High Flying Birds

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Air date: 
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 5:30am to 7:00am
This show is for the birds!

Today’s program starts with a few songs about birds (from Richie Havens, Marianne Faithfull and others), and ends with another, followed by songs from the following birds: an eagle, seagulls, crows, an osprey, a robin and sparrows.  My photo is an Osprey ready to dive for a meal in the Siuslaw River estuary in Florence.

Otherwise, the show has a variety folk music favorites.  Please join me on Pastures of Plenty this Wednesday morning.  Thanks for your donations during the station’s year end fund raiser!     Will

KBOO has Folk Music programs every weekday morning from 5:30 till 7 o’clock, followed by national and international news on Democracy Now.  There’s also Folk Music Friday afternoons following the noon news - Movin' On.

 

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Richie Havens
    Song
    High Flyin' Bird
    Album
    20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Richie Havens
    Label
    Polydor
  • Time
    5:33
    Artist
    Marianne Faithfull
    Song
    This Little Bird
    Album
    Marianne Faithfull: Greatest Hits
    Label
    ABKCO Music and Records, Inc.
  • Time
    5:35
    Artist
    Whispering Jack Smith
    Song
    When the Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along (Recorded 1926)
    Album
    Whispering Jack Smith Popular 1920's Jazz Vocals (Recorded 1925-1940)
    Label
    Vintage Recordings.
  • Time
    5:38
    Artist
    It's a Beautiful Day
    Song
    White Bird
    Album
    It's a Beautiful Day
    Label
    ItsAboutMusic.com
  • Time
    5:44
    Artist
    Mr. Sun
    Song
    Blackbird
    Album
    Extrovert
    Label
    Compass Records
  • Time
    5:49
    Artist
    John Prine
    Song
    Sour Grapes
    Album
    Diamonds In the Rough
    Label
    Atlantic Records
  • Time
    5:51
    Artist
    The Lynn Morris Band
    Song
    You'll Get No More of Me
    Album
    The Lynn Morris Band
    Label
    New Rounder
  • Time
    5:54
    Artist
    Cascade Sweethearts
    Song
    Hard Workin' Woman
    Album
    Garland Records: Pacific Northwest Snuff Box
    Label
    Modern Harmonic
  • Time
    5:57
    Artist
    Happy Traum
    Song
    Things Are Coming My Way (feat. Justin Guip, Larry Campbell, Byron Isaacs & Teresa Williams)
    Album
    Just for the Love of It
    Label
    Happy Traum
  • Time
    6:00
    Artist
    Harpeth Rising
    Song
    I Did Not Make the World
    Album
    Against All Tides
    Label
    Harpeth Rising
  • Time
    6:03
    Artist
    Billy Strings
    Song
    Know It All
    Album
    Renewal
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:06
    Artist
    Hazel Dickens, Carol Elizabeth Jones & Ginny Hawker
    Song
    Old River
    Album
    Heart of a Singer
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:09
    Artist
    Joe Jencks
    Song
    The Minstrel Boy
    Album
    The Coming of the Years
    Label
    Turtle Bear Music
  • Time
    6:13
    Artist
    Margo Cilker
    Song
    Broken Arm in Oregon
    Album
    Pohorylle
    Label
    Loose
  • Time
    6:17
    Artist
    Mr. Sun
    Song
    Just a Little Lovin'
    Album
    Extrovert
    Label
    Compass Records
  • Time
    6:21
    Artist
    Norman Blake
    Song
    Just Tell Them That You Saw Me
    Album
    Day by Day
    Label
    Plectrafone Records
  • Time
    6:23
    Artist
    Mary Flower
    Song
    When I Get Home I'm Gonna Be Satisfied
    Album
    Bridges
    Label
    YELLOW DOG
  • Time
    6:26
    Artist
    Kristen Grainger & True North
    Song
    She Flies with Her Own Wings
    Album
    Ghost Tattoo
    Label
    Kristen Grainger & True North
  • Time
    6:29
    Artist
    Robert Earl Keen
    Song
    Wayfaring Stranger (with Natalie Maines)
    Album
    Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
    Label
    Dualtone Music Group
  • Time
    6:33
    Artist
    Esther Golton
    Song
    Stay Warm
    Album
    Stay Warm
    Label
    Tiny Cabin Music
  • Time
    6:36
    Artist
    Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert
    Song
    One More Time
    Album
    The Ledges
    Label
    Dead Reckoning Records
  • Time
    6:39
    Artist
    David Francey
    Song
    Come Rain or Come Shine
    Album
    Skating Rink
    Label
    Laker Music
  • Time
    6:42
    Artist
    Our Native Daughters
    Song
    Moon Meets the Sun (feat. Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah & Allison Russell)
    Album
    Songs of Our Native Daughters
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    6:46
    Artist
    Susan Cattaneo
    Song
    Fall to Fly
    Album
    Heaven to Heartache
    Label
    Jersey Girl Music
  • Time
    6:50
    Artist
    Johnny Gimble
    Song
    Flower of Mexico
    Album
    The Texas Fiddle Collection
    Label
    CMH Records
  • Time
    6:52
    Artist
    Louis Armstrong
    Song
    When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
    Album
    I Like Jazz: The Essence Of Louis Armstrong
    Label
  • Time
    6:54
    Artist
    Leo Kottke
    Song
    Bean Time
    Album
    Leo Kottke: Instrumentals - The Best of the Capitol Years
    Label
    Blue Note Records

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