Here is a chronological listing of our book reviews … beginning with the most recently published. To access a full review, click the artist/title text or the image. If you’d like to browse a single writer’s reviews, you can click his or her name.
Janis Ian and the Women
Episode #25-10 airing 03-05-25
A couple of years ago, Janis Ian released The Light at the End of the Line, which she expected to be her final studio recording, and her first in 15 years. We’ll feature three selections from it, and surround them … Continue reading →
Holiness and Freedom
Episode #25-09 airing 02-26-25
The music of the Southern churches has always been intertwined with the fight for rights and freedoms in our country and across the world, too. We’ll listen to some selections from Mavis Staples, The Golden Gate Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, … Continue reading →
Songs of Hope and Struggle
Episode #25-08 airing 02-19-25
This week on the program we’ll hear music from around the world and American music to celebrate the work toward freedom and rights for all. We’ve got selections from Rhiannon Giddens, Tarika, Kotoja, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Thelonious Monk, … Continue reading →
The Arc of History
Episode #25-07 airing 02-12-25
Black History Month is celebrated every February, to honor the contributions of African-Americans to the history and culture of America. For the commemoration this year, we’ll share music from The Staple Singers, Our Native Daughters, Gil Scott-Heron, Fanny Lou Hamer, … Continue reading →
Ridin’ That Train, Pt.2
Episode #25-06 airing 02-05-25
Moving on down the line, more songs about trains, the people who ride them, and the places they go. Songs and tunes from Mike Bryant with Paul Brown, Frank Lee, Steve Goodman, Norman Blake and Merle Haggard. All aboard … … Continue reading →
Ridin’ That Train
Episode #25-05 airing 01-29-25
This week we are inspired to present some train songs – older classics and some newer ones, too. We’ll hear Merle Travis, Robin and Linda Williams, Tom Rush, the Delmore Brothers, Riley Baugus, and a bonus Bob Dylan track. Let … Continue reading →
Welcome Winter
Episode #25-04 airing 01-22-25
This week on the Magazine we celebrate the arrival of winter. Here in Eastern Pennsylvania it’s as cold and snowy as an old-fashioned winter. Our theme music is Cold Frosty Morning and we’ll share two renditions of that old-time tune. … Continue reading →
We’ll Haul Away Together
Episode #25-03 airing 01-15-25
This week we complete our two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and sea shanties. We’ll hear from Waterson-Carthy, John Roberts, Alan Carr, The Fisherman’s Friends, Cyrill Tawney, Sally Rogers and many more. “Way haul away” … this week on the … Continue reading →
Haul Away Boys
Episode #25-02 airing 01-08-25
There has been a resurgence of interest in maritime songs and shanties since a TikTok video took the world by storm a while back. This week on the Magazine we begin a two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and shanties. … Continue reading →
For the New Year
Episode #25-01 airing 01-01-25
This week on the podcast we celebrate the new year in a traditional fashion with serious and silly songs about the occasion. We’ll hear Peter and Lou Berryman, Mary Harris, Tommy Sands, Waterson-Carthy, Skinner & Twitch, Kate Taylor and many … Continue reading →