Sunday, January 11, 2015

Mostly Folk Playlist, January 11, 2015

 Host: Terry Hayden

It has been so cold this past week, and it is supposed to snow tonight, so I'm going to start out by playing songs about winter.  Then I'm going to warm us up with songs about singing.

Winter Day | Annie Lou | Grandma’s Rules for Drinking
Stars | Herdman, Hills, and Mangsen | Voices
Song for a Winter’s Night | Gordon Lightfoot | Gord’s Gold
Horizontal Hold | Peter Ostroushko | Blue Mesa
Hauling in the Wood | Christopher Shaw and Bridget Ball | Mountain Snow and Mistletoe
To Drive the Cold Winter Away | Magpie | Last Month of the Year
Sing Out | Serendipity Singers | Serendipity / The Many Sides of
Mud | Serendipity Singers | Serendipity / The Many Sides of
Place in the Choir | Bill Staines | Bridges (Caffe Lena,Jan. 23)
Nice to Be Here | Sam Bush | Moody Bluegrass…Two Much Love
Music Made by Hand | Tom Chapin | Join the Jubilee
Boys in the Choir | Tom Chapin | Let the Bad Times Roll
Alice | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
You Gotta Sing | Sarah Lee Guthrie | Sarah Lee Guthrie
Raise My Voice and Sing | Pat Wictor | Heaven is So High...and I’m So Far Down
One Voice | The Wailin’ Jennies | Live at the Mauch Opera House
We Sing Out | Pete Seeger and the Rivertown Children | Tomorrow’s Children
Singing for Our Lives | HARP | A Time to Sing, Disc 2
Songs of Hope and Freedom | Gathering Time | Songs of Hope and Freedom
If I Had a Hammer | The Weavers | Best of the Vanguard Years
Let Me Sing | The Honey Dewdrops | Silver Lining
Sing for the Song | Tom Paxton, Bob Gibson, and Anne Hills | Best of Friends
I Sing | Joe Crookston | Darkling and the Bluebird Jubilee
How Can I Keep from Singing | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume 1
I’ll Always Sing | Betty and the Baby Boomers | I’ll Always Sing
Playing the Old Songs | Si Kahn | Courage
Music of Healing | Tommy Sands | Sowing the Seeds
Singing a Song | Song | Peter Mayer | Heaven Below
Here’s to Song | The Cottars | Made in Cape Breton
Come for to Sing | The Muses | Passing Time

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Mostly Folk Playlist, December 21, 2014

 Host: Terry Hayden

Christmas is A-Comin’ | Atwater Donnelly | When Winter Calls
Christmas Children | Bridget Ball and Christopher Shaw | Mountain Snow and Mistletoe
Kris Kringle | Nowell Sing We Clear | The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem| Nowell Sing We Clear | Nowell, Nowell, Nowell!
Come and I Will Sing You | Nowell Sing We Clear | A Pageant of Midwinter Carols, Volume 4
A'Soalin' | The Foothills Trio | Songs for a Winter Night
St. Basil’s Hymn | Patrick Ball | Christmas Rose
What Child is This? (Greensleeves) | Bridget Ball and Christopher Shaw | Mountain Snow and Mistletoe
Carolan's Concerto | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume I
Ten Dollar Christmas | Bridget Ball and Christopher Shaw | Mountain Snow and Mistletoe
Morf'r Freahines (The Queen’s March) |Nancy Davis | Oasis World, Volume II, #1
Wild December | Atwater Donnelly | When Winter Calls
Imagine Peace | Atwater Donnelly | When Winter Calls
Wintergrace | Atwater Donnelly | When Winter Calls
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | Robin Bullock | Majesty and Magic
Sankt Staffan Han Rider/Carol of the Bells | Jody Marshall | Carol of the Bells
Give Me Your Hand | Patrick Ball | The Music of Turlough O'Carolan
Christmas in the Trenches | John McCutcheon | Live at Wolf Trap
Silent Night | Lorraine and Bennett Hammond | Peace on Earth
Quite Early Morning | The Mammals | Rock That Babe
Harvest Hope | Jamcrackers | Jamcrackers
Snow Child | Smithfield Fair | Every New Day
We Are Shepherds | Angel Band | With Roots and Wings
The Magi | The Foothills Trio | Songs for a Winter Night
The Butterfly | Patrick Ball | Music on the Wind
Where is the Light | Peter Mayer | Midwinter
Winter Solstice | Atwater Donnelly | When Winter Calls
Solstice Carol | Magpie | Last Month of the Year
Light a Light| Bridget Ball and Christopher Shaw | Mountain Snow and Mistletoe
Light One Candle | The Foothills Trio | Song for a Winter’s Night
Give Light | Magpie | In This World: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Mostly Folk Playlist, November 16, 2014

Host: Terry Hayden

The First Settlers | Pete Seeger | At 89
Wind River | Andrew Vasquez | A Native American Odyssey: Inuit to Inca
Indian Prayer | Tom Pacheco with Pete Seeger | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary
Oh Had I a Golden Thread | Judy Collins | Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary (Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Fri. Nov. 21)
Who Knows Where the Time Goes | Eva Cassidy | Imagine
Real November Sky | Cheryl Wheeler | Greetings from Cheryl Wheeler Live
November Bloom | Bill and Kate Isles | Still Beneath the Stars and Moon
Early Snow | Anne Hills | The Things I Notice Now
Two Year Winter | Anne Hills | Points of View (8th Step, Dec. 14)
Wild Birds | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | And So Will We Yet
Autumn Garden | Tim Grimm | Farm Songs
All I Want is a Garden | Brother Sun | Brother Sun
Harvest Moon | Mustard’s Retreat | MR7
Red Apples and Gold | Gathering Time | Red Apples and Gold
Gold | Gathering Time | Red Apples and Gold
We Belong to the Mountains | Peggy Eyres and Dan Berggren | Cloudsplitter
Mountain Air | Dan Berggren | Mountain Air
How the Nighttime Sings | Brooks Williams | How the Night Time Sings (Caffe Lena, Nov.28)
Old Love | Neal and Leandra | Old Love
Dance in the Kitchen | Tom Paxton | Comedians and Angels
Old Songs | Phil Teumim | All Over the Map
The Return (The Old Songs) | Alien Folklife | Double Vision
Abundance | Si Kahn | Bristol Bay
Make a Better Home | Dan Berggren | Fresh Territory
(Ours is) A Simple Faith | Mustard’s Retreat | MR7
And So Will We Yet | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | And So Will We Yet

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Mostly Folk Playlist, October 26, 2014

Host: Terry Hayden

People who will be performing in the area
Bling-Blang | Arlo Guthrie | Putumayo Kids Presents Sing Along with Putumayo
Raigmore | Battlefield Band |Line Up
North Country Waltz | John Kirk and Trish Miller| Quicksteppin’
Shenandoah| John Kirk and Trish Miller| Quicksteppin’
Legacy | Pierce Pettis | While the Serpent Lies Sleeping
These Hands | Brother Sun | Some Part of the Truth
March On | Jamcrackers | Jamcrackers
The Good in Living | Jamcrackers | Jamcrackers

Halloween, Samhain, ghosts, and spooky stuff
The Ballad of Jack O' the Lantern | The Muses | Passing Time
The Highwayman | Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen | What’s That I Hear – The Songs of Phil Ochs
Many Moons Ago | Empyrium | Stand and Deliver
The Bird Rock | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | And So Will We Yet
Lebanese Melody / The Unquiet Grave | Elizabeth Nicholson and Stringed Migration | Fly Not Yet
Tarantula | Sarah Lee Guthrie | Sarah Lee Guthrie
Don’t Go Down to the Quarry | Peter, Paul, and Mary | Such is Love
Monsters & Giants | Greg Brown | Bathtub Blues
Giants' Dance | Smithfield Fair | 20 for 20
The Wizard | Bill Frisell | Disfarmer
All Soul's Night | Loreena McKennitt | The Visit
Samain Night | Loreena McKennitt | Parallel Dreams
A Samhain Wish | Four Shillings Short | Pass It On: Live in Boulder Colorado
This Fire | John McCutcheon | This Fire: Politics, Love and Other Small Miracles
The Clock Ticks On | Blackmore’s Night | Stand and Deliver

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Mostly Folk Playlist, September 21, 2014

Host: Terry Hayden

To Everyone in All the World | Pete Seeger | Pete
Keep On the Sunny Side | The Whites | O Brother Where Art Thou
A Drink of Autumn | Dan Berggren | One With the Water (Ballston Spa American Legion, Fri. Oct. 3)
Rich | Neal and Leandra | Stranger to My Kin
Sweetgrass Moon | James Keelaghan | A Recent Future (Caffe Lena, Oct. 5)
Orion | Freyda Epstein and Acoustic AttaTude | Midnight at Cabbell Hall
If I Needed You | Boxcar Lilies | Sugar Shack (Crandall Public Library)
Handful of Songs | Jerry Rasmussen | Handful of Songs (Squire Jacob Coffeehouse, Sat. Oct. 4)
Sampler Song | Bill Staines | Looking for the Wind
Tree of Life | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume I
John Barleycorn | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | And So Will We Yet
Naskeag Harbor | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | And So Will We Yet
Riding the Train (The Dream Mix) | Joe Crookston | Georgia I'm Here (8th Step Oct. 4)
Tuesday Morning (For Roko) | Joe Crookston | Georgia I'm Here (8th Step Oct. 4)
The Cape | The YaYas | Paper Boats (Crandall Public Library, Sept. 25)
I Had an Old Coat | Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt | While We Live (Old Songs, Fri. Oct. 10)
Quiet Hills | Claudia Schmidt | It Looks Fine From Here (Old Songs, Fri. Oct. 10)
Autumn Leaves | Eva Cassidy | Simply Eva
Changes | Nancy Tucker | What's That I Hear: The Songs of Phil Ochs (Middleburgh Public Library, Oct. 8)
Four Strong Winds | Chad & Jeremy | If You've Got A Heart (The Egg, Oct. 12)
Exceptional Piece of Toast | Nancy Tucker | Escape of the Slinkys
Jellyfish | Nancy Tucker | Escape of the Slinkys
The Gnu Song | Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen | Home by Dark
Kale Store | Greg Klyma | pianomandonation
So Long Marianne | Leonard Cohen | The Best of Leonard Cohen (80th birthday)
Banderas de libertad | Guardabarranco | Una Noche con Guardabarranco
Bandera del Sol /Flag of the Sun | Tish Hinojosa | The Best of Tish Hinojosa Live

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Mostly Folk Playlist, August 17, 2014

Host: Terry Hayden

Summer
Some of these songs are not actually about summer, but they include summer imagery.

Meadow Box | Dan Berggren | Fresh Territory
Nice to Be Here | Sam Bush | Moody Bluegrass TWO…Much Love
Hazy, Lazy Days | Smithfield Fair | Stick, Brick, and Mortar
Firefly | Neal and Leandra | Stranger to My Kin
Canned Goods | Greg Brown | If I Had Known: Essential Recordings 1980-1996
Summer's Almost Over | Cheryl Wheeler | Defying Gravity

Music for relaxing on a summer day

Bug Dance | Chet Atkins | The Essential Chet Atkins
Tiny Bubbles | The Royal and Dumaine Hawaiians | The Royal and Dumaine Hawaiians
Jitterbug Waltz | Chet Atkins | The Essential Chet Atkins

Hardships of farming
The first song is also about the impact of war on every day people on both sides.

If it Would Only Rain | Gathering Time | Red Apples and Gold
Pray For Rain | Tim Grimm | Farm Songs
The People's Highway | Tim Grimm | Farm Songs
Pastures of Plenty | Broadside Electric | More Bad News

Working with your hands

Farmer's Hands | The Coal Porters | Find the One
These Hands | Brother Sun | Some Part of the Truth
Hands, Metal, and Wood | Joe Crookston | Able, Baker, Charlie, and Dog
Stickman | Dan Berggren | One With the Water
The Spokes Man | Craig Werth | The Spokes Man

Instrumental, Andean, and Native American music
The Long Train | Bill Staines | Tracks and Trails
Slow Dance from Machu Picchu | Bok, Muir, and Trickett | The First Fifteen Years, Volume I
Native Funk | Burning Sky | A Native American Odyssey: Inuit to Inca

Appreciating people while the are alive
Janie | Alien Folklife | Double Vision
Don't Bring Me Flowers | Joe Crookston | Fall Down As the Rain
Give Me the Roses | John Kirk and Trish Miller | Quicksteppin'

Living life while we are alive
Only Remembered | Bill Staines | Looking for the Wind
When I'm Gone | Phil Ochs | There But For Fortune
While I Live | Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt | While We Live
If I Say Yes | Joe Crookston | Fall Down As the Rain

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Mostly Folk Playlist, July 27, 2014

Host: Terry Hayden

Frogs
The Princess and the Frog | Magpie | Of Changes and Dreams (Falcon Ridge, Aug. 1-3)
Hot Frogs on the Loose | Fred Small | Everything Possible
Frogs | Ankie & Nanne | Beautiful (Old Songs, Aug. 2)

Falcon Ridge
Bald Headed Men | Christine Lavin | Live at the Cactus Café
Just a Closer Walk with Thee | Annie and the Hedonists | Woman Be Wise
Don't Send Me Up to Heaven | Boxcar Lilies | Sugar Shack
Mother I Climbed | Tracy Grammer | Flower of Avalon
Lady Night | Andrew and Noah Band | Andrew and Noah Band

Trees and Falcon Ridge
Willow | Brother Sun | Some Part of the Truth (Falcon Ridge)
Branching Out | John Gorka | I Know (Falcon Ridge)
My Roots Go Down | Melita and Isaac | My Roots Go Down

Immigrant children, war, and peace
Hutto | Si Kahn | Courage
Hiroshima | David Rovics | Return
Flowers of Peace | Anne Hills | Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, vol. 3, Disc 1
Avila | The Wailin' Jennys | Firecracker
One Voice | The Wailin' Jennies | Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave
Riverside | Ollabelle | Riverside Battle Songs

Building a better world
The Only Way | Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert | Side of the Road
Gonna Get Through This World | The Klezmatics | Wonder Wheel
Do What I Have to Do | Kim and Reggie Harris | Resurrection Day
We Shall Overcome | The Freedom Singers | Folk: The Life, Times, & Music Series
I Can See a New Day | The New World Singers | Broadside Ballads, Volume 1
Tomorrow is a Highway | Pete Seeger | If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle