Traditions with Mary Cliff
July 4, 2009
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Playlist:
TRADITIONS PLAYLIST, July 4, 2009
2 pm to 6 pm
^ 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
First three hours were live at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC; Frank Hennessey hosted Celtic Heartbeat on BBC Wales with guests Mary Cliff, Lee Michael Demsey and Hubie King of WAMU/BluegrassCountry, simulcast on both our stations. Live performers from the Welsh program, Latino program and “Giving Voice” (African American) program were interspersed with pre-produced Festival features and representative CDs and in-studio recordings by the local hosts.
2-3pm included:
young Welsh choir Only Men Aloud (live): MacArthur Park
Michael Doucet Family: Jolie Blonde
LE HOOGIE BOOGIE / rounder.com
David Llewellyn (live): Silent Aberfan
Pete Seeger: Sailing down Our Golden River
PETE / livingmusic.com
~Christylez Bacon (live) rap & beat-box & with Welsh rapper
Feature on American Indian Museum, ending with
Frank Hennessey: Brother Eagle
THOUGHTS & MEMORIES / (Sain)
Nanci Griffith: The Loving Kind
^THE LOVING KIND / stores, rounder.com, nancigriffith.com
3 – 4:50pm
I kept no record of what aired, since I was seeing a bit of the Festival, then returning to the station to resume my show from the studio.
4:50pm
David Llewellyn (live): intro & Star Spangled Banner
5pm
*Frank Hennessey: The Old Carmarthen Oak
THOUGHTS & MEMORIES / (Sain) available on web
Weavers: On Top of Old Smoky
ON TOUR / (Vanguard) available on web
Otis Taylor featuring Corey Harris et al: Walk Right In
RECAPTURING THE BANJO / (Telarc) available on web
R.I.P.:
Jackie Washington: Where Did Robinson Caruso Go
MIDNIGHT CHOO CHOO / borealisrecords.com
~David & Ginger Hildebrand: A Toast
MUSIC FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENT / colonialmusic.org
*Lois Hornbostle: The Ash Grove
DULCIMER ENCHANTMENT / loishornbostel.com
Jefferson Starship featuring Darby Gould: The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
JEFFERSON’S TREE OF LIBERTY / (TheLab) stores, web
~Sweet Honey in the Rock: Ballad of the Broken Word
STILL ON THE JOURNEY / (EarthBeat) goldenrod.com
*Birmingham Sunlights: Jesus Game Me Water
IN THE GARDEN / (CrackerBarrel) available on web
~*Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: Walking in the Glory
FINK & MARXER / (SugarHill) cathymarcy.com
*Santa Cruz River Band: Lily of the West
VOL. 1 / santacruzriverband.com
~*Bruce Molsky: Hills of Mexico
CONTENTED MUST BE / rounder.com, brucemolsky.com
Gordon Bok (va): Goodnight Loving Trail
SINGING THROUGH THE HARD TIME / righteousbabe.com
~*Tom Paxton: The Honor of Your Company
LIVE IN THE UK / tompaxton.com
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TRADITIONS PLAYLIST, June 27, 2009
11 pm to 1 am
^ 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)
R.I.P.:
Jackie Washington: Triscadecaphobia
MIDNIGHT CHOO CHOO / borealisrecords.com
*Guy Davis: Bring Back Storyville
SWEETHEART LIKE YOU / redhouserecords.com
~Franklin & Baytop: Changed the Locks
SEARCHING FOR FRANK / pxrec.com
*Andy Cohen: Frankie/Creole Belle/Richland Woman
DULCEOLA FAVORITES / riverlark.com
*Sparky & Rhonda Rucker: Goodbye
BLUE & GRAY IN BLACK & WHITE / (FlyingFish) sparkyandrhonda.com
*Birmingham Sunlights: If You Miss Me from Singing
IN THE GARDEN / (CrackerBarrel) search web
~*Port Righ: Campbell’s Farewell to Red Castle set
NA BI GORACH / portrigh.com
Balfa Brothers: Rosina
J’AI VU LE LOUP, LE RENARD ET LA BALETTE / rounder.com
Marcello Rojas (va): Tres de Mayo (Third of May)
^MAITEI AMERICA: HARPS OF PARAGUAY / folkways.si.edu
*Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos: Tres Dias
CANCIONES DE SIEMPRE / (Polydor) available on web
*Crasdant: Y Bore Glas (The Early Morning)
NOT YET SATURDAY / (Sain) crasdant.com
*Arpex Conjunto de Arpa Grande: El Jarabe Ranchero (The Country Jarabe)
TIERRA CALIENTE / folkways.si.edu
*The Old 78s: Wild West Galop
OLD TIME FIDDLE, RAGS, CLASSIC & MINSTREL BANJO / theold78s.com
*Mike Seeger w/~Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (va): I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow
OLD TIME BANJO FESTIVAL / (Rounder) cathymarcy.com
*Adam Hurt: Catlettsburg
INSIGHT / adamhurt.com
12am
~*Bruce Molsky: The Golden Willow Tree
SOON BE TIME / compassrecords.com, brucemolsky.com
*Suzanne & Jim: Little Sadie
KEEP SMILIN’ / suzanneandjim.com
*Ralph Stanley: Bound to ride
OLD-TIME PICKIN’ / (Rebel) countysales.com
~*Martin Family Band: Barlow Knife
NANNY’S MUSIC / themartinfamilyband.com
*Tim O’Brien: Crooked Road
CHAMELEON / (Proper) timobrien.net
~*Walt Michael & Co.: Hawks & Eagles/Gray Cat on the TE Farm/Rockingham Cindy
LIVE AT DEAN CASTLE / waltmichael.com
*Bob Zentz: Sweet Song from Yesterday
IT’S ABOUT TIME / bobzentz.com
~*Grace Griffith: If I Can’t Dance
MY LIFE / blixstreet.com
*Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers: Long Division
^SONGS IN THE NIGHT / (Ramseur) samanthacrain.com
~*SONiA: Ride This Train
NO BOMB IS SMART / soniadf.com
*Rod MacDonald: Every Living Thing
AFTER THE WAR / rodmacdonald.net
*William Jackson: Waterfall
INCHCOLM / (Linn) available on web
~*Ganga: Harkala (Lotus of My Heart)
SETTING DOWN ROOTS / brotoroy.com
*Danny Spooner: Mingulay Boat Song
LAUNCH OUT ON THE DEEP / search web
*Ann Heymann: Lamentation of Youth
QUEEN OF HARPS / (Temple) available on web
*Sylvia Woods: Dialog with a Brook
THE HARP OF BRANDISWHIERE / (Tonmeister LP) search web
*Santa Cruz River Band: El Pastor (excerpt)
VOLUME 1 / santacruzriverband.com
TRADITIONS airs Saturday nights, 11pm to 1am, on WAMU 88.5 in Washington, DC and streams on www.wamu.org.
TRADITIONS airs Saturday afternoon, 2am to 6pm, on WAMU 88.5 HD Channel 2 in Washington DC, 105.5 FM (Reston, VA) and streams as part of the “roots and branches block” on www.BluegrassCountry.org — since September 2007.
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
