Birds, Little Wings

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for June 21, 2003
Hour 1: Birds in Traditional Music

First set

Dave Swarbrick & Fairport Convention, "The Hen's March Medley," Folk on 2, 3:10 BBC/Cooking Vinyl

Karan Casey, "Lord MacDonald's," Distant Shore, 3:16 Shanachie

Second set

Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, "The Fowler," Byker Hill, 3:15 Fontana/Topic

Alison Krauss & The Chieftains, "Molly Ban," Down the Old Plank Road, 4:45 BMG

Fairport Convention, "Crazy Man Michael," Liege and Lief, 4:37 Island/A&M

Loreena McKennitt, "The Bonny Swans," The Mask and the Mirror, 7:18 Warner Music

Third set

Maddy Prior, "Twa Corbies," Year, 3:01 Park Records

Malinky, "Three Ravens," 3 Ravens, 6:11 Greentrax

Recordings

Midway music

Dervish, "Lark on the Strand," A Midsummer's Night, 6:49 Compass

Laurie Lewis Interview
(All songs are collected in Laurie's new Birdsong CD)

1.) "When the Night Bird Sings," Love Chooses You, 4:33 Flying Fish

2.) "Singing Bird," True Stories, 2:51 Rounder

3.) "The Wood Thrush's Song," Laurie Lewis and Her Bluegrass Pals, 3:07 Rounder

4.) "Let the Bird Go Free," Seeing Things, 4:33 Rounder

5.) "Tell Me True," Birdsong, 3:40 (self-produced)

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for June 21, 2003
Hour 2: Little Wings

First set

Pete Morton, "Songbird," Mad World Blues, 4:36 Green Linnet Records

Kris Delmhorst, "Little Wings," Five Stories, 3:03 Catalyst Disc

Montreux Band, "Egrets," Montreux: A Windham Hill Retrospective, 6:02 Windham Hill

Second set

Alisa Fineman, "First Smoke and the Raven Song," Cup of Kindness, 4:35 Humming Bird Music

Lorraine Duisit, "Hawks and Herons," Hawks and Herons, 3:38 Flying Fish

It's a Beautiful Day, "White Bird," It's a Beautiful Day, 6:03 CBS

Third set

Trapezoid, "Wild Bird in a Purple Plum" (live), 5:32

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, "I Go Like the Raven," Drum Hat Buddha, 3:34 Signature Sounds

Gillian Welch, "Winter's Come and Gone" (faded), Hell Among the Yearlings, 2:14 Almo