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The long-awaited documentary about Eric, The Songpoet, is finally in wide
release this week -- available to stream on-demand via PBS -- so it seems an
opportune time to re-air our in-depth look at his career, complete with
Songcircle-exclusive, live-at-KBOO performances. Or...
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On today's abbreviated, hour-long edition of The Songcircle, we present in
its entirety the invaluable, historic recording Blues in the Mississippi
Night. Recorded by the great folklorist Alan Lomax in New York City in 1947,
it features three legendary performers -- Big Bil...
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The Songcircle welcomes our first guest since February, 2020! And it's
"returning champion" Wesley Stace, a.k.a. John Wesley Harding, with whom we
Zoomed this week to talk about his new compilation released today, The Good
Lyre: Songs of John Wesley Harding. The tracklist f...
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Songs about the scourge of the Second Amendment from The Avett Brothers, Dan
Bern, Casey Neill (a Songcircle exclusive!) and others. Then, we say goodbye
to beloved Americana drummer and musical artist Don Heffington through songs
he played on by Bob Dylan, Victoria William...
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A handful of songs about how nonsense can sometimes make the most sense.
Also, a freshly minted soul masterpiece from Bruno Mars' and Anderson .Paak's
new project Silk Sonic, a spotlight on a classic album by The Lovin'
Spoonful, brand new music from songwriting heroes Ani ...
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A set of songs about what everyone's been talking about this week - the royal
family - leads off today's show, which also features songs about love and
buses from 1945, 1965, and 1985, a never-released George Harrison tune, and a
vintage live-at-KBOO set from the songwriter...
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This week on The Songcircle, Jeff’s back on the air for his first all-new
show in more than a month. We’ll feature recent tunes from Laura Veirs,
Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper and others (including, yes, Bob Dylan’s
grandson, Pablo!), newly-released, archival recordings from...
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In honor of Black History Month, and in memory of James Burke of The Five
Stairsteps (who perform the second song of today's show), who died last week,
we are rebroadcasting this episode which originally aired last December.
Today's program focuses mainly on materia...
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