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April 21, 2001

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

  2. Old Blind Dogs: Is There For Honest Poverty (Robt.Burns, arr. Old Blind Dogs) Fit Green Linnet GLCD 1214

  3. 29 Toes: Of This World (Becca Christel, Tracy Spring, Janis Carper) The Seattle Folklore Society presents A Musical Doorway Seattle Folklore SFSCD001 (206-528-8546)

  4. Bob Dylan: Dignity Unplugged Columbia CK 67000

  5. Northern Lights: Average White Male (Taylor Amerding) Another Sleepless Night 1 800 PRIME CD PCD74

  6. Bonnie Koloc: Keep It To Yourself Visual Voice Naim CD052 (Southhampton Rd., Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2LN England)

  7. Big Wooden Radio: You'll Never Know (Sam Thompson) Big Wooden Radio no label (413 Upland Ave., Iowa City, IA 52245)

  8. Sons Of the Never Wrong: Secrets (Bruce Roper) One If By Hand Gadfly 268 (888-9GADFLY)

  9. David Mallett: Garden Song Parallel Lives Flying Fish CDFF 670

  10. Tom Paxton: Whose Garden Was This The Best of Tom Paxton Rhino R2 73515

  11. Robert Klein: On the Bayou New Teeth Epic PE 33535

  12. Pete Seeger: God Bless the Grass (Malvina Reynolds) God Bless the Grass Columbia Legacy CK 65287

  13. George Carlin: The Planet Is Fine Jammin' in New York Atlantic 7 92221-2

  14. Tom Lehrer: Pollution That Was the Year That Was Reprise 6179-2

  15. Pete Seeger: To My Old Brown Earth Pete Living Music LMUS 0032 (Box 68, Litchfield, CT 06759)

  16. Bonnie Koloc: The Kitten Visual Voice Naim CD052

  17. Red Allen: Catnip (Frank Wakefield) The Folkways Years 1964-1983 Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD40127

  18. Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Beloved Kitten (trad/Dyer-Bennet) Dyer-Bennet 3 Dyer-Bennet 3

  19. Kate Long: Cat Bigollady Roane 0113 (PO Box 2455, Charleston, WV 25301)

  20. Molly & the Tinker: Wee Droppie O' It (trad) Triumphs, Tears, and Treasures AML 011

  21. Eric Bibb: Too Much Whiskey Good Stuff EarthBeat! R2 75265

  22. Mike Blakely: The Whiskey Trader's Song West of You SwingRider no# (PO Box 1818, Marble Falls, TX 78654)

  23. Slaid Cleaves: Broke Down Broke Down Philo 11671-1225-2

  24. Leo Kottke: From the Cradle To the Grave (Ron Nagle) Greenhouse Capitol ST-11000

  25. Rosie Flores: We'll Survive Dance Hall Dreams Rounder 11661-3150-2

  26. Weavermania!: You Old Fool (trad/Weavers) (Folkstage WFMT Studio February 3, 2001) WFMT recording

  27. Burl Ives: The Deceiver (trad/arr.Ives) Songs For and About Men Decca DL 8125

  28. Theodore Bikel: Buffalo Boy (trad) Bravo Bikel Elektra EKS-7175

  29. Leo Kottke: Pamela Brown (Tom T. Hall) Leo Kottke 1971-1976 Capitol ST-11576

  30. Irene Kelley: O Mexico (Kelley/Michael Joyce) Simple Path Relentless M2N2 3733 (PO Box 642, Hermitage, TN 37076)

  31. Tom Russell: Down the Rio Grande (Dave Alvin/T.Russell) Borderland Hightone HCD8132

  32. Denice Franke: 100 Miles From Mexico (Vince Bell) Comfort Certain DF003 (713-526-8762)

  33. Bill Staines: Spanish Is a Loving Tongue (trad) Just Play One More Folk Legacy CD-66

  34. Martin Simpson: Boots of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan) A Nod to Bob (compilation) Red House RHRCD154

  35. The Goons: A Russian Love Song (Satellite Moon) The World of the Goons Brit.Decca SPA 569

  36. Fred Small: Sergei In the Milky Way Sergei in the Milky Way Flying Fish FF 74550

  37. Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen: Margery Grey (Gillette) A Sense of Place Redwing RWMCD 5409 (PO Box 577575, Chicago, IL 60657)

  38. Suzanne Buirgy: Song In My Head The View From Here Atune 20905-2 (PO Box 1467, Venice, CA 90234)

  39. Bonnie Koloc: I've Got To Believe Visual Voice Naim CD052

  40. Tom Russell: Where the Dream Begins Borderland Hightone HCD8132

  41. Eva Cassidy: Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen/E.Y.Harburg) Songbird Blix Street G2-10045 (818-763-9151)

  42. Kim & Reggie Harris & Magpie: When I'm Gone (Ochs) Spoken in Love Long Tail LT003-2 (PO Box 5467, Takoma Park, MD 20913)

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

RICH'S PICKS:
Bonnie Koloc, Denice Franke, Old Blind Dogs, Mike Blakely, Tom Russell, A Nod to Bob Suzanne Buirgy, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen at the Maple Street Chapel, Maple & Main Streets, Lombard, Saturday, April 28 at 7:30. 630-629-2630

Leo Kottke in Concerts for a Cause at Shannon Hall in Batavia, Saturday, April 28 at 7:30. 630-761-8298

Weavemania! at the Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Ct., Schaumburg, Saturday April 28 at 8. 847-895-3600

Sons of the Never Wrong in an Acoustic Renaissance Concert at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, 11 W. Maple, Hinsdale, Saturday, May 5 at 8. 708-802-0236

Bonnie Koloc, with Howard Levy at Governor's State University, Saturday, May 5 at 8. 708-235-2222

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