Traditions with Mary Cliff
December 19, 2009
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TRADITIONS PLAYLIST, December 19, 2009
Saturday afternoon – 2 to 6 pm
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.
^ 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
BLIZZARD DAY! Many events cancelled
[theme] Jay Ungar & Lyn Hardy: Maiden’s Prayer
CATSKILL MT. GOOSECHASE / Rounder 1040 (out of press)
Loreena McKennitt: Snow
A WINTER GARDEN (& on other titles) / quinlanroad.com, other sites
Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: Solstice Round + The Snow + The Druggist
AT THE TURNING OF THE YEAR / annehills.com
*Roberts, Barrand, Breunig, Davis: Homeless Wassail
NOWELL NOWELL NOWELL / goldenhindmusic.com
Magpie: No Room for You Inside
LAST MONTH OF THE YEAR / (SlicedBread) magpiemusic.com
Joan Baez: Ring Them Bells
RING THEM BELLS / (Guardian) stores, web
~Mary Chapin Carpenter: The Longest Night of the Year
COME DARKNESS COME LIGHT / (Zoe) stores, rounder.com
~*Ensemble Galilei: Winter’s Blanket
^NOTE FROM ACROSS THE SEA / annmayomuir.com
Artisan: Silver & Gold + What the Dickens
SILVER & GOLD / artisan-harmony.com
William Pint & Felicia Dale: The Trees Are All Bare + The Woodcutter’s Song
WHEN I SEE WINTER RETURN / (Gadfly) pintndale.com
3pm
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Dave Bird, Catherine Irwin (va): Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
^FACE A FROWNING WORLD: E.C.Ball Memorial / tompkinssq.com
Jean Ritchie, family & friends: Brightest & Best
KENTUCKY CHRISTMAS OLD & NEW / (Greenhays) jeanritchiehome.com
*Heather Berry: Old Wood & Strings
TO A DOVE / heatherberrymusic.com
*Ricky Skaggs: Brand New Strings
BRAND NEW STRINGS / rickyskaggs.com
~Seamus Kennedy: Jogging Along with my Reindeer
GOODWILL TO MEN / mcnote.com/seamus/index.html
Leon Redbone: Christmas Island
CHRISTMAS ISLAND / leonredbone.com
Cyril Pahinui (va): Mele Kalikimaka
KO HI ‘ALU CHRISTMAS / dancingcat.com
John Fahey: I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
THE NEW POSSIBILITY / (Takoma) available on web
Jean Ritchie: Wintergrace
KENTUCKY CHRISTMAS OLD & NEW / (Greenhays) jeanritchiehome.com
Harlem Parlour Music Club: White Christmas
^A HARLEM PARLOUR CHRISTMAS / harlemparlourmusicclub.com
~Barbara Martin & Mac Walter: Something about the Snow + Circle of Light
‘TIS THE SEASON / barbaramartinmusic.com
~Fynesound: Si Beag, Si Mor/The Musical Priest
CHRISTMAS JOY / fynesound.com
4pm
~*Helicon: Murchy/Fransk Morgenstjerne
A WINTER SOLSTICE / dorian.com, kenkolodner.com
~*Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra: The Sands of Time
SONGS FOR THE NIGHT SEA JOURNEY / jennifercutting.com
~*Braeded Chord: On the Wings of Your Song
^RADIO LANE / thebraededchord.com
~*The Big Cheese: Southern Cross
^RUMBLE IN THE DAIRY AISLES / thebigcheesemusic.com
Chris Warner: Goin’ to the Dance
^GOIN’ TO THE DANCE / pxrec.com
Jessie Baker: Follow the Leader
^YESSIR! / pxrec.com
John McCutcheon (va): Erev Shel Shoshanim
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT / sixdegreesrecords.com
Peter Paul & Mary: Light One Candle
A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION / (GoldCastle) web, stores
Klezmatics: Hanuka’s Flame
HAPPY JOYOUS HANUKKAH / klezmatics.com
~Robyn Helzner Trio (va): Banu Choshech L’Gareish (Banish Night)
A CHANUKAH FEAST / hungryformusic.org
Theodore Bikel et al: Maoz Tsur
A TASTE OF CHANUKAH / rounder.com
~Charm City Klezmer (va): Ocho Kandelikas
CHANUKAH FEAST v. 2 / hungryformusic.org
5pm
*Asylum Street Spankers: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground +
Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego
^GOD’S FAVORITE BAND / yellowdogrecords.com, asylumstreetspankers.com
~*Mark Wenner & the Belairs: Cleo’s Mood
MAMA TRIED / rightonrhythm.com
~Chuck Brown w/Eva Cassidy: that Spirit of Christmas
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS / available on web
*Notorious: Ice Storm
NOTORIOUS / (BlackSocksPress) notoriousfolk.com
~*Sweater Set: Roger That
^SURPRISE VISIT / thesweaterset.com
~*Steven Gellman: My Sweet Guitar
LOVE LOSS LONGING / hiddenpoet.com
*Jubilant Bridge: Spanish Johnny
UNDER SHATTERED SKIES / jubilantbridge.com
*Last Train Home: Home for Christmas
HOLIDAY LIMITED / redbeetrecords.com
R.I.P.
Phyllis Boyens solo on her father’s recording: Nimrod Workman: Oh Death
PASSING THROUGH THE GARDEN / (JuneAppal) appalshop.org
Blind Boys of Alabama: Last Month of the Year
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN / (RealWorld) blindboys.com
Anuna: Riu Riu
WINTER SONGS / (Danu) available on web
Pete Seeger: Twas on a Night Like This
TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROL / folkways.si.edu
~*Randy Waller & County Gentlemen: Daddy’s Old Guitar (excerpt)
RANDY WALLER / randywaller.com
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TRADITIONS PLAYLIST, December 19, 2009
Saturday night – 11 pm to 1 am
TRADITIONS airs Saturday nights, 11 to 1, on WAMU 88.5 in Washington, DC and streams on www.wamu.org — since February 2007.
^ 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
BLIZZARD DAY!
[theme] Jay Ungar & Lyn Hardy: Maiden’s Prayer
CATSKILL MT. GOOSECHASE / Rounder 1040 (out of press)
~Towering Bouffants (aka Fabulettes) (va): Walking in My Winter Underwear
HOLIDAY FEAST III / hungryformusic.org
Joseph Spence (va): Santa Clause Is Coming to Town
MAS! A CARIBBEAN CHRISTMAS PARTY / (Rykodisc) search web
Christine Lavin: A Christmas/Kwanza/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song
RUNAWAY CHRISTMAS TREE / appleseedmusic.com
~Honky Tonk Confidential: Who Gets the Fruitcake This Year?
HOLIDAY FEAST, Vol. 5 / hungryformusic.org
*Sean Grissom: Melting Pot
CELTIC CELLO / www.ymonline.com
*Jubilant Bridge: Four Common Men Create the Weather
UNDER SHATTERED SKIES / jubilantbridge.com
~Victoria Vox: Happy Holidays
CHRISTMAS WITH YOU (EP) / victoriavox.com
~*The Sweater Set: List of Things
^SURPRISE VISIT / thesweaterset.com
~*Steven Gellman: Catitude
RETURN TO SUMMER LAKE / hiddenpoet.com
Byrd & Street: Ain’t No Merry in Christmas
^CD single / byrdandstreet.com
*Last Train Home: Christmas in St. Paul
HOLIDAY LIMITED / redbeetrecords.com
New Grange: Christmas Eve
A WINTER’S EVE / compassrecords.com
12m
~*Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen: Daddy’s Old Guitar
RANDY WALLER / randywaller.com
Joe Manning & Glen Dentinger (va): Tribulations
^FACE A FROWNING WORLD / tompkinssq.com
R.I.P.:
Phyllis Boyens: O Death +
Nimrod Workman w/Phyllis Boyens: Quil O’Quay
PASSING THROUGH THE GARDEN / (JuneAppal) appalshop.org
Jessie Baker: San Antonio Rose
^YESSIR / (Patuxent) pxrec.com
~*John Turner: Eagle of the Mountain
MONTGOMERY BLUE / (FreeFlight, Richmond VA) LP – search web
~*Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra feat. Lisa Moscatiello: The Sands of Time
SONGS FOR THE NIGHT SEA JOURNEY / jennifercutting.com
R.I.P.:
Ciaran MacMathuna (va): story +
Julie Mulvihill: An Clar Bog Deil
MO CHEOL THU / (GaelLinn 064 LP) search web
Harlem Parlour Music Club: Christmas Time’s a-Comin’
^A HARLEM PARLOUR CHRISTMAS / harlemparlourmusicclub.com
Jean Ritchie: Wintergrace
KENTUCKY CHRISTMAS OLD & NEW / (Greenhays) jeanritchiehome.com
Roberts, Barrand, Breunig, Davis: Sherburne (Orig. Version) [Rudolph]
BEST OF NOWELL SING WE CLEAR / (FrontHall) goldenhindmusic.com
Trilogy (Cathy Miller/David K/Eileen McGann): Snow Shanty
2000 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS / eileenmcgann.com
Peter Paul & Mary: Light One Candle
A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION / (GoldCastle) web, stores
~*Mark Wenner & the Belairs: Cleo’s Mood
MAMA TRIED / rightonrhythm.com
~*The Big Cheese: Whompass Cat (Lock Up Now!)
^RUMBLE IN THE DAIRY AISLES / thebigcheesemusic.com
~*Braeded Chord: Little Martha’s Breakdown
^RADIO LANE / thebraededchord.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
