Birds, Little Wings
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for June 21, 2003
Hour 1: Birds in Traditional Music
First set
Dave Swarbrick & Fairport Convention, "The Hen's March Medley," Folk on 2, 3:10 BBC/Cooking Vinyl
Karan Casey, "Lord MacDonald's," Distant Shore, 3:16 Shanachie
Second set
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, "The Fowler," Byker Hill, 3:15 Fontana/Topic
Alison Krauss & The Chieftains, "Molly Ban," Down the Old Plank Road, 4:45 BMG
Fairport Convention, "Crazy Man Michael," Liege and Lief, 4:37 Island/A&M
Loreena McKennitt, "The Bonny Swans," The Mask and the Mirror, 7:18 Warner Music
Third set
Maddy Prior, "Twa Corbies," Year, 3:01 Park Records
Malinky, "Three Ravens," 3 Ravens, 6:11 Greentrax
RecordingsMidway music
Dervish, "Lark on the Strand," A Midsummer's Night, 6:49 Compass
Laurie Lewis Interview
(All songs are collected in Laurie's new Birdsong CD)
1.) "When the Night Bird Sings," Love Chooses You, 4:33 Flying Fish
2.) "Singing Bird," True Stories, 2:51 Rounder
3.) "The Wood Thrush's Song," Laurie Lewis and Her Bluegrass Pals, 3:07 Rounder
4.) "Let the Bird Go Free," Seeing Things, 4:33 Rounder
5.) "Tell Me True," Birdsong, 3:40 (self-produced)
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for June 21, 2003
Hour 2: Little Wings
First set
Pete Morton, "Songbird," Mad World Blues, 4:36 Green Linnet Records
Kris Delmhorst, "Little Wings," Five Stories, 3:03 Catalyst Disc
Montreux Band, "Egrets," Montreux: A Windham Hill Retrospective, 6:02 Windham Hill
Second set
Alisa Fineman, "First Smoke and the Raven Song," Cup of Kindness, 4:35 Humming Bird Music
Lorraine Duisit, "Hawks and Herons," Hawks and Herons, 3:38 Flying Fish
It's a Beautiful Day, "White Bird," It's a Beautiful Day, 6:03 CBS
Third set
Trapezoid, "Wild Bird in a Purple Plum" (live), 5:32
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, "I Go Like the Raven," Drum Hat Buddha, 3:34 Signature Sounds
Gillian Welch, "Winter's Come and Gone" (faded), Hell Among the Yearlings, 2:14 Almo