Barely Darker Than the Air

7/6/08 Playlist

2008-07-06T21:46:00.000-07:00

1. Claire Lynch: Wabash Cannonball (Crowd Favorites), Rounder 0600
2. Andrew McKnight: Cedars (Something Worth Standing For), Falling Mountain 1050 www.fallingmountain.com
3. Tracy Grammer: The Waking Hour (Book of Sparrows), self www.tracygrammer.com
4. Danny Schmidt: California's On Fire (Little Grey Sheep), Waterbug 79 www.dannyschmidt.com

5. Audrey Auld Mezera: 40 (Music with The Dirt Left On), Reckless Records www.audreyauldmezera.com
6. Jaime Michaels: Somewhere Like Italy (Fool), Frumdahart 1007 www.jaimemichaels.com
7. Lori McKenna: Leaving This Life (Unglamorous), Warner Bros. 44299
8. David Jacobs-Strain: Old Tennis Shoes (Liar's Day), self www.davidjacobs-strain.com

9. Loudon Wainwright III: Jesse Don't Like It (single), Hannibal 45, 1990

It's G. W. Bush's 62nd birthday:
10. Christine Lavin: Like Father, Like Son (single), self
11. Matt Angus Thing: President's Son (Political Pop), Black Potatoe www.mattangusthing.com
12. Johnny Walker: Father & Son (Slamming Bush), self www.johnnywalkercomedy.com

For Independence Day: Pride:
13. Terri Tibbett: America The Beautiful (Living the Alaska Life), Migration Music cassette, 1988
14 & 15. Phil Ochs: Power and The Glory & There But for Fortune (Farewells & Fantasies), Elektra / Rhino R2 73518

Mixed Feelings:
16. Susan Werner: My Strange Nation (single download), www.susanwerner.com
17. Randy Newman: A Few Words in Defense of Our Country (iTunes download)
18. Norah Jones: My Dear Country (Not Too Late), Blue Note EMI 74516
19. Dan Berggren: From Every Mountain Side (Fresh Territory), Sleeping giant 0601 www.berggrenfolk.com

Doubt:
20. Greg Brown: I Want My Country Back (In the Hills of California), Cumulus / Red House
21. Dan Bern: My Country II (My Country II), Messenger 19 www.messengerrecords.com
22. Pink: Dear Mr. President (download)
23. John Prine: Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Any More (John Prine), Atlantic 19156
24. Joel Rafael: This Is My Country (Thirteen Stories), Inside Recordings advance www.insiderecordings.com

It's also Nanci Griffith's birthday:
25 & 26. Simple Life & I Love This Town (Hearts in Mind)

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Pat Donohue's "Freewayman," Bluesky 929 www.patdonohue.com

More from Nanci:
27 & 28. Heart of Indochine & Old Hanoi (Hearts in Mind)

29 & 30. Roy Zimmerman (Wilde Auditorium, Aug. 5): Jerry Falwell's God & Multinational Anthem (Radio Sampler), self www.royzimmerman.com
31. Roy Zimmerman: Thanks for The Support (single download), self www.royzimmerman.com

32. Richard Shindell: Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Courier), Signature Sounds 1270
33. Mem Shannon: S.U.V. (Born NOT to Run), Warped Discs [Car Talk]
34. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

6/29/08 Playlist, John Sloan hosting

2008-07-04T14:07:00.000-07:00

If I Do Dream Of You - Stephen Yerkey - Confidence, Man (Heyday)
A Pirate Looks At 40 - Jimmy Buffett (MCA)
Every Little Moment - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - Cocktail Swing
(Signature Sounds)
I'm Satisfied - Jo Serrapere & The Willie Dunns - Tonight At Johnny's
Speakeasy - (www.joserrapere.com)
Butter & Egg Man - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - Cocktail Swing (Signature Sounds)
Fish & Whistle - John Prine - Live - (Oh Boy)

Luther Played Guitar - Stan Ridgeway - Black Diamnd (www.newwestrecords.com)
Cloud Song - Jess Klein - Draw Them Near (www.jessklein.com)
Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart - Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series - (Sony)
Rockin' Chair - The Band - Across The Great Divide - (Capitol)
Lonesome Out There - Jason Eklund - (Flying Fish)
Night Time - Frank Christian - From My Hands - (Palmetto)

Tommy The Canexican - Eddie From Ohio - Quick - (Virginia Soul)
Tom Burleigh's Dead - Eddie From Ohio - Quick - (Virginia Soul)
Wonderland - Nils Lofgren - Acoustic Live - (The Right Stuff)
Two Hump Ride - Jeannie Bryson - Tonight I Need You So - (Telarc)
Night Of The Iguana - Joni Mitchell - Shine (Hear Music)
Mango - Bruce Cockburn _ Breakfast In New Orleans - (Ryko)

The Prickly Bush - Steeleye Span - Time - (Shanachie)
The Big Three Medley - Fairport Convention - In Real Time Live '87 - (Island)
Harvest Of The Moon - Steeleye Span - Time - (Shanachie)

What If You Do Nothing - Hugh Blumenfeld - Mozart's Money - (1-800-PRIMECD)
Texas Blues - Lucy Kaplansky - The Tide - (Red House)
Down In The Cellar - Al Stewart - Down In The Cellar - (EMI)
Marx & Engels - Belle & Sebastion - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds - (Matador)
Walking Around - Innocense Mission - Befriended - (whatarerecords.com)
Easy - Anoushka Shankar & Karsch Kale with Norah Jones - Breathing
Under Water - (Manhattan)
Prairie Wedding - Mark Knopfler (with Gillian Welch) - Sailing To
Philadelphia - (WB)

Dolphins - Fred Neil - Many Sides Of Fred Neil (Collector's Choice)
Saturday Sun - Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - (Island)
The French Paratrooper - Mike Craver - Fishing For Amour (mikecraver.com)
Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite - Mike Craver - Fishing For
Amour (mikecraver.com)
Unbroken Chain - Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald - Unbroken Chain - (Freewheel)
The Dark Horse - Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald - Fields Of Elysian -
(Freewheel)
This Old House - Susan Voelz - 13 Ribs - (Pravda)
What Was That - John Gorka - The Company You Keep - (Red House)
The Other End Of The Telescope - Til Tuesday - Everything's Different
Now - (Epic)

Pete Seeger performs in Montreal with Guy Davis, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger

2008-07-03T15:31:00.000-07:00

The return of Seeger
Folk icon Pete Seeger makes a rare stage appearance Saturday in Montreal

MIKE REGENSTREIF, The Montreal Gazette

Thursday, July 03, 2008

The last time I interviewed Pete Seeger was in 1999 just as he was about to turn 80. He was planning to stay close to his Hudson River Valley home and just play a few songs occasionally for school kids or at benefit concerts. It was unlikely, he said then, that he'd travel far enough from home to perform in Montreal again.

Almost a decade later, though, the still-vigorous Seeger is on his way back to Montreal. His Saturday concert here kicks off a quickly arranged, and quickly sold-out, tour of small venues that also takes him to Toronto for two nights, Kingston and Ottawa in the company of acoustic blues revivalist Guy Davis and his grandson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger of the folk-rocking Mammals. The three will share the stage, swapping songs and backing each other.

Reached at his home overlooking the Hudson River in upstate New York, Seeger told me he has fond memories of performing in Montreal.

"Sam Gesser hired me when nobody else would," Seeger said, referring to the late Montreal impresario who broke into the concert business with a Seeger concert in 1952 when most of the folksinger's performing opportunities were lost to the McCarthy-era blacklist. Gesser, who died April 1, brought Seeger to Montreal often over the next four decades.

Seeger is one of the most revered musicians of all time and has been a major influence on the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen - who's done two albums of songs he learned from Seeger LPs - and almost everyone else who's picked up a banjo or acoustic guitar in the past 60 years.

Seeger's lengthy résumé includes forming two legendary folk groups: the Almanac Singers, with Woody Guthrie, before both shipped out to serve in the Second World War; and the Weavers, the group that brought folk music to the pop charts with Goodnight Irene and Tzena Tzena Tzena in 1949 before being blacklisted. Seeger has written or co-written scores of enduring songs, including Where Have All the Flowers Gone and If I Had a Hammer, has made hundreds of recordings and has been at the forefront of the civil rights, peace and environmental movements.

The rest at:

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=adcd14df-575e-4005-acd6-a07ae208fadd

Library of Congress immortalizes Elizabeth Cotten's plaintive 'Freight Train'

2008-06-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

N.C. native's song enshrined

Barbara Barrett, Washington Correspondent, Raleigh News & Observer, 6/29/08

WASHINGTON - In the early 1900s, a black girl living in Carrboro composed a mournful song about a freight train, picking out her tune on a three-dollar guitar.
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten would grow up to leave that guitar behind, to marry at age 15, have a baby and become a housekeeper and nanny for well-to-do white families. For decades, her work subdued the passion she once held for making music.

Her gift for music was rediscovered in midcentury. By then, she was a grandmother secretly plucking notes on an instrument that hung inside the suburban family home where she worked.

This spring, Cotten's folk song was named one of the most significant works in recorded history, joining the U.S. Library of Congress' national recording registry.

The album "Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes," first released in 1958, joins 249 other recorded songs, spoken-word albums and political speeches honored for their cultural, historical or aesthetic significance.

Jose Antonio Bowen, a member of the National Recording Preservation Board that chose Cotten's album this year, says that if someone could listen to every recording on the registry, "You'd get a range of the incredible variety of what goes into making America great."

The rest at
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1124225.html

6/22/08 Playlist

2008-06-22T21:02:00.000-07:00

1. Ragged but Right: A Mother's Last Words to Her Daughter (Down Harmony Road), Merriweather www.merriweather.ca
2. The Evangenitals: The Hole (Everlovin'), self www.evangenitals.com
3. Sparky & Rhonda Rucker: John the Revelator (The Mountains Above and the Valleys Below), Tremont www.sparkyandrhonda.com
4. Sugar Bayou: Someone Else's Dream (Dance Hall Incident), self www.sugarbayouband.com

5. Katie Moore: Only Thing Worse (Only Thing Worse), Borealis 184 www.borealisrecords.com
6. The Subdudes: Work Clothes (Street Symphony), EMI / Back Porch pre-release
7. Patty Larkin: Hallelujah (Watch the Sky), Vanguard 79851
8. Terence Martin: Who's Breathing All the Air (Even Trade), Good Dog 006 www.martinsongs.com

9. Caroline Herring: Song for Fay (Lantana), Signature Sounds 2010 www.signaturesounds.com
10. MacDara: The Mighty Dancer (The Love Token), self www.myspace.com/maddaramusic
11. Terri Hendrix: Bottom of A Hill (The Spiritual Kind), Wilory www.terrihendrix.com
12. James Lee Stanley: The World We Left Behind (The Eternal Contradiction), Beachwood www.jamesleestanley.com
13. Mae Robertson: Meet the Sun Halfway (Meet the Sun Halfway), Lyric Partners 4508 www.lyricpartners.com
14. Noel Paul Stookey: In These Times (single), Public Domain Foundation

15. John McCutcheon: Hope Dies Last (This Fire), Appalsongs 2007 www.folkmusic.com
16. Mark Erelli: Hope Dies Last (Delivered), Signature Sounds 2014

Ticket giveaways for New Bedford Summerfest, which features these performers (among others!):
17. Red Molly: Wichita (Love and Other Tragedies), self www.redmolly.com
18. Richard Shindell: The Storms Are on The Ocean (South of Delia), self www.richardshindell.com
19. The Kennedys: American Wish (Better Dreams), Appleseed 1107 www.appleseedmusic.com
20. Brooks Williams: Lightning (The Time I Spend with You), Red Guitar Blue Music 0801 www.brookswilliams.com
21. Mike and Ruthy: Something's Got A Hold on Me (The Honeymoon Agenda), Humble Abode 10 www.themammals.net
22. David Jacobs-Strain: Black Cat at Midnight (Liar's Day), self www.davidjacobs-strain.com

23. The Chad Mitchell Trio: The George Bush Society (single), Brownstone Music
24. Jim Ringer: Still Got That Look (Endangered Species), Flying Fish LP 1981

25. Eliza Gilkyson: Great Correction (Beautiful World), Red House 212 www.redhouserecords.com
26. Leon Rosselson: The Third Intifada (A Proper State), Fuse Records 024 www.leonrosselson.co.uk
27. Guy Mendilow: Experiment (Live), Earthen Groove www.guymendilow.com

Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Roger Williams's "A Resophonic Retrospective," Happy Appy www.rogerreso.net

On June 20, the House passed H.R. 6304 which sanctions warrantless wiretapping and hands immunity to telecommunications companies for their role in domestic spying:
28. Roy Zimmerman: Hello NSA (Faulty Intelligence), Metaphor www.royzimmerman.com
29. Richard Shindell: May (Reunion Hill), Shanachie 8027 www.richardshindell.com
30. Janis Ian: God and The FBI (God and The FBI), Windham Hill 11498 www.janisian.com
31. Chuck Brodsky: Dangerous Times (Color Came One Day), Waterbug www.chuckbrodsky.com

32. Anais Mitchell: 1984 (Hymns for The Exiled), Waterbug www.anaismitchell.com
33. Roy Zimmerman: Homeland Security (Security), self www.royzimmerman.com
34. Adam Brodsky: Uncivil Rights (Hookers, Hicks & Heebs), Permanent Records www.adambrodsky.com
35. Si Kahn: Who's Watching the Man (Thanksgiving), Strictly Country 63 www.strictlycountryrecords.com
36. Anne Feeney: Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (Dump The Bosses Off Your Back), self www.annefeeney.com

37. Ed Pettersen: The Liberty Song (Song of America), Spllit Rock / 31 Tiger www.songofamerica.org
38. Eliza Gilkyson: Highway 9 (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174 www.redhouserecords.com

Playlist June 15, 2008

2008-06-15T20:34:00.000-07:00

1. Chris Smither: Father's Day (Leave the Light On), Signature Sounds 2001 www.signaturesounds.com
2. Judy Collins: My Father (Forever: An Anthology), Elektra 62104
3. Loudon Wainwright III: Four Mirrors (Little Ship), Virgin 44879
4. Tom Paxton: Jennifer and Kate (Comedians & Angels), Appleseed 1105 www.appleseedmusic.com
5. Eliza Gilkyson: Easy Rider (Lost and Found), Red House 162 www.redhouserecords.com
6. Jim Henry: Pals Forever Dad (Jacksonville), Signature Sounds www.signaturesounds.com

7 & 8. Abbie Gardner & Anthony da Costa: Spent & Someday (Bad Nights / Better Days), self www.abbiegardner.com www.anthonydacosta.com
9. Martin Simpson: Louisiana 1927 (Prodigal Son), Compass 4466 www.compassrecords.com
10. Sara Softich: Down in The Cellar (Pipe Dream), self www.sarasoftich.com

11. Ed Pettersen: June 1945 (Folk & Acoustic Sampler), Split Rock Records www.edpettersen.com
12. Red Molly: Honey on My Grave (Love and Other Tragedies), self www.redmolly.com
13. Chris Smither: Origin of The Species (Leave the Light On), Signature Sounds 2001
14. Sirens: The Promise (Look Up), Borealis 183 www.borealisrecords.com

Current events:
for Hillary Clinton and her supporters:
15. Martha Wainwright: I Am Woman (Song of America), Split Rock / 31 Tigers www.songofamerica.org
for Barack Obama:
16. Will Kimbrough: Wind Blowing Change (Americanitis), Daphne www.willkimbrough.com
for Dennis Kucinich:
17. Neil Young: Let's Impeach the President (Living with War), Reprise 44335

Fathers in wartime:
18. Mike Strasser: A Hero's Father (Rash Behaviors), self www.myspace.com/mstrasser
19. Tom Paxton: My Son John (I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound), Elektra / Rhino
20. Darrell Scott, Danny Thompson, Kenny Malone: With A Memory Like Mine (Live in NC), Full Light www.darrellscott.com
21. Richard Shindell: You Stay Here (Somewhere Near Paterson), Signature Sounds 1236

Fathers singing with their children:
22. Bob, John, Jim & Ron Copper: Warlike Seamen (Come Write Me Down), Topic 534 www.topicrecords.co.uk
23. Paul & Win Grace and Family: Wave The Ocean (Dance upon The Earth), self www.gracefamilymusic.com
24. Ewan MacColl et al: The Manchester Rambler (Black and White), Green Linnet 3058
25. Terry Gilkyson with Eliza: Brother Simon and Sister Mary (The Easy Riders), Bear Family Records 15780
26. Wayne Scott with Darrell Scott: I Wouldn't Live in Harlan County (This Weary Way), Full Light www.fulllightrecords.com

Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Daithi Sproule's "The Crow in The Sun," New Folk 0122 www.newfolkrecords.com

While abroad last week George Bush was asked if he had any regrets about the war. He looked something like thoughtful, then said "No........ no regrets." He's such a bad politician, even, that he couldn't summon up the courtesy, or smarts, to say "I do regret the loss of life of thousands of valiant American servicemen and -women and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians." But no.......
27. Jen Cass: Dear Mr. President (Accidental Pilgrimage), Blind Justice www.jencass.com
28. Spicewood Seven: Mr. President (Kakistocracy), Austin Recordings www.austinrecordsdirect.com
29. Keb' Mo': Talk (Peace...Back by Popular Demand), Okeh / Epic
30. Audrey Auld Mezera: Presidential Dreams (Music with The Dirt Left On), Reckless www.audreyauldmezera.com
31. Roy Zimmerman: Chickenhawk (Faulty Intelligence), Metaphor 920 www.royzimmerman.com
32. Peter Dyer: Talking Chickenhawk Blues (single), self http://www.scroom.com/chickenhawkblues/
33. Will Kimbrough: Warring Ways (Americanitis), Daphne www.willkimbrough.com
34. Matt Angus Thing: President's Son (Political Pop), Black Potatoe 00030 www.mattangusthing.com
35. Tim O'Brien: This World Was Made for Everyone (Chameleon), Howdy Skies www.timobrien.net

36. The Kennedys: Give Me Back My Country (Better Dreams), Appleseed 1107 www.appleseedmusic.com
37. Eliza et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

Playlist June 8, 2008

2008-06-15T20:26:00.000-07:00

1. The Gordons: 300 Miles from Hazard (Our Time), Inside-Out
gatormusic@hotmail.com
2. The Starlings (Vanilla Bean 6/21): Ghost Town (Marveling the While),
self www.StarlingsMusic.com
3. Mark Weems: Short Time Here, Long Time Gone (Short Time Here, Long Time
Gone), Little Windows www.littlewindows.net
4. Corb Lund: The Truth Comes Out (Hair in My Eyes Like A Highland Steer),
Stony Plain1309 www.stonyplainrecords.com

5. Carey Creed: I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be A Soldier (Peace of Wild
Things), Azalea City 0705 www.careycreed.com
6. Paul Thorn: What Have You Done to Lift Somebody Up (A Long Way from
Tupelo), Perpetual Obscurity 20089 www.paulthorn.com
7. Skye Zentz: Things Are Simpler (Legitimate Bohemia), self
www.skyezentz.com
8. Pat Wictor: Eventide (Sunset Waltz), Risky Disc 006 www.patwictor.com

9. Red Molly: Wichita (Love and Other Tragedies), self www.redmolly.com
10. Chip Taylor: New Song of Freedom (New Songs of Freedom), Train Wreck
0029 www.trainwreckrecords.com
11. Conjunto Jardin: El Balaju (Yerba Buena), Trova 405
www.conjuntojardin.com
12. The Deadly Gentlemen: Working (The Bastard Masterpiece), self
www.deadlygentlemen.com

13. Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights: If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You
Love (If Dreams Come True), Memphis International 0217 www.memphisinternational.com
14. Eddie Lawrence: Step 8 (My Second Wife's First Album), Snowplow 109
www.snowplowrecords.com
15. Haale: Hastee (No Ceiling), Channel Music www.haale.com
16. Paul Kaplan: I Can't Remember Wintertime (The Folk Process), Old Coat
002 www.paulkaplanmusic.com

17 & 18. Priscilla Herdman / Anne Hills / Cindy Mangsen: Natural Selection
(?-- I'm not sure of the title) & The Language of The Bees (live, private
recording)

It's Frank Lloyd Wright's birth anniversary:
19. Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen: The Architecture Song (A Sense of
Place), Redwing 5409 www.redwingmusic.com

It's the 222nd anniversary of the introduction of ice cream:
20. John McCutcheon: Ice Cream Man (Summersongs), Rounder 8036
21. Hugh Blumenfeld: Waiting for The Good Humor Man (Mozart's Money), Prime
CD www.hughblumenfeld.com

Had to hear some more Hugh:
22 & 23. Hugh Blumenfeld: Why Am I Awake & The Snail (Rocket Science), Prime
CD www.hughblumenfeld.com

President Bush spoke at Furman University's commencement on May 31 --
basically what he said was "don't do as I did, do as I say:"
24. Todd Snider: You Got Away with It (The Devil You Know), New Door
www.toddsnider.com

Some 222 students and faculty protested the choice of Bush as speaker; they
held a protest at which Chris Hedges spoke, delivering a talk called
"America's Democratic Collapse." He also wrote an article called "Collateral Damage:
What It Really Means When America Goes to War" TomDispatch.com, 6/4/08
24. Jim Page: Collateral Damage (Collateral Damage), self www.jimpage.net
25. Emily Kurn: If I Am American (Things Change), self www.emilykurnmusic.com
26. State Radio: The Story of Benjamin Darling Part 1 (Year of The Crow),
Ruff / Shod

Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Lau's "Live" (Compass 4479)

In our efforts to find a replacement for fossil fuel, some are pushing nuclear power again:
27. John Hall: Plutonium Is Forever (No Nukes), Elektra
28. The Doobie Brothers, John Hall, James Taylor: Power (No Nukes), Elektra

29. Anais Mitchell: Hades & Persephone (The Brightness), Righteous Babe 053
www.anaismitchell.com
30. Jeff Black: Persephone (Honey and Salt), LNM www.jeffblack.com
31. Skye Zentz: Persephone (Legitimate Bohemia), self www.skyezentz.com

I don't think we'll be hearing these campaign promises any time soon........
32. Dan Bern & The IJBC: President (My Country II), Messenger 19
www.danbern.com

33. Ellis Paul: I Lost A Day to The Rain (The Dragonfly Races), Black Wolf
www.ellispaul.com
34. Dr. John and The Lower 911 with Willie Nelson: Promises, Promises (City
that Care Forgot), 429 Records www.429records.com
35. Chuck E. Costa: Hollow Man (Where the Songs Come From), self
www.chuckecosta.com
36. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

Joel Mabus on Utah Phillips

2008-06-04T17:44:00.000-07:00

From the Folk Alliance List-serve, June 4, 2008:

Like a lot of us, I've been thinking lately about Utah Phillips -- his life
and legacy. It is a joy to read the many stories and remembrances.

I have a lot of memories on, off, and behind the stage with Utah. If one
were to ever write the history of this thing we call folk music in the 20th
century, Bruce would weigh heavy in the chapter on the 1970's -- an often
overlooked decade in folk. As the Joni's and Bob's and JT's were marketed
as flavors of rock by the major labels, and the downtown commercial folk
clubs closed up or re-invented themselves, the folk movement took a left
turn towards community.

In the era when "Midnight Special" came to mean glam-rock on Friday night
TV, small rural folk festivals started up, run by cabals of shanty-singers,
banjoists and dulcimer players. Unitarian basements opened up. Rounders
rolled, Philos flipped sides and Fish Flew in Chicago. And small,
democratically-run folk societies sprung up in college towns all over
America from the ashes and detritus of the folk boom. This is the soil
where Utah Phillips rooted and grew strong. It is also where I started a
career, along with many of my compadres of a certain age, plowing along
where Uncle Utah and a few others busted sod.

The folk circuit I have worked these past 35 years is not the world of
Newport, Carnegie Hall and Columbia Records. The mighty wind had long blown
out to sea before I got onstage. Utah was good about reminding us that one
could make a living -- not a killing -- in folk music if you kept your
powder dry, your boots laced up and fixed your own breakfast most days.

But for all the quips, quotes, songs and stories I have been recalling these
past weeks, I have one enduring image of U Utah Phillips:

A serious labor organizer, heavy-weight thinker, first-rate story-teller,
damn-straight songwriter, and pretty good singer. A man of dignity who
walked tall and always carried a red rubber clown nose in his vest pocket --
and wasn't afraid to use it.

Aloha, my friend.

Joel Mabus

6/1/08 Playlist

2008-06-01T20:36:00.000-07:00

1. Crooked Still: Tell Her to Come Back Home (Still Crooked), Signature Sounds 2013 www.signaturesounds.com
2. Pat Wictor: Song of Songs (Sunset Waltz), Risky Disc 006 www.patwictor.com
3. Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet: Great Big Wall in China (Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet), Nettwerk www.nettwerk.com
4. Scott Ainslie: Thunder's Mouth (Thunder's Mouth), Cattail preview CD

5. Sugar Bayou: Someone Else's Dream (Dance Hall Incident), Spare Parts www.sugarbayouband.com
6. The Evangenitals: I Just Forgot (Everlovin'), self www.evangenitals.com
7. Rancho Deluxe: Valley of The Bears (True Freedom), self www.ranchodeluxe.org
8. Rebecca Troon: Small Acts of Kindness (Turning Around), self www.cdbaby.com

9. Peter Siegel: Talking Rome (Living in Rome), self www.petersiegel.com
10. Cathy Fink: 1st String Fling (Banjo Talkin'), Rounder 0599
11. Corb Lund: MC Horses (The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson), Stony Plain 1322 www.stonyplainrecords.com
12. Jenny Agutter: Garden Waste (Top Cat, White Tie & Tails: Guide Cats for the Blind Volume 3), Osmosys www.terranovamusic.com

13. Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands: The Wood Thrush's Song (Live), Spruce & Maple 2004 www.laurielewis.com
14. Annie & The Hedonists: Haven of Mercy (Good Old Wagon), Windy Acres http://home.nycap.rr.com/anniehedonists/
15. Greg Brown: Blue Car (Just One More: A Tribute to Larry Brown), Bloodshot 143 www.bloodshotrecords.com
16. Louis Ledford: Treebranch and Moonlight (Adios King), Waterbug 74 www.louisledford.com

17 & 18. Blue Trail: Shady Grove & Sweet Dreams (Keep on Growin'), self www.bluetrailmusic.com
19. Michael Doucet: Brasse le gombo vite (From Now On), Smithsonian Folkways 40177 www.folkways.si.edu
20. The Starlings: Honey Creek (Marveling the While), self www.starlingsmusic.com

CT's own senator Joseph Lieberman has accepted an invitation from "Reverend" Hagee to speak at the C.U.F.I. Conference -- Lieberman has called Hagee a "man of god"
21. Eliza Gilkyson: Man of God (Paradise Hotel), Red House 187 www.redhouserecords.com
The U.S., along with Russia, India, China, Israel, and Pakistan boycotted talks to ban cluster bombs:
22. Bernard Carney and Peter Grayling: Gardens of Death (No Time Like the Future), Tempo (Australia)
23. Kenny White: How Long (Never Like This), Wildflower EP www.kennywhite.net
24. Rory McLeod: God Loves Me (Mouth to Mouth), Talkative 001 www.rorymcleod.com
25. Eliza Gilkyson: Great Correction (Beautiful World), Red House 212

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over instrumentals from Peter Siegel's "Living in Rome"

26. John McCutcheon: It's the Economy, Stupid (Hail to The Chief!), Appalseed www.folkmusic.com
27. Randy Newman: Mr President [Have Pity on The Working Man] (Good Old Boys), Reprise R2 73839
28. Phil Lee: 3 Faces in The Window (Songbook Americana), Shanachie
29. Eliza Gilkyson: The Party's Over (Beautiful World), Red House 212

30. Roy Zimmerman: Defenders of Marriage (Faulty Intelligence), Metaphor www.royzimmerman.com

31. Kate Campbell: Peace Comes Stealing Slow (Blues and Lamentations), Large River Music www.katecampbell.com
32. Jim Page: Head Full of Pictures (Head Full of Pictures), Whid-Isle www.jimpage.net
33. Bruce Springsteen: Last to Die (Magic), Columbia
34. Chuck Brodsky: Dangerous Times (Color Came One Day), Waterbug www.chuckbrodsky.com

Official obituary for Utah Phillips

2008-05-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp Utah Phillips Dead at 73

Nevada City, California:
Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor.

Born Bruce Duncan Phillips on May 15, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of labor organizers. Whether through this early influence or an early life that was not always tranquil or easy, by his twenties Phillips demonstrated a lifelong concern with the living conditions of working people. He was a proud member of the Industrial Workers of the World, popularly known as "the Wobblies," an organizational artifact of early twentieth-century labor struggles that has seen renewed interest and growth in membership in the last decade, not in small part due to his efforts to popularize it.

Phillips served as an Army private during the Korean War, an experience he would later refer to as the turning point of his life. Deeply affected by the devastation and human misery he had witnessed, upon his return to the United States he began drifting, riding freight trains around the country. His struggle would be familiar today, when the difficulties of returning combat veterans are more widely understood, but in the late fifties Phillips was left to work them out for himself. Destitute and drinking, Phillips got off a freight train in Salt Lake City and wound up at the Joe Hill House, a homeless shelter operated by the anarchist Ammon Hennacy, a member of the Catholic Worker movement and associate of Dorothy Day.

Phillips credited Hennacy and other social reformers he referred to as his "elders" with having provided a philosophical framework around which he later constructed songs and stories he intended as a template his audiences could employ to understand their own political and working lives. They were often hilarious, sometimes sad, but never shallow.

"He made me understand that music must be more than cotton candy for the ears," said John McCutcheon, a nationally-known folksinger and close friend.

More at http://www.utahphillips.org/

May 25, 2008 Playlist

2008-05-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

1.Railroad Earth: Bringin' My Baby Back Home (Amen Corner), Sci Fidelity advance copy www.railroadearth.com
2. Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands: Going to The West (Live), Spruce & Maple 2004 www.laurielewis.com
3. Kevin Danzig w/Siel Snowden: Route 66 (Box Cars), self www.kevindanzig.com
4. Christine Albert: L'air de la Louisiane (Paris, Texafrance), MoonHouse 2906 www.moonhouserecords.com

5. Grayson Capps: New Orleans Waltz (Wail & Ride), Hyena 9352 www.hyenarecords.com
6. John Egenes: West Texas Highway (Crucifixion), Delta Vee 06001 www.johnegenes.com
7. Lori McKenna: I Know You (Unglamorous), Warner Bros. 44299
8. Angel Band: Jump Back in The Ditch (With Roots & Wings), Appleseed 1108 www.appleseedmusic.com

We lost Utah Phillips on Friday May 23:
9 – 12: Utah from Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook (AK Press / Daemon Records 19047 www.daemonrecords.com
9. The Telling Takes Me Home
10. Yuba City
11. All Used Up
12. Frisco Road

Written by Utah:
13. Emmylou Harris: Green Rolling Hills (Quarter Moon in A Ten Cent Town), Warner Bros. LP 1978
14 - 17 from Starlight on The Rails: A Songbook (AK Press / Daemon Records 19047)
14. Kate Brislin & Jody Stecher: A Ragged Old Man
15. Rosalie Sorrels: Rock Salt & Nails
16. Kendall Morse: Ashes on The Sea
17. Kate Wolf: Aces, Straights, & Flushes

18. Kate Campbell (Beekley Library 5/31): Wheels within Wheels (Blues and Lamentations), Large River 4104 www.katecampbell.com
19. Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet (Iron Horse 5/31): A Fuller Wine (Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet), Nettwerk www.nettwerk.com

Ken wrote this about a woman convicted of being a witch in Windsor CT and hung in Hartford on May 26, 1647:
20. Ken Hicks: Alse Young (single), self

I was reminded of Si's song by the story of Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete who runs using "Cheetahs," prosthetic legs -- Oscar has been approved to try out for the Olympics after first being denied because it was thought the prostheses gave him an advantage:
21. Si Kahn: What You Do with What You've Got (Unfinished Portraits), Flying Fish LP 1984

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from "Fiddle Me This" by Zoe Darrow and The Fiddleheads (self) www.zoedarrow.com

Memorial Day:
22. James McMurtry: Memorial Day (Childish Things), Compadre 65842 www.jamesmcmurtry.com
23. Dave Boutette: New Parade (The Piccolo Heart), Embassy Hotel 042 www.embassyhotelrecords.com
24. Bruce Pratt: The Unknown (Double Diamonds), West River Cassette
25. Tom Paxton: The Unknown (Politics Live), Flying Fish 70486

26. Iris DeMent: There's A Wall in Washington (The Way I Should), Warner Bros 46188
27. Joel Mabus: Touch A Name on The Wall (Retold), Fossil 1808 www.joelmabus.com
28. Andy Revkin: Arlington (demo), self revkin@nytimes.com
29. Jez Lowe: Dover Delaware (Jez Lowe Peace CD-R), Tantobie www.jezlowe.com
30. Billy Bragg: Send Their Souls Back Home (Mr. Love & Justice), Anti- 86712

I read Dana Milbank’s Washington Post article “What the Family Would Let You See, the Pentagon Obstructs”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/23/ST2008042303339.html
31. Robby Hecht: Along the Way (Late Last Night), self www.robbyhecht.com
32. Roy Zimmerman: Thanks for Your Support (single), self www.royzimmerman.com
33. Bruce Springsteen: Bring 'Em Home (The Seeger Sessions -- American Land Edition), Columbia 88231
34. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

A friend writes about the late Utah Phillips

2008-05-25T06:45:00.000-07:00

Saturday, May 24, 2008

A rumination on the passing of U. Utah Phillips, anarchist, wobbly,hobo, railroader, folksinger, activist, great iconoclast, husband, father and and all around amazing human being.

By Ken Sanders, a friend.

The golden voice of the great southwest, U. Utah Phillips, will sing and story tell no more. Bruce Phillips passed away at his Nevada City, California home, last evening, May 23rd, 2008 from heart failure, at age 73. After a lifetime spent on the road and speaking and singing out against injustice wherever he found it, one of America's great iconoclasts is dead. After a lifetime spent helping others, Utah
Phillips had little of wordly goods left over for himself. Eschewing monetary wealth his entire life, he made a conscious choice not to seek out a heart transplant that might have prolonged his life; not simply because he couldn't afford it and had no health insurance, but in part because of quality of life issues.

U. Utah Phillips was born in Cleveland, Ohio, May 15th, 1935 during the great depression and later served his country during the Korean War in the 1950s, where his political views and anti-establishment stance were formed. Musically influenced by Woody Guthrie and the emerging folk protest movements of the 1930s & 40s, he styled his moniker, U. Utah Phillips, after his musical hero, T. Texas Tyler. He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and spent many years of his life here and always
had a love/hate affair with his adopted state. It was in Salt Lake that he met Ammon Hennacy, a Catholic anarchist and fellow wobbly, who founded the Joe Hill House, which Phillips and Hennacy ran for many years. A card carrying member of the IWW for most of his life, Utah Phillips spent his life defending the rights of the working man, the homeless and the indigent and also had a lifelong passion for trains
and hobos.

Around this time he first met fellow singer songwriter folksinger Rosalie Sorrels, who was the first to popularize and record songs by Phillips. Sorrels and Phillips became lifelong friends and performed dozens of concerts together over the decades. He ran for the U.S. Senate from Utah in 1968 on the Peace and Freedom Ticket, garnering over 2,000 votes in a defeat to long term U.S. Senator, Wallace F. Bennett. father of current long term Utah Republican senator, Robert F. Bennett. His first recorded album was Good Though, followed by We Have Fed You For a Thousand Years, and he gained a whole new audience through his joint album with Ani DiFranco, Fellow Workers. Many other musicians (Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, Ian Tyson, Rosalie Sorrels, Ani DiFranco & many others) have recorded Utah Phillips songs over the
years, including such classics as "Moose Turd Pie," "Rock Salt & Nails," "Green Rolling Hills," " Daddy, What's A Train," and "Goodnight-Loving Train."

For many years Utah Phillips hosted his own radio show in Nevada City called "Loafer's Glory: The Hobo Jungle of the Mind" and was a well known community activist there. His story telling abilities were legendary and any Utah Phillips performance was likely at least three quarters stories with a few tunes thrown in. He was an ardent student of history and had a lifelong passion for trains and hoboes His passing has rent a huge whole in the fabric of the universe which can't
be mended. He will be missed. Rave On Utah Phillips! RAVE ON!

POSTSCRIPT
I first became aware of Utah Phillips as a youth in the 60s in Salt Lake through the old Cosmic Aeroplane, back when he was running for the U. S. Senate. I believe Bruce was also involved in the then campaign to get the national anthem changed to Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land." Through the Cosmic Aeroplane in the 1970s , I had the honor and privilege of getting to know Bruce as a friend and was involved in
several concerts back in that day, including an environmental fundraiser concert with Phillips and the late Edward Abbey, who although they had never previously met, became friendly after that concert. Abbey tried to track Utah down the next day to get Bruce to show Ed the exact spot in the old prison grounds where they shot Joe Hill. Later we sponsored a concert with Phillips and Rosalie Sorrels at East High through the Cosmic Aeroplane. Bruce hadn't been back to Utah in a few years, and
prior to the concert, the police dusted off an old outstanding warrant for his arrest and threw him in jail. We had to bail him out of jail in order for the concert to proceed that evening. Several years ago, after losing track of him over the years, our paths crossed at the Gold Rush Book Fair in Nevada City California where he was the guest of honor and we renewed our decades old friendship. I last saw Bruce and his wife Joanne exactly a year ago, at the same Gold Rush Book Fair, where Utah regaled my daughter Melissa with stories throughout that evening.
Rock salt and nails, amigo, rock salt and nails.

Ken Sanders
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
http://www.kensandersbooks.com
ken@dreamgarden.co

Postscript from Duncan Phillips at 11:14pm
Hello,
This may be late news for some but for rest i must tell you that shortly before midnight, in his sleep wife his loving wife Joanna by his side my father Bruce "Utah "Phillips passed away.

It should be of great comfort that dad was able to spend his last months at home with friends, family and a community that he deeply loved.

There have been no arrangements made as of yet and as i can I will keep you posted.

I feel a deep loss not just for myself and my family but for the global community as a whole. Dad meant and represented something different to each of us.
Not much more I can say at this point.
Thank You All
Duncan

Delightful Video of "Galway Girl"

2008-05-24T08:10:00.000-07:00

Mundy with Sharon Shannon performing Steve Earle's "Galway Girl:"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Nt_TirDyKU

Article about Texas musician Sam Baker

2008-05-24T07:46:00.000-07:00

Texas singer seeks to understand a tragedy

By NAOMI KOPPEL, The Associated Press
2008-05-23 12:23:16.0

KILKENNY, Ireland -

"Forget his face? Of course I don't," Sam Baker sings, of a young German boy who died along with his parents on a train in Peru in 1986. The three had been sitting on facing seats and the bomb that killed them was in the luggage rack above their heads, set by Shining Path guerrillas.

The man in the fourth seat was Baker.

The song probes the psychological legacy for Baker, who had been talking to the boy before the bomb went off. Its title, "Broken Fingers," reveals part of the physical legacy - three twisted, unusable fingers that forced him to relearn to play the guitar left-handed.

That he survived at all is remarkable: The explosion severed the main artery and vein in his left thigh and he almost bled to death. He suffered brain damage, kidney failure, gangrene and severe hearing loss, and went through years of surgery.

Perhaps the most extraordinary part of Baker's story: He is making a name for himself as one of the most original new singer-songwriters in contemporary folk music.

Before the bombing, the native of Itasca, Texas, had been a whitewater river guide who enjoyed traveling, walking and climbing. That all ended in a moment. "Every day for a long time was like being in some kind of fog. There was a reasonable amount of pain and a lack of clarity and a whole lot of pain meds, and because my hands were bandaged I couldn't really feel anything, couldn't walk and couldn't really hear much. There was a sense of isolation," said Baker, 54, in an interview in a hotel in Kilkenny, where he was appearing at a music festival.

More at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_en_ot/music_sam_baker

Unlike Newport, smaller festivals keep it eclectic

2008-05-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

Where star power isn't necessary
Unlike Newport, smaller festivals keep it eclectic
By Scott Alarik, Boston Globe Correspondent / May 18, 2008
After years dancing uncomfortably between the worlds of folk and pop, the Newport Folk Festival is reinventing itself as a full-tilt rock and pop show this summer. If New England's most stellar and storied folk event is abandoning folk, you'd think the region's folksier and less-stellar festivals must be faring even worse.

Think again. Falcon Ridge, the Northeast's premier songwriter festival, had a total attendance of 32,000 last year, up one-third from 2006. Last year's Lowell Folk Festival drew 200,000, according to city estimates, down from 220,000 in 2006. But food sales, often a better barometer at a free festival, were up 10 percent. The annual attendance for New Bedford's Summerfest has averaged 20,000 for the past four years.

Examining why these low-key, non-star-driven festivals do well, when the pop industry is in historic decline, reveals how completely folk music exists within its own economy, with vastly different business models for presenters and career models for performers.

Uber-fan Doug Ashford, a manager at Sun Life Financial who attends around 120 shows a year, has been to Newport six times but goes to Summerfest and Lowell nearly every year.

"For an event like Newport, it's all dependent on who's playing," he says. "But Summerfest and Lowell have really developed reputations for interesting, eclectic lineups; so you attend almost out of habit, knowing you're going to see something new and surprising. They're very well designed, set in small, friendly, walkable cities, offering a fun experience for a wide range of people."

When Summerfest organizers say "the more the merrier," they mean people, not ticket prices. They charge $10 a day, $15 for the weekend (with children under 12 admitted free), and make up the balance through a combination of civic and business support. The emphasis on affordability creates an entirely different vibe, according to artistic director Alan Korolenko.

More at
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/05/18/where_star_power_isnt_necessary/

5/18/08 Playlist

2008-05-18T20:51:00.000-07:00

1. The Wilders: Hey Little Darlin (Someone's Got to Pay), Free Dirt www.freedirtrecords.com
2. Abigail Washburn: Keys to The Kingdom (The Sparrow Quartet), Nettwerk EP www.nettwerk.com
3. Brooks Williams: Rich Tonight (The Time I Spend with You), Red Guitar Blue Music www.brookswilliams.com
4. Erica Williams: Muddy Water (Good Summer Rain), Blue Pie 0400 www.ericawheeler.com

5. Jack Williams: The Heart of Saturday Night (Don't Let Go!), Wind River 4039 www.jackwilliamsmusic.com
6. Gretchen Peters: Tomorrow Morning (Halcyon), Purple Crayon www.gretchenpeters.com
7. Dave Boutette: Girl in Love (The Piccolo Heart), Embassy Hotel www.embassyhotelrecords.com
8. Angel Band: cold Lonesome Down in Blackbird Creek (With Roots & Wings), Appleseed www.appleseedrec.com

It's Anne Dodson's birthday -- all songs from "Against The Moon," Beech Hill Music
9. Why Do You Worry
10. Life Comes In
11. Big Green Tree
12. All That You Ask Me

13. Caravan Gogh: Vertigogh (Caravan Gogh), Go-Gogh caravangogh@teleport.com
14. Gideon Freudmann: Banjo Dreams (Sonic Surf), CelloBop www.cellobop.com
15. Andrew Calhoun & Campground: Run Mary Run (Bound to Go), Waterbug www.waterbug.com
16. The Waifs: Vermillion (Sundirtwater), Compass www.compassrecords.com

17. Eliza Gilkyson: The Party's Over (Beautiful World), Red House 212 www.redhouserecords.com
18. I See Hawks in L.A.: Ever Since the Grid Went Down (Hallowed Ground), Big Book 14 www.iseehawks.com
19. Capitol Steps: McCain's Campaign (Campaign and Suffering), self www.capsteps.com
20. Anne Feeney: Business News / Hallelujah, I'm A Bum (Dump The Bosses Off Your Back), self www.annefeeney.com

I ran a little contest to see if anyone made note of the terrorist group mentioned in this song (!). Three called to tell me it was the SLA, Symbionese Liberation Army, and they were right.
21. Rough Shop: Golden Slumber Inn (Here Today), Perdition www.roughshop.com

22. Hayes Carll: She Left Me For Jesus (Trouble in Mind), Lost Highway www.losthighwayrecords.com
23. Allan Beswick: Jehovah's Witness at The Door (Guide Cats for The Blind), Osmosys 020/21 www.mrsackroyd.com]
24. Michael Gaither: Good God Man How Big A Car Do You Need? (Spotted Mule and Other Tales), self www.michaelgaither.com
25. Jefferson Pepper: Columbus Day (American Evolution), American Fallout 003 www.americanfallout.com

26. Andreas Vollenweider with Eliza Gilkyson: Painter's Waltz (Eolian Minstrel), SBK Records (1993)
27. Scott Ainslie: It's Gonna Rain (Thunder's Mouth), Cattail preview http://cattailmusic.com
28. Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands: Before The Sun Goes Down (Live), Spruce & Maple 2004 www.laurielewis.com
29. Dana & Susan Robinson: Cotton from The Clay ('Round My Door), Threshold 0089 www.robinsongs.com
The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Gideon Freudmann's "Sonic Surf," CelloBop www.cellobop.com

30. Ann Wilson: Little Problems, Little Lies (Hope & Glory), Zoe
31. James McMurtry: Cheney's Toy (Just Us Kids), Lightning Rod www.lightningrodrecords.com
32. Eliza Gilkyson: Great Correction (Beautiful World), Red House 212 [www.redhouserecords.com]
33. Gurf Morlix: With God on Our Side (Diamonds to Dust), Blue Corn 0701 www.bluecornmusic.com
34. Nonny James: Nathan and Garrett and Cody (Twilight of The Dogs), Mrs Ackroyd DOG 019 www.mrsackroyd.com
35. Les Barker: Debate (Twilight of The Dogs), Mrs. Ackroyd
36. Michelle Shocked: Study War No More (To Heaven U Ride), Mighty Sound
37. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

5/11/08 Playlist

2008-05-11T21:36:00.000-07:00

New:
1. Rebecca Padula Band: Campfirelight (Fire & Water), self www.rebeccapadula.com
2. Lunasa: Feabhra (The Story So Far), Compass advance 4475 www.compassrecords.com
3. Greg Greenway: Highway 4am [Driving] (Standing on The Side of Love), Sheen of Heat 005 www.greggreenway.com
4. Gretchen Peters: Thirsty (Burnt Toast & Offerings), Scarlet Letter 120653 www.gretchenpeters.com

Appearing in the area:
5. Peter Case (Café Nine 5/14): Underneath the Stars (Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John), Yep Roc 2160 www.yeproc.com
6. Eilen Jewell (Café Nine, 5/16): How Long (Letters from Sinners & Strangers), Signature Sounds 2006 www.eilenjewell.com
7. David Bromberg (Iron Horse, 5/16): It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry (Try Me One More Time), Appleseed 1099 www.appleseedrec.com
8. Angel Band (Iron Horse, 5/16): I'll Sing This Song for You (With Roots & Wings), Appleseed 1108

Also appearing in the area:
9. David Olney (Café Nine 5/16): Stonewall (The Wheel), Loudhouse 2003 www.loudhousemusic.com
10. Jason Spooner (Club Helsinki 5/18): Hover (The Flame You Follow), self www.jasonspooner.com
11. Pat Donohue (Roaring Brook, 5/17): Stealin' from Chet (Radio Blues), Prairie Home Productions 1001
12. Corinne West (Mill River Bodywork 5/16): Second Sight (Second Sight), self www.corinnewest.com

It's Mothers' Day – a song to a child, and lots of songs by mothers and their kids:
13. Gretchen Peters: Child of Mine (Halcyon), Purple Crayon www.gretchenpeters.com
14. Kate & Anna McGarrigle (and daughters): Matapedia (Matapedia), Hannibal 1394
15. Nancy White with Suzy and Maddy: And I Copied It (Stickers on Fruit), Borealis 147 www.borealisrecords.com
16. Priscilla Herdman (Sounding Board, 5/17) with Suzanna: No Telling (The Road Home), Redwing 5412 www.priscillaherdman.com

17. Peggy Seeger with Calum and Kitty and lots of others: Che Guevara (Three Score and Ten), Appleseed 1100
18. Cindy Kallet with Arthur and Gabriel and friends: Diapers by Heart (Leave the Cake in The Mailbox), Stone's Throw 3 www.cindykallet.com
19. Eliza Gilkyson with Cisco and Cordelia: Rare Bird (Beautiful World), Red House 212 www.redhouserecords.com
20. Ann Mayo Muir with Christina (and Sue Trainor): Two Fine Friends (Hot Soup's "Soup Happens"), SOUPer Music

21 Linda Thompson with Teddy and Kamilla: Dear Mary (Fashionably Late), Rounder 3182
22. Margaret MacArthur with Megan: The Pucker Street Song (Vermont Ballads & Broadsides), Whetstone 01
23. Blue Murder, Norma Waterson with Eliza Carthy and others: The Land Where You Never Grow Old (No One Stands Alone), Topic 537
24. Eliza Gilkyson with Cordelia: Requiem (Paradise Hotel), Red House 187

It's Joel Rafael's birthday:
From Thirteen Stories High, Inside Recordings advance CD:
25. This Is My Country
26. Rich Man's War
27. I Ought to Know

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Pat Donohue's "Freewayman: Acoustic Guitar Solos," Bluesky 929 www.patdonohue.com

More concerts, plus two leftover moms:
28. The Wood Brothers (Iron Horse 5/13): Make Me Down A Pallet on Your Floor (Loaded), Blue Note 96285
29. Bruce Cockburn (Iron Horse 5/14 & 15): They Call It Democracy (You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance -- Live), Ryko 10435
30. The Nields with kids: All Together Singing in The Kitchen (All Together Singing in The Kitchen), self www.nields.com

New:
31. Noel Paul Stookey: In These Times (single), Public Domain Foundation
32. Billy Bragg: Sing Their Souls Back Home (Mr. Love & Justice), Anti- 86712 www.billybragg.co.uk
33. I See Hawks in L.A.: In the Garden (Hallowed Ground), Big Book Records 14 www.iseehawks.com
34. Erica Wheeler: Good Summer Rain (Good Summer Rain), Blue Pie 0400 www.ericawheeler.com

35. Leon Rosselson: The Third Intifada (A Proper State), Fuse Records 024 www.leonrosselson.co.uk
36. Anthony da Costa: Ain't Much of A Soldier (Typical American Tragedy), self www.anthonydacosta.com
37. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

5/4/08 Playlist

2008-05-04T20:35:00.000-07:00

1. Anne Hills: Glad for The Spring (Beauty Attends – The Heartsongs of Opal Whitely), Collective Works 0502 www.collectiveworksmedia.com
2. Greg Brown: Spring Winds (The Live One), Red House 78
3. Claudia Schmidt: You Must Believe in Spring (Big Earful), Red House 19
4. Armor & Sturtevant: Crocuses (Spring Day), Tatema 1001

Today is the 38th anniversary of the killing of four students by National Guardsmen at Kent State University:
5. Magpie: Kent (Give Light), Sliced Bread 71185 www.slicedbread.com
6. CSNY: Ohio / Find the Cost of Freedom (So Far), Atlantic LP 1974

Interview with Rod Picott and Amanda Shires, recorded April 11 www.rodpicott.com http://amandashires.net
7. Angels and Acrobats (live)
8. Being Brave (live)
9. Drive That Devil Away (live)
10. Mercury (from forthcoming release, not yet titled)
11. Something in Spanish (live)
12. fragment of “Borrowed Car” (live)
13. Hearts Are Breakin’ (Radio promo, Amanda’s “Being Brave”)

New songs with similar ideas:
14. Eliza Gilkyson: Beautiful World (Beautiful World), Red House 212
5. I See Hawks in L.A.: Hallowed Ground (Hallowed Ground), Big Book 14 www.iseehawks.com
16. Eliza Gilkyson: The Party’s Over (Beautiful World), Red House 212
17. I See Hawks in L.A.: Ever Since the Grid Went Down (Hallowed Ground), Big Book 14

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Lawrence Blatt's "Fibonacci's Dream," self www.lawrenceblatt.com

Placard in a photo on the cover of a Hope Machine CD: "I can't believe we still have to protest this crap." There is much in the news of aggression / illness / control / anger / profit, all masquerading as sex: xexual assault and rape at UConn during Spring Weekend last weekend; father holds daughter sexual captive in basement, fathers 7 children; man convicted of aggravated rape on Martha's Vineyard; had previously been convicted of aggravated rape and yet only sentenced to only 4 to 6 years that time, now sentenced to 28 years; article in new New Yorker about human trafficking from Moldova, former Soviet republic, and beyond; the removal of children from the FLDS compound in Eldorado Texas a month ago because it appears that women younger than 16 (the age at which women may marry with their parents’ permission) were married to much older men in “spiritual marriages” and then impregnated as soon and as often as possible .....
19. Malvina Reynolds: The Judge Said (Ear to The Ground -- Topical Songs 1960-1978), Smithsonian Folkways 40124
20. James McMurtry: Fire Line Road (Just Us Kids), Lightning Rod 95022 www.lightningrodrecords.com
21. Eliza Gilkyson: The Ballad of Yvonne Johnson (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174
22. Greg Brown: Every Street in Town (One Night), Coffeehouse Extempore LP
23. Eliza Gilkyson: Dream Lover (Beautiful World), Red House 212

24. Joe Crookston: Bird by Bird (able baker charlie & dog), Milagrito 78 www.joecrookston.com
25. Lindsay Mac: Pale Reflection (Small Revolution), self
26. Randall Williams: Draw the Line (Praying for Land), Musafir www.whereisrandall.com
27 Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

4/27/08 Playlist

2008-04-27T20:58:00.000-07:00

1. Dana and Susan Robinson: Cotton from The Clay ('Round My Door), Threshold 89 www.robinsong.com
2. Moira Cameron: M'en Revenant de Bordeaux (Sands of The Shore), self www.celtarctic.com
3. Terence Martin: Throw You Out of Heaven (Even Trade), Good Dog 006 www.martinsongs.com
4. The Starlings: Honey Creek (Marveling the While), self www.starlingsmusic.com

From Songs from Sing Out! Vol. 52, #1 www.singout.org
5. Chris Stuart & Backcountry: Crooked Man
6. Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolk: Johnny Booker
7. Tony Trischka: Escher's Waltz
8. Ani DiFranco: Studying Stones

9. Sam Baker: Boxes (Pretty World), self www.sambakermusic.com
10. Debi Smith: Bob Dylan's Poetry (The Soprano), self www.debismith.com
11. Danny Schmidt: California's on Fire (Little Grey Sheep), Waterbug 79 www.dannyschmidt.com
12. Gretchen Peters (Roaring Brook 5/3): American Tune (Trio), Purple Crayon www.gretchenpeters.com

13. Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone: Farthest Field (Heart Walk), Overall 3 www.cindykallet.com
14. Dick Gaughan: Both Sides The Tweed (Gaughan Live! at The Trades Club), Greentrax 322 www.greentrax.com
15. Capercaillie: Don't You Go (Roses and Tears), Compass 4477 www.compassrecords.com
16. Jack Williams (Church House 5/9, Beekley Library 5/11): The Heart of Saturday Night (Don't Let Go!), Wind River 4039 www.jackwilliamsmusic.com

Interview with Eric Taylor (www.bluerubymusic.com) recorded 4/12/08:
17. Walking Back Home (live)
18. Hollywood Pocketknife (Hollywood Pocketknife, Blue Ruby Music)
19. Two Fires (live)
20. Carnival Jim and Jean (Hollywood Pocketknife)
21. Postcards, 3 for A Dime (Hollywood Pocketknife)

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Pat Donohue's Freewayman (Bluesky 929), www.patdonohue.com

22. Rod Picott and Amanda Shires (interview on S.N.F.F. 5/4): Drive That Devil Out (preview CD, as yet unnamed), self Welding Rod http://rodpicott.com
23. The Waifs (Iron Horse 5/3): sundirtwater (sundirtwater), Compass 4472 www.compassrecords.com
24. Michael Gaither: Good God Man How Big A Car Do You Need! (Spotted Mule and Other Tales), self www.michaelgaither.com
25. The Capitol Steps: Ten Pills and You're Fine (Campaign and Suffering), self www.capsteps.com
26. Adam Carroll: Porter Wagner [sic] (Old Town Rock N Roll), self www.adamcarroll.com

27. James McMurtry (Pearl Street 5/3): Cheney's Toy (Just Us Kids), Lightning Rod
95022 www.jamesmcmurtry.com
28. John Gorka: Brown Shirts (Temporary Road), High Street www.johngorka.com
29. Billy Bragg: O Freedom (Mr. Love & Justice), Anti- 86712
30. Solas with Iris DeMent, guest: Song of Choice (The Words That Remain), Shanachie 78232
31. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

Salon Review of "A Freewheelin' Time" by Suze Rotolo

2008-04-27T10:39:00.000-07:00

Tangled up in Dylan
Suze Rotolo, the musician's first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.

By Stephanie Zacharek

April 26, 2008 | Face it: The art -- or is it more of a science? -- of dissecting Bob Dylan is a man's game. Most of the Dylan scholars (both the smart and the lame ones), the rock critics who have collectively spent several lifetimes wrestling with his lyrics, the civilian gasbags who hold forth at dinner parties whenever his name is even mentioned, are men. I used to have an officemate who, whenever he wanted to take a break from doing actual work (which was shockingly often), would march into my office singing some random Dylan lyric and challenge me to name which song it came from. I know women who love Dylan's music as much as anyone else does, but I've never met one who felt the need to be a walking, talking sack of trivia.

So whether she knows it or not -- and I suspect she does -- Suze Rotolo has taken something of a risk in writing a memoir of the time she spent in the early '60s as the girlfriend of the Great Man. There are going to be people out there who think she's just cashing in on her role as a handmaiden to genius. But "A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties" is only partly about Dylan. Rotolo has written a perceptive, entertaining and often touching book about a remarkable era in recent American cultural history, about a way of living, of making art, that couldn't have happened at any other time or in any other place.

This is about as far from a juicy tell-all as a memoir can get: Rotolo does share some private details of the story of her romance with Dylan -- the two met in 1961, when Rotolo was 17 and Dylan was 20, and were a couple for some four years -- but her approach is so sensitive, discreet and affectionate that she never comes off as opportunistic. This is an honest book about a great love affair, set against the folk music revival of the early 1960s, but its sense of time and place is so vivid that it's also another kind of love story: one about a very special pocket of New York, in the days when impoverished artists, and not just supermodels, could afford to live there.

The rest at:

http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/26/rotolo/

NYTimes Review of "Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon"

2008-04-27T10:36:00.000-07:00

By Sheila Weller.

Illustrated. 584 pp. Atria Books. $27.95.

How you feel about Sheila Weller’s “Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — and the Journey of a Generation” may depend on how you respond to Weller’s dedication, which reads: “To the women of the 1960s generation. (Were we not the best?)” If that’s the sort of thing that gets you all hepped up to pour a glass of chardonnay and order some gauzy embroidered tunics and Clarks sandals from the Soft Surroundings catalog, then you go, girl! If, on the other hand, the nakedly self-congratulatory quality of that dedication makes you want to play a record by the Slits or Hole or Sleater-Kinney, really loud, you may be in a different category, or just a different age group — not the “best” one.

Full disclosure: I was 4 in 1965, and because one of my older sisters had come home with a 45 of “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” the only serious question on my mind was which Beatle I was going to marry. I wasn’t, as Carole King was at the time, a very young married mother of two, balancing a career as a hit songwriter with the more traditional challenges of caring for babies and dealing with a difficult but gifted husband. I wasn’t, as Joni Mitchell was, an unhappily pregnant — and unmarried — aspiring folk singer from Saskatchewan, trying to square her desperate straits with her exceedingly proper upbringing. And I wasn’t Carly Simon, a privileged but somewhat troubled free-spirit-in-training, reveling in the grooviness of early 1960s Sarah Lawrence. Still, I’m not sure having lived through a particular era, no matter what challenges that era presented, necessarily confers greatness. When I began writing pop music criticism, in the 1990s, I was grateful that Ellen Willis, Janet Maslin and Ariel Swartley, among others, had paved the way before me. But their legacy actually gave me less patience for old hippies’ gassing on. I didn’t — and still don’t — care much for finger wagging on the part of my elders.

The grating self-aggrandizement of that dedication aside, the reality — and the relief — of this book is that it doesn’t set out to scold us. Weller, a journalist whose other books include the 2003 memoir “Dancing at Ciro’s,” is more interested in exploring how these three distinct yet dovetailing artists bucked the expectations that had been laid out for them by previous generations and blazed a new path for women to follow. She’s only partly successful: the book unintentionally makes the case that two of these women changed things for themselves more than for anyone else.

Then again, even self-determination has value, and much of “Girls Like Us” is entertaining and intelligent, thanks to Weller’s skills as a storyteller and her understanding of the musical traditions that inspired each of her subjects (particularly, in Mitchell’s case, the Child ballads from England and Scotland). She’s also perceptive about the social milieus that, kicking and screaming, these women had to bust out of.

More at

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/books/review/Zachareck-t.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Girls+Like+Us&st=nyt&oref=slogin

4/20/08 Playlist

2008-04-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

1. Kathy Mattea: Dark As A Dungeon (Coal), Thirty Tigers www.mattea.com
2. Jaime Michaels: I Am Only [what I am] (Fool), Frumdahart 1007 www.jaimemichaels.com
3. Sugar Bayou: He's Just Weak (Dance Hall Incident), self www.sugarbayouband.com
4. Anders Osborne: Summertime in New Orleans (Coming Down), M.C. Records 0060
www.mc-records.com]
5. Wagtail: When the Sun Goes Down (One Clear Moment), self www.wagtailmusic.com
6. Joel Zoss: Sarah's Song (Lila), Catalan 7301 www.joelzoss.com

7. Ruth Ungar: The Railroad Boy (Jukebox), Humble Abode www.themammals.net
8. Hackensaw Boys: Radio (Look Out!), Nettwerk 30705 www.nettwerk.com
9. Rebecca Troon: Small Acts of Kindness (Turning Around), self www.cdbaby.com
10. Joel Mabus: Holding to The Land (Retold), Fossil 1808 www.joelmabus.com
11. Kris Delmhorst: Heavens Hold the Sun (Shotgun Singer), Signature Sounds 2012
12. James McMurtry: Fire Line Road (Just Us Kids), Lightning Rod 95022 www.jamesmcmurtry.com

13. Anne Feeney: How Much for The Life of A Miner? (Dump The Bosses off Your Back), self www.annefeeney.com
14. Woody Guthrie: Grand Coulee Dam (The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949), Woody Guthrie Foundation www.woodyguthrie.org
15. Chris Williamson: Big Seed Catalog (Fringe), Wolf Moon 96457 www.chriswilliamson.com
16. Paul Thorne: Burnin' Blue (A Long Way from Tupelo), Perpetual Obscurity 200089 www.paulthorne.com

Guest: Gideon Freudmann www.cellobop.com
17. Improvisation (live in studio)
18. working title: Portland Rain (live)
19 & 20. two instrumental cuts from new Caravan Gogh release
21. demo of looping technology
22. Plagiarisimo
23. Euphoria
24. Lilia's Three Step

The Dreaded Folk Calendar, over selections from The Mando Boys' "Live: Holstein Lust," Borderland www.peterostroushko.com

25. Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem: Big Old Life (Big Old Life), Signature Sounds 2005
26. Brooks Williams: Lightning (The Time I Spend with You), Red Guitar Blue Music www.brookswilliams.com
27. The Kennedys: Give Me Back My Country (Better Dreams), Appleseed1107 www.appleseedrec.com
28. Tom Paxton: How Beautiful upon The Mountain (Comedians & Angels), Appleseed 1105 www.appleseedrec.com
29. Fred Eaglesmith: Fancy God (Tinderbox), self www.fredeaglesmith.com
30. Audrey Auld Mezera: Looking for Luckenbach (Lost Men and Angry Girls), Reckless www.recklessrecords.com
31. Jack Hardy: The Dust of Africa (Noir), Great Divide 4170 www.jackhardy.com
32. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174

James McMurtry on NPR on Record Store Day

2008-04-20T06:07:00.000-07:00

All Things Considered, April 19, 2008 - On Saturday, April 19, nearly 500 independently owned record stores across the country are celebrating Record Store Day. Hundreds of artists are giving in-store performances, and many stores will commemorate the event with giveaways to thank loyal shoppers.

Here, singer-songwriter James McMurtry shares a few memories of hanging out — and awkwardly self-promoting — in record stores.

I'm sure there must have been record stores in Houston in the late '60s, but I don't remember ever being in one. I was a small child then, and my father bought our records at the drug store on Bissonnet, where we also ate cheeseburgers and drank malts. The drug store carried what records we thought we needed — Johnny Cash at San Quentin, Batman, The Beatles' Revolver.

I still have a couple of old mono LPs purchased at the Bissonnet Drug Store, including Bob Dylan's self-titled first album, on the back cover of which are the italicized words, "This Columbia High Fidelity recording is scientifically designed to play with the highest quality of reproduction on the phonograph of your choice, new or old. If you are the owner of a new stereophonic system, this record will play with even more brilliant true to life fidelity. In short, you can purchase this record with no fear of its becoming obsolete."

I remember my father installing a stereo needle in our mono record player so that the new stereo records wouldn't skip. Of course, we couldn't hear them in stereo, but he didn't care; he just wanted the damn things to play.

The day my second record, Candyland, was released, I was playing at The Bottom Line in New York City. It was 1992; CDs were marketed in the environmentally unfriendly but highly visible long box, and they had just become the top-selling format, having finally overtaken the cassette.

I walked a block down the street to a huge Tower Records and tried to find my record. It wasn't in the rock section where I thought it should have been. I searched every nook and cranny of the store and finally found the country section, a space smaller than the kitchen of a typical Chelsea walk-up.

In one of the bins, there was a card that read "James McMurty [sic]," but no records. I walked to a pay phone, called my manager at his Upper West Side office, and asked him if he could prevail upon someone at Columbia Records to please get some CDs down to Tower before my show. I checked back three hours later and found a half-dozen or so copies of Candyland behind the same misspelled card, but now in the rock section, right between Don McLean and MC 900 Ft. Jesus. It pays to know the right people.

The rest of the story, plus other stories and links, at

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89774100

Newport "Folk" Festival: Changes in The Music

2008-04-20T05:35:00.000-07:00

New folks at Newport rock festival's traditions --
Jug bands, flddlers left out of '08

by Joan Anderman, Boston Globe, April 17, 2008

In 1965, Bob Dylan turned the folk world on its ear when he plugged in an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival.

In 2008, things are going to get a whole lot louder.

Under new management and with a young producer at the helm, the venerable Newport Folk Festival is stepping out of the past and into the rock 'n' roll mainstream. Gone are the jug bands, Cape Breton fiddlers, and bluegrass patriarch Ralph Stanley. This year's lineup features good-time tunesmith Jimmy Buffett, swaggering rockers The Black Crowes, and indie-soul chanteuse Cat Power.

"For me the theme was bridging the gap," says Jay Sweet, a 37-year-old editor at Paste, an indie-oriented music magazine. Sweet is coproducer of this year's event, which takes place Aug. 1-3 at Fort Adams State Park. "We're going to try to bring in more sizzle, in the artistic sense. We're creating a festival for musical omnivores." In the bargain, they're creating New England's first real rock festival, which Sweet hopes will someday rival the genre-spanning sprawl of Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

"If we do it right and book it right, the kids will come," he says.

Newport has long been known for pushing the boundaries of folk by booking unexpected artists, from '60s screamer Janis Joplin and punky troubadour Ani DiFranco to jazzy hitmaker Norah Jones and alt-rock heroes the Pixies, while presenting a vibrant blend of new and old-school styles. It's what is not on the roster for this year's event - straight, traditional folk music of any stripe - that signals a dramatic reinvention of the Newport Folk Festival.

More at http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/04/17/new_folks_at_newport_rock_festivals_traditions/

4/13/08 Playlist (Radiothon part 2)

2008-04-13T21:07:00.000-07:00

Most selections from CDs available as premiums

1. Robin & Linda Williams: Down Home Diva (Radio Songs), Red House 204

2. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem: Red Haired Boy (Big Old Life), Signature Sounds 2005
3. Bill Staines: That's My Song (Old Dogs), Red House 208

4. Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters: Dance Upon This Earth (Phoenix), Happy Appy 7 www.amygallatin.com
5. David Jacobs-Strain: Old Tennis Shoes (Liar's Day), self www.davidjacobs-strain.com

6. Karen Mal: Te Acuerdo En Mis Suenos (The Space Between), Waterbug [www.karenmal.com]
7. Cliff Eberhardt: The High Above and The Down Below (The High Above and The Down Below), Red House 199

8. Eliza Gilkyson: Angel and Delilah (Your Town Tonight), Red House 205
9. Todd Snider: You Got Away with It [A Tale of Two Fraternity Brothers] (The Devil You Know), New Door www.toddsnider.com

10. Maria Sangiolo: Save the Sharks! (Under the Mystic Sea), Long Night Moon www.mariasangiolo.com
11. The Klezmatics: Come When I Call You (Wonder Wheel), Jewish Music Group 18033 www.jewishmusicgroup.com

12. Claudia Schmidt: Too Late for Breakfast (Spinning), Pragmavision www.claudiaschmidt.com
13. Shawn Mullins: For America (Honeydew), Vanguard

14. Eilen Jewell: How Long (Letters from Sinners & Strangers), Signature Sounds 2006
15. Andrew McKnight: Cedars (Something Worth Standing For), Falling Mountain 1050 www.fallingmountain.com

16. Garnet Rogers: Good and Faithful Servant (Get A Witness -- Live), Snow Goose Songs 1133 www.garnetrogers.com
17. Nerissa and Katryna Nields: Give Me A Clean Heart (Sister Holler), Mercy House www.nields.com

18. Peggy Seeger: Legal Illegal (Enough Is Enough), self www.pegseeger.com
19. Randy Newman: Mr President [Have Pity on The Working Man] (Good Old Boys), Reprise
20. Rory McLeod: Cold Blow These Winter Winds (Brave Faces), Talkative www.rorymcleod.com
21. Short Sisters: Calendar (A Planet Dancing Slow), Black Socks Press 12

22. Loreena McKennitt: The Bonny Swan (Nights from The Alhambra), Quinlan Road
23. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (Raising Sand), Rounder

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Gideon Freudmann’s “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” www.cellobop.com

24. Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams: Tear Stained Letter (Something 'Bout You), Happy Appy www.amygallatin.com
25. Si Kahn: Government on Horseback (Thanksgiving), Strictly Country www.sikahn.com

26. Paranoid Larry: R.U.N. Alien (Are You Following Me?), self www.paranoidlarry.com
27. Emma's Revolution: Who Lies (Roots, Rock & Revolution), self www.emmasrevolution.com
28. Dan Berggren: Fix It Or Stop Complaining (Fresh Territory), self www.berggrenfolk.com
29. Mavis Staples: Eyes on The Prize (We'll Never Turn Back), Anti-
30. Eliza Gilkyson et al: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174