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Song-Farmer of Wood-Songs & Pete Seeger's Neighbor – Michael Johnathon
Song of the Soul - July 04, 2024 07:50 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMichael Johnathon is a farmer - a songfarmer - and he cultivates folk music from his log cabin just outside of Lexington, Kentucky, by his personal writing, playing and touring, through his 20 albums, but also via the radio and video show called WoodSongs that he's been broadcasting on hundreds ...
Southerner by Heart, Midwestern by Choice: Emily White
Song of the Soul - June 28, 2024 03:26 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsEmily White is Memphis-raised, but Chicagoan as adult, self-describing as Southerner by heart, Midwestern by choice. While Emily's voice and music are beautiful and compelling, her lyrics elevate her to the top ranks of performers, touching the deep places and raising it all to golden heights. H...
People's Convergence - Warming Up the Winter
Song of the Soul - June 21, 2024 02:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsA sampling of the full 3-plus-hour collaborative concert held on February 11th, 2023 as part of the People's Music Network (PMN) Winter Convergence hosted at The People's Forum in New York City. Activism, humor, inspiration, justice, and more by 10 of the 25-plus performers at the concert.
Singing the Healing & Health of Earth's Creatures - Earth Mama
Song of the Soul - June 14, 2024 06:08 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis is our 2nd visit with Earth Mama/Joyce Rouse and her rich assortment of musical influences, combined with great lyrics and a truly beautiful voice, all in service of the people and creatures of this planet. Joyce's 15 albums of fun, deep, joyful, and thought-provoking songs make Earth more ...
Confessional of Folk Therapy
Song of the Soul - June 07, 2024 03:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAnnie Capp's music has sometimes been called Midwest Urban Folk and it has also been called Folk Therapy, and the music that she shares today is from an especially deep and somewhat confessional project called How Can I Say This.
The New Story of Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds
Song of the Soul - May 31, 2024 04:04 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsErin Zindle and the Ragbirds play songs with a deep center, and with rhythms and melodies gathered broadly, from around the world. Erin is a multi-instrumentalist, playing her magic on the violin, keyboards, accordion, & many more instruments.
Resurrecting Wobblies’ Music: the Starvation Army Band
Song of the Soul - May 24, 2024 06:21 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsUsually we have songwriters sharing their own songs, but today we have Chris David Westover-Muñoz, (and on Facebook) associate professor and director of bands at Denison University near Columbus, Ohio.
Back to Life with Music and Bill Isles
Song of the Soul - May 17, 2024 03:59 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBill Isles was into all kinds of music and several instruments back in his youth, but then there was a hiatus of around 25 years where he was focused elsewhere. It took a near-death experience, where he had no heartbeat for 2 minutes, to spur him back to his passion for music, now partnered with...
Women's Pride, Women's Wings: Randie O'Neil
Song of the Soul - May 10, 2024 02:43 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsRandie O'Neil's music is magnetic, especially in the deeply honest feelings and aspirations of her songs. Randie has self-described as a Americana/Folk-Pop artist, but she is also standing on the shoulders of a number of heavy-rocking, strong-and-assertive-and-determined women who blazed a way i...
The Promise of Local Folk with Massachusetts Walking & Blackstone Valley School
Song of the Soul - May 03, 2024 04:38 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBack in 2020, early in the pandemic, I discovered the music of Raianne Richards and Mark Mandeville and instantly adored it, and had Mark as my Song of the Soul guest.
Punjabi Pancakes and Canadian Connection - Kiran Ahluwalia
Song of the Soul - April 26, 2024 02:22 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsKiran Ahluwalia was born in the Punjab, in India, but moved with her family to Canada when she was 7, well after she started training in the traditional music of her region. Kiran has continued her training, both deepening it and widening it. While her 8 albums are definitely rooted in the music...
Si Kahn's 80th: Part 2 with John McCutcheon & Cathy Fink
Song of the Soul - April 19, 2024 03:10 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsPart 2 of a birthday celebration for Si Kahn on his 80th birthday, this week with John McCutcheon and Cathy Fink, sharing streams of music and meaning that flow from Si Kahn.
Si Kahn's 80th: Part 1 with Phoebe Rees & Joe Jencks
Song of the Soul - April 12, 2024 07:11 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAs a happy birthday to Si Kahn for his 80th birthday, this week and next week we are sharing songs and stories by & about Si as performed by the hand-chosen successors to Si's work and music. Today that means we are joined by Phoebe Rees & Joe Jencks.
In Memoriam - Idris Phillips: Star By Moon
Song of the Soul - April 04, 2024 18:57 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIdris Phillips left this world in July 2022, and we remember him today with my interview with him from December 2017, although I also interviewed him again in person,
Full of Hard Truths and Maybe Wild - Andy Hanson
Song of the Soul - March 29, 2024 03:31 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAndy Hanson has lots of history with making music, but has only only seriously worked on conveying his music to the world in the past 5 or so years. Having performed previously with the band WYBLUE, Andy is now principally a solo act, able to draw on his guitar, keyboards, and even saxophone.
Bound for Land, Bound for Heart - Leslie Evers
Song of the Soul - March 22, 2024 03:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLeslie Evers joined me for her first Song of the Soul back in 2020, just after the advent of COVID, and it was a rich occasion of musical and spiritual sharing. She has been a singer and songwriter since she was a kid, so in some ways the release of her first record in 2014 and the second one th...
North Wood Blues as it Should Be - Nick Foytik
Song of the Soul - March 15, 2024 03:40 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsNick Foytik brings with him music deeply marinaded in blues, soul, and rock n' roll, something not-so-common in Wisconsin's north woods where Nick grew up. Nick has been building his chops for some 20 years, and yet it's really only the past few years when he's really launched his music career f...
Tyrants Always Fall as The Nields Arise
Song of the Soul - March 08, 2024 04:22 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOur guest is Nerissa Nields, who shares equal lead billing with her sister, Katryna, of the group known as The Nields. Their website proclaims them to be "equal parts Beatles, Cranberries and Joni Mitchell", and that description is admirably accurate and concise. It's hard to adequately capture ...
Rocking with the Zinnias: Lee Mynett
Song of the Soul - March 01, 2024 04:36 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAlthough Lee Mynett had music in her bones and heart from a tender age, she didn't start writing songs till the age of 50, sort of like what happened with Melvina Reynolds of Little Boxes fame. Lee has a passion for music and story-telling, and has played music as Magdaleena's Muse, Gypsy Maggie...
Goodbye John Wayne and Day Is Coming – The Music of Geof Morgan
Song of the Soul - February 23, 2024 04:49 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsGeof Morgan was a pioneer in the men's music that emerged around 1980 and which was so transformational for so many. Geof's path began in New England, matured and deepened in Nashville, and then migrated to Bellingham, Washington. His healing work continued all the while, though Geof's music lay...
Orchestral Alternative Folk-Rock by the Super Saturated Sugar Strings: Kat Moore
Song of the Soul - February 16, 2024 06:37 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMy guest today is Kat Moore, and she's bringing us the music of the Super Saturated Sugar Strings from Anchorage, Alaska. Words fail in terms of describing the power and energy of their songs, though the phrase orchestral alternative folk-rock captures at least part of it. We're talking about ba...
This Is It with Chuck Brodsky
Song of the Soul - February 09, 2024 03:24 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn December I interviewed Chuck Brodsky about his song, On Christmas I Got Nothing, which introduced me to Chuck's wry sense of humor mixed with cultural insight, Today we'll get a full chance to explore the range of his songs, complete with tinges of Bob Dylan's tones, mixed with heart-tenderin...
Not Robbie Robertson - But...
Song of the Soul - February 02, 2024 04:55 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThough Tim Case's musical career began more than 15 years ago, it went quiescent for much of the intervening years. It has now come fully back to life. Tim says his policy for writing a song is to feel the ones that make him cry, to know they are the songs to be shared.
Coming Alive to David LaMotte
Song of the Soul - January 25, 2024 19:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsDavid Lamotte returns today for Song of the Soul. If you've listened to our previous visits with David, you'll know why we were eager to welcome him back. Through his music that is so clearly rooted, both in place, in meaning, and in Spirit, David enchants.
The Corrosion of Perseverance, Gin, & Eternity: Rock Creek Song Dogs
Song of the Soul - January 19, 2024 03:01 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsDown-home music is what you should expect from Jake Soha of the duo Rock Creek Song Dogs. Jake makes some banjo-spicy music with his wife, Dani Jo Soha, and they self-describe their music as “a little folk, a little rock, a little gritty with a hint of bluegrass”. You'll also find him on stage w...
Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon: Together
Song of the Soul - January 12, 2024 04:02 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWe interviewed Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon back before Christmas about their jointly written and performed album called Together. We're talking about an overabundance of music creation skills by two folk musicians who have released over 100 albums between them.
From Maucker Road to Your Refrigerator: Ben Cook-Feltz
Song of the Soul - January 05, 2024 03:18 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBen Cook-Feltz is an Iowan boy who got lost and wondered north to the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Ben has found a stable and fertile place to grow and make music in the Twin Cities, enough so that he does that at the same time he's parenting a 4-year old.
Since I Fell in Love with the Music
Song of the Soul - December 28, 2023 05:07 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAudra Kubat is deeply connected to the Earth, and her rootedness grows, blossoms, and sometimes weeps through her beautiful music. She is a talented multi-instrumentalist, but there is exceptional power in her voice and in her profound and moving lyrics.
Deep, Sad, & Hopeful Holidays December 2023: Part 2
Song of the Soul - December 22, 2023 04:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsSecond part of Songs Beyond the Norm for the December 2023 Holidays, focused today on Christmas, but with twists both deep and heavy, and still moving toward Light.
Holidays December 2023 - Songs Beyond the Norm, Part 1
Song of the Soul - December 15, 2023 03:45 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFirst part of Songs Beyond the Norm for the December 2023 Holidays, with humor and humility, for Hanukkah, Solstice, & Christmas, in ways you'd never expect.
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