Songs for Independence Day

On July 2, 2016, we offered some songs in advance of the Fourth of July.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle Here’s to Tom Paine All Under the Sun (Flying Fish)
Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson The Rights of Man—Part 1 The Liberty Tree (PM Press)
Dick Gaughan Tom Paine’s Bones Outlaws & Dreamers (Appleseed)
Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson The Rights of Man—Part 2 The Liberty Tree (PM Press)
New Set
Planxty Only Our Rivers Planxty (Shanachie)
Liam Weldon Dark Horse on the Wind Dark Horse on the Wind (Mulligan)
Dick Gaughan The Freedom Come-All-Ye Sail On (Appleseed)
Music Under Announcements
Steve Tilston Ijna (Davy Ji) The Reckoning (Hubris)
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle Let Your Banjo Ring All Under the Sun (Flying Fish)
Dougie MacLean Turning Away Indigenous (Dunkeld)
Brian McNeill No Gods and Precious Few Heroes No Gods (Fenn Music Group)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
BKO Win the Election Moon over Mendocino (Mill Gulch Music)
George Papavgeris An Emigrant’s Rebetiko (online)
Allen Toussaint American Tune American Tunes (Nonesuch)
New Set
Eileen McGann Too Stupid for Democracy Journeys (Dragonwing Music)
Tracy Grammer Hey Ho Flower of Avalon (Signature Sounds)
Jennifer Berezan State of the Union Borderlines (Flying Fish)
New Set
Lee Murdock The Star-Spangled Banner Here We’ll Stand (Depot)
David Roth The Star-Spangled Banner and Me Big Times in a Small Town: The Vineyard Tapes (Philo)
Oak, Ash & Thorn To Anacreaon in Heaven Sowing Wild Oats & Out on a Limb (Tosspot)
New Set
Buffy Sainte-Marie My Country ’tis of Thy People You’re Dying Native North-American Child: An Odyssey (Vanguard)
Joanne Shenandoah Please Sign Here Once in a Red Moon (Canyon)
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald Dark Seed From the Fire (Freewheel)
New Set
Tish Hinojosa Bandera del Sol / Flag of the Sun Culture Swing (Rounder)
Jake Shimabukuro The Star-Spangled Banner (faded under) Gently Weeps (Hitchhike)