Songs for Darkening Times

The program for September 22, 2001, grew out of some reflections on contemporary events.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Dick Gaughan October Song Redwood Cathedral (Appleseed)
Seán Tyrrell Message of Peace/Cry of the Dreamer/Only from Day to Day Cry of a Dreamer (Hannibal)
New Set
Christy Moore How Long This Is the Day (Sony)
Alan Reid Love No More The Sunlit Eye (Temple)
Steve Baughman Roslyn Castle The Angels' Portion (Solid Air Records)
Music Under Announcements
Martin Simpson Shallow Brown, Pretty Saro/Long Steel Rail When I Was on Horseback (Shanachie)
Robb Johnson Barricades The Big Wheel (Irregular Records)
The Albion Band House in the Country Rise Up like the Sun (Hannibal)
Anne Lister When Kings Play Games No Signposts (s/p)
New Set
Robb Johnson The Midnight Train The Night Cafe (Irregular Records)
Maggie Holland Not Dark Yet Getting There (Irregular Records)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Mimi & Richard Farina Children of Darkness Pack Up Your Sorrows: Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
Richard Thompson Genesis Hall Small Town Romance (Hannibal)
Amal Murkus La Ahad Yalam Amal (Highlights)
Robb Johnson At the Heart of Everything The Night Cafe (Irregular Records)
Lui Collins Stone by Stone Stone by Stone (Molly Gamblin Music)
New Set
Tom Payne Strangers Ten Lucky Pennies (Waterbug)
Rory McLeod Whistling in the Dark Mouth to Mouth (Talkative Music)
Freyda & Acoustic AttaTude Potter's Wheel Midnight at Cabell Hall (Red House)
New Set
Koorosh Angali Yield ...Recites Rumi, v. 1 (Xdot25)
Bruce Cockburn Strange Waters The Charity of Night (Rykodisc)
New Set
Martin Simpson Bonny at Noon When I Was on Horseback (Shanachie)