LIPPMAN - We Shall Not Be De-Climatized - You Don't Own the World - 2016
DAVID ROVICS - Text Messages of the Apocalypse - Single 2017
DEAN STEVENS - Answer the Call (Deborah Silverstein) - Arise! - 2019

Peace:
TOMMY SANDS - A Quiet Man (Ballad of John Hume) - Arising from the Troubles - 2013
ELLEN BUKSTEL - Tikkun Olam - Repair the World - Daddy's Little Girl - 2008
GARY BLANCHARD - Bread Not Bombs - Singing for Peace - 2012
SI KAHN - Peace Will Rise - Courage - 2010 Strictly Country Records
EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Peace, Salaam, Shalom - One - 2004 Pat Humphries & Sandy O.

Father's Day:
ELLEN BUKSTEL – Daddy's Little Girl - Repair the World - Daddy's Little Girl – 2008

Songs for the Spirit:
DEB & DAVE COWAN - A Dram for the Singer - A Dram for the Singer - 1997
BEV GRANT & The Dissident Daughters - Emma Goldman (Jolie Rickman) - Cheeky Woman - 2006