The Great Night of Soul Poetry 2008
The program for August 23, 2008, featured performers from the Great Night of Soul Poetry, plus more soul poetry. On hand were Dan Zola, reciters Larry Lionel Young Jr. and Chetana Karel, and oud/bass player Doug Palmer.
First hour:
| Reciter | Poem (Poet) | Occasion |
|---|---|---|
| Chetana Karel | The Race (Sharon Olds) | live |
| Larry Lionel Young Jr. | Contribution to Statistics (Wisława Szymborska) | live |
| Carolyn Zola | Catnip (Jon Carroll) | past performance |
| Dan Zola | Start (Charles Simic) | live |
| Chetana Karel | Scavengers (Lawrence Ferlinghetti) | live |
| Larry Lionel Young Jr. | Happiness (Mary Oliver) | live |
| Richard Spencer | Wandering Aengus (W.B. Yeats) | past performance |
| Chetana Karel | Moon Rise (D.H. Lawrence) | live |
| Larry Lionel Young Jr. | Hay for the Horses (Gary Snyder) | live |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title (Poet) | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Kirsten Falke | God Only Knows (Rumi) | The Breeze at Dawn (Mahatti) |
| Kelly Mulhollan | The Little Girl Lost, the Little Girl Found (William Blake) | Never Ending Conversation (s/p) |
| Jay Ansill (Richard Shindell) | A Lover Since Childhood (Robert Graves) | A Lost World (BCN) |
| Holly Tannen | The Drunken Boat (Arthur Rimbaud) | Crazy Laughter (GLR) |
| New Set | ||
| Oliver Rajamani | Llorar (Federico García Lorca) | Bridge Across the Blue (Word & Violin) |
| Jami Sieber & Kim Rosen | Only Breath (Rumi) | Only Breath (s/p) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Chris Stout | First o' the Darkenin' | First o' the Darkenin' (Greentrax) |
| Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat | Doosh Doosh (Ali Akbar Sheyda) | Songs from a Persian Garden (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) |
| Axiom of Choice | Parting Ways with the Soul (Omar Khayyam) | Unfolding (Narada World) |
| Nyofu | Waterwheel (Yunus Emre) | Timeless Songs (Three World Music) |
| New Set | ||
| Erkan Oğur | Ağırlama (faded) | Fretless (Feuer & Eis) |