Early Morning Gumbo - Old-Time Earth Day

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Hosted by: 
Jonathan Lay
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
Early Morning Gumbo, Earth Day Special Programming
Air date: 
Tue, 04/22/2025 - 5:30am to 7:00am
Image of "Earth Rise" - a blue planet morphed into a banjo

Start the Earth Day celebration at sunrise on KBOO.  In this Old-Time Earth Day episode, Early Morning Gumbo celebrates Earth Day with traditional North American music, its roots, branches, and beyond.

Artists in this episode include Molsky's Mountain Drifters; Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn; True North; Betty and the Baby Boomers; Walt Koken; The Watersons; Alex Sturbaum; The Fretless; Joel Mabus; Finest Kind; Yankee Clipper; John McCutcheon; Them Eastport Oyster Boys; Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott; Tom Lewis; Ken Perlman; Lui Collins; Jean Ritchie; John Reischman; John Prine; Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones.

This episode is part of KBOO's Earth Day Special Programming.

Topic tags: 
Music, Environment/Climate
Genre(s): 
Folk

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:32
    Artist
    Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones
    Song
    Jack Rabbit Jump
    Album
    Sweet Memories Never Leave
    Label
    Dittyville
  • Time
    5:36
    Artist
    John McCutcheon
    Song
    Earth
    Album
    Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine
    Label
    Appalsongs
  • Time
    5:38
    Artist
    Joel Mabus
    Song
    Whistling Rufus
    Album
    The Banjo Monologues
    Label
    Fossil Records
  • Time
    5:40
    Artist
    Mike & Peggy Seeger
    Song
    The Leatherwing Bat
    Album
    Animal Folk Songs for Children and other People
    Label
  • Time
    5:44
    Artist
    Alex Sturbaum
    Song
    Pulling Broom
    Album
    River Run Wide
    Label
  • Time
    5:54
    Artist
    Lui Collins
    Song
    Bee Song
    Album
    Waterbug Anthology Nine
    Label
    Waterbug
  • Time
    5:56
    Artist
    Walt Koken
    Song
    Talking Garden
    Album
    Sittin' in the Catbird's Seat
    Label
    Mudthumper Music
  • Time
    5:59
    Artist
    Tim Obrien
    Song
    Man Gave Names to All the Animals
    Album
    Red On Blonde
    Label
    Sugar Hill Records
  • Time
    6:01
    Artist
    John Reischman
    Song
    Gold Mountain Blues
    Album
    Walk Along John
    Label
    Corvus
  • Time
    6:03
    Artist
    John Prine
    Song
    Paradise
    Album
    John Prine
    Label
    Rhino Atlantic
  • Time
    6:06
    Artist
    Jean Ritchie
    Song
    Black Waters
    Album
    Clear Waters Remembered
    Label
    Master Classics Records
  • Time
    6:10
    Artist
    Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott
    Song
    Keep Your Dirty Lights On
    Album
    Memories and Moments
    Label
  • Time
    6:14
    Artist
    Ken Perlman
    Song
    Poppy Leaf-Stack Of Barley-East Newk Of Bear River
    Album
    Northern Banjo
    Label
    Copper Creek Records
  • Time
    6:18
    Artist
    Them Eastport Oyster Boys
    Song
    Back Creek Crab
    Album
    Miss Lonesome
    Label
    Them Eastport Oyster Boys
  • Time
    6:20
    Artist
    Betty and the Baby Boomers
    Song
    Back Bay
    Album
    Songs for the Earth: A Tribute to Rachel Carson
    Label
  • Time
    6:25
    Artist
    Yankee Clipper
    Song
    Lament for the Landlocked Whale
    Album
    Hauling Home
    Label
  • Time
    6:29
    Artist
    Finest Kind
    Song
    Bright Shining Morning
    Album
    Silks & Spices
    Label
    Fallen Angle
  • Time
    6:33
    Artist
    Molsky's Mountain Drifters
    Song
    Grey Eagle
    Album
    Closing the Gap
    Label
    Tree Frog Music
  • Time
    6:36
    Artist
    John McCutcheon
    Song
    In Bristol Bay
    Album
    Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine
    Label
    Appalsongs
  • Time
    6:39
    Artist
    Tom Lewis
    Song
    The Big Fella'
    Album
    Sea Dog, See Dog!
    Label
    Self-Propelled Music
  • Time
    6:45
    Artist
    The Watersons
    Song
    Country Life
    Album
    For Pence and Spicy Ale
    Label
    Topic
  • Time
    6:47
    Artist
    True North
    Song
    Seed, Leaf, Flower, Seed
    Album
    Open Road, Broken Heart
    Label
    True North
  • Time
    6:50
    Artist
    Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
    Song
    What’cha Gonna Do
    Album
    Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:54
    Artist
    Joel Mabus
    Song
    Warmer Every Day
    Album
    The Joel Mabus Omnibus
    Label
  • Time
    6:58
    Artist
    The Fretless
    Song
    Climate Change's Reel
    Album
    Live from the Art Farm
    Label
    Independent

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