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Toumani Diabate the master of Malian kora music passed away recently in July
at age 58. Tune in to a special edition of Pastures of Plenty on Wednesday
August 21st from 5:30 to 7:00 AM as we celebrate his life and legacy. We
will also feature the music of other Malian ...
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I’ve assigned the title of this Pastures of Plenty episode to Blossom
Dearie, a clear-voiced jazzy singer popular in the 1950s. She came though
with "I Hear Music" recorded in 1957. You can hear that two-minute tribute
to "mighty pretty music" at about 6:30am. Soon af...
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This program features great new music as well as some old favorites, starting
with songs for the morning followed by songs about morning trains, the legend
of steel driving man John Henry, some hot guitar flatpicking, and songs from
new releases by artists new to me.
Fe...
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Listen late in the show to "A Few Old Memories," a song by the folk group
Della Mae, from their 2021 album Family Reunion. The show includes other
memories from: The Limelighters 1960 - "This Land;" The Brothers Four 1961 -
"When the Sun Goes Down;" Harry Belafonte 1956...
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Take inspiration from Bob Dylan's "New Morning"- the first song in this
edition of Pastures of Plenty (July 10th 5:30-7am): "So happy just to see
you smile, underneath this sky of blue…It’s a New Morning…." Forget
the heat! The program presents a total of 26 songs, i...
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There's an old saying in the Pacific NW that summer starts on July 5th.
Summer came a little early this year, and in celebration we start off with
songs for summer by Doc Watson & David Greisman, Loudon Wainwright III, and
Taj Mahal, followed by songs about canoeing by P...
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On Pastures of Plenty this week (June 26, 2024) we feature some old school
folk music from the Golden Age of Folk including Peter, Paul & Mary, Pete
Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, The Brothers Four, The New Christy Minstrels, The
Highwaymen, The Holy Modal Rounders, Fred Neil, Er...
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