Happy New Year Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
God Don't Like It (The Tallboys)
In The Middle Of Nowhere (The Meat Purveyors)
Jolie Joues Roses (Austin Pitre and His Evangeline Playboys)
Grapes Will Turn To Wine (Mighty Ghosts of Heaven)
Here We Come A-Wassailing (The Watersons)
Trouble In Mind (Greg Clarke)
Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle)
Oregon Trail (Woody Guthrie)
There's A Brown Skin Gal Down The Lane (Lisa Ornstein)
The Well (Tarnation)
Tall Trees (Dave Alvin)

Public Health: Beyond Obama
December  29, 2008

Bridget B. here, I really enjoy, listening to and playing for you, international music, which I strive to convey in the first hour of An Evening of Afrotainment.  My professional work as an event producer has taken me to many countries and I always take pause to inhale the surrounding culture, mostly through various forms of visual and musical, artistic expressions.  The world is large, but it still finds ways to connect us and I believe the connecting point is through music.  

I played a piece by Lura, pronounced Loo-Rah, called Bida Mariadu, off the Putumayo Presents: Women of the World: Acoustic CD.  This compilation is "...an exploration of contemporary acoustic music by some of the world's leading female artists." http://www.putumayo.com/en/catalog_item.php?album_id=231 I always preview the songs that I play and this one was just so touching that I couldn't pass it by and then I learned more about the artist...read on...

How Will You Spend Christmas (Rev. A. W. Nix, Blues, Blues Christmas: 1925-1955)
The Wrong Way To Celebrate Christmas (Rev. Edward Clayborn, Blues, Blues Christmas: 1925-1955)
Christmas Eve (Amy & Karen, Amy & Karen Play 15 "Old Time" Quality Tunes)
Santa Claus (Bo Carter, Blues, Blues Christmas: 1925-1955)
Babe of Bethlehem (The Seeger Sisters, American Folk Songs For Christmas)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (John Fahey, The New Possibility: Christmas With John Fahey)
Christmas & New Year's Blues (Tampa Red, Blues, Blues Christmas: 1925-1955)
Emmanuel (The Watersons, Frost and Fire)

For the Old Mole December 22, 2008.

If there are any pubescent girls in your familiar circles, you may already know about Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series of young adult novels.

Interesting notes on the RIAA and their War on Us:

Hi All,

Welcome to the Forests of fennario Blog, from my little corner of the Grateful Dead and Friends' Universe. I'll be posting stuff about stuff at random intervals and, often, coinciding with my on-air appearances. I'll also be posting transcripts of my interviews, as time allows.

This Saturday, 12/20, I will be doing my annual Solstice-time show, with fun and, maybe, some surprises. Tune in from 12-2 PM.

Tune in here, soon, for a transcript of my 7/19/08 interview with Mr. Derek Trucks.

Hop High My Lulu Girl (Dirk Powell, Hand Me Down)
Crapshooter's Hop (New Lost City Ramblers, There Ain't No Way Out)
Shout You Cats (Hezekiah Jenkins, Good For What Ails Ya, VOl. 2: Music of the Medicine Shows)
Bird Feet Feelings (Trialer Bride, High Seas)
Pinball Machine (Split Lip Rayfield, Split Lip Rayfield)
Ain't Nobody's Business (Jimmy Witherspoon, Devil In A Blue Dress)
Chittlin Cookin Time In Cheatham County (Dickel Brothers, Volume 1)
Indian War Whoop (Floyd Ming's Pep Steppers, Mississippi String Bands, Vol.1)
No One Knows My Name (Gillian Welch, Soul Journey)