Ten Strong Women

Original air date Sept 22, 2018 | Time 59:00

Judy Collins "My father" composed by Judy Collins from "Who Knows Where the Time Goes"
Fotheringay "Nothing More" composed by Sandy Denny from "fotheringay"
Joni Mitchell "Let the Wind Carry Me" composed by Joni Mitchell from "For the Roses"
Joan Baez "Diamonds and Rust" composed by Joan Baez from "Diamonds And Rust"
Meshell Ndegeocello "I'm Diggin' You (Like an Old Soul Record)" composed by Ndegeocello from "Plantation Lullabies"
Erykah Badu "Appletree" composed by Eryka Badu, Robert Bradford from "Baduism"
Stevie Nicks "for What It's Worth" composed by Stevie Nicks, Michael Campbell from "In Your Dreams"
Adele "Catch Fire to the Rain" composed by Adele Adkins, Fraser T. Smith from "21"
Taylor Swift "Clean" composed by Taylor Swift, Imogene Heap from "1989"
Pretenders "Alone" composed by Chrissie Hynde, Dan Auerbach, Richie Smith

Paul McCartney's "Egypt Station", Stevie Wonder, Becca Stevens, Jacob Collier

Original air date Sept 15, 2018 | Time 59:00

Stevie Wonder "The Secret Life of Plants", "Outside My Window" and "Black Orchid" composed by Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright from "Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants"
Becca Stevens and Jacob Collier "As" composed by Stevie Wonder from "Regina" (2018)
Becca Stevens "Regina", "Lean On" and "Well Loved (feat. Laura Mvula)" from "Regina"
Paul McCartney "Back in Brazil", "Happy With You" and "Hunt You Down" from "Egypt Station" (2018)

Secret Lives, Secret Loves, Secret Treasure

Original air date August 4, 2018 | Time 59:00

Everyone has an inner life, a personal view of the world and a unqiue path through life. Songwriters give us a look into the hidden desires of the heart and the deeper beliefs of the mind.

Leonard Cohen "In My Secret Life" composed by Leonard Cohen from "Ten New Songs"
Steve Winwood "Secrets" composed by Steve Winwood from "Nine Lives"
Adele "Rumor Has It" composed by Adele / Paul Epworth from "21"
Stevie Nicks "Secret Love" composed by Stevie Nicks from "In Your Dreams"
Stevie Wonder "The Secret Life of Plants" composed by Stevie Wonder from "Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants"
Paul McCartney "House of Wax" composed by Paul McCartney from "Memory Almost Full"
Traffic "Hidden Treasure" composed by Steve Winwood from "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
Fotheringay "nothing more" composed by Sandy Denny from "fotheringay"
Nick Drake "Things Behind the Sun" composed by Nick Drake from "Pink Moon"
Joni Mitchell "the silky veils of ardor" composed by Joni Mitchell from "Don Juans Reckless Daughter"

Families Reunited, Immigration and Refugees in America

Original air date June 30, 2018 | Time 59:00

Today, alll across the United States people are marching. Here's a link to an article in the NY Times: Protests Across U.S. Call for End to Migrant Family Separations

Musicians, and singer songwriters especially, have always played a pivotal role in the conversation on issues both political and personal. Today's music addresses the issue of refugees, immigration and families in very specific references. Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" is eerily appropriate, along with David Crosby's "Look in Their Eyes" where he reminds us "She's holdng her child the way your mother held you."

Paul Simon "Mother and Child reunion" 1971
David Crosby "Look in Their Eyes"from "Lighthouse" 2016
Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Wayfarin' Stranger"from "Americana" 2012
Moxie Raia "Follow Me (feat. Wyclef Jean)" 2016
David Crosby "Capitol" from "Sky Trails" 2017
Phil Ochs "Power and the Glory"
David Crosby and Graham Nash "Immigration Man" 1972
Neil Young "Rockin' in the Free World" from "freedom" 1989
Bruce Springsteen "American Land" from "we shall overcome the seeger sessions" 2007
Gregory Porter "Running (Refugee Song)" featuring Common 2016
Sting "Inshallah" composed by Sting from "57th & 9th" 2017