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Listen late in the show to "A Few Old Memories," a song by the folk group
Della Mae, from their 2021 album Family Reunion. The show includes other
memories from: The Limelighters 1960 - "This Land;" The Brothers Four 1961 -
"When the Sun Goes Down;" Harry Belafonte 1956...
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Take inspiration from Bob Dylan's "New Morning"- the first song in this
edition of Pastures of Plenty (July 10th 5:30-7am): "So happy just to see
you smile, underneath this sky of blue…It’s a New Morning…." Forget
the heat! The program presents a total of 26 songs, i...
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There's an old saying in the Pacific NW that summer starts on July 5th.
Summer came a little early this year, and in celebration we start off with
songs for summer by Doc Watson & David Greisman, Loudon Wainwright III, and
Taj Mahal, followed by songs about canoeing by P...
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On Pastures of Plenty this week (June 26, 2024) we feature some old school
folk music from the Golden Age of Folk including Peter, Paul & Mary, Pete
Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, The Brothers Four, The New Christy Minstrels, The
Highwaymen, The Holy Modal Rounders, Fred Neil, Er...
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In a rare tip of my cap, this program opens with two songs featuring
Wand’rin Willie and Willy the Wandering Gypsy. Willie is my nickname.
In my research for related song titles I discovered that Wandering Willie is
a ground cover weed, and that Sir Walter Scott wrote...
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It’s June and it feels a lot like summer at times even here in the usually
soggy in springtime Pacific NW. I’ll be featuring songs about bicycling to
get you in the mood to go out for a bike ride in the fine June weather.
Also featured are summer-y songs about the St Lawr...
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