Dark Folk and the Old Weird America

The program for November 5, 2016, brought together some old and new, old- and new-world themes.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
The Story All Hallow’s Eve John Barleycorn Reborn: -Rebirth- (Cold Spring)
Sharron Kraus The Horn Dance John Barleycorn Reborn (Cold Spring)
Alasdair Roberts & Friends Brother Seed A Wonder Working Stone (Drag City)
New Set
Far Black Furlong The East Room V John Barleycorn Reborn: -Rebirth- (Cold Spring)
Novemthree Scythe to the Grass John Barleycorn Reborn: -Rebirth- (Cold Spring)
Orchis The Silkie John Barleycorn Reborn: -Rebirth- (Cold Spring)
Novemthree Harvest Dance John Barleycorn Reborn: -Rebirth- (Cold Spring)
Music Under Announcements
Misericordia Poponi Amora Me John Barleycorn Reborn: -Rebirth- (Cold Spring)
The Memory Band Come Wander with Me Oh My Days (Hungry Hill)
Carolina Chocolate Drops Reynadine Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch)
Pagan Harvest Rebecca Falls Pagan Harvest (Musea)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Clarence Ashley The Coo Coo Bird Anthology of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
David Olney Voices on the Water The Wheel (Loudhouse)
Stone Breath The Hidebehind Cryptids (Hand/Eye)
New Set
Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Anthology of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways)
Jerry Garcia / David Grisman / Tony Rice Long Black Veil The Pizza Tapes (Acoustic Disc)
Maggie Holland Mad Lydia’s Waltz Bones (Weekend Beatnik)
Gabrielle Louise The Graveyard Ballet If the Static Clears (s/p)
Stone Breath The Singing Corpse Cryptids (Hand/Eye)
New Set
Gabrielle Louise Not Dead Enough to Bury If the Static Clears (s/p)
Red Molly The Prisoner Fast Folk: A Tribute to Jack Hardy (Smithsonian Folkways)
Richard & Mimi Fariña Children of Darkness Reflections in a Crystal Wind (Vanguard)
Peg Millett Where There Is Fear There Is Power Clear Horizon (Hidden Waters Music)
New Set
John Stewart & Buffy Ford Dreamers on the Rise Live at the Turf Inn, Scotland (Folk Era)
The Memory Band Electric Light Oh My Days (Hungry Hill)
Six Organs of Admittance They Fixed the Broken Mirror Today (faded) For Octavio Paz (Holy Mountain)