Saturday, March 24, 2012

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MARCH 25, 2012

Comments, queries, requests are always welcome via e mail to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com  or USPS to WFDU/Simcha 1000 River Rd. Teaneck NJ  07666

One last reminder that if you want one of our bumper stickers that promotes the right place on the left side of the dial and also lets literate folks that read such things know that we are "Keeping Yiddishkeit On The Air"

Our pre-Passover program today and also the hope you will be there in 2 weeks (April 8) when we present The Witches of Lublin starring Tova Feldshuh.  A wonderful Passover musical with music composed by Yale Strom (Hot Pstrami). Next we do our Passover program with some music that is traditional and some truly interesting material that, once again, broadens horizons and has appearances by some truly wonderful and creative artists.

Some faces to put with today's voices----



From the film The Jazz Singer and, yes, Rosenblatt is himself in this film---nothing ever dies on YouTube.




ARTIST   /  PIECE
    ALBUM  / LABEL
           WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS          A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
   Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Ind        http://www.margotleverett.com/



WORK O THE WEAVERS                  Shabat Shalom
       Demo Recording                                                     http://www.workotheweavers.com/

SHTREIML                         Sam Spielt
             Spicy Paprikash                               Ind                        http://www.mgam.com/



YOSSELLE ROSENBLATT        Yiddishe Mamme
          Yiddish Masterpieces                       Israel Music

SEYMOUR REICHZEIT             Miserlou
                 Yiddish Masterpieces                Israel Music



FRANK LONDON &
JOSHUA NELSON            Gam Hayom
   Songs to Help Fight Cancer       Pioneers For A Cure    http://www.pioneersforacure.com/

WORK O THE WEAVERS                Tzena Tzena
          Demo Recording                                                  http://www.workotheweavers.com/



MARGOT LEVERETT & 
 THE KLEZMER MTN.BOYS    Bill Monroe Meets Sid Beckerman---
Kentucky Fiddle Medley
  Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Ind         http://www.margotleverett.com/
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COMEDY CORNER-----

MODERN MAN                    Hotline
The Wide Album             Inverted Turtle Records               http://www.modernman3.com/

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CAB CALLOWAY          Utt Da Zay From
  Ave. A to The Great White Way              Sony Music      http://www.sonymusic.com/

MORRIS GOLDSTEIN        Sha Sha Der Rebe Geht
  From Ave. A to The Great White Way    Sony Music        http://www.sonymusic.com/



JAN PEERCE                   Vu Is Dus Gesele
             The Yiddish Dream                     Vanguard Classics

HERSCHEL BERNARDI        Chiri Bim
            The Yiddish Dream                    Vanguard Classics

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

PLAYLIST TRADITIONS MARCH 18, 2012

Any comments, queries, requests are always welcome via e mail to wfdutraditions@yahoo.com  or USPS to WFDU/Bill Hahn PO Box 147 Orangeburg NY  10962

As mentioned on the air today there was a particular piece that better judgement persuaded me not to play on the air--BUT---you can see it if you stay on this website and click on the red lettering about the "main page" on the right side.   Better Judgement is my  law firm---and, as David Buskin has told me,  we have outgrown better judgement.   In any case it is funny and has equal opportunity skewering of all (many) ethnicities and faiths---what else would you expect from those lads.

Our time together (as Carol Burnett might have said) today was truly filled with much new material ---BUT---we never do want to not hear some of, what has become traditional on Traditions---and, of course, the features.

Check the archives at http://www.wfdu.fm/ for the next 2 weeks if you want to hear any of this again---or use it as evidence in any future litigation.

Some faces to put with today's voices-----And some descriptive comments below for some songs that might be of interest---playlists cannot really communicate things if you have not heard them or the commentary.



Yes---it is an older performance by Peggy Seeger---BUT--like wine if you heard the new recording on today's program---I say no more---


ARTIST    /   PIECE
    ALBUM   /  LABEL
                WEBSITE


Molasses Creek           Mississippi Sawyer
                 An Island Out of Time                Ind                     http://www.molassescreek.com/
    (About Ocracoke Island---the island out of time---go visit---just great)
Jenai Huff                         On A Dublin Street
                      Transitions                            Ind                       http://www.jenaihuffmusic.com/

Emily Pinkerton                Polo Margariteno
                         Ends of the Earth                                        http://www.emilypinkerton.com/

Donna Adler                   Visions of Pontito
                    Stories To Keep                                 Ind           http://www.donnaadler.com/

Allan Sherman         Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max
                        My Son The Folksinger                        WB
(Are we all not Irish on the day of dear old St. Patrick---ver vaist)
Danny Quinn                 The Homes of Donegal
                     Vacant Chair                                                        http://www.dannyquin.com/

Danny Quinn          Parting Glass
                 Vacant Chair                                                           http://www.dannyquinn.com/

Si Kahn         Ireland of My Dreams
                      Courage              Strictly Country Records     http://www.sikahn.com/

Modern Man                       Hotline
               The Wide Album          Inverted Turtle Records  http://www.modernman3.com/
(Brilliant---in lieu of what you will find on the blog---that was not played today)
Christopher Brown                Keep That Casket Closed
                      Characterist                                           Ind

Peggy Seeger         The Personals
                   Live                                                  Appleseed -   http://www.appleseedrec.com/

Peggy Seeger                         Loving Hannah
                   Live                                                   Appleseed

Grant Peeples             Down Here In The County
                 Okra and Ecclisiastes                   Gatorbone Records

The Steel Wheels                 Nola's First Dance
                 Lay Down Lay Low                                             http://www.thesteelwheels.com/

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer       Cross of Jesus
                    Little Blue Egg                      Red House             http://www.redhouserecords/
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VOICES GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN----

Bob Gibson              Sing For The Song
           The Living Legend Years                                    http://bobgibsonlegacy.com/ 

Eva Cassidy                   Danny Boy
                         Imagine                                Blix Street

Tom Intondi                   The Flower Lady
                 Live                                  City Dancer Records

Eva Cassidy                       Tennessee Waltz
                          Imagine                      Blix Street

Red Molly           Fever
                 Light In The Sky                                                http://www.redmolly.com/

Red Molly              Long Gone Lonesome Blues
                 Never Been To Vegas                                            http://www.redmolly.com/

Buskin & Battaeu         Heart Of the Audience
               Nouveau Retro                                                 http://www.buskinandbatteau.com/

The McGarrigles                   Gentle Annie
          The McGarrigle Hour                    Hannibal Records

The McGarrigles                  Portr En Arriere
           The McGarrigle Hour                  Hannibal Records

Honor Finnegan       Wonderful World
         The Tiny Life                                                          http://www.honoefinnegan.com/

The Atomic Duo                  New New Deal
                   Broadsides                            Ind                      www.theatomicduo.com

I See Hawks In LA          Bohemian Highway
                 New Kind of Lonely                                               http://www.iseehawks.com/
(Do you not, sometimes, wonder why performers pick the names they do?)
Tom Paxton                     Out On The Ocean
               Comedians & Angels                    Appleseed            http://www.tompaxton.com/

Joyce Woodson          Davey Get Your Banjo
                   If I Hadn't Seen the West                  Ind            http://www.joycewoodson.com/

Carol Ponder           I'll Be Seeing You
               Going Across The Mountain                   Ind                http://www.carolponder.com/
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THE TOPS IN POPS THE BEST IN THE WEST THE THRILLS OF THE HILLS---


Red Foley                 Sugarfoot Rag
                             78 Single                                 Decca

Scott Joplin           The Entertainer
                           The Enertainer                         Biograph

Johnny Cash           Orange Blossom Special
                              45 Single                                Columbia

Kitty Wells              Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
                            Dust On The Bible            King
(If you are a regular listener to WFDU you know that this is in memory of PAUL BAIN--His favorite Country Star)
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Tom Paxton               Jennifer & Kate
                Comedians & Angels              Appleseed                   http://www.tompaxton.com/

The Atomic Duo                          Scott Joplin's New Rag
                       Broadsides                             Ind                     http://www.theatomicduo.com/
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A FEW STORIES TO TELL----
Peggy Seeger                      My Mother Is Younger Than Me
                 Live                    Appleseed                          http://www.peggyseeger.com/

Peggy Seeger           Everything Changes
                 Live                     Appleseed                        http://www.peggyseeger.com/
(Some wonderful 'life' lessons and comments from Ms Seeger--this is meaningful music)
Kate Campbell                 Bus 109 
             Visons of Plenty              Large River                http://www.katecampbell.com/
(With the hate and bigotry that still exists this piece is a wonderful telling of what people of ideals can accomplish---true tale about Kate)
Peggy Seeger                  I Been A Bad Bad Girl
                     Live                        Appleseed                       http://www.peggyseeger.com/

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Monday, March 19, 2012

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MARCH 18, 2012

Any comments, queries, requests and general kvetching are always welcome via e mail to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com

I do hope you will be joining us on April 8 (10 A M) when we present a wonderful Passover program starring Tova Feldshuh called THE WITCHES OF LUBLIN

One other thought---St. Patrick's Day and there is a piece I did not play (sound judgement on my part even though it is clever and does equal opportunity skewering for all) on Traditions.  If you care to hear it---and I guarantee side splitting laughter---go to  my blog  I suppose you know to click on BLOG since it is in Blue.

A few faces to put with today's voices----

This is truly a treat---and, happily, I was there for that event and now call them my "friends"----and not on Facebook.



ARTIST   /  PIECE
    ALBUM    /  LABEL
         WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
 THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS         A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
          Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Ind    http://www.margotleverett.com/



THE OLD WORLD FOLK BAND              Borscht
                          Crossing New Borders                     Ind

THE OLD WORLD FOLK BAND                Otchi Tchornye
                        Crossing New Borders                         Ind



SHLOMO CARLEBACH        L'Cha Dodi
                      The Best of Shlomo Carlebach           Sojourn Records

SHLOMO CARLEBACH                 L'Shana Haba
                      The Best of Shlomo Carlebach            Sojourn Records



JAN PEERCE                 Oif'n Pripetchok
                  The Yiddish Dream                                 Vanguard Classics

JAN PEERCE                          Tog Ein Tog Eis
                        The Yiddish Dream                     Vanguard Classics



WORK O THE WEAVERS                   Shabat Shalom
                       Personal Demo Copy                              http://www.workotheweavers.com/

WORK O THE WEAVERS           Hallelujah
                     Personal Demo Copy                               http://www.workotheweavers.com/
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COMEDY CORNER---

ALLAN SHERMAN                   Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max
            My Son The Folk Singer                                  WB

ALLAN SHERMAN                  Shticks & Stones
               My Son The Folk Singer                             WB


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LAURA WETZLER /
JANIECE THOMPSON           Folk Medley
                Jewels of the Diaspora         Nervy Girl Records     http://www.laurawetzler.com/

LAURA WETZLER /
JANIECE THOMPSON            Rivers of Babylon
             Jewels of the Diaspora            Nervy Girl Records     http://www.laurawetzler.com/



TOVAH FELDSHUH                       Bein Nahar Prat
              Pioneers for a Cure                        Ind               http://www.pioneersforacure.org/

NOAH SOLOMON               El Yivne Hagalila
           Pioneers for a Cure                            Ind               http://www.pioneersforacure.org/
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MARCH 11, 2012

Your comments, queries, requests and, of course, any kvetching is always welcome via e mail to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com  or via USPS to WFDU/Simcha  1000 River Rd. Teaneck, NJ  07666

A few notes---1st---We have a winner of today's query about a voice---Johnny Mathis did Eli Eli
                     2d---Please do check out the website of Joe Jencks since the piece you heard today is truly meaningful and has a great back story.  Ask him about it and how you might get it.

  As you know the show is archived for 2 weeks on http://www.wfdu.fm/ where you can re-hear anything you missed.

  A few faces to put with today's voices:




This is Joe Jencks with his new group---Brother Sun and this song would be a great anthem for people who we now call THE RIGHTEOUS from the Nazi era




ARTIST /   PIECE
    ALBUM   /  LABEL
              WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
 THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS     A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
  Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Ind            http://www.margotleverett.com/



YALE STROM & HOT PASTRAMI         Ukraynis Kek-Vok
Introduction To Klezmer   Transcontinental Music Publications  http://www.yalestrom.com/

YALE STROM & HOT PASTRAMI            Kolomeyke
Introduction To Klezmer   Transcontinental Music Publications  http://www.yalestrom.com/



JOE JENCKS                   Children of Trochenbrod
                     Single                          Ind                         http://www.joejencks.com/



MOISHE OYSHER                 I'm Flying High
                     Listener Donation

MOISHE OYSHER               Had Gad Yoh
                    Listener Donation



JOHNNY MATHIS                    Eli Eli
                    Jewish Soul                        Sony                  http://www.hatikvahmusic.com/


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COMEDY CORNER:
ALLAN SHERMAN                  Westchester Hadassah
                     Togetherness                         WB

MICKEY KATZ         Herring Boats Are A Coming
                         78   Single

MICKEY KATZ                      How Much Is That Pickle In The Window
                          78  Single

SHELLEY BERMAN            Tel. Call to Nephew
                  Inside Shelley Berman                     Verve

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THEODORE BIKEL                 Yossele The Klezmer
                     Personal Copy

IAN FINKEL           Rumania Rumania
                Personl Copy of Live Performance



ISLE OF KLEZBOS                Klezbos Kolomeyke
      Greetings From The Isle of Klezbos     Ind         http://www.metropolitanklezmer.com/

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Monday, March 5, 2012

PLAYLIST TRADITIONS MARCH 4, 2012

Your commeents, queries, requests are always welcome via e mail to wfdutraditions@yahoo.com or via USPS to WFDU/Traditions(BillH) 1000 River Rd. Teaneck  NJ  07666

Once again--thanks for your support during our one and only fundraiser for the year---no more annoying "commercials" (which you are already avoiding).  Now you can avoid those other stations on the left side of the dial that come to you (it seems) every other day---and for those of you who asked about "membership"---we don't do that---we appreciate anything you care to give or can afford to give.   As to those stations who ask for membership (minimums) I offer Groucho Marx's great line---any place that would take me as a member is one I would not want to join.

As the cliche goes---...now back to our regularly scheduled programming--

Some faces to put with today's voices:

No picture of Margaret---just her family keeping her music alive and, hopefully, you will see the film.



At Joe's Pub this week as I said on the show---


ARTIST   /  PIECE
      ALBUM   /  LABEL
                WEBSITE


Joe Jencks             For What It's Worth
               The Candle & The Flame            Turtle Bear         http://www.joejencks.com/

Loretta Hagen        Now That You're Home
            Mud & Stone                              Trespass                http://www.lorettahagen.com/

Lara Hershokovitch         Let Us Begin
            Four Wise Monkeys                        Ind                  http://www.larahershovitch.com/

Sara McQuaid        The Sun Goes on Rising
                  The Plum & The Rose              Waterbug                http://www.saramcquaid.com/

Doc Watson Wabash Cannonball Classic Railroad Songs Smithsonian Folkways

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer      Way Over Yonder In A Minnor Key
                   Little Blue Egg                     Red House

Drew Nelson                         St Jude
                     Tilt A Whirl                     Red House               http://www.drewnelson.net/

Sharon Katz & Peace Train                Pata Pata
                 Double Take                    Thando Rhythms       http://www.sharonkatz.com/

Kim & Reggie Harris                   Wade In The Water
              Steal Away                          Appleseed               http://www.kimandreggie.com/

Kim & Reggie Harris                    Go Down Moses
            Steal Away                               Appleseed               http://www.kimandreggie.com/

Choice                       Touch The Hem of His Garment
                     Choice                                        Ind

Choice                       Shadrach Meshack Abendigo
                 Choice                                            Ind
                                    
Emily Pnkerton                Negra
                 Ends of The Earth                                          http://www.emilypinkerton.com/

Molasses Creek         House On the Hill
          An Island Out of Time                                            http://www.molassescreek.com/
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SOME VOICES TO KEEP REMEMBERING BUT ARE GONE---

Margaret MacArthur          Turning Toward The Morning
      MacArthur Road                                        Front Hall Records

Townes Van Zandt               Snowin' On Raton
                        Texas Rain                                     Tomato

Ted Hawkins                  There Stands The Glass
                     The Next Hundred Years                 Evidence
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John & Sheila Ludgate            The Coming of Winter
               Running Through The Innocent Years     http://www.johnandsheilaludgate.com/ 

Kenny Selcer               Massachusetts Morning
         Don't Forget About Me                  Touch the Sky Music

Steve Gillette &Cindy Mangsen             The Gnu
       Home By Dark                    Compass Rose                http://www.compassrosemusic.com/

Steve Gillette &  Cindy Mangsen          Home By Dark
              Home By Dark            Compass Rose Music       http://www.compassrosemusic.com/

Donna Adler                    He Knew Him By His Cane
                Stories To Keep                                Ind                  http://www.donnadler.com/

Michael Smith                    The Dutchman Paradise
                 Lost & Found                                Redwing

Tony DeSantis                   Big Red Cars
       Across The Border                                   Ind

Lyons                      Calypso Steel Drum Music
                          Personal Copy

Joe Jencks                   Tikun Olam
               The Candle & The Flame     Turtle Bear                http://www.joejencks.com/

Sharon Katz &Peace Train        The Little We Have We Share
                Double Take                 ThandoRhythms          http://www.sharonkatz.com/

Loretta Hagen                     Not Until Next Time
                Mud & Stone              Ind                                http://www.lorettahagen.com/
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THE TOPS IN POPS, THE BEST IN THE WEST, THE THRILLS OF THE HILLS:

Kingston Trio                      They Call The Wind Maria
                      Flashback 1963                         Folk Era

The Association                        Windy
                              Insight Out                        WB

Tex Ritter                         The Wayward Wind
                            Single                              Capitol
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Dave Kleiner & Liz Pagan         Stuck In NJ
                   Stuck Inside NJ                 Bliss Reco;rds

Atwater, Donnelly          The Devil's Nine Questions
           The Weaver's Bonny                  Rabbit Island

Iron Mtn String Band                 New River Train
              Classic RR Songs            Smithsonian Folkways   http://www.folkways.si.edu/
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A FEW STORIES FOR YOU:
Kate Campbell         Joe Louis' Furniture
                Monuments                           Large River Music    http://www.katecampbell.com/

Harry Chapin                      Corey's Coming
                   Legends Lost & Found                   Elektra    http://www.harrychapinmusic.com/

Nanci Griffith                     The Loving Kind
                  The Loving Kind                             Rounder
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PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MARCH 4, 2012

Any comments, queries, requests are welcome via e mail to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com  or USPS to WFDU/Simcha 1000 River Rd. Teaneck, NJ 07666

Many thanks, once more, for all your support during our annual fund raising efforts and those who have premiums due them---The Check Is In The Mail (they are on the way).   If anyone wants a bumper sticker with our Yiddishkeit slogan please just contact me and I will get one out to you.

As for today---Happy Purim and --hey, as the songs say to Haman and all tyrants---+)(&*^ yourselves.

Some faces to put with today's voices---



OK--it is not Hannukah but Judith is a gem so why not---




ARTIST  /  PIECEE  
        ALBUM  / LABEL
                WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
 THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS            A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
   Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys    Ind       http://www.margotleverett.com/



EARTHA KITT                      Rumania Rumania
                   Jewish Soul                    Sony Music               http://www.hatikvahmusic.com/

CONNIE FRANCIS                       Tzena Tzena
                   Jewish Soul                     Sony Music               http://www.hatikvahmusic.com/


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JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE        Narration--Purim
             Seasons of Joy                  Tune of the Century               http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE               A Wicked Wicked Man
          Seasons of Joy                    Tune of the Century            http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE           Ani Purim
          Seasons of Joy                Tune of the Century               http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE       Elimelech of Gilhofen
       Seasons of Joy                  Tune of the Century                  http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

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SHELLEY POSEN               Hamentashen
          Manna                             Well Done Music                http://www.shelleyposen.com/

SHELLEY POSEN                 Es Gezndt?
          Manna                          Well Done Music                    http://www.shelleyposen.com/



OSCAR BRAND                 Tumbalalaika
     Jewish Music In The New World              Ind                  http://www.oscarbrand.com/

OSCAR BRAND                     Lawyers
     Jewish Music In The New World               Ind                   http://www.oscarbrand.com/
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COMEDY CORNER:



THE SOGGY MATZOH BOYS        Man of Constant Tsuris
        Now That's Kosher!!               Shout Factory                  http://www.shoutfactory.com/

MRS. PINCUS                 You'll Never Get the Party Started
       Now That's Kosher!!                Shout Factory                   http://www.shoutfactory.com/

ALLAN SHERMAN                    Sir Greenbaum's Madrigal
  My Son The Folk Singer                              WB

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KIM & REGGIE HARRIS           Down By The Riverside
      Get on Board                                    Appleseed                  http://www.kimandreggie.com/

JOE JENCKS                 Tikun Olam
     The Candle and The Flame                 Ind                              http://www.joejencks.com/



JUDITH ZWEIMAN                     Sov'vuni
     She Will Sing I Will Sing                   Ind                        http://www.judithzweiman.com/
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