Now and Then AT HOME Edition - Safety and Security as we Shelter at Home: Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Dylan, James Taylor, Patti Rothberg

Original air date May 16, 2020 | Time 58:00

I know that I am safe when I'm at home. James Taylor wrote a beautiful song, to be sung at the close of day, rest assured that all is well. All of the songs on today's program celebrate the safety and security of home.

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Now and Then AT HOME Earth Day 2020 - Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Neil Young, Marvin Gaye

Original air date April 25, 2020 | Time 58:00

The first Earth Day was in 1970! Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi" from "Ladies of the Canyon" 1970; Cat Stevens "Where Do the Children Play" from "Tea for the Tillerman" 1970; Pete Seeger and Jeff Haynes "To My old Brown Earth" by Pete Seeger from "The Storm King" 2013; James Taylor "Before This World" 2016; Neil Young "Indian Givers" from "Peace Trail" 2016; Neil Young & Crazy Horse "This land is your land" and "Mother Earth" 1990; The Police "Walking In Your Footsteps (Live)" by Sting 2008; Peter Gabriel "Down to the Earth" from "Wall-E"; Marvin Gaye "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Gaye from "What's Going On" 1971

Now and Then AT HOME - Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, John Prine, David Crosby, Carole King, Biff Rose

Original air date April 14, 2020 | Time 58:00

I'm finding my way to reach out from my home to you! Since I've been here for several days in a row, the concept of HOME changes over time. It seems bigger, full of more things than I realized, everything I might need to have a satisfying day, a full life, is right here in my own backyard.

Come with me into these songs and find something for yourself.

A Reason to Smile - Simon and Garfunkel, Biff Rose, Dan Hicks, Frank Zappa, Van Dyke Parks, Brian Wilson

Original air date Feb 3, 2018 | Time 59:00

Music is so powerful. It can lift you up if you look for a reason to smile. If you go looking for a reason to smile you're going to find one.

Paul Simon's song "Punky's Dilemma" from Bookends by Simon and Garfunkle 1989. Biff Rose's second album The Children of Light 1969 is brillant. He wanted to be a stand-up comic in Los Angeles but ends up performing as a singer songwriter, appearing on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show over 12 times.