WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS
Playlist for July 27, 2014
HOST: Ron Olesko

With the month of July coming to a close, it means one thing to folkies – time for the annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival! Falcon Ridge has become a magnet for folk fans in the northeast, and for the past month, we have been giving away weekend passes to this seminal event, celebrating the 26th edition this summer. The final hour of the program featured artists who are appearing at this years fest.

Today’s show also included sets of songs searching for peace. The situation in Gaza is polarizing people while creating much discussion in this country, and with it comes a feeling of hopelessness. While songs are not going to create immediate change in the world, they are powerful tools. Singing about peace and love may seem naive, but if we can begin developing the concepts within our own hearts and minds as individuals, perhaps change will inevitably come. It has to begin somewhere.

(Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 2pm to 5pm Eastern Time over WFDU-FM 89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area, or on the web at www.wfdu.fm. On-demand streams of shows, including this one, are archived for two weeks HERE. A Sing Out! Radio Partner.)

ARTIST Tune / Song
ALBUM LABEL – Website

2pm
Theme: HARVEY REID “Dirty Dish Rag”
Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
ERIC VON SCHMIDT “Stewball”
Living on the Trail    Tomato Records – www.tomatorecords.com

THE CRAVEN FAMILY BAND “Dear Hearts and Gentle People”
The Flower Grows   self – www.cravenfamilymusic.com
HAAS KNOWERT TICE “Down the Hatch”
You Got This    self – www.haaskowerttice.com
KEN AND BRAD KOLODNER “Boatman”
Skipping Rocks    self – www.kendolodner.com/brad-and-ken.html

THE SWEET POTATOES “Big Yellow Dog”
Faith, Good Neighbors and a Telephone    self – www.thesweetpotatoes.com
STILL ON THE HILL “What’s Done is Done”
Once a River    self – www.stillonthehill.com
HARPETH RISING “House of the Rising Sun”
Tales from Jackson Bridge    self – www.harpethrising.com

DAVID ROTH    “Satyagraha”
Practice Makes Perfect   Wind River Records – www.folkera.com/windriver.com , www.davidroth.com
JOHN FLYNN “Malala”
Poor Man’s Diamonds    self – www.johnflynn.net
PETER PAUL AND MARY “Have you been to Jail for Justice”
In These Times Rhino – www.peterpaulandmary.com
PETE SEEGER    “Medley – Seek and You Shall Find / Fare Thee Well, Little Fishes / Where Have All the Flowers Gone? / Fu-ru-sato / Step by Step / Joe Hill’s Last Will”
Pete Seeger 4 Classic Albums Plus Rare Live Recordings    Real Time

ERIK BALKEY “Hard Times”
Everything is Great    Hudson Harding – www.erikbalkey.com

3pm
AMY CAROL WEBB   “Oh, Abraham”
Faith-Fortitude-Friends    Zebra Productions – www.amycarolwebb.com
DAVID ROVICS “The Key”
download    self – www.davidrovics.com
STEVE SUFFET “Next Year in a City of Peace”
download   self – www.stevesuffet.com
PAT LAMANNA “Full Circle”
Full Circle    self – www.patlamanna.com
ROD MACDONALD “Two Americans”
After the War   Blue Flute Music – www.rodmacdonald.net

STAN ROGERS “The House of Orange”
From Fresh Water   Borealis Records – www.borealisrecords.com
various “Peace Round”
Twas On A Night Like This   Folk-Legacy – www.folk-legacy.com
ED MCCURDY “When Soldiers Die on Battlefield / Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream”
Life After Sixty   privately released tape – out of print
TOM PAXTON “Peace Will Come”
New Music New Hope for Tsunami Relief    Streetcats One Heart for Kids

EDIE CAREY & SARAH SAMPLE   “California Stars”
‘Till the Morning  self – http://sarahsample.bandcamp.com/album/edie-carey-sarah-sample-til-the-morning-lullabies-songs-of-comfort
GARNET ROGERS “The Sweet Spot”
Summer’s End   Snow Goose – www.garnetrogers.com
MYA BRYNE “St. Claire”
sampler   self – www.myabyrne.com

4pm – Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Preview
SPUYTEN DUYVIL “I’ll Fly Away”
Temptation   self – www.spuytenduyvilmusic.com

TRACY GRAMMER “Gypsy Rose”
Flower of Avalon   Signature Sounds – www.signaturesounds.com , www.tracygrammer.com
THE BOXCAR LILIES “If I Needed You”
Sugar Shack   self – www.boxcarlilies.com
BROTHER SUN “St. Christopher”
Some Part of the Truth   self – www.brothersunmusic.com

THE HORSEFLIES “Iko Iko”
In The Dance Tent   Live and Kickin

JOHN GORKA “Jack’s Crows”
Pure John Gorka   Windham Hill – www.johngorka.com
CHERYL WHEELER “Blessed”
Defying Gravity   Philo – www.rounder.com, www.cherylwheeler.com

ROOSEVELT DIME “Deep Elem Blues”
Full Head of Steam self – www.rooseveltdimemusic.com
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Ron Olesko
WFDU-FM
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Teaneck, NJ 07666
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