Common Sense Songs, hosted by Graham and Barbara Dean, airs every Wednesday from 8- 10 p.m. on WBCR-lp 97.7fm Great Barrington MA, streaming at  < The show is repeated Friday from 3.00 to 5.00 p.m. The show can also be heard for 2 weeks on Spinitron.

     It finally feels like spring is here in the northeast. There is lots of yellow. Daffodils and forsythia are in bloom and I saw coltsfoot at the side of my drive. That means it 's time to play Sloan Wainwright.

"Cool Morning", Sloan Wainwright, Cool Morning, Derby Disc Music.

     Now on with the show. April is Poetry Month. The main focus is poems set to music. April 9th is the 50th anniversary of the death of Phil Ochs. Some of Phil's songs finish out the show.

"Down By The Sally Gardens", Larry Kaplan, Furthermore, Hannah Lane Music.

"Quiet Land/ Innisfree", Grace Griffith, Grace, Blix Street Records.

"Celts", Hamilton Camp, Sweet Joy, Beachwood Recordings.

"Fiddler of Dooney", Gordon Bok, Return to the Land, Folk Legacy.

"Slouching Towards Bethlehem", Joni Mitchell, Travelogue, Nonesuch.

"Slouching Towards Bethlehem", Eliza Gilkyson, Roses at the End of Time, Red House.

"The Outside Track", Garnet Rogers, The Outside Track, Snow Goose Songs.

"Reedy River", Bok Muir and Trickett, The Ways of Man, Folk Legacy.

"The Road Through the Woods", Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen, Being There, Compass Rose Music.

"Oak Ash and Thorn", John Roberts and Tony Barrand, Dark Ships in the Forest, Folk Legacy.

"Follow Me 'Ome", Dave Webber and Anni Fenteman, Bonnet and Shawl, Dragon Records.

"A Pilgrim's Way", Finest Kind, Lost In A Song, Fallen Angle Music.

"Linden Lea", Maggie Boyle, Won't You Come Away, Wild Goose Records.

"The Guest House", Billy Jonas, Bridging Divides, Bang A Bucket Music.

"Psalm of LIfe", Carla Sciaky, Heart of the Sun, Propinquity Records.


"Phil", Paul Kaplan, King of Hearts, Old Coat Music.

"Canons of Christianity", Phil Ochs, Farewells and Fantasies, Elektra/ Rhino.

"The War Is Over", Phil Ochs, The Best of Phil Ochs, A&M.

"Love Me I'm a Liberal", Phil Ochs, Love Me I'm a Liberal, Elektra.

"I'm Going To Say It Now", Phil Ochs, Farewells and Fantasies, Elektra/ Rhino.

"When I'm Gone", Phil Ochs, There But For Fortune, Elektra.



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