This Quarter

ere are our weekly listings for the fall months. Watch this list for further details to be filled in and other possible updates.

10/5	October Song: Old and new favorites to mark the change in the seasons, to include the classic song by that name by Robin Williamson.
10/12	New and Recent Releases: The latest by Gillian Welch, Richard Thompson, Laurie Anderson, Rhiannon Giddens & Yo Yo Ma, Buioch, Jane Rothfield & Allan Carr, Open the Door for Three, Clive Carroll, Vasen & Hawktail.
10/19	Indigenous People’s Day: Music by and about the world’s indigenous peoples: Siberian shaman Snow Raven, Sami singer Mari Boine, the late Joanne Shenandoah, Joy Harjo, Native American flute by R. Carlos Nakai and Mary Youngblood, more.
10/26	Taking Flight: Songs about things that fly—music by Patty Larkin, Guy Clark, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Weepies, Liz Story, Aoife O’Donovan (Phoenix), Rory Block (Silver Wings), Alison Kraus & Gillian Welch, Shawn Colvin, Linda Waterfall, Richard Thompson, Richard & Mimi Fariña.
11/2	Samhain, Dia de Muertos: Music to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter from the old world and the new. The opening between the worlds. Hymns to Hekate.
11/9	Happy 75th, Bruce Springsteen!: The Boss turns 75 years old this year. We’ll explore the acoustic side of Bruce Springsteen, including his austere landmark album Nebraska, his tribute recording to Pete Seeger, and “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” We’ll also include a tribute to late blues singer Barbara Dane, including an encore broadcast of her live appearance in 2010.
11/16	Points North: Music from the earth’s higher latitudes: Scandinavia, Siberia, Canada.
11/23	KALW’s On-Air Folk Festival: Five hours of continuous live music performed by some of the Bay Area’s finest talent, including Wake the Dead!
11/30	Hymns, Chants, and Mantras: Meditative music for the Thanksgiving season from varied traditions.
12/7	Michele K-Tel Returns
12/14	Winter Solstice: Music for long nights.
12/21	Songs for the Holidays: Seasonal music celebrating the holidays, winter solstice, and the end of the year.
12/28	Recent Favorites: Some of one host’s favorites from the past year or so.

BODHI OF THE EARTH
Traversing the liminal realms,
In the space between,
Becoming comfortable
with the unknown.
Trusting in the emptyness,
As I remember I am forever held
By the great mother,
Her limbs outstretched,
She so lovingly catches me,
When all feels lost.
When the heart breaks,
She is the warmth
That balms my soul,
She is the light that
pours through the cracks of my being,
Her roots grounding me into the earth,
As I surrender to her fertile caress.
She dances through me,
and lifts me up,
As a Bodhi of the earth
Arising in her infinite love.

—Olivia Rosebery