Via Folk Alley, I learned that Shindell's new CD, recorded in Argentina, Vuelta, is out and available in the usual places
Can't wait to hear it.
Pawn Shop Man by Kate MacLeod from her Trying to Get it Right cd. Another multi-talent: songwriting, singing, instrumentalist. She is based in Utah; I hope she gets a chance to tour on the East Coast.
Not usually known for their political songs, Terre and Maggie Roche have recorded a song for the US Presidential Campaign season: I Gave My Love a Kerry. Unfortunately, the song is not available for general release -- which means you ought to call or email your favorite folk music stations to play it! A lyric sample:
I Gave My Love a Kerry Who Had No Disdain
For Peoples Of The Country From Which He Came
America The Beautiful He Fought In Your Name
And Not For The Halliburton Company's Gain
America The Beautiful I Grew Up Inside You
To Hear My Teachers Say Democracy Was Good And True
In Other Places There Was Nothing That A Soul Could Do
To Fight The Dark Oppression Of Their Leaders' Bloody Coup
I Never Thought That I Would See A Coup In My Homeland
But That Is What Happened And I Think You Understand
That We Are In A Crisis And We Need Every Woman And Man
To Win Back Our America It's Time To Take A Stand
Let's Give Ourselves A President Who Has No Ties
To Those Who Would Use Jesus' Words To Tell Big Lies
About The Moral High Road And Justice In The Skies
While Turning Their Backs On Suffering And Other Peoples' Cries
[written by Terre and Maggie Roche]
Oh, how I wish my CDs weren't in storage! I'm aching to hear every song on Seductive Reasoning again!
You probably thought you'd never see a post about a male singer/songwriter again.....
Heard Ben Demerth from his only cd, Jack of Fools. He's now a member of the bluegrass band Northern Lights
Here's the trail....Jack of Fools was produced by David Chalfant, who used to be the bassist with The Nields, a group from Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts. I came across them in the 1990s when I heard Dar Williams and Richard Shindell. No surprise then, that I would eventually come across Demerath; it's only odd that I didn't find him sooner.