On Saturday August 28 (repeating Monday August 30 at 6pm ET)I had the honor of guest-hosting “Village Liberation”, a monthly series that airs on Sirus XM’s Channel 15 – “The Village”. This was my second visit to the Village, and I really enjoyed it!

I put together a show about New Jersey – looking at the jokes about the Garden State and sharing the real joys and beauty of this wonderful state. We heard music from New Jersey born and bred artists, songs about New Jersey, and a bit of history as well. Sort of a musical travelogue!

My thanks to Sirus XM’s Mary Sue Twohy and Robert Aubrey Davis for allowing me this opportunity to share music with folk music fans across North America. If you are not a satellite radio subscriber – you are missing some wonderful music and great radio! The folk channel, The Village, offers great music 24/7- sharing the diverse world of folk music. Of course, there is so much to be heard on satellite radio that you will want to sample all of the great channels! Check out www.xmradio.com . IF you are a Sirus Radio subscriber, you will only be able to hear The Village online – but write to them and let them know you want to hear the great music that XM radio subscribers enjoy on their satellite radio. Write to thevillage@siriusxm.com and let them know you want to hear more!

* THEME – HARVEY REID Dirty Dish Rag

Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records www.woodpecker.com

JOHN ROBERTS & TONY BARRAND The Rolling Hills of New Jersey

Live at Holsteins! Golden Hind – www.goldenhindmusic.com

DAVE VAN RONK Garden State Stomp

Christine Lavin Presents: Laugh Tracks Vol. 2 out of print www.christinelavin.com

STEVE FORBERT Strange Names (New Jersey’s Got Em)

Strange Names and New Sensations 429 Records www.steveforbert.com

SEAMUS KENNEDY Concrete Road

On the Rocks Gransha Records www.seamuskennedy.com

JOHN GORKA I’m From New Jersey

Jacks Crows High Street – www.johngorka.com

BELLES OF HOBOKEN Rags or Satin

Fast Folk Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu

LILLY PALMER & GLADYS BRAGG Bayonne

Fast Folk Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu

MICHAEL SMITH The Dutchman

Anthology One self – www.michaelsmithmusic.com

CHRISTINE DELEON New Day

January Hiding self – www.christinedeleon.com

MARY SUE TWOHY Box in the Closet

The Risk Involved Azalea City www.marysuetwohy.com

MIKE AGRANOFF The Battle of Trenton

Ain’t Never Been Plugged self – www.birdies.org www.mikeagranoff.com

WILLIE KELLY & MIKE RAFFERTY The Green Fields of Woodford / The Fly in the Porter

The New Broom Larraga Music www.raffertymusic.com

HOUR 2

CARTER FAMILY Keep on the Sunny Side

The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 JSP Records

TRIPLE PLAY ALL-STARS Ashes of Love CD self –

JIM MURPHY & THE PINE BARONS Go New Jersey Go New Jersey self – www.jimmur.com

JIM ALBERTSON The Jersey Devil

Down Jersey Way Folkways www.folkways.si.edu

DAVID GRISMAN Hot Club Swing

Hot Dawg Acoustic Disc www.dawgnet.com

DIRDY BIRDIES JUG BAND Your Next Boyfriend

Tracks self – www.birdies.org

JANIS IAN Hair of Spun Gold

Society’s Child: The Verve Recordings Verve www.janisian.com

CLIFF EBERHARDT Summers in New Jersey

Cornelia Street Songwriters Exchange Stash Records (1980) www.cliffeberhardt.net

ERIK BALKEY From New Jersey

My Sacred Heart self – www.erikbalkey.com

THE ROCHES Mister Sellack

The Collected Works of the Roches Rhino – www.roches.com

SCOTT SHELDON Jersey Girls

Tickle self

TOM WAITS Jersey Girl

Heart Attack and Vine Asylum – www.tomwaits.com