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Help For Haiti CD

woodsmeister — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:57:38 +0000

Signature Sounds artists have joined together to donate tracks to a benefit CD for Haiti. Artists on the CD include Patty Larkin (with Bruce Cockburn), Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault, Eilen Jewell, Crooked Still, Caroline Herring, Peter Mulvey, and several others.

Buy Help For Haiti here for only $9.99, with 100% of the proceeds going for Haiti relief.

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-07

woodsmeister — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:59:00 +0000

#nowplaying – "Toss the Feathers" with Anna Dickson on @WCBE905Columbus http://www.wcbe.org #
I prefer 'Snowpocalypse' RT @AP: 'Snowmageddon' blankets Mid-Atlantic in heavy snow http://bit.ly/bCMJUr -AS #
Playlist updated Carrie Newcomer, Maura Kennedy, Pat Wictor, Sierra Hull, Jeremy Kittel, Jon Shain, Kristina Stykos http://bit.ly/festradio #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-06

woodsmeister — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Garage shoveled out. Outside car cleaned off. Easier to clean out 6" now than 9" later. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-05

woodsmeister — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Previewing fiddle prodigy Jeremy Kittel – very impressive, with an all-star guest list – Thile, Meyer, Marshall #
It's now snowing in Columbus! Hide the women, children and pets! The Snowpocalypse has begun! Take cover! Take cover! Arrrrrrgh!!!! #
The Banjo Project (because banjos make everything more cool) http://thebanjoproject.org/ #
Good article on what podsafe music means to the artist http://bit.ly/4udvZT #
Kate and Anna McGarrigle top artists on the Folk DJ list chart for January – 3 albums top 40. RIP Kate – http://folkradio.org #
Next up – the bluegrass stylings of Steve Smith, Chris Sanders and Hard Road – working on major blog update of new adds #
Previewing the new Maura Kennedy CD – very "evolver" -esque. Makes me remember that when she and Pete met she was fronting a rock band. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-04

woodsmeister — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Now on to @waitwait Don't Tell Me #
Now on to @allsongs podcast – impressed w/Magnetic Fields #
Polishing off the Tiny Desk Concerts from @allsongs – now up Brooklyn Rider #
Next up – The Low Anthem Tiny Desk Concert from NPR @allsongs – what quirky and delightful instrumentation #
Catching up podcast backlog – #nowplaying Adam Arculagi Tiny Desk Concert from NPR @allsongs considered – how have I missed him so far #

Pete Seeger Pulls Banjo Head From Ebay

woodsmeister — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:42:01 +0000

To donate it to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame instead:

http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20100203folk_singer_pete_seeger_pulls_old_banjo_from_ebay/srvc=home&position=recent

New Adds – Festival Radio February 4, 2010

woodsmeister — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:27:46 +0000

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

Coco and Lafe – Uncovered

Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend

Ellis Paul – The Day After Everything Changed

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)

Switchback – Ghosts of the River Folk

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

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Richie Lawrence – Melancholy Waltz
Spinn – She Was Heartache
Trillium - Crossing the Streams
Various Artists – WCBE: Live From Studio A, Volume 11

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-02

woodsmeister — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Previewing new live Pat Wictor CD – he is the real deal #
Huge playlist update new Ellis Paul, Libby Johnson, Carolyn Currie, Sarah McQuaid, Bow Thayer, The Honey Dewdrops, http://bit.ly/festradio #
"I want to rid my heart of envy and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through" Paul Simon – Wartime Prayers NP on http://bit.ly/festradio #
RT @amazonmp3: Download "If I Had My way" by Patty Griffin feat. Regina & Ann McCrary free for a limited time: http://bit.ly/aQiocD #
Correction – listening to http://bit.ly/festradio #urlfail #
Listening to http://bit,ly.festradio #
Gotta love the late Utah Phillips: "If you can't find me in heaven, boys, look for me in Butte." Shame the tribute CD didn't win GRAMMY #

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-01

woodsmeister — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:59:00 +0000

NP “Sixty Eight Guns” by The Alarm. Am I the only person to notice how much Green Day’s “21 Guns” sounds like this song? #
And it’s Taylor Swift for Album of the Year beating out Beyonce et al. #grammys #
Once again I am reminded just how much about hip hop I just don’t get #grammys #
Seven second delay kicking in pretty liberally #grammys #
Les Paul tribute with Jeff Beck totally dead spot on. #grammys #lespaul #imeldamay #
And it’s been a tough year in folk music – first three in memoriam Kate McGarrigle, Mike Seeger, Mary Travers #grammys #
My local CBS station’s news team is investigating butter flavoring. #
RT @joekirk: Why are all the artists on the grammys wearing plus signs? Is addition the latest music biz cause? #
Watching Dave Matthews “dance” is painful. He looks like he studied under Pee Wee Herman #grammys #
Maxwell with Roberta Flack? That should be worth staying up for. #grammys #
For my money, Bridge Over Troubled Water is the best song from one of the best pop albums of all time. #grammys #
Disappointed that “I’m on a Boat” didn’t win. It was the funniest thing I’ve seen on SNL in ages. #grammys #
Nice that Mos Def brought his varsity jacket out of mothballs for the occasion #grammys #
Placido! #grammys #
Was there really any doubt that it would be “Living on a Prayer”? #grammys #
Wow – somebody pulled a lot of pop tabs to make Beyonce’s dress. #grammys #
When I think of Michael Jackson, I think of Celine Dion. NOT! #grammys #
Banjos make just about everything better RT @MissMusicNerd: I prefer this banjo/reggae version of You Belong With Me” #grammys #
Disappointed that Stevie Nicks didn’t get to go into full twirl for us #grammys #
If a tree falls at a televised awards show and it doesn’t hit Ryan Seacrest, did it really fall? #grammys #
Which one is Zac Brown? The guy in the toque? #grammys #
Wait a minute – the band doing patriotic music is the only one not wearing epaulets. Didn’t they get the e-mail? #grammys #
68 guns will never die! 68 guns our battlecry! 68 guns! #grammys #greenday #thealarm #
RT @alyankovic: Patton Oswalt and I are sitting in the audience, texting each other like a couple of 12-year-old girls. #
Whoever bet the over on epaulets this year in the Grammy pool is winning big! Big I tell you! #
Wow – this is like Les Miz gone horribly, horribly wrong. #grammys #
Somehow I managed to not hear the Record of the Year at all this year #grammys #
Norah looks cute with short hair #grammys #
It appears that the cantina scene from Star Wars has erupted on the stage #grammys #
And stormtrooper night at the GRAMMY Awards continues #grammys #
Sorry Zac Brown Band for the downward spiral your career will soon be taking. #grammys #
And Loretta Lynn is long overdue for a lifetime achievement award as well #grammys #
Now she’s a sPrINKler! #grammys #
Wait a minute – Cirque du soleil just showed up? #grammys #
Leonard Cohen is long overdue for the Lifetime Achievement Award #grammys #
68 Guns! Dang – now I can’t get that song out of my head and I’ll have to listen to the Alarm tomorrow. Thanks, Green Day #grammys #
RT @MsJBell: Way to ruin the surprises #Grammys How about you NOT tell us who is gonna show up on stage with others in the previews? #
Crotchgrabbing – not just for Madonna anymore! #grammys #
Beyonce + stormtroopers = spectacle #grammys #
Beyonce apparently has an oar inspiring career, per Simon Baker #grammys #
Was there any doubt that Taylor Swift would win best Country album? I mean, really? #grammys #
68 guns our battlecry! Wait a minute, still the wrong song. #grammys #
68 guns will never die! Wait a minute, wrong song. #grammys #
I’ve lost count – Beyonce 4 for 5 or is it 5 for 6? #grammys #
“have a good time, honey. Stay away from Katy Perry.” Stephen Colbert to his teenage daughter #grammys #
Hope Elton doesn’t have to actually see out of those rhinestone covered specs #grammys #
Wow – Lady Gaga’s dress is something else. how’s elton john’s dress going to top that? @grammys #
And we’re done withe pre-tel. See y’all in an hour. #
Booker T with the GRAMMY #Grammys #
Bela Fleck with second grammy today #grammys #
Kings of Leon 2 for 2 #grammys #
AC/DC with a grammy #grammys #
Broooooooce wins for his lamest album in years #grammys #
Phoenix with Best Alternative Album. Viva La France! #grammys #
Beyonce now 4 for 4. #grammys #
maxwell 2 for 2 #grammys #
beyonce again? 3 for 3 #grammys #
Beyonce 2 for 2 #grammys #
And once again folks not named are accepting GRAMMYs – if you’re the manager, it’s not your award, guys #grammys #
And Jay-Z is 2/2 as well #grammys #
For those keeping score – Beyonce 1/1, Gaga 2/2, Swift 2/2 and now Maxwell 1/1 #grammys #
And now Beyonce is 1 for 1 #
And Mavis Staples STILL has not won a GRAMMY #grammys #
Derek Trucks Band wins Contemporary Blues Album #grammys #
Contemporary blues upnext #
Probably the first ever GRAMMY shout out to Elko, Nevada and the Cowboy Poetry gathering #grammys #
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott wins trad blues #grammys And he’s in the house! #
Traditional Blues up next #grammys #
Not everyone can rock a rhinestone covered orange fedora like Charlie Wilson #grammys #
That is quite some string section backing Charlie Wilson #grammys #
Blues categories up next after a performance from Charlie Wilson #
Will Kimbrough singing “Yo Yo Ma” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCIeqRLEYGY #
I can’t hear the name Yo Yo Ma without thinking of the Bis-Quits song about him #grammys #
Sharon Isbin with a GRAMMY – we know she’s in the house #grammys #
Probably the first shout-out to Beethoven ever at the GRAMMys #grammys #
Hey! Someone wants one of those classical GRAMMYs! #grammys #
so far nobody has shown up to accept a classical award #grammys #
I honestly can’t imagine what it would take to engineer a Mahler recording #grammys #
Classical awards up next #
Holy cow. Rosanne Cash is now following me on Twitter. I’m not worthy! #
Taylor Swift, like Lady Gaga, is now 2 for 2. The race is ON! #grammys #
Was hoping for Sarah Jarosz to win best country instrumental. She’s all kinds of awesome #grammys #
Actually, now that I think about it, it’s pretty cool that Taylor Swift showed up at the pre-tel #grammys #
“This is my first GRAMMY you guys. I mean, this is a GRAMMY!” – T Swift #grammys #
Taylor Swift now 1 for 1 #
Tribute albums 2 for 2 in folk categories – Steve Earle wins for Townes Van Zandt tribute #grammys #
Quite a week for Loudon Wainwright – his ex-wife Kate McGarrigle dies of cancer and he wins a GRAMMY #Grammys #
Tribute albums 1 for 1 in Folk categories #grammys #
Loudon Wainwright with Best Trad Folk for Charlie Poole project #grammys #
John McEwen of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band accepting for Steve Martin #grammys #
Bluegrass winner – Steve Martin. Believe it or not, this is a good choice. The album is really good. #
Levon Helm with his second grammy in three years, winning for Americana #grammys #
Folk categories next up to be awarded – Americana, bluegrass, trad folk, and contemporary folk #grammys #
RT @earcandyblog: Neil Young just won his FIRST Grammy and it was for best packaging? Say it ain’t so. #grammys #
Where does one get a green and blue plaid tux? #grammys #
And now Lady Gaga is 2 for 2 #grammys #
And Lady Gaga with her first win of the day #grammys #
mac powell with a nice fedora #grammys #
Third Day with best rock or rap gospel album #Grammys #
Donnie McClurking and Karen Clark Shears win Best Gospel Performance GRAMMY #grammys #
Gospel categories up next #
Somebody give Tonex a penknife so he can open the envelopes #grammys #
Best spoken word album #grammys – Michael J Fox. Fox not present to accept GRAMMY #
Banjo player Alison Brown is the founder of Compass Records #
The song is by Bob Wills. #grammys #
It’s a bluegrass hootenanny live at the GRAMMYs #grammys #
And now, live Sharon Isbin – she’s awesome – I saw her perform with Columbus Symphony a few years ago #
Bela Fleck wins best contemporary world music GRAMMY for Africa album #
Mamadou Diabate with best traditional wold music GRAMMY #GRAMMYS I’ve not heard this album, but I’ve heard other Diabate – he’s awesome #
Buckwheat Zydeco with Cajun/Zydeco GRAMMY #grammys #
“I will carry this with honor. I will carry the message of hope and reconciliation throughout the world” Bill Miller #grammys #
Bill Miller wins Best Native American Album GRAMMY #
IIRC, compilation albums have won most of the Best Hawaiian Music GRAMMYs awarded to date #GRAMMYs #
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar vol 2 wins Best Hawaiian music GRAMMY #GRAMMYS #
“We spent less producing this record than I spent parking the car last night” – Buck Howdy #grammys #
Buck Howdy is just an awesome stage name. #grammys #
Ziggy Marley just won a GRAMMY for Children’s Musical Album #grammys #
Wow – Imogen Heap is wearing quite an outfit. Looks like she’s wearing an air filter. #grammys #
And the ceremony is back. Let the people rejoice! http://grammy.com/live #grammys #
Much rather see the awards ceremony than our backstage hosts at http://grammy.com/live Please restore the pre-tel feed. #
Glitch – grammy.com/live has cut away from the pre-telecast awards ceremony #
Pre-telecast awards ceremony now airing live on http://grammy.com/live #
“Can’t wear a gown so I gotta wear a lid” – Elvis Costello at the GRAMMYs #grammys #
Elvis Costello being interviewed at http://grammy.com/live #
Phoenix being interviewed at http://www.grammy.com/live #grammys #
Program for Pre-telecast GRAMMY ceremony at http://www.grammy.com/files/pdf/52PreTel_web.pdf #
Sharon Isbin os performing at the pre-tel GRAMMYs. Awesome! #GRAMMYS #
Two laptops – one on TweetDeck and one at http://grammy.com/live Let the hoopla begin! #GRAMMYS #
Reminder that the non-televised categories for #GRAMMYS will be streamed via http://www.grammy.com/live #

Festival Radio Top 35, January 2010

woodsmeister — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:51:41 +0000

Top 35 tracks as rated by listeners of Festival Radio for January 2010. Why 35? Why not?

Artist – Track – Album

Nanci Griffith – You Were On My Mind – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)
Trillium – Schule Agra (Johnny’s Gone For a Soldier) – Crossing the Stream
Peggy Seeger – Gonna Be An Engineer – Three Score and Ten
Trillium – Jenny Lind Polka/Swedish Polka – Crossing the Stream
The Mad Maggies – Luna Marie – Crazed and Enthused
Leo Kottke – Morning Is The Long Way Home – One Guitar, No Vocals
The Greencards – Lonesome Side Of Town – Viridian
Steve Martin – Calico Train – The Crow – New Songs For The Five String Banjo
Richard Shindell – State of the Union – Not Far Now
We’re About 9 – Maryland, 1987 – Paperdust :: Stardust
Mustard’s Retreat – Hard Times Come Again No More – Back to Back
Susan Werner – Misery and Happiness – New Non-fiction
Suzie Brown – Over & Done – Side Streets
Sonia and Disappear Fear – Tango – Tango
Kate Campbell – Trains Don’t Run From Nashville – Songs from the Levee
Toni Price – #1 – Sol Power
Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg – Enniscorthy Fair – Saints and Tzadiks
Kathleen Edwards – Copied Keys – Back To Me
Rosanne Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box – Hits 1979-1989
Brad Colerick – Leave It All Behind – When I’m Gone
Sloan Wainwright – Every Grain Of Sand – Rediscovery
Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan – The Cafe Milou Jigs – Serenade
Josh Ritter – You Don’t Make it Easy Babe – Hello Starling
Johnsmith – The Times They are A-Changin – Gravity of Grace
Ben Bedford – The Cherry Mine – Land of the Shadows
Jessica Fichot – Le Grenier – Accordion Babes 2010
10,000 Maniacs – Stockton Gala Days – Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (Disc 1 – The Most Popular Recordings)
Kim and Reggie Harris – Done Wit’ Driver’s Dribbin’ – Get on Board: Underground Railroad and Civil Rights Freedom Songs Volume 2
Julie Miller – All my Tears – Broken Things
Jake Shimabukuro – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Best of Woodsongs Volume Three
Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor) – Rosie Anderson – No More to the Dance
Bob Dylan – Most Of The Time (alternate version, Oh Mercy) – Tell Tale Signs
Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One – Live
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band – Eyes On The Prize – Live In Dublin
Battlefield Band – Three Brothers – Zama Zama …try your luck…

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.