Tony DeMarco Live, the Great Night of Rumi

The program for January 21, 2012, featured a live performance by New York City Irish fiddler Tony DeMarco, accompanied by guitarist Richard Mandel, followed by a preview of the Great Night of Rumi happening at the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley. It included organizer Dan Zola, oud player Claude Palmer, and the reciters listed below.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Tony DeMarco Parnell's March / The Peeler's Jacket (live)
  The Mountain Road / The Man of the House (live)
Michael Gorman The Mountain Road (excerpt) (online)
Tony DeMarco The Bunch of Keys / Paddy on the Turnpike (live)
  The Sligo Indians The Sligo Indians (Smithsonian Folkways)
  The Kerry Reel / Miss Monaghan's (live)
  Rosemary The Sligo Indians (Smithsonian Folkways)
  The Poppy Leaf / Alexander's (live)
Fill music:
Seamus Tansey John Brennan's Favourite / Ladd O'Beirne's Favourite Easter Snow (Temple)
Dervish John Blessings Spirit (Whirling Discs)
Dervish There Was a Maid in Her Father's Garden Midsummer's Night (Compass)
Dervish Beauties of Autumn (faded) Spirit (Whirling Discs)

Second hour:

Reciter Poem Author
Doug von Koss "We Came Whirling" Jalaluddin Rumi
Maya Spector "Innisfree" William Butler Yeats
Chetana Karel "Harvest" (2005 concert recording) Jalaluddin Rumi
Barry Spector "Forgetfulness" Billy Collins
Eric Herzog "The Bird's 3 Questions" (2005 concert recording) Jalaluddin Rumi
Doug von Koss "Spiritual Window Shoppers" Jalaluddin Rumi
Maya Spector "When Death Comes" Mary Oliver
Barry Spector "The Great Religions Are the Ships" Hafez-e Shirazi
Music Under Announcements
Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan The Wind (faded) The Wind (ECM)