Bird Songs for Summer

The program for June 10, 2017, featured songs for eagles, herons, crows, ravens, magpies, blackbirds....

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Tina Malia In Sunlight The Silent Awakening (Amida)
Dougie MacLean Who Am I Who Am I (Dunkeld)
Faun Federkleid Midgard (Universal Music)
New Set
Alan Reid Iolair na Mara The Sunlit Eye (Temple)
Emily Smith Hawk and Crow Echoes (White Fall)
Cathie Ryan Follow the Heron The Longest Wave (Shanachie)
Music Under Announcements
Bernie Krause Dawn at Trout Lake (excerpt) Dawn at Trout Lake (Wild Sanctuary Productions)
Joy Harjo Eagle Song Native Joy for Real (Mekko Productions)
Bone Poets Orchestra Edge of the Western World Edge of the Western World (s/p)
Mari Boine Eagle Brother Radiant Warmth (Antilles/Polygram)
New Set
Lou Rhodes All the Birds The Yes and I (Nude)
Maggie Boyle Blackbird (Singing in a Hedgerow Morning) Gweebarra (Pure)
Still on the Hill Words on Birds Chaos & Calm (s/p)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Donovan The Magpie A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (Beat Goes On)
Magpie The Magpie Living Planet (Collector)
Beth Orton Magpie Sugaring Season (Anti-)
New Set
Eliza Gilkyson Solitary Singer Redemption Road (Silver Wave)
June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren The Cuckoo Quercus (ECM)
Pari Zangeneh with Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh Gonjeshgak-e Ashi Mashi The Series of Music for Young Adults (Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults)
Judy Mayhan Swallow Song When I Think of You (Shayomi)
New Set
Johanna Warren A Bird in the Crocodile’s Mouth Gemini I (Spirit House)
Sheila Mac Donald Bird in a Tree Half Light (s/p)
Brian Cutean Purple Martin Lubricating the Species (s/p)
Jenny Bird Nighthawk Eternal Flight (Earthlight)
Roza Eskenazi To Kanarini Rembétissa 1933–1936 (Heritage)
New Set
James Keelaghan Red-Winged Blackbird Home (Appleseed)
Eileen McGann Wisdom Guide Me Beyond the Storm (Dragonwing Music)
Red-Winged Blackbird (untitled, faded under outro) (online)