Playlist for 1/4/23

 PAT HUMPHRIES - Another New Year - Hands – 2001

January 6 Insurrection:

PETER MULVEY & SistaStrings - On the Eve of the Inaugural - Love Is the Only Thing - 2022

ABBIE GARDNER – Three Quarter Time – Dobro Singer - 2022

CROWE'S PASTURE with Robin Batteau - Take Back the Red White and Blue - Single – 2022

EMMA'S REVOLUTION w/ Cathy Fink - On A Day in January - Rooted – 2022

TRET FURE - Louder Than the Guns - Single - 2021

DON CARON - Fifty Ways to Leave the White House - Single - 2020 The Parody Project

Politics:

ROB SIEGEL- America Is Bleeding - Hold Our Ground - 2022

ROY ZIMMERMAN - Drain the Swamp - Rize Up - 2018

HOUSE OF HAMMIL - Snake Oil - March Though Storms - 2018

HOLLY NEAR - Coup d'Etat - 2018 - 2018 Calico Tracks Music

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

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

Palestine:

DAVID ROVICS - Watch the Buildings Crumble - May Day - 2021

JON BROOKS - Son of Hamas - Delicate Cages - 2011

JIM PAGE - Palestine - Collateral Damage - 2002

DAVE LIPPMAN - Human Rights Man -  Boycott & Divestment Songs, Vol. 1 - 2015

MASAKHABIBI - Palestine Song  فلسطين أغنية  - Single - 2010 

Coal Mining:

TERRY KITCHEN - Mr. Grinder's Coal - That's How It Used to Be - 2004

CARRIE & MICHAEL KLINE - The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Damp As the Dew (A Tribute to Appalachian Miners) - 2009

CARRIE & MICHAEL KLINE - Clay County Miner - Damp As the Dew (A Tribute to Appalachian Miners) - 2009

CARRIE & MICHAEL KLINE - The Buffalo Creek Disaster - Damp As the Dew (A Tribute to Appalachian Miners) - 2009

JIM SHARKEY - Mother Jones - A Lovely Day - 2019

Immigration/Irish:

JIM SHARKEY - Adieu to Belashanny (Words: William Allingham) - Sweet Anne's Road – 2015

JIM SHARKEY - The Old Piano - A Lovely Day - 2019

TIM GRIMM - The Hungry Grass - A Stranger in This Time - 2017

THE BURNS SISTERS - Clare to Here - Looking Back - 2015

MARY COURTNEY - Crasna na oConnca (Crossing the Waves) - Sceil Eile (Another Story) - 2003

Peace:

HEALY & JURAVICH - Song for Peace - Tangled in Our Dreams - 2006

SI KAHN - Peace Will Rise - Courage -  2010 

Playlist for 12/28/22

 Winter Solstice:

ROUNDS GALORE SINGERS - Ribbon, Bell and Song (John Krumm) - Rounds Galore...and More, Vol. 3 - 2007

JIM SHARKEY - The Christmas Comet - A Lovely Day - 2019

Winter:

TIM GRIMM - The Back Fields - The Back Fields - 2005

MARA LEVINE - Raise the Dead of Wintertime (Allan Rankin) - Mara's Gems - 2008

JACK HARDY - Winter Sunlight - Noir - 2007

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

Refugees:

THE RESONANT ROGUES - Can't Come In - Hands in the Dirt - 2017

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

Joe Troop - Sanctuary Song - Single - 2021

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

Environment:

DAVID ROTH – Is It Too Much to Ask (David Roth/Anne Hills) – Last Day on this Earth – 2018

KATHY MOSER - Straw Clay Wood and Stone - Single - 2011

ANTJE DUVEKOT - Lighthouse - The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer - 2009

CLAUDIA SCHMIDT & SALLY ROGERS - Now Is the Cool of the Day (Jean Ritchie) - We Are Welcomed - 2016

Homeless:

ALICE HOWE - 500 Miles (Hedy West) - Americana Railroad - 2022

DAVID ROVICS - A Dream Foreclosed - Everything Can Change - 2013

JIM PAGE - Sleeping on a Car Seat - The Time Is Now - 2022

PAUL SIMON - Homeless - Graceland - 1986/2012

Civil Rights/Racism:

LEYLA McCALLA/RHIANNON GIDDENS/ALLISON RUSSELL- I Knew I Could Fly - Songs of Our Native Daughters - 2019 Smithsonian Foldways Recordings

ALLISON RUSSELL/RHIANNON GIDDENS/LEYLA McCALLA - Quasheba, Quasheba - Songs of Our Native Daughters - 2019 

CRYS MATTHEWS – We Must Be Free - Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers – 2017

CHRIS PIERCE - American Silence - American Silence - 2021

KIM & REGGIE HARRIS - Windows of the Heart (Live PMN Concert)- Standing Our Ground - 2006

Gun Control:

THE ADVOCATE COLLECTIVE - If It Were Up to Me (Cheryl Wheeler) - Single 2021

EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Another 17 - Rooted - 2022

REGGIE HARRIS - Love Guides the Wounded Heart - Ready to Go - 2018

ALICIA VIANI - Redemption - Alicia Viani - 2019

New Years:

CATHY FINK/MARCY MARXER/TOM PAXTON - On the Last Day of the Year - Happy Holidays, Vol. 12 - 2017 Hudson Harding Music

KATE TAYLOR - Auld Lang Syne - Happy Holidays! Vol. 10 - 2015 - Hudson Harding Music

Playlist for 11/30/22

 JOHN McCUTCHEON - Finally - Bucket List - 2020

Women's Oppression:

SHARON KLEIN - Noura - The Way Back Home – 2009

JON BROOKS - The Lonesome Death of Aqsa Parvez - Delicate Cages - 2011

SHARON GOLDMAN - Kol Isha (A Woman's Voice) - Kol Isha (A Woman's Voice) - 2016

CLAUDIA SCHMIDT & SALLY ROGERS - Hypatia of Alexandria - We Are Welcomed - 2016

JOHN FLYNN - Malala - Poor Man's Diamonds - 2014

Labor Strikes:

BEN BEDFORD - Mother Jones on the Line - Land of the Shadows - 2009 Hopeful Sky Records

MARIA DUNN - Do You Know Slim Evans? - We Were Good People - 2004

JOE JENCKS - Winnipeg 1919 - The Coming of the Years – 2022

SAM GLEAVES & TYLER HUGHES - Bread & Roses - Sam Gleaves  & Tyler Hughes - 2017

BEV GRANT - The Women Are Coming - Single - 2003

Immigration/Refugees:

GATHERING TIME - Train Coming - Songs of Hope & Freedom - 2008

JOEL RAFAEL - Sierra Blanca Massacre - Border Songs - 2012 No More Deaths

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

DIANA JONES - Song to A Refugee- Song to A Refugee - 2021

DAVID ROVICS - Statue in the Harbor - When I'm Elected President - 2014

Capital Punishment:

JOHN McCUTCHEON - Dead Man Walking - Mightier Than the Sword - 2005 Appalsongs

TOM NEILSON - Mumia - Dancin' Shoes - 1997

CHARLIE KING - Two Good Arms - Two Good Arms - 1992 Vaguely Reminiscent Sounds

MILLPOND MOON - Lena Baker - Time to Turn the Tide - 2015

ANNE HILLS - Iron Lady - The Songs of Phil Ochs - 1995 Sliced Bread Records

Climate Change:

THE SUNSHINERS - Truth Time - Endangered Species - 2022

JACKIE MORRIS - Money to Burn - Money to Burn - 2008 Button Box

TIM GRIMM - Black Snake - A Stranger in This Time - 2017

MAGPIE - Water in the Rock - Demo – 2011

Magpie at Mt. Toby Concerts Promo:

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

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

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

Playlist for 11/16/22

 THE EARLY RISERS - Red Bird - Making Life Sweet – 2019

Equality:

MONDAY MORNING DENIAL - Scoundrels That We Are - Scoundrels That We Are - 2016

WINDBORNE - World Turned Upside Down - Of Hard Times & Harmony - 2022

ISABEL TAYLOR - The Crow Bird - Isabel Taylor - 2019

ROB McHALE - Common Ground - Prophets on the Boulevard - 2018

SHERIE DAVIS - Stars and Galaxy - My Heart Returns to Me - 2021

Justice/Political Prisoners:

JOE TROOP - Free Leonard Peltier - Single - 2022

TOM NEILSON - Mumia - Dancin' Shoes - 1997

LARA HERSCOVITCH - Mississippi Lullaby - But for the Grace - Four Wise Monkeys – 2012

HARLEY STRING BAND  -  Guantanamo - Didn't Come to Stay Long  -  2007

JOHN ROBERTS & DEBRA COWAN - Anderson's Coast - Ballads Long and Short - 2015 Golden Hind Music

Climate change/causes:

THE SUNSHINERS - Truth Time - Endangered Species - 2022

MONDAY MORNING DENIAL - Fish On, Papa - Scoundrels That We Are - 2016

SCOTT COOK - Alberta, You're Breaking My Heart (Scott Cook/Benjamin Caldwell) - Further Down the Line - 2017

JOHN PRINE - Paradise - John Prine - 1971 Atlantic Records

TOM NEILSON - Solstice Morning - Biomess - 2010

Climate change- Earth's destruction

DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER - Gentle Arms of Eden - Drum Hat Buddha - 2001

Emma's Revolution - Our House Is on Fire - Rooted - 2022

DAVID ROVICS - 116 Degrees - Single - 2021

DON CARON - Confounds the Science (Sequel) - Single - 2018 The Parody Project

BEV GRANT - Mother's Wrath - It's Personal - 2017

Trump:

TIM GRIMM - Gonna Be Great - A Stranger in This Time - 2017

EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Trumpty Dumpty (That's An Emergency) - Rooted - 2022

ROY ZIMMERMAN & MELANIE HARBY - I Got a Really Big Button - Single - 2018

DAVID ROVICS - God's Gift to the Caliphate - Letter to My Landlord - 2016

Up & Down Theatre - Make America Great Again - Single - 2016

Songs for the Spirit:

SARA THOMSEN - By Breath - By Breath - 2003

DAVID ROTH & ANNE HILLS - I Stand for Love - Rhubarb Trees - 2011

TAJ MAHAL & KEB' MO' - Om Sweet Om (Kevin R Moore/ohn Lewis Parker/Om Johari) - TajMo - 2017

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

Playlist for 12/21/22

Resilience/Hope:

PAUL KAPLAN & Leverett Community Chorus - After the Fire - Single -  2002

Christmas:

GORDONVILLE, USA - Gray Christmas - The Longest Night of the Year, V.3 - 2020

TONY DENIKOS - Home for Christmas - Already Gone - 2009

MARY GAUTHIER - Christmas in Paradise - Alternate Root Holiday Sampler, Part 1 - 2013

SANDY ROGERS - Something Fun for Christmas - Last Chance Medicine Show Holiday Sampler - 2017

CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER - What Would Jesus Do? - The Longest Night of the Year, V.1 - 2018 Hudson Harding Music

Hanukah:

RUBY & AVA LOCKNAR - Is It Hanukah or Chanukah? - Just One Angel - 2010 - Yellow Tail Records

GREENFIELD HARMONY - Hanukah - Live Concert 12/11/2005 - Mary Cay Brass, Dir. - 2005

RACHEL SAGE - Hanukkah in the Village - Joy! -2017

SARA THOMSEN - Hanerot Halalu - Winter Wanderings - 2012

ANDINA & RICH - Ocho Kandelikas - Merry Humbug! - 2014 DulciYodel Music

Horrors of War:

CRAIG WERTH - Canvas of War - Ten Miles Out - 2011

RISE AGAINST - Hero of War - Appeal to Reason - 2008

JIM PAGE - Collateral Damage - A Hand Full of Songs - 2017 

SARA THOMSEN - Shattered Gardens - Somewhere to Begin - 2014

BEN BEDFORD - Fisher's Hill - Land of the Shadows - 2009 Hopeful Sky Records

Surveillance:

REMY - Tap It: The NSA Slow Jam - Single - 2013

LINQ - George Orwell Where Are You? - Life Goes On - 2009 Linq Songs

TOM NEILSON - It's A Crime - Single - 2013

JACK WARSHAW - Snoopers - Single - 2014

DAVID ROVICS - Spies Are Reading My Blog - Spies Are Reading My Blog – 2013

Climate Change:

THE WHISPERING TREE – Garden - Invisible Forces - 2018

JIM PAGE - Down to Zero - Single - 2020

EMILY BARKER - Strange Weather - A Dark Murmuration of Words – 2020

JOHN PRINE - The Lonesome Friends of Science - The Tree Forgiveness - 2018 Cowboy Records

ALLISON LUPTON & CRAIG WERTH - When Trouble Comes - Single – 202

Winter Solstice:

GATHERING TIME – A Light in the Darkness – Keepsake – 2015

SARA THOMSEN - The Longest Night - Winter Wanderings - 2012

JOE JENCKS with Edie Carey - Longest Night of the Year - Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers - 2017

Playlist for 12/14/22

 LARRY MURANTE - Ready for the Dark - Patch of Sky, - 2016

Earth's Healing:

DIANE PATTERSON - Roots Heart Rhythm - Satchel of Songs – 2022

THE SUNSHINERS - Truth Time - Endangered Species - 2022

JOHN McCUTCHEON - Earth- Cabin Fever: Songs for the Quarantine - 2020

DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER - Gentle Arms of Eden - Drum Hat Buddha - 2001

JULIE SNOW - Beautiful World - No Ordinary Love - 2016

War/Ukraine:

ARTISTS FOR ACTION - Which Side Are You On? (Florence Reece) - Single – 2022

DOUG KOLMAR - War Song - Single - 2022

BEN REEL - Fish Out of Water - Single - 2022

DIANA JONES - Crossing Borders - Single - 2022

TOM PAXTON & JOHN McCUTCHEON - Ukrainian Now - Single - 2022

Banksters/Economy:

AOIFE SCOTT - Irelands's Hour of Need - Homebird - 2020

JACKSON BROWNE - Which Side? - Standing in the Breach - 2014 Inside Recordings

CHARLIE KING - What Do They Make on Wall Street? (Charlie King/Steve Eulberg) - Life & Love, Tears & Laughter – 2017

NORMAN BLAKE - The Truth Will Stand (When This World's on Fire) - Brushwood Songs & Stories - 2017

WOODY GUTHRIE - Jolly Banker - Woody at 100 - 2012 Smithsonian Folkways

Mass Shootings:

EMMA'S REVOLUTION - Another 17 - Rooted - 2022

KORA FEDER - Automatic Times - In Sevens - 2019

JOE JENCKS - Why Are the Guns Still Firing - The Forgotten (Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn) - 2018

PAMELA MEANS - Hands Up - Live at Northfire - 2020

JOHN McCUTCHEON - Forgive Us - This Fire - Politics, Love and Other Small Miracles - 2007 

War/Empire:

JIM SHARKEY - A Man without A Country - Sweet Anne's Road - 2015

LEON ROSSELSON - You Noble Diggers All - Harry's Gone Fishing - 2000

JOHN PRINE - That's How Every Empire Falls - Fair and Square - 2008

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

Friendship:

JIM SHARKEY - I'll Take Care of You - A Lovely Day - 2019

Playlist for 12/07/22

 JASON TYLER BURTON – Thicker Than Water - Headwaters - 2014

Refugees:

DAVID ROVICS - Denmark, 1943 -  The Other Side - 2015

TOM NEILSON - Woman of Sumpul River (Claribel Alegria/Tom Neilson) - In A Public Place - 1991

PAUL SACHS - Families of the Disappeared -  Love Is Love - 2016

JOHN McCUTCHEON - Story of Abe - Ghost Light - 2018

JOE JENCKS - I'm A Stranger in this Land (Si Kahn) - The Forgotten (Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn) - 2018 Turtle Bear Music

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

ARJUNA GREIST - Normal Is - Odd Numbers - 2003

PAT HUMPHRIES - People Love - Hands - 2001 Appleseed

CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER – Everything Possible (Fred Small) – Dancin' in the Kitchen – 2015 Community Music, Inc

COVID & FLU:

PAUL KAPLAN - Little Boxes - We Shall Stay Here - 2021

CATHERINE MacLELLAN & CHRYS MATTHEWS - More Than It Took - Single - 2021 Folk Alliance

DAVID ROVICS - If A Song Could Make Your Troubles Go Away - May Day - 2021

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

JOHN McCUTCHEON - When All This Is Over- Cabin Fever: Songs for the Quarantine - 2020

CARE FOR THE EARTH:

DAN SCHATZ - Now Is the Cool of the Day (Jean Ritchie)  - The Promise of the Sowing - 2015

PETER MAYER - In Our Hands - Catching Rain - 2018

SHERIE DAVIS - Simple Life - My Heart Returns to Me – 2021

JOHN McCUTCHEON - One Hundred Years - Cabin Fever: Songs for the Quarantine - 2020

SARA THOMSEN - By Breath - By Breath – 2003

WHAT' WRONG:

DON CARON - This Land Is Your Land - Single -2018 The Parody Project

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

JACKSON BROWNE - The Long Way Around - Standing in the Breach - 2014 Inside Recordings

SONIA RUTSTEIN - No Bomb Is Smart - No Bomb Is Smart -2004

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

SONGS FOR THE SPIRIT:

HEATHER PIERSON - Take the time - Lines and Spaces - 2019

MAGPIE - Before the Morning Sun - In This World: Looking Back, Moving Forward - 2008 Sliced Bread Records

JIM SHARKEY - I'll Take Care of You - A Lovely Day - 2019

TRACY SPRING - Love Is A Round - Life and Art - 1995