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Spotlight On The Folkpodist: Cheryl Prashker
Song of the Soul - May 12, 2023 03:01 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCheryl Prashker is a talented musician with wide and deep skills, particularly on the drums, but she especially has a heart of gold and bestows endless blessings on all around her. Besides performing decades ago with a back called CC RailRoad, she performs currently with a Celtic-based band call...
Fire, Blood, Booze, Lust, Spirit, & Yoga with Ethan Eckert
Song of the Soul - May 05, 2023 03:18 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsEthan Eckert is a player of music in a wild variety of genres, including folk, jazz, hip-hop, hard rock and just about whatever you can imagine. He's a drummer, keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist, and he writes songs on the creative edge. He will help raise you up, just as he does with his sourdou...
Good Old Days & Ways: 7 Artists
Song of the Soul - April 27, 2023 23:29 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsSeven portions of seven Song of the Soul shows with seven great musicians back in the summer/fall of 2020, with songs linked by themes around old-timey music, old times, old folks, and new songs.
Leaping Music, Heart, & Animals
Song of the Soul - April 21, 2023 06:12 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe music of Ben Bedford talks on on a trip through a wider lens to life, not only that of humans, but of the vibrant world around us, with all our relations. While Ben's words dance lyrically through images and poetry, his tunes dance magically through guitar strings and vibrations.
Best Songs for Social Change 2022
Song of the Soul - April 14, 2023 07:37 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsEnjoy the rich fruits of the 7th annual Songs for Social Change contest, sponsored by RAWA (Renaissance Artists and Writers Association). The main organizer, Dada Veda, shares 6 of the finalists in the 2022 contest, including winner Allan Licht.
Give Trees a Chance!
Song of the Soul - April 07, 2023 01:47 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsTom Neilson is a folk singer's folk singer, using his songs to bring you all the news and issues that are of vital importance to the physical and ethical well-being of Americans but which get short-shrift in mainstream media. It's not a surprise at all that Just Plain Folks International gave To...
Music as Spirit & Lifeblood - Heather Pierson
Song of the Soul - March 24, 2023 02:43 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHeather Pierson fell in love with music & the piano at a tender age, growing into singing in choirs & playing the guitar along the way. Music of all sorts of genres are her spirit & lifeblood. She was a part of Garajh Mahal, doing progressive rock, then with the country-leaning North Atlantic Ba...
A Gift of Light: Joy Zimmerman
Song of the Soul - February 17, 2023 05:50 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJoy Zimmerman combines consummate instrumental skill, with moving lyrics, and with abundant Light & Love. Immersed in classical music & violin throughout her youth, it was later in life that she picked up a guitar and discovered her gift for songwriting. Joy shares deeply from her rich life and ...
Iowa's Wonderful Chicago Folk Recluse: Bonnie Koloc
Song of the Soul - February 02, 2023 21:28 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBonnie Koloc was a major presence in music, especially folk music, on the Chicago scene in the early 1970's, along with John Prine and Steve Goodman, one of the big 3 folk musicians there. She was a constant presence on the stage in those years, churning out 4 albums in 4 years, singing not only...
Wonder, Mystery, Beauty, & Christmas in the Ashram
Song of the Soul - January 27, 2023 05:27 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsChris Rosser moved to Asheville, NC, to be close to the folk music scene there, even as he performs as a jazz musician, and as part of the world-fusion trio, Free Planet Radio - and produces music for others.
Pain Into Connection, Dark Pop, & Scrabble Mastery
Song of the Soul - January 20, 2023 04:37 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJessica Smucker is today's SOS guest, and she believes the best way to change the world is to channel our pain into connection. Jessica is one very captivating person, both musically and otherwise. She worked on movies, is a published poet & a social justice warrior, came into music through a ro...
Tear-jerking Joy with Carrie Elkin
Song of the Soul - January 13, 2023 05:34 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCarrie Elkin brings to listeners a tear-jerking joy through her songs that seek to make the world better from the vulnerable places in each of our hearts. With a life, study, and career path including saxophone, Lutheran church music, pre-med studies, physiology, and environmental work using org...
Serious Fun with Alastair Moock
Song of the Soul - January 05, 2023 21:07 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAlastair Moock has been playing music in the Philly area since 1995, with a specialty of family music added after the birth of his twins in 2006. He was first place in the 2020 Songs for Social Change, a project of RAWA, with his song Be A Pain.
Six Songs & A Different Christmas: Part 2
Song of the Soul - December 30, 2022 04:35 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCelebrating the winter holidays with 6 artists & songs, with very different glimpses & ideas about Christmas. Some are whimsical, some thought-provoking, some passionate.
Songs of Winter Holidays, Part 1: Cris Williamson & Friends
Song of the Soul - December 23, 2022 13:10 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsPart one of a rich assortment of guests & original music of some Winter Holidays, like the Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, and the New Year.
Music of Summer 2020 – From Wonder Woman to a Frog in a Pond
Song of the Soul - December 16, 2022 00:55 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsA delightful retrospective of Song of the Soul guests from Summer 2020, ranging lighthearted to profoundhearted.
Songs of the Border #2: Dreams & Compassion With No Cages
Song of the Soul - November 24, 2022 21:07 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings4 more artists from Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, & Wisconsin, with songs of welcoming, Dreamers, cages, & loving our neighbors.
Songs of the Border #1: Hearts Reaching Wide
Song of the Soul - November 18, 2022 03:41 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThree artists share songs of compassion & connection, reaching across our borders. In this 1st installment, Randall Adams, Peter Alsop, & Anita Aysola sing of love for caged children, love of all children, and love of a new home, while facing off with fear, division, & disconnection.
Singing the Living Legacy
Song of the Soul - November 10, 2022 19:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsReggie Harris has always been full of music & inspiration, but never more so than as he finishes his 7th decade on the planet.
Home In Your Heart With SW Gem Jaspar Lepak
Song of the Soul - October 27, 2022 16:13 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsPrepare to have your heart stolen by today's guest, Jaspar Lepak. Jaspar did not really get into music till post-college, but she burst into it full-bore, including producing 5 CDs in a very short time, 4 of which you won't find among the 5 releases that do show up on her site.
Uplifting the World in a Song: Loretta Simonet
Song of the Soul - October 21, 2022 05:33 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMinnesota's Twin Cities are teeming with musical talents, among them Curtis and Loretta. They've been making & performing fine mostly-folkish music for more than 3 decades. Loretta Simonet writes the lion's share of their songs, and her primary instrument is either the guitar or the folk harp, a...
Gracefully Walking Though Fire With Vanessa Lively
Song of the Soul - October 13, 2022 22:21 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOn the website of Vanessa Lively you'll see noted that she creates folk & world music that beautifully joins heartfelt lyrics with soulful vocals. This is true - deeply true - and time with Vanessa is a rich, deep, and also uplifting experience.
The Road, the Reason, The Destination: Spring 2020 Song of the Soul
Song of the Soul - October 07, 2022 06:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsA visit to a rich variety of musicians featured on Song of the Soul in the early days of the pandemic, highlighting themes of The Road, The Reason, The Destination, with songs by Spook Handy, Andi Renfree, Laura Marie, Ksenia Mack,
Life, Loss, & Lyrical Longing With Judi Jaeger
Song of the Soul - September 29, 2022 18:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJudi Jaeger grew up in Canada, but moved to the USA decades ago and became a US citizen. Considering her early passion for and proficiency in music, it's surprising that she completely abandoned that side of her soul for about 25 years, while studying and working as a lawyer, and as a parent.
True Green Irish: Joanna Clare
Song of the Soul - September 23, 2022 00:51 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJoanna Clare started her violin quite young on rather standard Suzuki method fare, but along the way Irish music captured her, both as a dancer & as a fiddler. And along the way, new Irish tunes began flowing out of Joanna's fiddle. Though she is a Philadelphia-based material science/engineer by...
No Regrets From Friction Farm - Aidan Quinn
Song of the Soul - September 15, 2022 22:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAidan Quinn is half of Friction Farm, and together with Christine Stay (listen to her Nov 2020 interview) they make beautiful, fun, and inspirational folk-Americana-roots music.
Stand Up, Come Along America, It's Our Turn Now for a Love Revolution on Juneteenth: Songs for Social Change 2021
Song of the Soul - September 08, 2022 19:14 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings6 songs from 6 finalists in the Songs for Social Change 2021 contest, sponsored by the Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, founded by Ananda Marga, presented by one of the judges, Arun/Ed Glassman.
Stardust Saltwater to Devil's Darner: Jonathan Foster
Song of the Soul - September 03, 2022 02:43 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJonathan Foster's music has magic, melody and even some mirth. He's got a deep connection with the Earth, grown out his origins in the shadow of the Adirondacks of the Eastern US, now thriving in the Rockies of Northern California. His alter ego/day job is as a wetland ecologist, glimpses of whi...
Musical Elements Pre-COVID
Song of the Soul - August 25, 2022 21:36 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsGlimpses of 7 of our musical guests back in early 2020, before the pandemic became our country's focus, focusing on songs of each related to earth, air, water, fire, and other essential elements of creation.
A Country Heart in Boston: Kirsten Manville
Song of the Soul - August 18, 2022 17:19 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsDespite having spent 6 years in Nashville, Kirsten Manville's true home is in the Boston area of MA. Raised with important influences from old-time, classical, folk, & rock music, country music has been foremost in Kirsten's heart since she was 8.
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