Song Of The Soul

Mike Quick has done a lot of types of music over a few decades, including blues, rock, country, etc, but his musical home is folk music, his church is the wide outdoors, and his tree is the Oak. All the songs in this program are performed by Mike Quick: Great Flood from Down Bullfrog Road Rain from Rain My Father's Shoes from Down Bullfrog Road Get Right With Your Church from Rain The Oak from Rain Original Air Date: 03/21/2010

Marcia Prager is Rabbi at Philadelphia's P'nai Or community, an affiliate of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Marcia is a teacher, a singer and a dynamic source of spiritual guidances vibrantly rooted in the Jewish faith. Unless otherwise noted, the songs in this program are performed by Rabbi Marcia Prager: Kabbalat Shabbot/Lighting The Shabbos Candles Angel Song traditional text, melody by Schlomo Carlebach Yedid Nefesh/Friend of the Soul from Eliezer Azikri We Have Found Rest Beneath the Wings of the Shekhina from Penina Adelman Ma'ariv/Blessing for the Night from Lynn Gottlieb The Odessa-Havana Trolley Klingon Klezmer Malka Kadisha Atzilut Concerts for Peace Original Air Date: 03/14/2010

MargeTheMaven.com is the web home of Jewish singer/songwriter Marge Eiseman. Marge leads workshops and programs on Storahtelling, Comfort Shawls, Hip Spirituality and many other topics. All the songs in this program are performed by Marge Eiseman: We are all connected Family Blessing Sing Praises We're in Each Other's Lives Enduring One Love Your Neighbor as Yourself Trafficking with Cynics Words from the Heart

Gina Citoli has a long pedigree singing and writing music. Gina has performed with several groups, including Alchemy VII, but is now typically on her own. She's been popular with those with an organic, holistic point of view, especially those that connect with New Thought and Earth-based spiritualities, as well as consciousness raising groups. Gina Citoli's special gift to the midwest and beyond is the musical she's created called the Cabaret of Consciousness. She'll be bringing the Cabaret of Consciousness to Eau Claire's Unity Christ Center, sponsored by The Goddess Connection, at 7:30 PM on March 16th. Find further info via Gina's web site, GinaCitoli.net. All the songs in this program are performed by Gina Citoli: The Natural Order of Things Eco Boogie It All Comes Down To Love A Thousand Years These Are The Days Original Air Date: 03/07/2010

Warren Petryk has done a lot of music, with a group called The Memories, as part of Taize-style worship, with the Chippewa Valley Symphony and, of course, on his tapes and CD's. He's deeply rooted in Christianity with great appreciation in the ways God shows through all of Creation and the writings of many other religions. All the songs in this program are performed by Warren Petryk on his CD, from Be Still, My Soul: Psalm 46:10 Mighty Spirit Open the Eyes of My Heart How Great Thou Art To Do Your Will The Strength of the Lord Be Still, My Soul Original Air Date: 02/28/2010

Jack Kessler has many musical faces. He has decades of experience as a Cantor with Aleph, Alliance for Jewish Renewal. He's also the director and lead force behind Atzilut Concerts for Peace, a Jewish-Arab ensemble, and Klingon Klezmer, a Klezmer-Fusion band beyond belief. Jack Kessler's Song of the Soul includes the following music Malka Kadisha Atzilut Concerts for Peace Azamer Atzilut Concerts for Peace Hine Mah Tov/ma Achlaa Atzilut Concerts for Peace Mojo Shabbos Klingon Klezmer The Odessa-Havana Trolley Klingon Klezmer Original Air Date: 02/14/2010

Bruce & Julie Hecksel are Patchouli, 2 former city folks thriving on nature and music in rural Wisconsin, making deeply stirring vocal and instrumental songs to reconnect and deepen lives. Bruce answered the call of his guitar one semester short of finishing seminary, and it was a fortunate choice for music lovers everywhere. All the songs in this program (except The Faith) are performed by Patchouli: The Labyrinth The Carrying The Woodland The Faith - Leonard Cohen Finlandia The Woods Original Air Date: 01/10/2010

A vibrant voice and astonishing songwriting talent are a joy whenever they appear, but all the more wonderful when they appear by the age of 13. Kenzie Joy is a Chippewa Valley singer/songwriter destined for great things. All the songs in this program (but the last one) are by Kenzie Joy: Missing You Feelin' Happy Lost In The Dark Life Is Good Fine By Me First Dance Romance Tic Tac Toe Save Me Hallelujah Written by Leonard Cohen, heard in the movie Shrek Original Air Date: 01/03/2010

A re-visit with singer/songwriter and activist Mary Shapiro, organizer and host of the Sounds of Hope Concert Series in Washington DC, and niece to the Dominican priest who founded the Friends of God Dominican Ashram. Unless otherwise noted, the songs featured in this program are by Mary Shapiro: Listen The Rain Forty Smile Healing Chant Amazing Grace Sweet Honey In the Rock Community Choir The Time is Now I Feel Like Going On Sweet Honey In the Rock Community Choir

Annabella Wood has filled many roles: singer/songwriter, long-haul truck driver, handywoman and cancer survivor. A recent brush with death has focused her ever more firmly on what she loves - music, especially music about her journey to integrity. All of the songs featured in this program are by Annabella Wood: Truck Drivin Mama Anything for Love What Happens to Love River of Tears Prisoner That's What Happened Original Air Date: 12/06/2009

Brian Bethke emerged from 8 years of illness by capturing the vivid stories of his life in song. On his own since the age of 15, his folk/Americana/country style music conveys a powerful journey with powerful, heartfelt music. All songs included in this Song of the Soul are by Brian Bethke: The Kiss Sand Lane Auburdeen He Cried Winters So Lonely Ferral Crying Shame Original Air Date: 10/11/2009

Ed Feeny performs with 3 bands, Reptile Palace Orchestra, The Motor Primitives and Veseliyka which reflects, in part, his diverse appetite for music, in terms of both genre and country. Songs included in this program: Evening Star Robert Fripp & Brian Eno Lenorije Chaje Ivo Papasov & Yuri Yunakov Sandansko Horo Reptile Palace Orchestra Without Love Nick Lowe My Baby's Gone The Louvin Brothers One Last Drink Enter The Haggis Asimbonanga (Mandela) Johnny Clegg & Savuka Mon Amie La Rose Natacha Atlas Original Air Date: 09/27/2009

Greg Herriges (& Telluric Currents) is music that tastes of the vastness of the world and the universe. It is spirituality, most often without words, that is World Music and Minnesota music. It's a treat. All songs included in this Song of the Soul are by Greg Herriges (& Telluric Currents) unless otherwise noted: Bubaran Hudan Mas Javanese Court Gamelan Stella from It Plays Me True Smile from Telluric Currents Kap Khun from Telluric Currents The Sugar in the Milk from Telluric Currents Rama Be Good from Telluric Currents Asturias League of Crafty Guitarists Original Air Date: 09/20/2009

Magic Mama is Kjersten Hallin deGaia and she does what she calls eco-edu-tainment and "Organic Hip Hop & World Beats for the Whole Family", and she does it with spiritual depth and soaring joy. Raised the daughter of a Lutheran minister, she identifies with Earth-based spirituality these days and is an advocate for Peace Pirates. Get ready for a thrilling ride with a real gift to the Chippewa Valley - and beyond! Songs included in Magic Mama's Song of the Soul: Joyward Magic Mama I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About Mahalia Jackson Gone to Fly Magic Mama Crone Magic Mama Go Barefoot Magic Mama Stone Soup Magic Mama Crickets in the Rain Magic Mama Wild Birds Magic Mama Royal Garden Blues Louis Armstrong Original Air Date: 08/23/2009

Steve Deasy has a wealth of musical experience, both instrumental & vocal, but only began writing songs relatively recently. He got some top honors at the Kerrville Folk Festival this year. His latest release is the fruit of a deepening spiritual engagement with Quakerism and issues of peace & justice. All the songs in this program are written and performed by Steve Deasy: People Once Were Welcome Here Deasy I'm Working for Walmart Deasy Let Me Make Peace Deasy/Dore John Woolman Deasy Easter Song Deasy/Dore Whiskey Drinkin' Preacher Cannon/Shamblin

Tom Allen is very involved in Transcendental Mediation, Men's work, and working for world peace, especially on the spiritual plane. He's a talented guitarist of many styles - classical, jazz and much more. In addition he has a long history with Christian praise bands, A COURSE IN MIRACLES, and other contemporary expressions of Christ's energy. All the songs in this program are performed by Tom Allen: Jan's Piece by Tom Allen Sunlight Streaming In My Window by Tom Allen Little Train by Tom Allen Hey the Day by Tom Allen Girl With the Belly Button Ring by Tom Allen Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington Etude in B Minor by Fernando Sor In Your Wildest Dreams by The Moody Blues The 38 Notes by Tom Allen

Paulette Meier is a singer/songwriter and a school-based trainer in violence prevention and social emotional learning. Based in Cincinnati, she performs as part of Just Earth, along with Jamie Fota and Len Webb. Jamie performed with Paulette for this Song of this Soul interview. The early 90s saw Paulette embark on a career in peace education as a traIner with Cincinnati's Center for Peace Education, an affiliate of Creative Reponse to Conflict All the songs in this program are performed by Paulette Meier: What Does Peace Mean? from Come Join The Circle Clothes Don't Make the Person from Come Join The Circle Hawk and Owl unreleased It Would Go a Great Way (Penn) unreleased Be Still and Cool (Fox) unreleased Give Over Thine Own ((Pennington) unreleased Who Is It That Dare Stop Christ's Mouth (Fox) unreleased Love Truth and Its Testimony (Blackborrow) unreleased Try What Love Can Do (Ballad of William Penn) unreleased Original Air Date: 08/09/2009

Joyce Johnson Rouse has been Earth Mama for the past 15 years. With a degree in Earth Literacy, she teaches about care for the Earth through her songs, spreading peace and justice as part of the message. All the songs in this program are performed by Earth Mama: Earth Mama from Under the Rainbow Under the Rainbow from Under the Rainbow Butterfly from Love Large Let it Rot from Around the World One Breath from Pay Attention (upcoming) And Everybody Else from Pay Attention (upcoming) Standing on the Shoulders from Love Large Original Air Date: 07/26/2009

Alivia Bright Maple Biko is a singer/songwriter with a ministerial component, raised in the Midwest but now a longtime Oregon resident. Part of her religious and spiritual journey was in the UCC and Lutheran churches, and she is now clerk and substitute pastor for Freedom Friends Church in Salem, Oregon. All the songs in this program are performed by Alivia Biko: How Could Anyone Joy Comes Art of Life Seeds of Peace Morning Has Broken Hymn to Joy (Ode to Joy) Original Air Date: 07/19/2009

Susan Werner is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter, preferring a big, big, city still close to her Iowa roots. Susan is an innovator, and among her musical creations is "The Gospel Truth", a no-holds-barred grappling with faith and doubt which raised hackles and admiration from the entire belief spectrum. But that project is just the tip of the iceberg, and there is so much more to hear and see. Songs included in Susan Werner's Song of the Soul: Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying Blind Willie Johnson Paul and Peter Walked Claire Lynch Six Feet of Earth OlaBelle Reed Family (Why Is Your) Heaven So Small Susan Werner Did Trouble Me Susan Werner Don't Explain It Away Susan Werner May I Suggest Red Molly (by Susan Werner) Sunday Mornings Susan Werner Original Air Date: 07/12/2009