Lark In The Morning
Playlists
Lark In The Morning playlist for 05/04/2012
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Murray | The Little Ford Rambled Right Along | The Time Rollback | Rollback Records |
| Old Belle Reed | The Lady and the Soldier | Ola Belle Reed | Rounder |
| Wry Straw | From Earth to Heaven | From Earth to Heaven | June Appal |
| The Bogtrotters | Who Broke the Lock | The Bogtrotters | Biograph |
| Mike Seeger & Alice Gerrard | Gone to View That Land | Alice Gerrard & Mike Seeger | Rounder |
| Woodstock Mtn Revue | Interest on the Loan | Pretty Lucky | Rounder |
| Maxine Sellers | Abilene | Folk songs | Prestige Folklore |
| Pete Seeger | Beans, Bacon, and Gravy | American Industrial Folksongs | Folkways |
| Spark Gap Wonder Boys | God Made Woman After Man | Cluck Old Hen | Rounder |
| Art Thieme | The State of Illinois | Outright Bold-faced Lie | Kicking Mule |
| Jon Wilcox | Hot Dog Stand | Close to Home | Briar Records |
| Ed Sweeney | Better Bring a Lawyer When You Go | The Times, They Are Something Like They Used to Be | Old Harbour |
| Gamble Rogers | Still Bill Trades His Dawg | Sorry Is As Sorry Does | Flying Fish |
| Stampfel & Weber | You've Got the Right String Baby But the Wrong Yo-yo | Going Nowhere Fast | Rounder |
| Meryle Korn | An Ode to the Humble Geoduck | Past Presence | Meryle Korn |
| Arm & Hammer String Band | Goin' Uptown, Avalon Quickstep | New England Contra Dance Music | Kicking Mule |
| Sally Rogers & Howie Bursen | The Magpie | Satisfied Customers | Flying Fish |
| Tracy Grammar and Dave Carter | Ordinary Town | Drum Hat Buddha | |
| Reilly & Maloney | Milly, There's a Dance in Town | Backstage | Freckle |
| Ebenezer | Dixie Bee Line | Tell It To Me | Biograph |
Lark In The Morning playlist for 04/20/2012
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Houston | Yonder Tree | Nursery Rhymes, Games, & Folk Songs | Folkways |
| Guy Carawan | Whoa Buck | Songs with Guy Carawan | Folkways |
| John A. Lomax, Jr. | Louisiana Girls | Sings American Folksongs | Folkways |
| John A. Lomax, Jr. | Haymaking Song | Sings American Folksongs | Folkways |
| Betty Garland | Two Little Orphans | American Folk Ballads | Folkways |
| Tracy Schwarz | Claude Allen | Look Out Here It Comes | Folkways |
| Mike Seeger | Johnson City Blues | Old Time Country Blues | Folkways |
| Roscoe Holcomb | Mississippi Heavy Water Blues | Close to Home | Folkways |
| Odetta | I'm Going Back to the Red Clay Country | The Essential Odetta | Vanguard |
| E.V. Stoneman | When the Springtime Comes Again | Old-Time Tunes of the South | Folkways |
| E.V. Stoneman | Stoney's Waltz | Old-Time Tunes of the South | Folkways |
| Frank Hutchison | Last Scenes of the Titanic | The Train That Carried My Girl From Town | Rounder |
| Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Darling Nellie Across the Sea | Who's That Knocking | Folkways |
| Green Grass Cloggers | I Have No Mother Now | Through the Ears | Rounder |
| John McCutcheon | Every Bush and Tree | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | June Appal |
| Green Grass Cloggers | Candy Girl | Through the Ears | Rounder |
| Green Grass Cloggers | Sally Ann | Through the Ears | Rounder |
| Kenny Hall & the Long Haul String Band | Guiness on a Saucer | Kenny Hall and the Long Haul String Band | Voyager |
| Hold the Mustard | Mason's Apron, etc | Hold the Mustard | Hold the Mustard |
| Laurel Canyon Ramblers | Shady Grove | The Cambria Hoot | |
| Trapezoid | Country Home | Cool of the Day | Sugar Hill |
| Laurie Lewis | Texas Bluebonnets | Earth & Sky | Rounder |
| Dave Carter | Texas Underground | Snake Handlin' Man | Dave Carter |
| Pop Wagner | Trail to Mexico | Spark of Life | Pop Wagner |
The powerful version of "I Have No Mother Now" which appears on the Green Grass Cloggers album was sung by Suzanne Edmundson of the Hotmud Family.
Lark In The Morning playlist for 03/16/2012
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Tunney | The Whistling Thief | The Lark in the Morning | Tradition |
| Tommy Makem | Mrs. McGrath | Songs of Tommy Makem | Tradition |
| Martin Crosby | Patsy Fagan | Irish Humorous and Popular Songs | Fiesta |
| Tom Dahill | Joan in the Garrett | The Ragged Hank of Yarn | Flying Fish |
| Planxty | The Good Ship Kangaroo | Christy Moore and Friends | RTE |
| Tommy Dempsey | Cunla Dear | Green Grow the Laurel | Trailer |
| Robbie O'Connell | The Gay Old Hag | Close to the Bone | Green Linnet |
| Packie Byrne & Bonnie Shaljean | Our Ship She Lays in Harbour | The Half Door | Dingles |
| DeDanann | Maggie | The Star-Spangled Molly | Shanachie |
| Donal Maguire | The Red-Haired Man's Wife | The Star of Sunday's Well | Rossendale |
| The Irish Tradition | Michael O'Connor | The Times We've Had | Green Linnet |
| Dolores Keane | Cragie Hills | Farewell to Eirinn | Green Linnet |
| Andy Irvine & Paul Brady | The Jolly Soldier | Andy Irvine Paul Brady | Mulligan |
| Owen McBride | Mary from Dungloe | Owen McBride | Philo |
| Al O'Donnell | The Dark-Eyed Sailor | Al O'Donnell 2 | Transatlantic |
| Planxty | Arthur McBride | Planxty | Shanachie |
| Patrick Street | Doorus Mill / The Rolling Reel | Irish Times | Green Linnet |
| The Black Family | Colcannon | The Black Family | Dara |
| The Bothy Band | The Kesh Jig / Give Us a Drink of Water | The Bothy Band 1975 | Green Linnet |
A program of Irish music, mostly vocal, highlighting the diversity of Irish viewpoints expressed in song: unrequited love, bragging, wistful recollection, and more. All LP's except for the Black Family cut.
Lark In The Morning playlist for 03/02/2012
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retta Spradlin | Wild Bill Jones | Gettin' Up the Stairs | County |
| Dee & Delta Hicks | Lulu Shine | Ballads & Banjo Music | County |
| Virgil Anderson | Goin' Round the World | Five Miles Out of Town | County |
| Almeda Riddle | The Prodigal's Career | More Ballads and Hymns from the Ozarks | Rounder |
| Ramona Jones | When They Ring Them Golden Bells | Lady's Fancy | County |
| Carson Robison | My Blue Ridge Mountain Home | Just a Melody | Old Homestead |
| Woody Guthrie | Billy the Kid | American Folk Music | Time-Life |
| Ed McCurdy | Stackerlee | Blood, Booze, 'n Bones | Elektra |
| Harry McClintock | Jesse James | Native American Ballads | RCA Vintage |
| Ed McCurdy | Lulu | Blood, Booze, 'n Bones | Elektra |
| Jimmie Davis | Wild & Reckless Hobo | Native American Ballads | RCA Vintage |
| Wry Straw | Land Beyond the Blue | From Earth to Heaven | June Appal |
| Hotmud Family | Country Ham & Red Gravy | Live, As We Know It | Flying Fish |
| Peter Kessler & Gail Fratar | One Sunday Evening | Just Dreaming | Swallow |
| Tony & Irene Saletan | The Old Granite State | Tony & Irene Saletan | Folk-Legacy |
| Bob Coltman | Rocky Island | You Got Magic | Biograph |
| Happy Traum | When First Unto This Country | Bucket of Songs | Shanachie |
| Woodstock Mtn Revue | Interest on the Loan | Pretty Lucky | Rounder |
| Megan MacArthur | Jim Fisk | Make the Wildwoods Ring | Front Hall |
| Cathy Barton & Dave Para | Neighbors | On a Day Like Today | Folk-Legacy |
| Sandy & Caroline Paton | Didn't I Dance | New Harmony | Folk-Legacy |
| Sally Rogers | Jubilee | The Unclaimed Pint | Thrushwood |
| Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis | Going Down to Tampa | Wilder Joy | Flying Fish |
Lark In The Morning playlist for 02/17/2012
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Seeger | Midnight Special | A Tribute to Leadbelly | Tomato |
| R. Crumb & the Cheap Suit Serenaders | Chasin' Rainbows | Cheap Suit Serenaders Vol. 2 | Blue Goose |
| Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band | Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me | Jug Band Music | Vanguard |
| Doc Souchon | Mariuch, She Make Me Do the Hoochie Ma Cooch | Minstrel Days & Blues | Golden Crest |
| Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band | Vamp of New Orleans | Jug Band Music | Vanguard |
| Maura O'Connell | New Orleans | Just in Time | Philo |
| Harmony Sisters | La Femme Qui Jouait Aux Cartes | Second Helping | Flying Fish |
| Any Old Time String Band | La Porte Dans Arriere | Ladies Choice | Bay |
| John McCutcheon | Howjadoo | Howjadoo | Rounder |
| The Ambassadors | Acorn Stomp & Pike's Peak | The Ambassadors | Rooster |
| The Rambling Boys of Pleasure | Everythings Fine Right Now | Glad to Be Here | Richmond Records |
| Good Old Persons | China Camp | I Can't Stand to Ramble | Kaleidoscope |
| Bill Staines | Ol' Jack | The Whistle of the Jay | Folk-Legacy |
| Bob Coltman | Jack's Red Cheetah | Before They Close the Minstrel Show | Minstrel |
| Power River | Home Brew Rag | Powder River | Folk Legacy |
| Fiction Brothers | Things Are Coming My Way | Things Are Coming My Way | Flying Fish |
| Margaret Christl | Crockeryware | The Barley Grain for Me | Folk Legacy |
| Flip Breskin | It's Better Than That | Promises I've Kept | Flip Breskin |
| Michael McNevin | Brian Jones | Waterbug.com Sampler | Waterbug |
| Lui Collins | The Bee Song | Kid's Jam Summer | Waterbug |
| Shay's Rebellion | Tungsten | Daniel Shays Highway | Flying Fish |
Amazing... despite the membership pitches we still squeezed in 20 cuts this morning.
Lark In The Morning playlist for 01/20/2012
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Boy Fuller | You've Got Something There | Blind Boy Fuller | Blues Classics |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | Bad Luck Blues | Volume Two | Milestone Records |
| Erik Darling | Diamond Ring | True Religion | Vanguard |
| Tom Rush | Pallet on the Floor | Blues, Songs, Ballads | Prestige |
| Even Dozen Jug Band | All Worn Out | The Even Dozen Jug Band | Elektra |
| Nashville Jug Band | What's the Matter with the Mill? | Nashville Jug Band | Rounder |
| Nashville Jug Band | Empty Boudoir Blues | Nashville Jug Band | Rounder |
| Rag Daddy | Bye Bye Blues | On the Road Again | Voyager |
| Sparky Rucker | Pallet on Your Floor | Cold & Lonesom on a Train | June Appal |
| Woody Harris | Darktown Strutter's Ball | American Guitar Solos | Arhoolie |
| Creighton Lindsay | Je Peux Pas T'Oublier | I Ain't Worried | Time & Strike |
| Bill Staines | Hauling in the Wood | Old Wood and Winter Wine | Mineral River Records |
| Dillon Bustin | More Wood | Almanac | June Appal |
| John McCutcheon | Sly Little Crow | Mail Myself to You | Rounder |
| Robin & Linda Williams | If You Were a Bluebird | Dixie Highway Sign | June Appal |
| Clarence Ashley | Coo Coo Bird | Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley: The Original Folkways Recordings | Smithsonian Folkways |
| David Holt | Dinah | It Just Suits Me | June Appal |
| Canterbury Orchestra | Petronella | Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra | F&W Records |
| Berkeley Scottish Players | I'll Mak' Ye Fain to Follow Me | Heather & Yon | Cabbage Records |
| Eric Bogle | Aussie Bar-B-Q | Plain & Simple | Plant Life |
| Judy Small | Much Too Much | Ladies & Gems | Crafty Maid Music |
| Swallowtail | Swinging on a Gate / Dancing Bear | Flights of Fancy | Rooster Records |
Little bit of blues, little old-timey, some dance music, wait a minute... what is this Aussie stuff doing here at the end?!?
Lark In The Morning playlist for 01/06/2012
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fraternity Chorus | The Whiffenpoof Song / The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Required Singing | Epic | |
| Ian & Sylvia | Captain Woodstock's Courtship | Northern Journey | Vanguard | |
| Jean Ritchie | The Hangman Song | Jean Ritchie | Elektra | |
| Jean Ritchie | Sugar on the Floor | High Hills & Mountains | Greenhays | |
| Jean Ritchie | The Cuckoo | High Hills & Mountains | Greenhays | |
| Jean Ritchie | Jubilee | The Most Dulcimer | Greenhays | |
| Jean Ritchie | Four Marys | The Most Dulcimer | Greenhays | |
| Jean Ritchie | Wondrous Love | None but One | Greenhays | |
| John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman | Candyman | Live... In Concert | Shanachie | |
| Nic Jones | William of Winsbury | Unearthed | Molly Music | |
| June Tabor & Martin Simpson | Strange Affair | A Cut Above | Topic | |
| Stefan Grossman | Sheebeg An Sheemore | Live... In Concert | Shanachie | |
| Anne Hills | Rusty Red River | Don't Explain | Hogeye | www.annehills.com |
| Pierce Pettis | State of Grace | State of Grace | Compass | |
| David Francey | Come Rain Or Come Shine | Skating Rink | Laker Music | |
| Lynn Miles | Rust | Night In A Strange Town | Philo | www.lynnmilesmusic.com |
| Norman Blake | Blackberry Blossom | Blackberry Blossomo | Flying Fish | |
| Teresina Huxtable | Orion Risen | Melancholy Babies | Front Hall | |
| Sally Rogers | The Mother Song | Love Will Guide Us | Flying Fish | www.sallyrogers.com |
| Flip Breskin | Planxty Maryann Breskin | Promises I've Kept | Flip Breskin | www.myspace.com |
A slower-paced program, with a mini-set of Jean Ritchie early in the program, and tribute to mothers at the end.
Lark In The Morning playlist for 12/16/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosalie Sorrels | The Lonesome Roving Wolves | The Lonesome Roving Wolves | Green Linnet | |
| Betty Smith | Young Charlotte | Songs Traditionally Sung in North Carolina | Folk Legacy | |
| Glenn Ohrlin | The Cowboy's Christmas Ball | The Wild Buckaroo | Rounder | |
| Norman Blake | The Last Train from Poor Valley | Fields of November | Flying Fish | |
| Margaret MacArthur | The Ballad of Robban's First Ride | The Old Songs | Philo | |
| Leo Kretzner | Bold Orion | Bold Orion | Heartwood | |
| Lui Collins | Midwinter Night | There's a Light | Green Linnet | |
| Eclectricity | Sitting Out the Winter | Language of the Heart | Flying Fish | |
| Bok, Trickett, Muir | Turning Toward the Morning | Turning Toward the Morning | Folk Legacy | |
| John McCutcheon | Huron Carol | Winter Solstice | Rounder | |
| Ed Sweeney | Sussex Carol | Inside Fezziwig's | Kicking Mule | |
| Angel Band | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Shout for Joy | Philo | |
| Roberts & Barrand | Sherbourne / Rudolf | Nowell Sing We Clear Vol. 3 | Front Hall | www.goldenhindmusic.com |
| Carolers from the Black Bull | Hark Hark Good News | English Village Carols | Smithsonian Folkways | www.folkways.si.edu |
| Cole-Aston Carolers | Expectation | English Village Carols | Smithsonian Folkways | www.folkways.si.edu |
| Cole-Aston Carolers | Lo, the Eastern Magi Rise | English Village Carols | Smithsonian Folkways | www.kboo.org |
| Maggie Sansone | Mummer's March | Dance Upon the Shore | Maggie's Music | |
| Charlie Bate | The Gower Wassail | Folk Songs of Britain: Songs of Ceremony | Topic | |
| Grenoside Carolers | Merry Christmas | English Village Carols | Smithsonian /Folkways | www.folkways.si.edu |
A special program featuring music by the English Village Carolers, brought to us via my friend Jon from Seattle. Enjoy!
Kurt
Lark In The Morning playlist for 12/02/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Muldaur & Marie D'Amato | Chevrolet | See Reverse Side for Title | Vanguard |
| Bob Gibson & Hamilton Camp | The Thinking Man | Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn | Elektra |
| Katie Lee | Properly Loved | Songs of Couch and Consultation | Commentary Records |
| Vernon Dalhart | The Farm Relief Song | On the Lighter Side | Old Homestead |
| Eric Nagler | Daddy's Whiskers | Improvise with Eric Nagler | Rounder |
| Cathy Fink & Duck Donald | Old Black Choo Choo | I'm Gonna Tell | Likeable Records |
| Peter Paul Van Camp | Punch Brothers Punch | I'm Gonna Tell | Likeable Records |
| The Kingston Trio | The MTA | Scarlet Ribbons | EMI |
| Tom Lehrer | The Christmas Carol | An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer | Reprise |
| Laketown Buskers | Get a Load of This | Rolling Along | Vetco |
| John Prine | Everybody | Diamonds in the Rough | Atlantic |
| Jonathan Eberhardt | The Winnie the Pooh Rag | Life's Trolley Ride | Folk Legacy |
| Lorre Wyatt | Give That Old Time Nutrition | Roots and Branches | Folk Legacy |
| Ann Mayo Muir | Old Blue Suit | So Goes My Heart | Folk Legacy |
| Charlie Maguire | I Like It Here / Oh, Cold and Misery | Harbour Lights | Train on the Island |
| Art Thieme | Me and Jimmy Rodgers | That's the Ticket! | Folk Legacy |
| Todd Snider | Statistician's Blues | Near Truths and Hotel Rooms | |
| Steve Goodman | Vegematic | Affordable Art | Red Pajamas |
| Christine Lavin | Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind | Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind | Philo |
| Dave Van Ronk | Somebody Else, Not Me | Somebody Else Not Me | |
| Jon Gailmor | Randy & Ned Go To School | Gonna Die with a Smile if it Kills Me | Philo |
| Lost World String Band | Griselda | Ready to Wear | Brown 'n Serve |
Whew, what a lot of calls this morning! I take it to mean you enjoyed this oddball program. Enjoy the early winter...
Kurt
Lark In The Morning playlist for 11/25/2011
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Ochs | That's What I Want To Hear | I Ain't Marching Anymore | Carthage | |
| Jim Page | Bourgeois Blues | On The Street Again | Whid-Isle Records | www.jimpage.net |
| The Brothers Four | Beans Taste Fine | Sing of Our Times | Columbia | |
| Riley Puckett | Ragged But Right | Old Time Greats, Volume 1 | Old Homestead | |
| North Fork Rounders | She's Got the Money, Too | Railroadin' & Gamblin' | Davis Unlimited | |
| Uncle Dave Macon | I'll Never Go There Anymore | Go Long Mule | County | |
| Plank Road String Band | Don't Let Your Deal Go Down | Vocal & Instrumental Blend | June Appal | |
| Binkley Brothers | Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents | Nashville the Early String Bands | County | |
| Breakfast Special | Dollar Bill | Breakfast Special | Rounder | |
| County Down | The Wife of the Soldier | Living in the Country | Fretless | |
| Bryan Bowers | Satisfied Mind | The View From Home | Flying Fish | |
| Critton Hollow String Band | High Cost of Living | Sweet Home | Critton Hollow | |
| Oscar Brand | Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore | The Best of Oscar Brand | Tradition | |
| Paul Clayton | Life on the Installment Plan | Unholy Matrimony | Elektra | |
| Putnam String County Band | The Credit Card Song | Putnam String County Band | Rounder | |
| Oscar Brand | Hard Times | Best of Oscar Brand | Tradition | |
| Robert Crumb & the Cheap Suit Serenaders | Shopping Mall | Number Three | Blue Goose | |
| Arm & Hammer String Band | The Shopping Song | The Young Fogies | Rounder | |
| Metamora | The Empire Builder | The Great Road | Sugar Hill | |
| Tom Paxton | The Good Ship "I've Got Mine" | Politics | Flying Fish | |
| Greg Brown | The Money's Gone | In the Dark with You | Red House | |
| Don McLean | The More You Pay, the More It's Worth | Don McLean | United Artists | |
| Craig Nuttycombe | Stuff | The Cambria Hoot | www.craignuttycombemusic.com | |
| Dillon Bustin | This Time of Year | Almanac | June Appal |
A special program about spending, money, consumer culture... enjoy. Thank you to those who called in, I'll try to get your requests into next week.
Comments
Love it!
Hi Kurt,
Wanted to know if I could get a list of the songs you played this morning - I'm really enjoying the country life theme!
thanks,
abbie (abflex2002@yahoo.com)
Thanks!
Hey Kurt, thanks for playing my song, "Stranded", on your January 7th show. I hope your listeners enjoyed it. Our next Portland show is at the Buffalo Gap on February 17th. Thanks again.
Matthew Price
Fri 9-17-10 show
Hi Kurt,
Heard some very nice classical sounding guitar this morning around 6am. I think you said it was Joe Vega or Mabus? Unsure. It was a live performance from 1980? at a place called the 10 pound fiddle?
Hope that is enough information to find out who that was and what song they played.
Thanks.
Eric
jurgensenherman@comcast.net
Hi, maybe you'd like our music...
Kurt,
I really like you show. I wish there were a whole station devoted to this kind of music. 2 things you might be interested in:
First, my band, Mistral (www.onsevenwinds.com) just finished a CD of Breton and French folk music, adding a couple English folk ballads. I'd like to send you a demo if you're interested.
I'm part of the Bridgetown Morris Men. We perform traditional English Morris dancing. After practice, we go out and do a weekly pub sing, currently located at the Green Dragon on 9th and Belmont, Wednesday at about 9:15pm. The Brit Folk show was right up our alley!
-Ian Clemons
What was the last song played
What was the last song played Friday morning, February 5, 2010? It was a song with a line repeating (I think), "I'll go to sea no more", sung by a very familiar voice. It was such a beautiful arrangement, but when I do a search on those words, I get a song quite different from what I heard this a.m. Thanks so much. Carol
playlist question
Hello,
Who performed the song "Let's have Christmas in January" which you played around 6:58 AM on Friday 12/18? They Might be Giants? Anyway, my sentiments exactly. Thanks for the music.
Bones
Playlist question
Would love to know the name of the song played at approx 6:45 this morning. Woman was wrapping about bomb shelters and marijuana in tupperware(!). Thanks.
Loved today's program
Fundamental cracks in the foundations of our world and society are rarely brought up in conversation, let alone in the media -- and to hear problems of class divisions and despair talked about in such an unscripted and heartfelt way made today's Lark in the Morning broadcast a particular treat.
Keep up the good work!

4th of July
Thanks for the Gina Forsyth tune. Hadn't heard it before; it's great!