A Long Way from Home
The program for August 9, 2014, offered some reflections on the contemporary condition in imagery and metaphor. An alternate title might be “Shadows of Evangeline” after a song by the late Dave Carter.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Sheila Mac Donald | Light House Keeper’s Daughter | Half Light (s/p) |
| Karine Polwart | The Light on the Shore | Faultlines (Neon) |
| Gordon Bok | Faraway Tom | In the Kind Land (Timberhead Music) |
| New Set | ||
| June Tabor | The Cloud Factory | At the Wood’s Heart (Topic) |
| Allan Taylor | Joseph | Looking for You (Stockfisch) |
| Richard Thompson | Sunset Song | Sweet Warrior (Shout Factory) |
| Saffron Summerfield | The Lock-keeper’s Daughter | The Stonemason’s Dream (Mother Earth Music) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Steve Baughman & Robin Bullock | Entre Chien et Loup / The Peeler’s Jacket | The Best of Folk Music & Beyond (s/p) |
| Paul Brady | Living for the Corporation | Say What You Feel (Compass) |
| Artisan | Speed | Rocking at the End of Time (Bedspring Music) |
| New Set | ||
| Martha Tilston | Survival Guide | Machines of Love & Grace (Squiggly) |
| Artisan | What’s the Use of Wings | Rocking at the End of Time (Bedspring Music) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Sheila Mac Donald | The Black Hole | Half Light (s/p) |
| Bob Franke | For Real | Long Roads, Short Visits (Daring) |
| Robb Johnson | At the Heart of Everything | The Night Café (Irregular) |
| Joni Mitchell | The Arrangement | Ladies of the Canyon (Warner) |
| New Set | ||
| Tracy Grammer | Shadows of Evangeline | Flower of Avalon (Signature Sounds) |
| Anaïs Mitchell | Mockingbird | Hymns for the Exiled (Waterbug) |
| A.J. Roach | Saccharine | Pleistocene (s/p) |
| Flying Canoe | Father of Grief | Flying Canoe (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Anaïs Mitchell | Before the Eyes of Storytelling Girls | Hymns for the Exiled (Waterbug) |
| A.J. Roach | Firing Squad | Pleistocene (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Claudia Schmidt | Out Here | New Whirled Order (Red House) |
| Martha Tilston | Staircase | Machines of Love & Grace (Squiggly) |
| Ayla Nereo | Let It In | Hollow Bone (Jumpsuit) |
| Jay Ansill | Hesiod (faded) | Origami (Flying Fish) |