- Lead Belly:
The Midnight Special (theme) Last Sessions
Smithsonian Folkways SFCD-40068/71
- Eclectricity: Sitting Out the Winter (Bill Schwarz) Language of the Heart
Flying Fish FF 281
- Bob Franke: Thanksgiving Eve
The Other Evening in Chicago Waterbug WBG66
- Sloan Wainwright: Illuminate
Cool Morning Farkie 83707 72922
- Dan McKinnon: Lovers of Our Time
Fields of Dreams and Glory McKinnon GRZ1405
- Arlo Guthrie: Remembering Alice
Live in Sydney Rising Son RSR 1125-2
- Hot Soup: (Don't Know What Was) The Last Thing on My Mind
(Tom Paxton/Sue Trainor) Soup Happens Souper SMD 049
- Tom Paxton: The Last Thing on My Mind (parody)
(Paxton/unknown) Live in the UK Pax 008
- Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan w/ Donal Clancy:
The Ballygar Jigs - The Ballygar Hermitage (Joe Kelly) / Mac Moran's Jig (Jerry Holland) / Jack & Maimie's (David Greenburg)
Serenade Compass 7 4416 2
- Phil Cooper: St. Kilda's Wedding
(trad) Written In Our Eyes Porcupine PPCD 2321
- Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham:
Megan's Wedding (Finlay MacRae) / Da Herra Boys (Pat Shaw) / The Barrowburn Reel (Addie Harper)
The Best of Aly & Phil Compass 7 4403 2
- Judy Collins: Saints and Angels in New Orleans
(single, available only from iTunes) Wildflower WFL1308
- Paul Kaplan: Help Is on the Way
- Jay Mankita: They Lied
Dogs Are Watching Us Dreams on Tape
- Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Dominos
(David Greely/Ray Bonneville) Rounder 11661-6112-2
- Rick Pickren: The Call Big Strike Music BSM90905
- Red Molly: Long Island Cowboy
(Abbie Gardner) Red Molly Red Molly 37101 03050
- Solas: Low Ground (Casey Neill)
Waiting for an Echo Shanachie 78060
- Ronny Cox: Quintanaroo
(R.Cox/Wndy Waldman) Live Cox 4144 94482
- Beatlegras: Please, Please Me (Lennon/McCartney) Beatlegras 2
- Mrs. Yetta Brownstein: I Want To Hold Your Hand (Lennon/McCartney)
Exotic Beatles III Pele 14CD
- Lucy Kaplansky: I've Just Seen a Face
(Lennon/McCartney) The Tide Red House RHRCD190
- Sue Fink: Tale of Rover
Damsel in Distress Fink 83707 23200
- Hamilton Camp: Song of the Wandering Angus
(trad/W.B.Yeats) Sweet Joy
- J.J. Sheridan: Blind Mary (Turlough O'Carolan) The Art of Turlough O'Carolan 1670-1738
Trigon 46780 15192
- Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan: After the Gold Rush (Neil Young) Serenade
Compass 7 4416 2
- Steve Quelet: Mars Still Needs Women
Flea Circus Quelet 86851-1083-2
- The Malvinas: Perihelic Opposition of Mars
(Lisa Markley) Love, Hope + Transportation 3-Legged Dog MALV1116
- Donal Hinely: Giants Scuffletown ST1082
- Tena Moyer: Glory Days
Shining Through DogRoc CAV-3069
- Freebo: Before the Separation
(Freebo-Robt.Tepper) Poppabo PM2003
- Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant (The Massacree Revisited)
Alice's Restaurant Rising Son RSR0010
- Abigail Washburn: Sometimes
Song of the Traveling Daughter Nettwerk America 30423 2
- Tim Grimm: Sometimes Trouble Is a Gift
The Back Fields Wind River WR4035CD
- John Jacob Niles: I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always (trad-arr.Niles)
John Jacob Niles Sings Folk Songs Smithsonian Folkways F-2373
- Hamilton Camp: Windsong
Sweet Joy Beachwood BR24712
- Heidi Muller & Bob Webb: Sacred Ground
Seeing Things Muller 53701 20052
- Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie:
When I'm Gone (close) (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Longtail LT003-2
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RICH'S PICKS:
Bob Franke, Sloan Wainwright, Dan McKinnon, Arlo Guthrie (Live in Sydney), Tom Paxton, McAuley & Horan, Solas, Phil Cooper, Rick Pickren, Hamilton Camp, Tena Moyer, Freebo, Abigail Washburn, Tim Grimm, Heidi Muller & Bob Webb
CD of the Week: Arlo Guthrie Live in Sydney
These concerts were mentioned on the program:
21 Songs of Thanksgiving with Terry MacNamara, Cat Catalani, Sue Fink and 10 others
perform a benefit for the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic, Sunday, November 27 at 7
at Schuba's, 3159 N. Southport, Chicago. 773-525-2508
Abigail Washburn is at Schubas on December 11.
Rick Pickren performs for Hogeye Folk Arts, Lts.,
Saturday, December 3 at 7 at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1330 Ridge Ave. 847-6165
Ronny Cox, along with Small Potatoes, performs at the
Old Town School of Folk Music,
4544 N. Lincoln, Sunday, December 4 at 7. 773-728-6000
ARLO GUTHRIE & FRIENDS: RIDIN' ON THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
Bringing Back the Music - Benefiting Victims of Katrina
Arlo Guthrie and friends will travel the Amtrak City of New Orleans train
for twelve days in December, performing along the way to benefit the
small venues in the train's namesake city that were destroyed by Hurricane
Katrina.
Arlo & Friends will start at The Vic Theatre in Chicago on Dec. 5 and arrive
in New Orleans to perform at Tipitina's on Dec. 17th. Arlo, his son Abe with
his band, Xavier, and daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, will hold
seven concerts along the route. Some of Arlo's friends will step aboard along
the way, including Guy Davis, Ramsay Midwood, Kevn Kinney with
Drivin' n' Cryin', John Flynn and The Burns Sisters, riding on this
"southbound odyssey."
Mon. Dec. 5: The Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Ill. 7 p.m.
Wed.Dec. 7: Lincoln Cultural Center, 240 S. Warren Ave., Kankakee, Ill. 7 p.m.
772-589-1774 or email train2NO@risingson.com.