My guest today was Caroline Doctorow, who will be opening for the Dave Rowe Trio at the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in the Fair Lawn Community Center on Feb. 2.  (Tickets are onsale now and available online at www.hurdygurdyfolk.org .) Caroline will be releasing a new CD in April, and the advance copy that she let me hear sounds really good!   Look for it!!

 

In honor of Doctor King’s birthday I shared some music from the civil rights era and a few contemporary songs dealing with the subject.   We also paid tribute to John Stewart, who passed away on 1/19 (see the obit on www.ronolesko.blogspot.com) .

 

ARTIST        Tune / Song

        ALBUM        LABEL -Website
Theme: HARVEY REID        Dirty Dish Rag

        Solo Guitar Sketchbook        Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
TOM PAXTON        How Beautiful Upon the Mountain

        Comedians and Angels        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com
    
JOSH WHITE        Free and Equal Blues

        Free and Equal Blues        Smithsonian Folkways – www.si.edu/folkways  
GOLDEN GATE QUARTET        Freedom

        The Golden Gate Quartet & Josh White at the Library of Congress 1940        Bridge Records – www.bridgerecords.com
ODETTA        Spiritual Trilogy

        Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues        Empire – www.empiremusicwerks.com
JOSH WHITE JR.        Strange Fruit

        In Tribute to Josh White        Silverwolf – www.silverwolfmusic.com
    
JOAN BAEZ        Oh Freedom

        Live at Newport        Vanguard – www.vanguardrecords.com   
PHIL OCHS        Talking Birmingham Jam

        Live at Newport        Vanguard – www.vanguardrecords.com
KIM & REGGIE HARRIS        Freedom is a Constant Struggle

        Get On Board!        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com
    
PIERCE PETTIS        Alabama 1959

        Great Big World        Compass Records – www.compassrecords.com
LORI MCKENNA        Ruby’s Shoes

        Paper Wings and Halo        Signature Sounds – www.lorimckenna.com
    
LEE MURDOCK        God Bless the Child

        Wordless        Depot Recordings – www.leemurdock.com
    
Guest: CAROLINE DOCTOROW, performed “Follow You Down”, “I Want You”, “Other Side of this Life” and “Memory Tatoo” live in the studio, plus we shared the following recordings:   
CAROLINE DOCTOROW        Reno, Nevada

        Hummingbird        self – www.carolinedoctorow.com
CAROLINE DOCTOROW        Vanetta

        Follow You Down        self – www.carolinedoctorow.com
CAROLINE DOCTOROW        A Swallow Song

        Carmel Valley Ride        self – www.carolinedoctorow.com
    
RONNY COX        May the Road Carry You Safely Home

        Ronny Cox at the Sebastiani Theatre        Bay Sound Records – www.ronnycox.com
    
PETE SEEGER        Take it From Dr. King

        Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol.3        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com
    
JOHN STEWART        Medley: Old Riley, Pick A Bale of Cotton, Sail Away Ladies

        An American Folk Song Anthology        Laser Light Digital – www.chillywinds.com   
JOHN STEWART        Who Stole the Soul of Johnny Dreams

        Havana        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com
JOHN STEWART        Broken Roses

        The Day the River Sang        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com
JOHN STEWART        Rider

        An American Folk Song Anthology        Laser Light Digital – www.chillywinds.com
    
PEGGY SEEGER        Dink’s Song

        Bring Me Home        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com
HAPPY TRAUM        Fare Thee Well, Marianne

        I Walk the Road Again        Roaring Stream Records – www.happytraum.com
DAN MCKINNON        Farewell My Lassie-o

        Songs from the Hearth        Self –  www.danmckinnon.ca
    
THE KENNEDYS        Breathe

        Better Dreams        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com
TANNIS SLIMMON        I Never Dreamed

        Lucky Blue        self – www.tannis.ca
    
TOM PAXTON        Comedians and Angels

        Comedians and Angels        Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedrec.com