After the break, the complete playlist for Festival Radio as of February 17, 2010, in alphabetical order by artist.
Continue reading Complete Playlist Festival Radio, Feb. 17, 2010
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New adds to Festival Radio since February 4, 2010. I know, it’s been less than a week, but I’ve had a flood of great new songs in my mailbox and in the other places I look online. I’m also trying not to get so far behind. Altan (with the RTE Concert Orhcestra) – 25th Anniversary Celebration Carrie Newcomer – Before & After Claire Lynch – Whatcha Gonna Do Dark Patrick – Promo CD Dave Bordewey & Dave Young – New Day Douglas John Cameron – Solo Songs Joel McDermott – Wire Work Jon Shain – Times Right Now Maura Kennedy – Parade of Echoes Nuala Kennedy – Tune In Pat Wictor – Livin’ Ever-Lovin’ Live Sierra Hull – Secrets Steve Smith, Chris Sanders and Hard Road – Signs Along the Road The Cottars – Feast Bonus Video – Jon Shain with Pat Wictor No video available
Here’s the list of albums added to rotation on Festival Radio since 1/7/2010. It’s a big one, crimestoppers – January was a big month for new music here at Festival Radio Central Operations HQ. Annie Dinerman – Broken Cookies Audrey Auld – Billabong Song Bow Thayer – Shooting Arrows at the Moon Carolyn Currie – Waves of Silence Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend Heather Masse – Bird Song Jan Krist and Jim Bizer – Influence Jed Marum – Lonestar Banjo Laurie Lewis – Blossom Libby Johnson – Perfect View Rebecca Loebe – Mystery Prize Russ Edwards – We Call Them Cowboys Sarah Jarosz – Song up in Her Head Sarah McQuaid – I Won’t Go Home Til Morn/When Two Lovers Meet (double disc) The Honey Dewdrops – If the Sun Will Shine Tim Grimm – Farm Songs Trout Fishing in America – Big Round World Wild Carrot and the Roots Band – Crowd Around the Mic No video available
Top 35 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio for January 2010. Why 35? Why not? Artist – Track – Album
Keep listening and rating the songs, crimestoppers. If you use the Live365 player, use the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons to make your votes. Songs people like really do stay in the playlist for longer, so your vote counts. Vote early and often. Complete playlist for Festival Radio, sorted in alphabetical order by artist is coming up after the break. Why do I do this?
Continue reading Complete Festival Radio Playlist: January 7, 2010 New album additions to Festival Radio since our last reporting on December 9, 2009 Artist – Album Freedy Johnston – Rain on the City John Shipe – Yellow House Doug Spears – Welcome Home Works Progress Administration – WPA Various Artists – West Coast Accordion Babes 2010 No video available -
I now have a page for that on this blog, detailing submissions guidelines. Here’s a sneak peek at what the listeners like on Festival Christmas. If this doesn’t convince you about the great variety to be found there, nothing will. Here are the Top 42 Songs on Festival Christmas, as selected by listener interaction: Artist – Track – Album
New adds to Festival Radio since November 18, 2009: Samuel James – For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen Exene Cerveka – Somewhere Gone Pieta Brown – Shimmer John Gorka – So Dark You See Brett Dennen – Live Sessions Pete Seeger – Live in ’65 Loreena McKennitt – From Istanbul to Athens It’s no secret that I love Christmas music. I have a substantial collection of Christmas CDs and every year I go out and get a few more. In fact, I love Christmas music so much that I start a second Internet broadcast every year, Festival Christmas, in order just to play my favorite Christmas music. This year, I’ve decided to spotlight some of my all-time favorite Christmas CDs in order to help you in your music shopping or holiday gift buying, or just to get you in the holiday mood. You can hear tracks from all of these CDs on Festival Christmas. I present the list in alphabetical order by artist first name, with a short review. Adam Rafferty – A Christmas Guitar Celebration One of my favorite discoveries of this year is fingerstyle guitarist Adam Rafferty, and his new Christmas CD is a must for those who like solo acoustic guitar renditions of standards. The Arrogant Worms – Christmas Turkey This album is not for those without a sense of humor, and, honestly, the more warped the better. My favorite tracks are “Santa’s Gonna Kick Your Ass” (“Santa’s coming and he’s gonna kick your ass, because you’ve been a rotten little brat.” and “Christmas Turkey Blues” (sung from the perspective of the turkey. Blackmore’s Night – Winter Carols Ritchie Blackmore (former guitarist for Deep Purple) and Candice Night have been plying their renaissance/rock fusion for many years now, and if you like some traditional music mixed with occasional crunchy guitar, I recommend this CD. Brave Combo – It’s Christmas, Man! Brave Combo is just flat out awesome. Here they do the Santa Polka, wish for Christmas in July, and do polkafied and dancified versions of chestnuts like “O Christmas Tree” ( as a samba) and “The Christmas Song” (ska). Bob Dylan pretty much ripped his accordion-driven “Must Be Santa” straight off of this CD. If this album doesn’t move you to tap your toes, please have somebody check your pulse. Bruce Cockburn – Christmas One of my all-time favorite Christmas albums, highlighted by the haunting “Iesus Ahatonnia (Huron Carol)”, the gospel flavored “Early on One Christmas Morn” and the rollicking cajun hoedown gone awry, “Les Anges Dans Nos Compagnes.” The Crossing – The Court of a King Chicago-based Celtic band provides a wonderful take on the holidays, with my favorite track being the opening “O Come O Come Emmanuel”, which opens with haunting didgeridoo and flute, and a rollicking version of “Righteous Joseph.” Emmylou Harris – Light of the Stable Tasteful renditions of country Christmas classics topped off by the great vocals of Emmylou Harris. Harvey Reid and Joyce Andersen – Christmas Morning Harvey Reid is an amazing multi-instrumentalist (fingerstyle guitar, banjo, autoharp) and Joyce Andersen is a fiddle virtuouso. Together, they have put together a gem of a folky Christmas CD, superbly played and sung. One of the best purely Americana Christmas CDs I’ve ever heard. Check them out at Woodpecker Records, Reid’s label. Continue reading 20 Holiday Albums For Your Consideration |
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