WFDU-FM's TRADITIONS Playlist for July 5, 2009

The show was influenced by the fact that it was the day after Independence Day - and if you do the math you will see that the date is July 5th.  I could not think of a better time to have a salute to Canadian singer-songwriters!

 

Okay, there were a number of songs sprinkled throughout the show that recognized the 4th of July, and we had time to sample a number of superb new recordings.  Of particular note - Michael Troy "Mill Town Boy", Angela Easterling "Blacktop Road", Johnsmith "Gravity of Grace", Childsplay "Waiting for Dawn" and John  Flynn "Departures".

 

(Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 3 to 6pm Eastern Time

over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area

or on the web at www.wfdu.fm.

A Sing Out! Radio Partner )

ARTIST        Tune / Song

        ALBUM        LABEL -Website
Theme: HARVEY REID        Dirty Dish Rag

        Solo Guitar Sketchbook        Woodpecker Records - www.woodpecker.com
EDDIE FROM OHIO        Fifth of July

        Looking Out the Fishbowl        self - www.efohio.com
    
MICHAEL TROY        Highway

        Mill Town Boy        self - www.folkmichaeltroy.com  
RICK SHEA        Ty Robby

        Shelter Valley Blues        Trespescadores - www.trespecadores.com
TOM PACHECO        There Was A Time

        Blacktrop Road        self - www.tompacheco.com
    
ANGELA EASTERLING        Helpless

        Blacktop Road        Self - www.angelaeasterling.com
TERRY TUFTS        For Lovin Me

        Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot        Borealis Records - www.borealisrecords.com
POOR ANGUS        Fogarty's Cove

        Poor Angus        Fogarty's Cove - www.poorangus.com
IAN ROBB        Garnet's Home Made Beer

        From Different Angels        self - www.ianrobb.com
THE WOODS TEA COMPANY        Down From Canada

        A Lively Evening with the Woods Tea Company        self - www.woodstea.net
    
CRABTREE & MILLS        Ballad for Lee

        Freedom        self - www.joannecrabtree.com
JOHNSMITH        Gravity of Grace

        Gravity of Grace        self - www.johnsmithmusic.com
ALEX DE GRASSI        Sweet William

        Now and Then        Tropo Records - www.degrassi.com
    
RICHARD SHINDELL        Fourth of July, Asbury Park

        Courier        Signature Sounds - www.richardshindell.com
    
CHILDSPLAY        Christmas in Washington

        Waiting for the Dawn        Self - www.childsplay.org
JOHN FLYNN        Reggie's Question (What's in a Name)

        Departures        self - www.johnflynn.net
HOPE MACHINE        My God

        Big Green        self - www.hopemachine.com
ANTHONY DA COSTA        Ain't Much of a Soldier

        Typical American Tragedy        self - www.anthonydacosta.com 
AMY SPEACE        The Weight of the World

        The Killer in Me        Wildflower Records - www.amyspeace.com
    
BERGGREN KIRK SHAW        The Ballad of Blue Mountain Lake

        North River / North Woods        Sleeping Giant Records - www.berggrenfolk.com
BRUCE COCKBURN        Kit Carson

        Slice O Life        Rounder Records - www.brucecockburn.com
JORMA KAUKONEN            Been So Long

        River of Time        Red House Records - www.jormakaukonen.com
     
CARY COOPER        Everything is Coming True

        Dirty Little Secret        self - www.carycooper.com
RHYTHM ANGELS        If I Had A Gun

        Girls Like Us        High Horse Records - www.highhorserecords.com
    
CAROL PONDER & JOHN KNOWLES        Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree / When Johnny Comes Home / Freedom Bird / Dear Little Boy of Mine

        Going Across the Mountain - Songs of War & Separation        Cove Struck Music - www.carolponder.com
    
DAN BERGGREN        From Every Mountain Side

        Fresh Territory        Sleeping Giant Records - www.berggrenfolk.com
VARIOUS ARTISTS        This Land is Your Land

        This Land is Your Land: Songs of Unity        Music for Little People - www.mflp.com
THE KENNEDYS        Give Me Back My Country

        Better Dreams        Appleseed Recordings - www.kennedysmusic.com
PETE SEEGER        America the Beautiful

        American Favorite Ballads Vol. 1        Smithsonian Folkways - www.folkways.si.edu
    
PETER LAFARGE        Ballad of Ira Hayes

        On the Warpath / As Long as the Grass Shall Grow        Bear Family Records - www.bear-family.de
THE NEW WORLD SINGERS        Blowin in the Wind

        Classic Protest Songs        Smithsonian Folkways - www.folkways.si.edu
BOB DYLAN        Masters of War

        The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan        Sony - www.bobdylan.com
JOHNNY CASH        Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

        Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden        Sony / Legacy - www.legacyrecordings.com/johnnycash
    
EDDIE HOLSTEIN        Don't Think Twice It's Alright

        Eddie Holstein        self - www.eddieholstein.com
CAROLINE DOCTOROW        Birmingham Sunday

        Another Country        self - www.carolinedoctorow.com
    
THE SHANTY BOYS (Roger Sprung, Lionel Kilberg, Mike Cohen)        Midnight Special

        The Shanty Boys        Elektra Records - out of print LP

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Ron Olesko

WFDU-FM

1000 River Road

Teaneck, NJ 07666
www.ronolesko.blogspot.com

WFDU-FM's TRADITIONS Playlist for June 21, 2009

The obligatory Father's Day "theme" hour (as mandated by F.C.C. and a subparagraph ruling of the 1954 rule passed by the International Folk Music Council) filled the portion of the show.  I "twittered" requests for this and was surprised by a nice response (via Facebook) and some terrific suggestions.

 

I also gave a nod to the Summer Solstice and as a public service announcement I reminded our listeners here in New Jersey what the sun looks like.  (By the way, the ark is nearly finished.)

 

The second hour was dedicated to a preview of the upcoming Old Songs Festival of Traditional Music and Dance - my favorite festival of the season.  Do yourself a favor, if you have not gone to one - check it out!  This year is the 29th annual fest and it will feature artists like Christine Lavin, Josh White Jr., Peggy Seeger, Roberts & Barrand, Lou & Peter Berryman and many others.  Go to www.oldsongs.org .

 

New and recommend - Hope Machine "Big Green", Cary Cooper "Dirty Little Secret", Dale Robin "Sweet & Salty"

 

(Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 3 to 6pm Eastern Time

over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area

or on the web at www.wfdu.fm.

A Sing Out! Radio Partner)

ARTIST        Tune / Song

        ALBUM        LABEL -Website
Theme: KAREN MUELLER        Blackberry Blossom

        Clarity        self - www.karenmueller.com
KARAN CASEY & PAUL WINTER        Golden Apples of the Sun

        Celtic Solstice        Living Music - www.paulwinter.com
    
LARA HERSCOVITCH        Here Comes the Sun

        Through a Frozen Midnight Sky        self - www.laraherscovitch.com
TERRY KITCHEN        Listening to Summer

        Summer to Snowflakes        Urban Campfire - www.terrykitchen.com
CARY COOPER        Edge of the World

        Dirty Little Secret        self - www.carycooper.com
    
GORDON BOK        Goodnight Loving Trail

        A Tribute to Utah Phillips: Singing Through the Hard Times        Righteous Babe - www.righteousbabe.com
BEN BEDFORD        The Sangamon

        Land of the Shadows        Hopeful Sky Records - www.benbedford.com
ERIC BOGLE        The Dreamer

        The Dreamer        Greentrax - www.greentrax.com
    
HOPE MACHINE        Sing Sing Sing

        Big Green        self - www.hopemachine.com
EUPHONIA        The Old Man at the Mill - Polly Put the Kettle OnThe

        Old Jawbone        self - www.sylviaherold.com
DALE ROBIN        Boatman

        Sweet & Salty        Wepecket Island Records - www.wepecket.com
JOE CRAVEN        Ol' Dan Tucker

        Mo' Joe        Blender Logic - www.joecraven.com
    
STEVE JAMES        Reckon I Did

        Short Blue Stories        Hobemian Records - www.stevejames.com
LARS JOHAN SUNDELL        Polska fran Ydre harad / Visslarepolksa fran Ydre harad

        Raw Fiddle        Rounder - www.rounder.com
    
MALVINA REYNOLDS        Daddy's In Jail

        Malvina Reynolds        Omni Recording Corporation - www.worldwentdown.com/omni

 

The 4 to 5pm hour (the following 4 sets) was dedicated to a preview of the upcoming Old Songs Festival and some of this year's performers:      
PEGGY SEEGER        Home Sweet Home

        Three Score and Ten        Appleseed Recordings - www.appleseedrec.com
CHRISTINE LAVIN        What Was I Thinking?

        Sometimes Mother Really Does Know Best        Appleseed Recordings - www.appleseedrec.com
LOU & PETER BERRYMAN        The Dupsha Dove

        House Concert        Cornbelt Records - www.louandpeter.com
      
TOBY WALKER        Mind Your Own Business

        Hand Picked        self - www.littletobywalker.com
JOSH WHITE JR.        House of the Rising Sun

        In Tribute to Josh White - House of the Rising Son        Silverwolf Records - www.joshwhitejr.com    
    
ANKIE VAN DER MEER, NANNE KALMA & THE HUDSON CREW        Ik Do het

        Henry Hudson & De Halve Moon        Windrose - www.nanne-ankie.nl
VANAVER CARAVAN        Vigilante Man

        Pastures of Plenty        Coming Together - www.vanavercaravan.org
DOUBLE DECKER STRING BAND        Mr. Crump Don't Like It

        The Rest is Yet To Come        self - www.doubledeckerstringband.com
    
JOHN ROBERTS & TONY BARRAND        All Through The Ale

        Twiddlum Twaddlum        Golden Hind - www.goldenhindmusic.com
MICHAEL COONEY        Hamlet (oor Hamlet)

        Together Again        Cove Haven - www.michaelcooney.com
GEORGE WARD        Tonawanda Too

        Oh! That Low Bridge        self - www.mulesong.com
FENNIG'S ALL-STAR STRING BAND        Ragtime Annie

        The Hammered Dulcimer        Front Hall Records - www.oldsongs.org
 

The final hour of the show featured songs for Father's Day.  I could have done at least 3 hours!   Here are the selections for this year:   
HARRY CHAPIN        Cat's in the Cradle

        The Gold Medal Collection        Elektra - www.harrychapinmusic.com
    
TOM CHAPIN        Distant Drummer

        The Turning of the Tide        Sundance Music - www.tomchapin.com
STEVE GOODMAN        My Old Man

        Live Wire        Red Pajamas Records - www.ohboy.com
SCOTT SHELDON        The Great Divide

        Tickle        self - www.scottsheldon.com
    
DAVE POTTS        Poker Face

        $12.99         self - www.davepotts.com
MIKE QUICK        My Father's Shoes

        Down Bullfrog Road        self - www.mikequick.n et
STEVE KEY        Departures

        History Lessons        self - stevekey@aol.com
    
JOHNSMITH        That's My Dad

        To the Four Directions        self - www.johnsmithmusic.com
BOB FRANKE        Hard Love

        The Other Evening In Chicago        Waterbug - www.bobfranke.com
SETH GLIER         I Just Want to Make My Daddy Proud

        The Trouble With People         self - www.sethglier.com
MICHAEL SMITH        I Brought My Father With Me

        Michael Margaret Pat & Kate        Wind River - www.artistsofnote.com/michael/index.html
      
RONNY COX        Happy Father's Day

        Songs… with Repercussions        Wind River - www.ronnycox.com

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Ron Olesko

WFDU-FM

1000 River Road

Teaneck, NJ 07666
www.ronolesko.blogspot.com

WFDU-FM's TRADITIONS playlist for June 7, 2009

(Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 3 to 6pm Eastern Time

over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area

or on the web at www.wfdu.fm.

A Sing Out! Radio Partner )

 

I started the show on sort of a gloomy note - powerful songs that recognize the troubles we face as a nation.  I had the unfortunate experience of being "downsized" this week from my "day job" so these troubled times really hit home. 

 

I finished the show on an inspirational note - the "Philly Friends" recording in honor of the late Pat Scott.  Pat Wictor wrote the song that he performed with Cheryl Prashker, LisaBeth Weber, Maggie Marshall and Jayne Toohey who provided the beautiful photographs and graphic design.  One line in the song really hit home - about having an opportunity to do the things we love.  With a spirit like that, we will all make it!   The song has an important cause - supporting Women in Transition, a Philadelphia women's shelter that does incredible work counciling and empowering women who are endangered by domestic violence and/or substance abuse. 

 

On today's show we also shared some great new recordings from Tom Chapin "Let the Bad Tims Roll", Ronny Cox "Songs...with Repercussions" and Nancy Griffith "The Loving Kind".   We also put a radio spotlight on a reissue series from Omni Recording Corporation and their reissues of Malvina Reynolds and Paul Clayton.  I also highly recommend the new biography on Paul Clayton, "Paul Clayton the Folk Song Revival", authored by Bob Coltman - a notable folksinger and the composer of the song "Before they Close the Last Minstrel Show".

 

ARTIST        Tune / Song

        ALBUM        LABEL -Website
Theme: HARVEY REID        Dirty Dish Rag

        Solo Guitar Sketchbook        Woodpecker Records - www.woodpecker.com
ARLO GUTHRIE & THE DILLARDS        Do Re Mi

        Thirty Two Cents Postage Due        Rising Son Records - www.arlo.net
     
TOM CHAPIN        We Will Adjust

        Let the Bad Times Roll        Sundance Music - www.tomchapin.com
NANCI GRIFFITH        Across America

       The Loving Kind        Rounder - www.rounder.com
THE NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS        How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live

        Classic Protest Songs        Smithsonian Folkways - www.folkways.si.edu
LOU & PETER BERRYMAN        Homelessness

        Some Days        Cornbelt Records - www.louandpeter.com
    
PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY        My Friend the Sun

        Here and Now        Bar None Records - www.bar-none.com
BURNS SISTERS BAND        God's Promise

        Wild Bouquet        Ithaca Records - www.burnsisters.com
GUGGENHEIM GROTTO        Told You So

        …Waltzing Alone        self - www.guggenheimgrotto.com
    
RONNY COX        Give it to the Rich Man

        Songs… with Repercussions        Wind River - www.ronnycox.com
APRIL VERCH        Long Way Home

        Steal the Blue        self - www.aprilverch.com
SIERRA HULL        Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

        Secrets        Rounder - www.rounder.com
    
STEFAN GROSSMAN        Dance of the Blind Minotaur

        Bottleneck Serenade        Kicking Mule - www.fantasyjazz.com
    
MALVINA REYNOLDS        Little Boxes

        Malvina Reynolds… Sings the Truth        Omni Recording Corporation - www.worldwentdown.com/omni
MALVINA REYNOLDS        Let Them Eat Cake

        Malvina Reynolds… Sings the Truth        Omni Recording Corporation - www.worldwentdown.com/omni
     
PAUL CLAYTON        Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone)

        Paul Clayton Sings Home-Made Songs and Ballads / Folk Singer        Omni Recording Corporation - www.worldwentdown.com/omni
PAUL CLAYTON        Gotta Travel On

        Paul Clayton Sings Home-Made Songs and Ballads / Folk Singer        Omni Recording Corporation - www.worldwentdown.com/omni
    
BEN BEDFORD        Land of the Shadows (For Emmett Till)

        Land of the Shadows        Hopeful Sky Records - www.benbedford.com
JORY NASH        The Summer Hunter

        Folk Jazz & Blues        Thin Man Records - www.jorynash.com
CHERYL WHEELER        One Step at a Time

        Pointing at the Sun        Dias Records - www.cherylwheeler.com
    
LEE MURDOCK        Mary's Child

        The View From the Harbor        Depot Recordings - www.leemurdock.com
BRUCE COCKBURN        Child of the Wind

        Slice O Life        Rounder - www.rounder.com
DAVID WILCOX        Open Hand

        Open Hand        self - www.davidwilcox.com
    
ANNE PRICE        Bottle of Wine

        Very Early Anne        self - www.anneprice.com
    
THE FOLK BROTHERS (JACK HARDY & DAVID MASSENGILL)        On the Road to Fairfax County

        Partners in Crime        Great Divide Records - www.thefolkbrothers.com
    
KELLEIGH McKENZIE        The Bus Song

        Chances        self - www.kelleighmckenzie.com
DEBRA LYNNE        Golden Rings

        Long Way Home        self - www.debralynne.com
ALBERT & GAGE        Cuttin' A Rug

        Dakota Lullaby: The Songs of Tom Peterson        Moon House Records - www.albertandgage.com
    
EUPHONIA        Cotton-Eyed Joe

        The Old Jawbone        self - www.sylviaherold.com
MASON BROWN        Days of 49

        When Humans Walked the Earth        self - www.masonbrown.info
PETER, BETHANY & RUFUS        Turtledove

        Puff & Other Family Classics        Salasaree Records - www.peterbethanyandrufus.com
     
BRIAN VARDIGANS        Springhill

        Springhill        self - www.brianvardigans
LIADAN        The Angel Whisper

        Casadh Na Taoide        Traditional Arts - www.liadan.ie
    
PHILLY FRIENDS        A Visit With Pat Scott

        A Toast to Pat Scott        Risky Disc - www.patwictor.com
 
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Ron Olesko
www.ronolesko.blogspot.com