WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS
Playlist for June 29, 2014
HOST: Ron Olesko

Since this was the last Sunday in June, a month traditionally associated with weddings, I shared a number of songs about love and marriage during the first hour, along with a few songs about affairs of the heart that just didn’t quite make it. Note to self, save this playlist – it can be used for Valentine’s Day in a pinch!

As Independence Day is quickly upon us, I also scattered a few songs fitting for the holiday throughout the show. I hope a few of these songs will give us pause to what this country truly means to its citizens and the rest of the world.

I also took the opportunity to catch up on some new recordings and listener requests.

New and Noteworthy: The Lords of Liechtenstein   Girlz (with a z)  (self)

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ARTIST    Tune / Song
ALBUM    LABEL – Website
2pm
Theme: HARVEY REID “Dirty Dish Rag”
Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
RICHARD SHINDELL “Fourth of July, Asbury Park”
Courier    Signature Sounds – www.signaturesounds.com, www.richardshindell.com

Some songs for people who were married in June:
MIKE AND RUTHY   “For this Love”
The Honeymoon Agenda    self – www.mikeandruthy.com
ABBIE GARDNER AND ANTHONY DA COSTA “Crazy in Love”
Bad Nights / Better Days   self – www.abbiegardner.com , www.anthonydacosta.com
CATHY FINK AND MARCY MARXER   “Comes Love”
Rockin’ the Uke    self –www.cathymarcy.com
DENI BONET “Glory of Love”
It’s All Good    self – www.denibonet.com

Some songs for people who may have a different opinion about love:
THE LORDS OF LIECTENSTEIN    “Girlz”
Girlz (with a ‘z’)    self – www.thelordsofliechtenstein.com
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III    “Say That You Love Me”
Recovery    Yep Roc Records – www.lw3.com
CHRISTINE LAVIN    “The Kind of Love You Never Recover From”
Attainable Love    Philo – www.christinelavin.com
EMMY LOU HARRIS, ANNA McGARRIGLE, KRYSTLE WARREN, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, LILY LANKEN    “Heart Like a Wheel”
Sing Me the Songs Celebrating the works of Kate McGarrigle    Nonesuch Records – www.nonesuch.com
JONI MITCHELL “Both Sides Now”
Clouds    Warner Brothers

Let us end our look at weddings with a few positive songs, some you can dance to!
RICHARD BERMAN  “The Wedding Dance”
Holding Hands    Aries Records – www.richardberman.com
NOEL PAUL STOOKEY    “There is Love”
The Solo Recordings 1971-1972    Rhino – www.rhino.com
THE NUTOPIANS    “All You Need is Love”
Lennon – Reimagined    self – www.thenutopians.com

3pm
TOM PAXTON “Born on the Fourth of July”
The Best of the Vanguard Years    Vanguard Records – www.tompaxton.com

RENAISSANCE   “Cry to the World”
Symphony of Light    Red River – www.renaissancetouring.com
RUNA    “Land of Sunshine Set”
Current Affairs    self – www.runamusic.com
SEAN TYRRELL    “The Star of the County Down”
Moonlight on Galway Bay    Self – www.seantyrrell.com

THE DUHKS    “You Go East I’ll Go West”
Beyond the Blue    self – www.duhks.com
SCOTT WOLFSON AND OTHER HEROES    “Brooklyn Mermaids”
Life on Fire    self – www.scottwolfson.com
THE SWEET POTATOES    “Squeezebox”
Faith, Good Neighbors and a Telephone    self – www.thesweetpotatoes.com

DAVE ROWE “Somewhere Up in Canada”
All of the Dreams    self – www.daverowemusic.com
GARNET ROGERS    “Down at the Sailor’s Rest”
Summer’s End    Snow Goose Songs – www.garnetrogers.com
FINEST KIND “A Sailor’s Life”
Heart’s Delight    self – www.ianrobb.com/finestkind

ANNIE WENZ    “Amazing Grace”
Rain on Bare Skin    self – www.anniewenz.com

4pm
EDDIE FROM OHIO “Fifth of July”‘
Looking Out the Fishbowl    self – www.eddiefromohio.com

THE SHOOK TWINS “Holler it Down”
What We Do    self – www.shooktwins.com
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE POOR FOOLS    “Old Kentucky Home”
Songs From the Barn    Leroy Records – www.thepoorfools.com
DAVE VAN RONK   “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon”
Live in Monterrey    Omnivore Records – www.omnivorerecordings.com

A Spotlight segment on important artists from the folk revival:
PAUL CLAYTON “Wild Mountain Thyme”
Paul Clayton Folk Singer!   Legacy Records
JIM ROONEY   “One Morning in May”
For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival    Kingswood Records
CAROLYN HESTER   “Pack Up Your Sorrows”
From These Hills    self – www.carolynhester.com

The remainder of the show featured songs in honor of Independence Day – some songs that remind us of what this country is supposed to stand for in the eyes of the people who came to this land:
DAVID ROVICS    “Before Their Ship Arrived”
If I Had A Hammer    self – www.davidrovics.com
SI KAHN   “Lady of the Harbor”
In My Heart: A Retrospective    Philo – www.sikahn.com
CHERISH THE LADIES    “The Back Door”
The Back Door    Green Linnet – www.cherishtheladies.com

EMMA’S REVOLUTION   “If I Give Your Name”
One    self – www.emmasrevolution.com
ROD MACDONALD    “Many Can’t Be Moved”
Later That Night    Blue Flute – www.bluebflutemusic.com
ERIK BALKEY    “My America”
Everything is Great    Hudson Harding Music – www.erikbalkey.com

PETE SEEGER    “America the Beautiful”
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 1    Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu
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Ron Olesko
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