TRADITIONS PLAYLIST, March 13, 2010
Saturday afternoon - 2 to 6 pm
TRADITIONS airs Saturday nights, 11 to 1, on WAMU 88.5 in Washington, DC and
streams on www.wamu.org -- since February 2007.
TRADITIONS airs Saturday afternoon, 2 to 6, on WAMU 88.5 HD Channel 2 in
Washington DC, 105.5 FM (Reston, VA) and streams as part of the “roots & branches
block” on www.bluegrasscountry.org -- since September 2007.
Mary Cliff has been host/producer of folk music on public radio since 3/73.
^ new release, new to library
~ artist based in greater D.C./Baltimore/Annapolis, etc.
* artist performing nearby in near future
... (va): from a recording by various artists
[theme] Jay Ungar & Lyn Hardy: Maiden’s Prayer
CATSKILL MT. GOOSECHASE / Rounder 1040 (out of press)
Brooks Williams: Louis Collins
^BABY O! / (RedGuitarBlue) brookswilliams.com
*Wale Liniger: Come to Me
BETTER DAY / bluesprof.com
*Andy Cohen, Bill Ellis, ~*Eleanor Ellis; Hungry Blues
PREACHIN' IN THAT WILDERNESS / riverlark.com
*Andy Cohen: A Little More Faith
O GLORY, HOW HAPPY I AM / riverlark.com
*Kevin Burke & Cal Scott: The Green Fields of Woodford/Seanamhac Tube Station
ACROSS THE BLACK RIVER / loftusmusic.com
*Altan w/RTE Concert Orch.: Dun Do Shuil
^25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION / compassrecords.com
*Cara: Please Be Peter Tonight
IN BETWEEN TIMES / cara-music.com
*Grada: Madam, I'm a Darlin'
^ENDEAVOR / compassrecords.com
*Beoga: Please Don't Talk about Me When I'm Gone
MISCHIEF / compassrecords.com
*Patrick Street: Reels: Down the Broom/ Gatehouse Maid/Mulvihill's
ON THE FLY / loftusmusic.com
The Chieftains, featuring *Nolwenn Monjaret: Breton Carol
THE BELLS OF DUBLIN / (RCA) available on web
*Mick Moloney: Patrick's Day Parade
McNALLY'S ROW OF FLATS / compassrecords.com
*DeDanann: Eleanor Rigby
A JACKET OF BATTERIES / (GreenLinnet) compassrecords.com
*Solas: A Sailor's Life
^THE TURNING TIDE / compassrecords.com
3pm
*Tom Rush: Casey Jones
WHAT I KNOW / tomrush.com, appleseedmusic.com
*Tom Paxton: The Bad Old Days
COMEDIANS & ANGELS / tompaxton.com, appleseedmusic.com
*Eddie from Ohio: This Is Me
THIS IS ME / (VirginiaSoul) eddiefromohio.com
*Jennie Avila: Warrior Spirit & the Keeper of the Bones
^CIVIL WAR STORIES IN SONG / hotsouptrio.com
*Kate Campbell: Pans of Biscuits
BLUES & LAMENTATIONS / katecampbell.com
*Tim Grimm: Sam Stone
NAMES / (WindRiver) timgrimm.com
*Red Molly: Lookin' for Trouble
^JAMES / redmolly.com
*The Kennedys/ Eight Miles High
SONGS OF THE OPEN ROAD / kennedysmusic.com, appleseedmusic.com
*Greg Brown: Jacob's Ladder
HONEY IN THE LION'S HEAD / (Trailer) available on web
Feature previewing group's local appearance, at their request; some touchstones in
fluctuating band membership; includes:
*Battlefield Band: Major Malley's March & Reel/Malcolm Currie
HOME IS WHERE THE VAN IS / (trad tunes, early FlyingFish LP)
Battlefield Band: The Yew Tree + Miners' Wives/I Am the Common Man
ANTHEM FOR THE COMMON MAN / (Temple LP)
[powerful settings by Brian McNeil & Alan Reid/Joe Corrie]
4pm
Battlefield Band: Bad Moon Rising/Rising Moon Reel
HOME GROUND / (Temple) [fun folk-rock approach to American classic]
Battlefield Band: Simon Thoumire's Jig/Shake a Leg/Reel Gan Ainm
ACROSS THE BORDERS / (Temple) [young John McCusker wrote 2, played whistle]
Battlefield Band: Camden Town
TIME & TIDE / (Temple) [written by Pat Kilbride, back a second time]
Battlefield Band: I'm Going to Set You Free
DOOKIN' / (Temple) [song by John Spillane sung by Sean O'Donnell, current
vocalist/guitarist]
*Battlefield Band: Three Brothers + Pretty April/Flirting Brown Maid/Seansen
ZAMA ZAMA, Try Your Luck / (Temple)
[Alan still topical + playing trad tunes, features piper Mike Katz, fiddler Alasdair White]
CDs and list of band members past & present available at battlefieldband.co.uk
*Slaveya: Stiga jodish, Jane, mori
ON THE VILLAGE SQUARE / slaveya.org
*Eileen Ivers: Lament for Staker Wallace
WILD BLUE / (GreenLinnet) compassrecords.com
*Jo Morrison: Arniston Castle/Rejected Suitor
A WAULKING TOUR OF SCOTLAND / (Triharpskel) jomorrison.com
*Elizabeth LaPrelle: Awake Awake
LIZARD IN THE SPRING / old97wrecords.com
*Furnace Mountain: Graveyard/John Brown's Dream
^FIELDS OF FESCUE / furnacemountain.com
*Bruce Molsky Three Forks of Cheat
SOON BE TIME / brucemolsky.com, compassrecords.com
*Possum Ridge String Band: Ways of the World
THE ROAD BACK HOME / possumridge.org
*Bruce Molsky: Ways of the World
CONTENTED MUST BE / brucemolsky.com, rounder.com
*Henry Butler: San Francisco Blues
BLUES & MORE V. 1 / (WindhamHillJazz) available on web
*Al Petteway: Shadyside Blues
THE WATERS & THE WILD / maggiesmusic.com
*Edsall Road: Fields of Athenry
TANK'S TRAVELS / edsallroad.com
*Flying Cows of Ventry / The Rare Ould Times
BOVINE INSPIRATION / flyingcowsofventry.com
*Seamus Kennedy: The Boys of Kellybegs
SAILING SHIPS & SAILING MEN / (Gransha) mcnote.com/seamus
*Sue Richards: Tip O'Neill/Washington Hornpipe
HAZEL GROVE / maggiesmusic.com
*Andy Cohen: Harlem Chocolate Babies of 1921
RIDICULOUS INSTRUMENTALS / riverlark
*Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein: Black Jack Davey
2:10 TRAIN / (Rebel) jimmyandmoondi.com
*Hazel Dickens: Hills of Home
IT'S HARD TO TELL THE SINGER FROM THE SONG / rounder.com
*Larry Sparks: A Little Ways down the Road
TRAVELIN' / (Rebel) search web
Hickory Wind: Ida Red
^NO FISH TODAY / cdbaby.com & other websites
Carolyn Martin: That's What I Call Cookin'
^COOKIN' WITH CAROLYN / carolynmartinmusic.com
Mary Cliff, TRADITIONS
WAMU 88.5 - American University
4000 Brandywine St., NW
Washington, DC 20016
www.marycliff.net - includes playlists and "who's where" listings