Poetry and Music, the Beats

The program for June 4, 2005, included some reflections on poetry and music and then a look back at the Beat Generation.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Robin Williamson The Spider Skirting the River Road (ECM)
Jack Hardy Black-Eyed Susans The Passing (Brambus)
Sinéad Lohan The Fish Now and in Time to Be (Grapevine)
Lucy Kaplansky Woman of the Road Songs of Jack Hardy, vol. 1: Of the White Goddess (BCN)
Jack Hardy A Change of Heart Omens (Prime CD)
Diane Taraz The Sparrow Songs of Jack Hardy, vol. 1: Of the White Goddess (BCN)
Music Under Announcements
Al Petteway & Amy White Bobcat in the Brambles, A Walk in the Woods Land of the Sky (Maggie's Music)
Loreena McKennitt The Lady of Shalott The Visit (Quinlan Road/WB)
Shusha Like the Snow Lovely in the Dances: Songs of Sydney Carter (Plant Life)
Donovan Do Not Go Gentle Beat Cafe (Appleseed)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Allan Taylor The Beat Hotel Hotels & Dreams (Stockfisch)
Tom Russell Honky Jazz Hotwalker (Hightone)
Donovan Beat Cafe Beat Cafe (Appleseed)
New Set
Bobby Louise Hawkins Liver Piece Live at the Great American Music Hall (Flying Fish)
Ramblin' Jack Elliot 912 Greens Young Brigham (Reprise)
Tom Russell ...Jack Kerouac... Hotwalker (Hightone)
Kenneth Patchen The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon-Colored Gloves The Best of the Beat Generation (Rhino)
Suzanne Vega Cassidy Deadicated (Arista)
New Set
Gary Snyder For All Turtle Island (Living Music)
New Set
Jimmy Lafave Bohemian Cowboy Blues Blue Nightfall (Red House)
Jason Eklund & Roger Johnson She's Gone A Streamliner's Duet (Gadfly)
New Set
Greg Brown Beatniks Gonna Rise Again 44 & 66 (Red House)
John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman 'Round About Midnight The Three Kingdoms (Shanachie)