The mass murder of innocent school children in Texas really got to me this week. What a truly messed-up country we have on our southern doorstep. I have a lot of American friends and I play a lot of American music on the show. I empathize with them all. There appears to be no hope down there. The Republicans are doing their damnedest to screw up everything. So, all I can do is play music and try to lift all our spirits as we watch in despair (horror grips us as we watch you die, from Wooden Ships, comes to mind. Maybe I'll play that song next week!)
Also, this week the Edmonton Folk Music Festival announced its lineup for August (the first summer for Canadian folk festivals since 2019 is coming up! Can hardly wait...) So a bunch of artists on that esteemed bill made their presence felt on today's show. Plus a few local concert previews, including the lovely new CD by BC fiddler Jocelyn Pettit. Keep on folkin' and rollin' in the Great White North, eh?
Track Listing:
Music For A Found Harmonium
Patrick Street · Irish Times
Priyatameshu
Debashish Bhattacharya · O Shakuntala!
Yakané
Dobet Gnahoré · Couleur
Save It
Fatoumata Diawara · Maliba
Dily Oumou
Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu
Aline
Orchestra Baobab · Made In Dakar
Fundo Di Matu
Manecas Costa · African Odyssey
Mama
David Walters · Nocturne
Strange Dream
Kobo Town · Where The Galleon Sank
Las Fiestas
Locarno · Luz Y Sombra
Mi Mulata - My Mulatta
Grupo Rebolu · Mi Herencia (My Heritage)
El palau d'absenta
Claudia Colom · La flor del dimoni
Ronda
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino · Meridiana
Talassa
Justin Adams & Mauro Durante · Still Moving
Chère Aline
Le Winston Band · Zig Zag Zydeco Zoo
Outskirts of Memphis
Shakura S'Aida · Brown Sugar
Packing Up Getting Ready to Go
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder · GET ON BOARD
Cakewalk Into Town
Taj Mahal · The Essential Taj Mahal
Running Out Of Time
Jim Byrnes · House of Refuge
Stingaree
Charlie Musselwhite · Mississippi Son
5-4-3-2-1
Manfred Mann · The Very Best Of World Of Mann
Key To The Highway
Paul Jones & Dave Kelly · Live In London
Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)
Buffy Sainte-Marie · Power In The Blood
Buffalo Crow
Zervas & Pepper · Lifebringer
Born in the City
Abbie Gardner · DobroSinger
Burning Lights
Matt Andersen · House to House
Frank's Tavern
Calexico · Man Of Somebody's Dreams
Light in the Woods
Leftover Salmon · High Country
Romanitza
Whippersnapper · Tsubo
Cannot Change It All
Pharis & Jason Romero · Tell ‘Em You Were Gold
Long Long Moon
The Small Glories · Assiniboine & The Red
Sing
The Small Glories · Assiniboine & The Red
She's A Rainbow
Molly Tuttle · But I'd Rather Be With You
Gonna Love You
Karen Savoca · Promise
Stronger Than You Know
The East Pointers · Single
Les Trois Capitaines
The McDades · The Empress
Ti-Jean Micouenne
De Temps Antan · Pesant
Irreversible Trend
Early Spirit · The Hollow Tree
They Shut the Greyhound Down
Kim Beggs · Steel And Wool
What in the World
The Bros. Landreth · Come Morning
Persephone
Allison Russell · Outside Child
I Wait for You
Diana Jones · Song to a Refugee
Signs of the Times
Crys Matthews · Changemakers
No Use For A Gun
Rory McLeod · Gusto!
Scared of Guns
John Wesley Harding · Appleseed's 21st Anniversary
If It Were Up To Me
Cheryl Wheeler · Sylvia Hotel
Welcome Sailor
Sheila Chandra & Chris Wood · The Imagined Village
Whitsun Dance
Shirley Collins · Heart's Ease
Magpie's Nest
Bonny Light Horseman · Bonny Light Horseman
Rolling Waves (Live)
Tony McManus & Julia Toaspern · Tony McManus & Julia Toaspern: Live In Concert
Wind Rose
Jocelyn Pettit · Wind Rose
Silk and Spice
Jocelyn Pettit · Wind Rose
Just Pick One
Mama's Broke · Narrow Line
Coleman's Cross / Bird Song
Wake The Dead · Wake The Dead
Parkdale Foxtrot
Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick · Madison Archives
Greta's Favourite / Grist for the Mill / Ril Johnny Phadraig Pheter
Téada · Coiscéim Coiligh / As The Days Brighten
Continental Ceili
Christy Moore · Ordinary Man
