Song Of The Soul

Cheryl Wheeler does music and life her own way - openly, honestly, and comfortably - and the result is a lot of stunning music and messages. Her songs have been covered by folks like Peter, Paul & Mary, Garth Brooks, and even Bette Midler, a testament to real quality, appealing across the musical spectrum. .All the songs in this program are written & performed by Cheryl Wheeler:: Pointing At the Sun 75 Septembers If It Were Up to Me White Cat Howl At the Moon Music In My Room Original Air Date: 01/29/2012

Denise Jordan Finley performs in a duo with Daniel Pagdon as Finley and Pagdon. Denise has decades of experience with other duos and configuration, but the real suprise is that she's only really got her stride as a songwriter in the 12 years or so. With music rooted in folk or Americana, she ranges to bluegrass, jazz and much more. As a non-conforming believer, directing music in the Presbyterian Church, she's a deep soul and a musical voyageur. All the songs in this program are performed by Finley and Pagdon: Memorial Day - from Hauntress What Child Is This? - from Solstice How Fair Is My Baby - from Hauntress Solstice Song - from Solstice Dona Nobis Pacem - from Solstice It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - from Solstice Just Outside of Time - from Hauntress

Sue Orfield is a dynamo of music in the Chippewa Valley and far beyond, performing with a double-digit number of groups. Her musical tastes and skills are equally wide-ranging, although her instrument of choice is the sax and she's especially renowned for her swing & jazz music. Whether it's with the Sue Orfield Band, the Tiptons Saxophone Quartet or AcoustiHOO, the music has energy and creativity. Songs included in this program: Plastico Flamingo - 4 Out Of 5 Doctors (by Sue Orfield) Shenandoah - The Statler Brothers Uninvited - Alanis Morissette Fight the Good Fight, For Lacey - The Sue Orfield Band (by Sue Orfield) Get Me Through December - Alison Krauss Inner Pippi - Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums (by Sue Orfield) Original Air Date: 01/08/2012

Mother Banjo is Ellen Stanley, an incredible voice and talented songwriter of the folk/gospel/Americana/down-homey variety. When Ellen is not promoting other great musicians for Red House Records or being a DJ for Womenfolk on KFAI, you may be lucky enough to see her perform as Mother Banjo. All songs in this program are written & performed by Mother Banjo: Lying Down with Sinners - from Stray Songs New - from Stray Songs Revival Train - from The Sad and Found I'm Waiting - on upcoming The Devil Hasn't Won Come Life - from Swing Low Firebird - from Stray Songs Christmas Came Early - free download at Mother Banjo Original Air Date: 12/25/2011

Andra Suchy comes from an impressively musical family, including her father, Chuck Suchy, so you know that she good schoolin' in music on the North Dakata plains. A down-home woman currently living in the city, Andra speaks & sings her heart passionately. Featured on Prairie Home Companion repeatedly, she combines folk, country, all-her-own, music. All the songs in this program are performed byAndra Suchy: Libertine Darkness Teargas A Birthday Song You Can Keep It 90 MPH Little Heart

Dorothy Zerbe is a wonderful singer/songwriter, person & voice to know. A latecomer to performing her songs, she shares music in many ways, including at the Shawano Folk Festival, plus she hosts house concerts under the name of The Savage Beast House Concert series. Get Dorothy's music, A Long Way to Go or Rooted and Free on CDBaby, or contact Dorothy Zerbe on Facebook if you're interested in her soon-to-appear Lullaby CD. Or just listen to her on MySpace. All the songs in this program are performed by Dorothy Zerbe: Made of Stone For the Asking Flown Winds of Change Love Alone Flown Life of Riley

Bill Harley is a singer/songwriter with something more - powerful/funny/insightful storytelling capturing glimpses of the human condition. Whether singing of our greed and hunger, of tossing a TV out the window, or of the compounding complexity of juggling reality and virtual reality, Bill's music and stories open up the listener. All the songs in this program are performed by Bill Harley Half a Loaf from First Bird Calll Enough is a Feast from First Bird Call Dad Threw The TV Out the Window from Play it Again All I Want from Mistakes Were Made Its a Long Way from Down in the Backpack Where Am I From from First Bird Call Everything is Music from Down in the Backpack Original Air Date: 06/12/2011

Joe Maurer is the Coconut half of the musical duo Coconut & the Duke. They produce music which is creative, eclectic, and engaging. Joe is multi-talented, working as a solar & landscape designer with Next Step Energy and farming as part of St. Isidores Mead Organic Dairy Farm. All the songs in this program are written & performed by Coconut & the Duke/Joe Maurer & Lucas Stengl: Tre Melo Brother Can You Spare a Dime 3rd Night Venison Jerky Sings a Bright Blue Bird Visiting Dan

David M. Jones, English Professor is the not-so-secret identity of Davey J, bluesman & singer/songwriter. With his band, the Jonestones, he makes music to move you and, hopefully, to move you to insight & peace. Davey J & the Jones Tones will be playing on Tuesday, March 12, as part of the Tuesday Night Blues, Unplugged series. All the songs in this program are written & performed by Davey Jones (and friends): Muses & Angels Blues for Peace - from soon-to-be-released Visions: Crucial Tracks Rage Canvas On A Frame Over & Over Cover Me

Peter Sterling has released 12 CDs and now a book, Hearing the Angels Sing - A True Story of Angelic Assistance. While sitting meditation is the Sedona back country, Peter received direction from the angels to begin playing the harp and 10 months later he had his first album. An enduring favorite on the New Age charts, Peter weaves magic on the harp. All the songs in this program are written & performed by Peter Sterling: Carousel A Love Eternal In Monet's Garden Child of Light Little One

Andres Gonzales is a yogi/world-healer with The Holistic Life Foundation, Inc and a hip-hop/rapper with For The People Entertainment (or here). Based in Baltimore, Maryland, fuses music, messages and movement to bring power and love to the Great One we all are. All the songs in this program are written & performed by Andres Gonzales Amazing We R God A Dream Find your way back Love 105 back@it.rnscutty

Jonathan Byrd hails from North Carolina, AKA North Cackalacki, and his music has home and depth and hurt and celebration. He doesn't shy from the facts but he's skillful with an image or metaphor as well, bringing listeners the best of both sides of experience. All the songs in this program are performed by Jonathan Byrd Wild Ponies from Cackalack I Was An Oak Tree from Cackalack New Moon Rise from Cackalack Fathers Day from Cackalack White Oak Wood from Cackalack Scuppernong from Cackalack Original Air Date: 05/29/2011

Cris Williamson has played an important role as one of the prominent voices of feminism and lesbians, including her part in founding the first women's record label. With more than 20 CDs, Cris has been prolific and fertile for many hearts. And, of course, her song has been our theme music since day 1. All the songs in this program are performed by Cris Williamson: Waterfall from The Changer and the Changed Song of the Soul from The Changer and the Changed One of the Light from The Changer and the Changed Strange Paradise from Strange Paradise Midnight Oil from Lumiere If I Live (I'll Be Great) from Postcards From Paradise Original Air Date: 05/15/2011

Lon Milo DuQuette is a stunning combination of sweet music, profundity, hilarity, and love. With a career as a folk/rock musician from the precocious age of 14, through many employment variants including his 15 books and position as US Deputy Grand Master of Ordo Templi Orientis, Lon has word and song riches to pour out. All the songs in this program are written & performed by Lon Milo DuQuette: Love's Song I Wish I Were Krishna I'm Baba Lon Sweet Babalon More of Lon's songs in the full-length interview: Guardian Angel In Disguise Last Night I Dreamed of Dead People Shem I Never Got Over You

Vonn New creates innovative music, modeling deep listening in the process. Using things like flutes, percussion, found sounds and field recordings, Vonn creates sonic playgrounds over which she improvises. She also notes that "My intention as an artist is to promote peace-building and non-violence by modeling the power of listening, and the expression of defiant joy", crucial tools and gifts sorely lacking in our culture. All the songs in this program are created & performed by Vonn New Callings Spirals Open Hand Stargrind Zoo Grass BONUS SONG: Friction (A Celebration of Rubbing Things Together) - Find it in EXCERPTS

Danny Schmidt is one of many talented artists with the Americana Agency. Danny is profound and downhome, and he has an amazing gift for stunning lyrics, with influences like Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen - and many others. Raised Jewish, his current spiritual outlook is not bound to any church or organization. All the songs in this program are performed by Danny Schmidt Company of Friends from Little Grey Sheep This Too Shall Pass from Parables & Primes Stained Glass from Parables & Primes Know Thy Place from Man of Many Moons Serpentine Circle of Money from Instead the Forest Rose to Sing Better Off Broke from Instead the Forest Rose to Sing Original Air Date: 05/08/2011

Singer/songwriter Tracy Feldman is one of the many rewards I got for going to this year's MREA Clean Energy & Sustainable Living Fair. While there's a clear and powerful passion in his guitar, violin & lyrics, teaching Biology at UW-Stevens Point is also a major calling of his life. All the songs in this program are written & performed by Tracy Feldman: Out of Left Field - from Survivin' in the 'Burbs Blaze - from Survivin' in the 'Burbs Walls of Jericho - Not yet released Bromide Hill - from Middle of the Road BONUS/EXCERPT Lindbergh Street - Not yet released BONUS/EXCERPT Me and Cal - from Middle of the Road Coasting Home - from Sea of Lucky Numbers

Sally Campbell does not refer to herself as a musician so much as a "song catcher". Having been judged unacceptable for choir as a youth, she had to work on developing her singing & playing ability when she started receiving songs in 1982. For her 70th birthday she performed & recorded a concert of her music for a group of friends. That recording has become her CD, Giftsongs & Blessings, available for free, as part of the gift economy, if you simply email Sally. All except the last of the songs listed below were written by Sally Campbell: Give Us This Day A Gentle Song - Sally Campbell, Annie Patterson Go Down Low - Sally Campbell, Laura Dungan Be Gentle With Yourself - Sally Campbell, Annie Patterson, Laura Dungan I Don't Wanna - Sally Campbell (& audience) Beloved Belongings - Sally Campbell (& audience) Lullaby - Sally Campbell, Annie Patterson, Laura Dungan Stillness of Stone - Sally Campbell Now Is the Moment - Sally Campbell, Annie Patterson (& audience) Hug a Friend - Sally Camp

John Sheldon of Warwick, England, has been teaching, leading, performing & directing music, across the spectrum, for around 4 decades. A longtime participant & leader for The Leaveners, John was present at the 2012 FGC gathering at Kingston, RI, where this was recorded, to organize & conduct a performance of The Fire & the Hammer. John Sheldon's Song of the Soul includes the following music: Rigaudons and Tambourin - Jean-Philippe Rameau I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles Be Slowly Lifted Up/Dies Irae/Lacrimosa - from War Requiem by Benjamin Britten Strangers in the night - Frank Sinatra Wait On the World - from The Fire & the Hammer by Tony Biggin Piano Sonata D968, 2nd Movement - Franz Schubert Symphony No 7 Finale - by Ludwig van Beethoven, directed by Leonard Bernstein

SuZ Ogden is an angeltonk Baptist Buddhist living in Oklahoma, with visits to California, Russia and Israel. In other words, she's all over the map, from nightclub singer to minister in the United Centers for Spiritual Living. All the songs in this program are performed by SuZ Ogden> Music Is My Basic Religion The Promise Land Earth Islanders Come Celebrate Only Have a Moment The Promise Land Take a Little Love Come Celebrate Baptist Buddhist The Promise Land Am I Living In Faith or Doubt The Promise Land I'm The Richest Woman Walking In The Light Original Air Date: 04/17/2011