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Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs August 10th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs

We listen for poetry in music and music in poetry, songs as poems and poems as songs with Langston Hughes, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Ken Nordine. Plus, a visit to New York’s City Lore with poet-folklorist Steve Zeitlin, who rides the POEMobile to the People’s Poetry Gathering and then back to New Orleans to meet Louisiana’s poet laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy.

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THE FOLK REVIVAL REVISITED

July 27th, 2022

The American folk music revival that grew from the Post-WWII era to the Sixties was about more than just music: it wrapped in political activism, romantic visions of the self and the “folk,” group “sing-a-longs,” “hootenannies” and careers of singer-songwriters. We interview folk heroine Judy Collins about her move from traditional British folk songs to the new songs and sounds in Greenwich Village. Jug bandleader Jim Kweskin talks about his love of communal living. The late Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax offer opinions on their divergent views of folk music and the quest for authenticity. Jerry Garcia tells of his most influential folk music source and we’ll hear Dylan go electric at Newport in 1965. Rhiannon Giddens talks about bringing back the peoples’ music of another era today.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Savannah Rag Norman Blake
    Far Away Down On a Georgia Farm, Shanachie
  • Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Doc and Merle Watson
    Elementary Dr. Watson!, Tomato
  • SEGMENT: Studs Terkel, Nora Guthrie and Guy Logsdon on "This Land is Your Land"

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  • CLIP: Ramblin' Jack Elliot

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  • Blowin' In the Wind Bob Dylan
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
  • CLIP: Jerry Garcia

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  • The Cuckoo Clarence Ashley
    The Anthology of American Folk Music, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Instrumental: Not Fade Away/Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead/Skill and Roses, Warner Bros.
  • SEGMENT: Alan Lomax

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  • SEGMENT: Pete Seeger

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  • Good Morning Blues Lead Belly
    Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 1, Smithsonian Folkways
  • If I Had a Hammer Toussaint McCall
    Nothing Takes the Place of You, Westside Records
  • Instrumental: Cairo Rag Cannon's Jug Stompers
    The Complete Works 1927-1930, Yazoo
  • SEGMENT: Jim Kweskin

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  • CLIP: Bonnie Raitt

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  • On the Road Again Tom Rush
    Take a Little Walk With Me, Elektra
  • End Bed: Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt John Fahey
    Of Rivers and Religion, Reprise

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Midnight Special Jimmy Smith
    Midnight Special, Blue Note
  • Why Am I Treated So Bad The Staple Singers
    Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy
  • Midnight Special Johnny Rivers
    Anthology, 1946-1977, Rhino
  • CLIP: Joan Baez

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  • Green, Green Grass of Home Joan Baez
    David's Album, Vanguard
  • Simple Song of Freedom Tim Hardin
    The Folk Years- A Singers and Songwriters collection-Simple Song of Freedom, EMI
  • Instrumental: Wheen Johnny Comes Marching Home Jimmy Smith Trio
    The Master, Blue Note
  • CLIP: Rhiannon Giddens

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  • SEGMENT: Judy Collins

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  • Instrumental: Nashville Skyline Rag Bob Dylan
    Nashville Skyline, Columbia
  • CLIP: John Oates

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  • Stagger Lee John Oates
    Live at Preservation Hall, American Routes original recording,
  • Blowin' In the Wind Stevie Wonder
    Up-Tight, Tamla
  • SEGMENT: Bob Dylan at Newport with Joan Baez, Dick Waterman, and George Wein

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  • Maggie's Farm Bob Dylan
    Live at Newport 1965, private collection
  • End Bed: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Bob Dylan
    Live at Newport 1965, private collection

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    SONGS AS POEMS; POEMS AS SONGS

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    CARIBBEAN CRUISE & SOUTH LOUISIANA SOJOURN: GARIFUNA GUITARIST AURELIO & CREOLE ACCORDIONIST CEDRIC WATSON

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    THE FOLK REVIVAL REVISITED

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