Music Written and Recorded in Quarantine
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for May 23, 2020
Music in Quarantine with Michele Flannery
Guest Host Michele Flannery highlights music written and recorded in quarantine, including recent collections that benefit those disrupted by the pandemic: Co-Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation, Safe in Sound, from Joyful Noise Recordings, and The Golden Sounds of Covid-19. Also, a few streaming-from-their-sitting-room sessions from singer-songwriters Richard Thompson, Kate Rusby, etc. + new sndz from Laura Marling, the Unthanks, Salt House, Sarah Louise, and Clem Snide, plus a cross-cultural 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 collaboration between Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn.
Esther Rose, “What It Takes,” Co-Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation, Vol. 1 (Folkadelphia)
Ry Cooder, “Congregatin’,” PSA (homemade safe at home video recording)
Ryan Stively, “Six Feet Away,” Golden Sounds of Covid-19 (Curly Cassettes)
Dirty Projectors, “Isolation” (Bandcamp)
Tall Tall Trees, “You and Isolation,” Safe in Sound (Joyful Noise)
The Unthanks, “I’m Weary of Lying Alone,” Diversions, Vol. 5: Live & Unaccompanied (Rough Trade)
New Set
Laura Marling, “Strange Girl,” Song for Our Daughter (Partisan)
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn, “Four Seasons / Dark Ocean Waltz,” Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn (Smithsonian Folkways)
Kate Rusby & Damien O’Kane, “Walk the Road,” SSS#1 Singy Songy Sessions from Their Sitting Room, April 2020
Graves, “Sheltered In,” Golden Sounds of Covid-19 (Curly Cassettes)
New Set
C.J. Boyd + Will Oldham + The Quarantine Choir, “Savory,” Safe in Sound (Joyful Noise)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “New Memory Box,” I Made a Place (Drag City)
Sarah Louise, “Brightening Air (words by W.B. Yeats),” Earth and Its Contents (Bandcamp)
Sam Amidon, “Irish Fiddle Tune Set,” Co-Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation, Vol. 1 (Folkadelphia)
Burd Ellen, “Chi Mi Bhuam,” Chi Mi Bhuam (self-released)
Joan Shelley, “Brighter Than the Blues,” Live at the Bomhard (Bandcamp)
New Set
Richard Thompson, “I Misunderstood,” FB Live Concert March 2020
Meg Baird, “Cross Bay,” Benefit single (Bandcamp)
Birdie Busch, “Center,” Co-Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation, Vol. 1 (Folkadelphia)
New Set
Salt House, “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers,” Huam (Hudson Records)
The Garifuna Collective, “Black Catbird,” A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean (Shika Shika)
John D. Curnow, “Barred Owl,” Northern Wilderness Bird Songs in Stereo (Numero Group)
Tony Allen, “Nite Owl,” East Side Story, Vol. 1 (Trenton)
Ivor Cutler, “Jungle Tip-Owl,” Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol II (Harvest)
Hannah Yeun McCarthy, “Hiding Away,” Golden Sounds of Covid-19 (Curly Cassettes)
New Set
Clem Snide, “Roger Ebert,” Forever Just Beyond (Ramseur)
Soccer Mommy, “Circling the Drain,” Tiny Desk at Home Concerts (NPR)
Mr Alec Bowman, “Never the End of the World,” I Used to Be Sad & Then I Forgot (1499386 Records DK2)
Rob Crow and Family, “Philosophy of the World (The Shaggs),” Safe in Sound (Joyful Noise)
Virgin of the Birds, “Pope Clement VI Faces the Black Plague,” Golden Sounds of Covid-19 (Curly Cassettes)
Mercy Bell, “Chocolate Milk & Whiskey,” Co-Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation, Vol. 1 (Folkadelphia)
New Set
Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O’Neil, “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To,” Limited Edition 7″ (self-released)
Music Under Announcements:
Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker, “Half Joking,” Little Common Twist (Thrill Jockey)