Earth Day on The Songcircle; also, Soul Covers Rock

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Fri, 04/21/2023 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

We welcome Earth Day (actually tomorrow) with a track from Neil Young live in Portland's Waterfront Park in 1993, the final collaboration between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, a recently released Hendrix outtake, Loudon Wainwright III live on the BBC, Dee Dee Bridgewater singing in Malian and Samantha Crain singing in Choctaw, and classics from Marvin Gaye, Dionne Warwick, Laura Nyro, Thomas Dolby, Tracy Nelson with Mother Earth, and more. Then, we share a set of soul giants like Etta James, Darlene Love, Bettye LaVette, and others covering tunes by Springsteen, Young, The Doors, The Eagles, and Prince.

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    1:31
    Artist
    Mother Earth
    Song
    Mother Earth
    Album
    Living With The Animals
    Label
    Mercury Records
  • Time
    1:37
    Artist
    Neil Young
    Song
    Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) [Live in Portland 1993]
    Album
    1993/04/01 Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon
    Label
  • Time
    1:44
    Artist
    Willie Nile
    Song
    Earth Blues
    Album
    Children of Paradise
    Label
    River House Records
  • Time
    1:47
    Artist
    Jimi Hendrix
    Song
    Earth Blues
    Album
    People, Hell and Angels
    Label
    Legacy Recordings
  • Time
    1:50
    Artist
    Dee Dee Bridgewater
    Song
    Red Earth (Massane Cissé)
    Album
    Red Earth - A Malian Journey
    Label
    DDB records/emarcy/decca
  • Time
    1:56
    Artist
    Laura Nyro
    Song
    Brown Earth
    Album
    Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (Accompanying Herself On the Piano)
    Label
    Columbia
  • Time
    2:01
    Artist
    Loudon Wainwright III
    Song
    Hard Day on the Planet
    Album
    The BBC Sessions
    Label
    BBC Music
  • Time
    2:05
    Artist
    Simon & Garfunkel
    Song
    Citizen of the Planet
    Album
    Old Friends: Live on Stage
    Label
    Columbia
  • Time
    2:08
    Artist
    Dionne Warwick
    Song
    The Windows of the World
    Album
    The Windows of the World
    Label
    Rhino
  • Time
    2:12
    Artist
    Marvin Gaye
    Song
    Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
    Album
    What's Going On
    Label
    UNI/MOTOWN
  • Time
    2:16
    Artist
    Mary Hopkin
    Song
    Earth Song (Live)
    Album
    Live At the Royal Festival Hall 1972 (Remastered)
    Label
    Mary Hopkin Music
  • Time
    2:20
    Artist
    Thomas Dolby
    Song
    The Flat Earth
    Album
    The Flat Earth
    Label
    The Echo Label Limited
  • Time
    2:27
    Artist
    The Turtles
    Song
    The Closing: Earth Anthem (Remastered)
    Album
    The Battle of the Bands (Deluxe Version)
    Label
    FloEdCo
  • Time
    2:32
    Artist
    Howard Bomar
    Song
    Purple Rain
    Album
    I, Who Have Nothing
    Label
    Sundazed
  • Time
    2:37
    Artist
    Darlene Love
    Song
    Hungry Heart
    Album
    Live 1982
    Label
    Liberation Hall
  • Time
    2:41
    Artist
    Bettye LaVette
    Song
    Heart of Gold (Single Version) [Remastered]
    Album
    Child of the Seventies
    Label
    Rhino Atlantic
  • Time
    2:43
    Artist
    Erma Franklin
    Song
    Light My Fire
    Album
    Soul Sister (Bonus Track Edition)
    Label
    Edsel
  • Time
    2:46
    Artist
    Etta James
    Song
    Take It to the Limit (Live 1978)
    Album
    Live at Montreux 1993 [Video]
    Label
    Eagle Rock
  • Time
    2:55
    Artist
    Samantha Crain
    Song
    When We Remain
    Album
    A Small Death
    Label
    Real Kind Records
  • Time
    2:58
    Artist
    Jackie DeShannon
    Song
    What the World Needs Now Is Love
    Album
    What the World Needs Now Is Love
    Label
    CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)

Comments

The Etta James performance is actually from 1978, not 1993 as stated (it’s a bonus track on the DVD of her 1993 performance).

The Etta James performance is actually from 1978, not 1993 as stated (it’s a bonus track on the DVD of her 1993 performance).

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