This Quarter
ere are our weekly listings for the winter months. Watch this list for further details to be filled in and other possible updates.
| 1/4 | In Memoriam: Honoring musicians who passed away in 2024: Toumani Diabate, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Phil Lesh, John Mayall, Barbara Dane, Gerry Conway, Ella Jenkins, Kris Kristofferson, Phil Wiggins, Melanie, Jo-El Sonnier, Tom Prasada-Rao, Heather Wood, Kinky Friedman, Alice Brock. | |
| 1/11 | West Coast: Favorite musicians in varied genres from up and down our coast: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald, Ayla Nereo, Rupa and the April Fishes, Shimshai & Susana, Claudia Cuentas, Laura Love. | |
| 1/18 | In Tribute to Peter, Paul, and Mary: An encore broadcast of music and conversation with Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow, who recently passed away. | |
| 1/25 | Continental: Selveya from Switzerland, Ensemble Sangineto from Italy, Adaya, Lotte Walda, Marta Topferova. A brief remembrance of Gabriel Yacoub. | |
| 2/1 | Reclaiming Their Place in Folk: Celebrating the music of a new generation of African-American artists. | |
| 2/8 | Recent Releases: Rising Appalachia; Trevor Hall; Xavier Rudd from Australia; The Silkroad Ensemble; the trio of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Karine Polwart, and Julie Fowlis; Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary; Marla Fibish & Rebecca Richman, Eric Bibb; Cindy Kallet. | |
| 2/15 | Valentine’s: Songs of desire, longing, and broken hearts. Music by Mary Black, June Tabor, DeDannan, Clannad, Cara Dillon, John Gorka. | |
| 2/22 | Ensemble Sounds: Bands from here and there and everywhere. The Silkroad Ensemble, Ensemble Sangineto, Sephardic music by the Guy Mendilow Ensemble, Estoudiantina from Greece, and much more, including some half-forgotten gems by the Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet and the Wayfaring Strangers. | |
| 3/1 | Michele K-Tel Returns: Guest host Michele Flannery returns with a preview of the upcoming Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. | |
| 3/8 | International Women’s Day: Original women’s voices from around the world. Singer-songwriter and fiddler Lucia Comnes will appear live. | |
| 3/15 | St. Patrick’s: Music from Ireland and the Irish diaspora, past and present. The duo of Marla Fibish and Rebecca Richman will showcase tunes from their latest release, Playdate. | |
| 3/22 | Spring Equinox: Music in the spirit of the season. | |
| 3/29 | A Tribute to Phil Cunningham: Produced by guest host Nancy Iverson. |
God is guiding us
To a place we’ve never known
And yet it feels so familiar
Like the truth of what has always been
Beneath layers of separation and indoctrination
Beyond the levels of lessons we chose to move through as spirit to help transmute pain for the collective
The undertaking of a sacred unearthing of suffering
From the vantage point of this now moment it all makes sense
And now it’s like the calm after the storm
Even amidst a snow storm
There is so much peace
A sobering certainty
That everything—EVERYTHING is happening exactly as it is meant to
That there is somehow this picturesque guiding force of energy—an eternal template designed in total mastery
We are on our way to a planet of peace
There is literally no way to stop it
Suddenly it is so comforting to see that all of the drama and toxicity unfolding in a multitude of ways on the planet
Are simply byproducts of a dying old world
By which death, a new is being birthed
Every ending a beginning
The never ending never beginning spiral of our collective becoming
Unfolding like a lotus in infinite forms
And so there is peace
There is trust in the process
All we feel called to do is love ourselves and show up in the most joyful and impactful ways we feel called
From that deep well within the heart
Steeped in The remembrance that life is but a dream
And we are awakening from a long slumber
Aligned optimistic and so deeply held
Anchored in reverence for the most high
Who has been holding us the whole time❤
—Sierra Marin