WFDU-FM's TRADITIONS
Playlist for December 6, 2009
HOST: Ron Olesko
www.ronolesko.blogspot.com

The show started with what is quickly becoming my favorite song of the
season(and maybe the entire year!) – Antje Duvekot's "Thank's For the
Roses(Merry Christmas", part of the new Winterblom project. Winterbloom:
Traditions Rearranged is the enw 8-song EP from the collective team fo Antje
Duvekot, Anne Heaton, Meg Hutchinson and Natalia Zukerman. Each of these
extraordinary singer-songwriters brings something to the table – using their
different backgrounds and musical styles, they have created a unique
seasonal offering that is going to replace Bing Crosby in my house! Check
it out – www.winterbloom.com .

My special guest today was Christine DeLeon, a talented singer-songwriter
from right here in New Jersey. She was a winner of the 2008 New Jersey Folk
Festival Songwriting Competition and she released her first CD – "January
Hiding". She has a stunning voice (she is also a cantor at local church)
and her songs are full of charm and insight. Just last week she became
engaged when her financee, Mike Del Vecchio, popped the question while he
was emceeing an open mike at the Minstrel in Morristown. A really happy
story from the heart of our folk community!

I also took the opportunity to salute two CD's that were nominated for
Grammy Awards this week. While there are a number of great recordings
represented at this year's Grammys, I was particulary happy to see two of my
favorites get the nod – Loudon Wainwright III's "High Wide and Handsome: The
Charlie Poole Project", and "A Tribute to Utah Phillips: Singing Through the
Hard Times".

The Utah Phillips collection is particulary noteworthy on several levels –
it is great that Utah's name is now being recognized by a larger audience,
and this album started out a real grass-roots effort. When Utah became
critically ill early in 2007, Dan Schatz, a wonderful folksinger and
songwriter from the DC area, began talking with Utah's close friend Kendall
Morse and his wife Jacqui. They decided to record a CD of Utah's songs to
help raise money for Utah's medical bills. Word spread, and the circle of
friends widened and they were soon artists like Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton,
Jean Ritchie, Emmy Lou Harris, Mary Black, and others joined in to help out.
Ani DiFranco got behind the project and released it on her Righteous Babe
record label. While Utah did not live long enough to see the CD's release,
you can bet he is smiling down at this turn of events!

Also on today's show, I paid tribute to Liam Clancy, who passed away last
week. He was a true giant, not only in Irish music, but also in our folk
community. Liam and his brothers, along with Tommy Makem, got everyone
singing and were a vital part of the folk revival. It is some comfort to
know that his son Donal along with other members of the extended Clancy and
Makem families are carrying the tradition along.

It is an example that all of us who host folk radio shows takes to heart.
Thank you Liam for all that you gave us!

(Tune in to TRADITIONS every Sunday from 3 to 6pm Eastern Time over WFDU-FM
89.1 in the NYC/Northern New Jersey area, or on the web at www.wfdu.fm where
our shows are archived for two weeks on the website. A Sing Out! Radio
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ARTIST Tune / Song
ALBUM LABEL – Website
Theme: HARVEY REID Dirty Dish Rag
Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
WINTERBLOOM – ANTJE DUVEKOT Thanks for the Roses (Merry Christmas)
Winterbloom: Traditions Rearranged self – www.winterbloom.com

LISA BIGWOOD Iris and Rose
Intrepid self – www.lisabigwood.com
JORY NASH Our Time Again
New Day Blue Thin Man Records – www.jorynash.com
AMY CAMPBELL Distance
Oh Heart, Oh Highway self – www.amycampbell.com
JOSH WHITE JR. No Better (Greater) Love
Cortelia Clark Silverwolf – www.joshwhitejr.com

KENDALL MORSE Phoebe Snow
A Tribute to Utah Phillips: Singing Through the Hard Times Righteous Babe
Records – www.righteousbabe.com
TOM PAXTON I Remember Loving You
A Tribute to Utah Phillips: Singing Through the Hard Times Righteous Babe
Records – www.righteousbabe.com
JOHN MCCUTCHEON All Used Up
A Tribute to Utah Phillips: Singing Through the Hard Times Righteous Babe
Records – www.righteousbabe.com
GORDON BOK Goodnight Loving Trail
A Tribute to Utah Phillips: Singing Through the Hard Times Righteous Babe
Records – www.righteousbabe.com
MAGPIE, DAN SCHATZ, EMMA'S REVOLUTION, CATHY FINK & MARCY MARKER AND FRIENDS
Singing Through the Hard Times
A Tribute to Utah Phillips: Singing Through the Hard Times Righteous Babe
Records – www.righteousbabe.com

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III The Deal
High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project 2nd Story Records
www.lwii.com
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Goodbye Booze
High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project 2nd Story Records
www.lwii.com

Guest: Christine DeLeon – performed live in the studio "Dunes of
Brigantine", "This Room", "My Window, "Where Are They Now?" and "Last April"
and we shared songs from her debut CD:
CHRISTINE DELEON Your Prophet
January Hiding self – www.christinedeleon.com
CHRISTINE DELEON New Days
January Hiding self – www.christinedeleon.com

JONATHAN EDWARDS Morning Train
Rollin' Along Strictly Country Records – www.strictlycountryrecords.com

ARCHIE FISHER Shepherd on the Hill
Windward Away Red House Records – www.redhouserecords.com

HANK CRAMER Rollin' and Flowin'
The Shantyman Ferryboat Music – www.hankcramer.com
BOB WRIGHT & HARBORTOWN The Feejee Mermaid
The Oyster Aristocracy self – www.bojomusic.com
THE GLOUCESER HORNPIPE & CLOG SOCIETY
The Lady in Black Liberty! self – www.hornpipe.org
MARYELLEN "MEL" HEALY Sailor's Husband's Lament
Broad Old River 2 self – www.clearwater.org

LIAM CLANCY Freeborn Man
Irish Troubadour Vanguard Records – www.liamclancy.com
CLANCY, O'CONNELL & CLANCY The Broom of Cowdenknowes
Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy Helvic Music – www.liamclancy.com
THE CLANCY BROTHERS The Juice of the Barley
In Person at Carnegie Hall Columbia / Legacy – www.legacyrecordings.com
THE CLANCY BROTHERS The Bold Tenant Farmer
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem Tradition Records – www.liamclancy.com
THE CLANCY BROTHERS The Croppy Boy
The Rising of the Moon Tradition Records – www.liamclancy.com
THE CLANCY BROTHERS The Minstrel Boy
The Croppy Boy Tradition Records – www.liamclancy.com
LIAM CLANCY WITH LUKE KELLY The Rocky Road to Dublin
Irish Troubadour Vanguard Records – www.liamclancy.com
LIAM CLANCY Whiskey you're the Devil
The Lark in the Morning Tradition Records – www.liamclancy.com
LIAM CLANCY The Patriot Game
Irish Troubadour Vanguard Records – www.liamclancy.com

CLANCY, O'CONNELL & CLANCY For Real
Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy Helvic Music – www.liamclancy.com
THE CLANCY BROTHERS The Parting Glass
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem Tradition Records – www.liamclancy.com
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Ron Olesko
WFDU-FM
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Teaneck, NJ 07666