*John Mellencamp*,Small Town (*acoustic version*),Scarecrow,2005,Mercury,(*1985. extra on the reissue*),
*Lui Collins*,Awaiting the Snow,*Baptism of Fire*,2004,Molly Gamblin Music,(*Green Linnet, 1985. This CD was a big hit for us when it came out*),
*The Watersons*,Country Life,*For Pence and Spicy Ale*,1994,Shanachie,(*Topic, 1975. This reissue of this wonderful classic album has tracks from subsequent solo and duo albums*),
     (*Classics to open today. Glad to pick up another terrific CD from the
late David Surette*)

*David Surette*,Road to Kerrigouarch/The Horse's Brawl,*Back Roads* ,1993,Madrina,
*The Press Gang*,Blackwater Polka/Gort An Tuathbhrid/Neili's Polka,*The Happy Days of Youth*,2014,Independent,
*Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble*,Volekhl,*Beregovski's Khasene - Beregovski's Wedding-Forgotten Instrumental Treasures From the Ukraine* ,1997,(*incl. Kalman Balogh on cimbalom*),Schott Wergo,
     (*Lots of music new to me. Great playing from The Press Gang,
clarinetist Joel Rubin and his tight band, early Karine Polwart.*)

*Karine Polwart*,Faultlines,*Faultlines*,2004,Neon Productions,
*The Oxymorons!*,Lonesome 77203,A*nyway the Wind Blows*,2014,Whoop It Up,(*wr. Billy Don Burns*),
*John Jackson*,Black Snake Moan,*Don't Let Your Deal Go Down* ,1992,Arhoolie,(*1965*),
     (*This is the first John Jackson I have liked, but I really like this
compilation, recorded in the mid-late 60s!*)

*Ani DiFranco*,Fuel,*Fish Tree Water Blues*,1999,Bullseye,(*A Benefit for Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund. from Little Plastic Castle*),
*Abafana Baseqhudeni*,Mubi Umakhelwane (Bad Neighbor),*The Kings and Queens of Township Jive-Modern Roots of the Indestructible Beat of Soweto* ,1990,Earthworks,
*RatDog with Charlie Musselwhite*,Take Me To the River,*Fish Tree Water Blues*,1999,Bullseye,(*with Bob Weir. wr. Al Green & Hodges Mabon Lewis*),
     (*Have not been a fan of much of the influential Indestructible Beat
of Soweto series, but this compilation is pretty great. The late Bob Weir's
band RatDog with a recording new for this benefit. The first of two tunes
with Paul Butterfield laying down extended harmonica solos*.)

*The Paul Butterfield Blues Band*,Everything Going To Be Alright,*The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live*,2004,Elektra,(*Live at The Troubadour, 1970. wr. Walter Jacobs*),
*Cindy Kallet*,Letter to America,*Ride in the Light*,2024,Sleepy Creek,(*via Folk Now, July 2025, Hudson Harding*),
*Sweet Honey In The Rock*,Beatitudes,*Live at Carnegie Hall*,1988,Flying Fish,(*Based on Matthew 5:3-12*),
*Janet Bates*,Your Independance Day,*For All Of His Wealth* ,2007,Independent,(*via Folk Now, July 2025, Hudson Harding*),
*Lil Rev*,Who Cracked the Bell,*via Folk Now, July 2025, Hudson Harding*,2025,Fountain of Uke,
*David Surette*,Chorus Jig,*Back Roads*,1993,Madrina,
     (*These are the last recordings Pops Staples made, played for him just
before he died by Mavis, some with family and finished for release by Mavis
and Jeff Tweedy, full of that familiar guitar sound and singing.*)

*Pops Staples*,The Lady's Letter,*Don't Lose This*,2015,dBpm/Anti,
*John & Laura Mellencamp*,Grandma's Theme,*Scarecrow*,2005,Mercury,(*This is "The Baggage Coach Ahead"*),
*John Mellencamp*,Rain On The Scarecrow,*Scarecrow*,2005,Mercury,
*The Mavericks*,Here Comes the Rain,*Live In Austin Texas*,2004,Sanctuary,
*Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer*,It Ain't Gonna Go Away (Ode to the Epstein Files),*via Folk Now, September 2025, Hudson Harding*,2025,Community,
*Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble*,Makonovetski's Gas Nign,*Beregovski's Khasene - Beregovski's Wedding*,1997,Schott Wergo,(*"Gas nign (street melody) refers to pieces which were played in the street by klezmorim as they accompanied guests home aafter a wedding or other festive event."*),
*Pops Staples*,Better Home,*Don't Lose This*,2015,dBpm/Anti,
*Imagine Dragons*,Blank Space/Stand By Me,*BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge-2015* ,2015,BBC/Sony,(*Taylor Swift/Ben E. King*),
*John Mellencamp*,Small Town,*Scarecrow*,2005,Mercury,
*John Jackson*,John's Rag,*Don't Let Your Deal Go Down*,1992,Arhoolie,
*Hana Zara*,The Ballad of Husker Scruggs,*single*,2026,People of Orphalese,
*John Mellencamp*,The Face Of The Nation,*Scarecrow*,2005,Mercury,
*Pete Seeger*,Dr. King On Violence (spoken),*Seeds: the Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3*,2003,Appleseed,
*Pete Seeger & Friends*,Take It From Dr. King,*Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3*,2003,Appleseed,
*Pete Seeger*,Waist Deep in the Big Muddy,*Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs*,2019,Smithsonian Folkways,(*from Ford Hall Forum lecture, 1967*),
*Sweet Honey In The Rock*,Letter To Dr. Martin Luther King,*Live At Carnegie Hall*,1988,Flying Fish,(*poem by Sonia Sanchez from Homegirls and Handgrenades*),
*Irene Jalenti*,Alma Desnuda,*Dawn*,2021,Antidote,
*The Mavericks*,Volver Volver,*Live In Austin Texas*,2004,Sanctuary,
     (*Irene Jalenti is a jazz singer. I liked the whole album! Still
saying goodbye to Raul Malo. More great music from the Township Jive
compilation, Lui Collins with a classic. I never hear Meghan Trainor's
original, but she does a fun stripped version for the BBC!*)

*Mbazo*,Okwami Okwezandla,*The Kings and Queens of Township Jive* ,1990,Earthworks/Virgin,
*Lui Collins*,Baptism of Fire,*Baptism of Fire*,2004,Molly Gamblin Music,(*wr. Julie Snow*),
*Meghan Trainor*,Lips Are Movin,*BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2015*,2015,Sony Music CG,
*Irene Jalenti*,Let It Be,*Dawn*,2021,Antidote,(*Beatles*),
*Pops Staples*,Gotta Serve Somebody,*Don't Lose This*,2015,dBpm/Anti,(*Bob Dylan*),
*The Mavericks*,What a Crying Shame,*Live In Austin Texas*,2004,Sanctuary,
     (*Lovely version of The Beatles classic. Pops plays Dylan's song like
it was written for him. Pete showing how songwriters used to use powerful
source material and collaborations to produce great songs.*)

*Irene Jalenti*,Carinhoso,*Dawn*,2021,Antidote,
*Pete Seeger*,I Come and Stand at Every Door,*Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs*,1999,Smithsonian Folkways,(*"Nazim Hikmet, the great Turkish national poet, wrote this poem in memory of Hiroshima, destroyed by the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945....New York peace worker Jeanette Turner sent Hikmet's poem to Pete Seeger in the late 1950s. Pete set it to a haunting melody written by James Waters, an MIT student, for ...The Great Silkie"*),
*Pete Seeger*,There Once Was a Woman Who Swallowed a Lie,*Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs*,1999,Smithsonian Folkways,(*"one of several songs adapted by writer and political activist Meredith Tax for the Women's Movement. 'We need songs-all political movements do,' Tax wrote in 1971 in Sing Out!"*),
     (*One of two Pete stories about MLK that Jeff Haynes brilliantly put
to music (in addition to a wide variety of other stories) in his Storm King
releases*)

*Pete Seeger*,MLK 14 (guitar by Emile Menasche, Charlie Mingus-Goodbye Pork Pie Hat),*The Storm King-presented by Jeff Haynes*,2013,Hachette,
*The Oxymorons!*,A Different Kind of a Vote,*Anyway the Wind Blows*,2014,Whoop It Up,
*Pops Staples*,Nobody's Fault But Mine,*Don't Lose This*,2015,dBpm/Anti,
     (*Lui elevates this early Greg Brown song, making it so joyful and
with the wonderful extra verse.*)

*Lui Collins*,Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon,*Baptism of Fire*,2004,Molly Gamblin Music,(*wr. Greg Brown, verse 3 by Dick Pinney*),
*The Watersons*,Swarthfell Rocks,*For Pence and Spicy Ale*,1994,Shanachie,
*The Press Gang*,The Apples in Winter/The Woods of Old Limerick/The Road to Garrison,*The Happy Days of Youth*,2014,Independent,
*Karine Polwart*,Four Strong Walls,*Faultlines*,2003,Neon Productions,
*The Watersons*,Adieu Adieu (The Flash Lad),*For Pence and Spicy Ale* ,1975,Topic,
*Lui Collins*,Second Effort,*Baptism of Fire*,2004,Molly Gamblin Music,(*1985. wr. Stan Rogers*),
*The Oxymorons!*,Gun Street Girl,*Anyway the Wind Blows*,2014,Whoop It Up,(*Tom Waits*),
*The Mavericks*,Shine Your Light,*Live In Austin Texas*,2004,Sanctuary,
*Pops Staples*,Somebody Was Watching,*Don't Lose This*,2015,dBpm/Anti,(*wr. Brenda Burns*),
*David Surette*,The Month of January/Mug of Brown Ale/The Handsome Young Maidens,*Back Roads*,1993,Madrina,
*John Jackson*,Going Down In Georgia On A Horn,*Don't Let Your Deal Go Down* ,1992,Arhoolie,
*Karine Polwart*,Harder To Walk These Days Than Run,*Faultlines*,2003,Neon Productions,
*Off the Beaten Path*, 1/24/26, *Michael Kane*, Sat 10pm-2am, wbrs.org, 100.1FM Waltham
ONLY address at which cds will reach me:
Michael Kane
Odyssey Productions
PO Box# 66036
Auburndale, MA 02466
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