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Leonard Cohen Birthday Tribute 2023 Playlist

Songs

Boogie Street     Leonard Cohen    Ten New Songs
A Thousand Kisses Deep [poem/song ]     Leonard Cohen     Live
Got a Little Secret    Leonard Cohen     Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
Anthem    Leonard Cohen    The Future
You Want It Darker     Leonard Cohen    You Want It Darker
Light as the Breeze      Leonard Cohen    Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
Joan Of Arc (Live)     Leonard Cohen    Austin City Limits: The Classic 1988 Texas Broadcast
The Window     Leonard Cohen     Recent Songs
Love Itself       Leonard Cohen     Ten New Songs
Born in Chains      Leonard Cohen      Popular Problems
Steer Your Way      Leonard Cohen      You Want It Darker
Boogie Street       Leonard Cohen / Sharon Robinson      World Tour Concert 

9/18/23

Sinéad O'Connor Tribute 2023 Playlist #2

Songs

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got      Sinéad O'Connor      I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Kyrie Eleison      Sinead O'Connor      Faith and Courage

O Filii Et Filiae      Sinead O'Connor      She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall

      Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty

Take Me to Church      Sinead O'Connor      I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss

Fire On Babylon      Sinéad O'Connor      Universal Mother

Vampire      Sinead O'Connor      Throw Down Your Arms

V.I.P.      Sinead O'Conner      How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?

The Lamb's Book of Life      Sinead O'Connor      Faith and Courage

The Healing Room      Sinead O'Connor      Faith and Courage

What Doesn't Belong to Me      Sinead O'Connor      Faith and Courage

Jerusalem      Sinéad O'Connor      The Lion And The Cobra

Jah Prophet Has Arise      Sinéad O'Connor      Throw Down Your Arms

How About I Be Me      Sinead O'Connor      I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss

No Man's Woman      Sinead O'Connor      Faith and Courage

Harbour      Sinead O'Connor      I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss

Something Beautiful      Sinead O'Connor      Theology (Live)

9/11/23

Sinéad O'Connor Tribute 2023 Playlist  #1

Songs

Sister Sinéad    Kris Kristofferson      Closer to the Bone

Black Boys On Mopeds      Sinéad O'Connor      I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

War      Sinéad O'Connor      SNL 1992

Red Footbal     Sinéad O'Connor     Universal Mother

Take Me To Church     Sinéad O'Connor     I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss

Feel So Different      Sinéad      O'Connor      I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

The Magdalene Laundries     Joni Mitchell      Turbulent Indigo

The Emperor's New Clothes     Sinéad O'Connor     I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Don't Give Up      Willie Nelson & Sinéad O'Connor

What Your Soul Sings     Massive Attack (feat. Sinéad O'Connor)    100th Window

I Am Stretched On Your Grave      Sinéad O'Connor      I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Hold Back the Night     Sinéad O'Connor     Faith and Courage

War      Sinéad O'Connor

Thank You For Hearing Me     Sinéad O'Connor     Universal Mother

9/4/23

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Van Morrison Birthday Tribute 2023 Playlist 

Songs

Have I Told You Lately      Van Morrison & Sinead O'Connor      "Late Show"  (London, 5/17/95) [Live}

Cyprus Avenue      Van Morrison      It's Too Late To Stop Now [Live]

On Hyndford Street      Van Morrison      Hymns To The Silence 

In The Days Before Rock 'n' Roll      Van Morrison      Enlightenment

Glad Tidings      Van Morrison      Moondance

Born To Sing      Van Morrison & Chris Farlowe      Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue

Caledonia Soul Music      Van Morrison      Into The Mystic: Live At Pacific High Studios (1971)

Celtic Ray      Van Morrison      Single

I'm Tired Joey Boy      Van Morrison      Avalon Sunset

Did Ye Get Healed?      Van Morrison      Poetic Champions Compose

Soul      Van Morrison      Keep It Simple

Madame George      Van Morrison      Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Rave On John Donne      Van Morrison      Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart

Queen Of The Slipstream      Van Morrison      Poetic Champions Compose

You Make Me Feel So Free      Van Morrison      Into The Music

She Gives Me Religion      Van Morrison      Beautiful Vision

Wild Night      Van Morrison      The Essential Van Morrison

Vanlose Stairway      Van Morrison      BBC Four Sessions [Live]

Let the Slave (inc. The Price of Experience)      Van Morrison      A Sense Of Wonder

Transformation      Van Morrison      Roll With The Punches

Mystery      Van Morrison      Poetic Champions Compose

Philosophers Stone      Van Morrison      Back On Top

Hey Mr. DJ      Van Morrison      The Best Of Van Morrison, Vol. 3

Caravan      Van Morrison      The Essential Van Morrison [Live]

8/28/23

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Lughnasadh / Lammas  2023 #3 Playlist 

Songs

Lughnasadh Dance       Damh the Bard      The Cauldron Born
Summer Breeze       Seals and Crofts       Greatest Hits
Summer Days       Bob Dylan      Love and Theft
Summerday       Dar Williams       Promised Land
Summertime [live]       The Doors      Live At The Matrix
Long Hot Summer Night       Jimi Hendrix     The Ultimate Experience
Rosemary Faire (Song Of Lughnasadh)       Aine Minogue       Between The Worlds
John Barleycorn (Must Die)       Steve Winwood  (Traffic)       Single
John Barleycorn Is Dead       The John Renbourn Group       Live In America
Antlered Crown & Standing Stone       Damn The Bard        Antlered Crown & Standing Stone
The Munster Cloak/An Pot Ar Buile/Ferney Hill       The Chieftains        The Wide World Over    
She Moved Through The Fair      Loreena McKennett      A Mummers’ Through Ireland
The Fair       Robin Williamson        Songs Of Love & Parting/Selected Writings 1980-83
Dancing In The Street       Van Halen      Diver Down
Come By The Hills       Loreen McKennett       Elemental
There Are The Days       Van Morrison     
 Duets: Re-working The Catalogue  

Background Music

 

Various Celtic instrumentals

8/14/23

Lughnasadh / Lammas  2023 #2 Playlist 

Songs

Summertime      Janis Joplin      Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
Summer Time     The Pretty Things      Parachute
Lammas      Robin Williamson      Songs Of Love & Parting/Selected Writings 1980-83

Lammas Song      Lisa Thiel       Circle of the Season

Lammas      Castalia      The Return
Heartbeat of Harvest (Lughnasadh)      Cernunnos Rising      Wild Soul
John Barleycorn      Martin Carthy/Eliza Carthy/Paul Weller      The Imagined Village
Corn King      Inkubus Sukkubus      Heartbeat Of The Earth
Summer Sent You     Mary Black       The Holy Ground

The Sun In The Stream      Enya      The Celts
And It Stoned Me      Van Morrison      The Essential Van Morrison
The Fair Dance      Robin Williamson      Songs Of Love & Parting/Selected Writings 1980-83
She Moved Through The Fair      Van Morrison & The Chieftains      Irish Heartbeat
Pagan Streams      Van Morrison      Hymns To The Silence
Summertime In England      Van Morrison      Common One
These Are The Days      Van Morrison      Avalon Sunset

Background Music

 

Various Celtic instrumentals

8/7/23

Lughnasadh / Lammas  2023 #1 Playlist 

Songs

Summertime      Chris Botti featuring  David Foster      Impressions
Lughnasadh        Damh the Bard       Herne's Apprentice
Celtic Ray       Van Morrison       Beautiful Vision
Summer, Summer        Ruth Barrett & Cyntia Smith       The Heart is the Only Nation
Summertime       Joss Stone & LeAnn Rimes       CNT Crossroads  (Live)
Lughnasadh       Threefold       Turning Of The Wheel
Hot Summer Day      It's A Beautiful Day       It's A Beautiful Day
The Summer Wind       Madeleine Peyroux       Half The Perfect World
Lammas      Robin Williamson      Ten Of Songs
Corn King       Inkubus Sukkubus        Heartbeat Of The Earth
John Barleycorn       Jethro Tull       A Little Light Music  (Live)
Youth Of 1,000 Summers       Van Morrison       Enlightenment
High Summer        Van Morrison        Back On Top
Bright Side Of The Road      Van Morrison      Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits
He Moved Through the Fair       The Chieftains and Sinéad O'Connor       The Long Black Veil
Lammas Song       Incubus Succubus       Wild

Background Music

 

Various Celtic instrumentals

7/31/23

Independence Day 2023 #4 Playlist 

Songs

Freedom (at Woodstock 1969)      Richie Havens     Single

A Song of Liberty, Plates 25-27      Ulver      Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell

Empire       Dar Williams      Many Great Companions

That's How Every Empire Falls      John Prine      Fair & Square - EP

Long Time Gone      Crosby, Stills & Nash     Crosby, Stills & Nash

Power To The People      John Lennon     The John Lennon Collection

The Times They Are A-Changin'       Bob Dylan       The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991

Masters Of War      Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready      Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

The World Turned Upside Down      Dick Gaughan      A Different Kind Of Love Song

Here's To Tom Paine      Fairport Convention      Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Marat Sade      Judy Collins      Forever: An Anthology

The Revolution Starts Now       Steve Earle      The Revolution Starts Now

Let the Slave (inc. The Price of Experience)       Van Morrison      A Sense Of Wonder

Freedom     Rage Against The Machine     Rage Against The Machine

People Got to Be Free      The Rascals     The Essentials: The Rascals

Everyday People      Sly & The Family Stone      Stand

Children Of The Revolution     T. Rex      Classic Hits - A Celebration Of Marc And Mickey

Long Time Gone      Crosby, Stills & Nash     Crosby, Stills & Nash

People Have The Power      Patti Smith     Outside Society

Villanelle For Our Time      Leonard Cohen      Dear Heather

Background Music

 

Various  electronic /ambient

Selections from John Coltrane with Lee Morgan, One Two & Four 

 

7/24/23

 

Independence Day 2023 #3 Playlist 

Songs

First We Take Manhattan Then We Take Berlin    Widespread Panic      Live -  Fox Theatre 12/31/2015

My Country     Lori B      Shadows of Love

American Anthem      Nell Robinson      The Rose of No-Man's Land

America's Song      will.i.am, David Foster, Bono, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill, Seal      single (2009)

Chimes of Freedom      Eliza Gilkyson      Misfits

The Roots of the Liberty Tree      Leon Rosselson and Robb Johnson      The Liberty Tree: A Celebration of the Life               and   Writings of Thomas Paine

The World Turned Upside Down      Chumbawamba      English Rebel Songs 1381-1914

Outlaws And Dreamers      Dick Gaughan      Outlaws & Dreamers

Statue Of Liberty      XTC      The Compact XTC

American Land      Bruce Springsteen      We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

American Prayer Dave      Stewart & His Rock Fabulous Orchestra      American Prayer

The Promised Land      Bruce Springsteen     Live in Barcelona (2003)

This Land is Your Land      Bob Dylan      The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings

Changing Of The Guards      Bob Dylan      Greatest Hits Volume 3

A Song of Liberty, Plates 25-27      Ulver     Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell

Volunteers      Jefferson Airplane      Platinum & Gold Collection

Background Music

 

Various  electronic /ambient

 

7/17/23

 

Independence Day 2023 #2 Playlist 

Songs

An American Prayer      The Doors      American Prayer
America      Jefferson Starship      Deeper Space, Extra Virgin Sky
The Land Of Plenty      Leonard Cohen      Ten New Songs
Peace in Our Hearts     Eliza Gilkyson      2020    
Future Primitive      Santana      Caravanserai
A Woman Waits For Me    Iggy Pop, Tarwater, Alva Noto     Leaves Of Grass    
I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live)      Van Morrison      It's Too Late To Stop Now 
Into the Mystic      Van Morrison      The Essential Van Morrison
Sacred Love     Sting      Sacred Love
Light as the Breeze (Live at Dublin Show, 2012)       Leonard Cohen       Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
Democracy      Leonard Cohen      The Future
Take It Where You Find It      Van Morrison       Wavelength

Background Music

 

Various  electronic /ambient

 

7/10/23

 

Independence Day 2023 #1 Playlist 

Songs

4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)      Bruce Springsteen        The Essential Bruce Springsteen
4th Of July    U2    The Unforgettable Fire
Power To The People     John Lennon     The John Lennon Collection
Democracy      Leonard Cohen      The United States Of Poetry
Democracy      Leonard Cohen      Above the Soul
Villanelle For Our Time      Leonard Cohen      Dear Heather
Imagine      Ray Charles with Ruben Studdard & The Harlem Gospel Singers     Genius & Friends
For America      Jackson Browne      Lives In The Balance
The Times They Are A-Changing'      Bob Dylan      MTV Unplugged [Live]
America      Tracy Chapman      Where You Live
Revolution      Dick Gaughan      A Different Kind Of Love Song
America      America      Back Pages      
Land Of Hope And Dreams [Live]      Bruce Springsteen      The Essential Bruce Springsteen
America the Beautiful      Willie Nelson & Neil Young      America: Tribute to Heroes concert 

Background Music

 

Various  electronic /ambient

 

7/3/23

 

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May Day  Retrospective Playlist 

Songs

 

The May Song     The Gathering     Nighttime Birds
Time of the Season       Haley Reinhart ft. Casey Abrams     What's That Sound?
Workers Song     Dick Gaughan      Live In Edinburgh
Sooner or Later     Eliza Gilkyson        2020
Almost Cut My Hair       Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young     Déjà Vu
Big Yellow Taxi     Joni Mitchell    Ladies Of The Canyon (Remastered)
Tomorrow Never Knows    The Beatles        Revolver
Within You Without You    The Beatles        Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Revolution  9     The Beatles    The Beatles (The White Album)

Background Music

 

Various  electronic /ambient

 

6/27/23

 

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May Day  Carnivalesque Playlist #3

Songs

 

Carnival Song      Jeff Black      Birmingham Road

Dancin' in the Streets      Grateful Dead      Terrapin Station

Carnivale Time      Galactic (feat. Al "Carnival Time" Johnson)      Carnivale Electricos

The World Turned Upside Down      John McCutcheon      What It's Like

Life Is A Carnival      Allen Toussaint with The Levon Helm Band      Love For Levon - 2012-10-03

Let The Music Set You Free      Santana      Festival

Revolution      Dick Gaughan      A Different Kind Of Love Song

Revolution      The Score      Atlas

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue      Bob Dylan      The Rolling Thunder Revue      (Live at Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec -                December 1975)   The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live

Hurricane      Bob Dylan & The Rolling Thunder Revue      (Live at Plymouth, Mass.  1975, Oct 31)

This Land is Your Land     Bob Dylan      The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings

      (Live at Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA - November 1975)

Chimes of Freedom    Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Youssou Ndour    The River

     (Live Argentina - Amnesty International 1988)

Background Music

 

Various  electronic /ambient

 

6/19/23

 

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May Day  Carnivalesque Playlist #2

Songs

 

Carnival      Eric Clapton      No Reason To Cry

Life Is A Carnival       The Band      The Best of the Band

Carnivalesque (Original Mix)      Stanny Abram      Machine

Carnivale Time      Galactic featuring Al "Carnival Time" Johnson       Carnivale Electricos

Carnivalesque part 1      Icarus      Carnivalesque

Life Is A Carnival      Allen Toussaint with The Levon Helm Band       Love For Levon - 2012-10-03

The Last Carnival      Bruce Springsteen      Working On A Dream

The Sacred Marriage      Castalia     The Return

Carnival      Shovels & Rope      O' Be Joyful

The World Is Turned Upside Down      Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band      Hang Up Sorrow And Care

Carnival      The Violets       Descend/Carnival

My Carnival      Paul McCartney & Wings      Venus and Mars

Carnival      Jeremy Enigk      Return of the Frog Queen

Carnival      Natalie Merchant      Tigerlily

Carnival       Sandy Denny      No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology

Carnival      Tori Amos     Mission Impossible 2

Cheers To Life      Voice      Single

Carnival      Pete Meechan      G & M Brand

Aquarela Do Brasil      Gal Costa Aquarela      Do Brasil

Carnaval      Santana      Festival

La Danse de Mardi Gras      Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys      Voyageurs

Leger's Chase (The Mardi Gras Song)      Beausoleil      The Mad Reel

Dancing with the Carnival Rebellion      n0mad23 feat. Nuada Macnechtan      Music to have a Rebellion To

Mardi Gras Day     Dr. John    Remedies

Revolution      Dr. John      Locked Down

Carnival      Heath Vercher      Rise

Background Music

 

Carnivalesque  instrumental

 

6/12/23

 

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May Day Carnivalesque #1 Playlist

 

The Month Of May Is Past / Night Orgies [Live]    The John Renbourn Group    Live In America
The World Turned Upside Down    Billy Bragg    Back To Basics
That's How Every Empire Falls    John Prine    Fair & Square - EP
Maggie's Farm    Rage Against The Machine    Renegades
Tearing at the Seams    Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats    Tearing at the Seams
The World Turned Upside Down    Chumbawamba    English Rebel Songs 1381-1914
Hard Times Of Old England Retold    Billy Bragg and The Young Coppers    The Imagined Village
Clampdown    The Clash    London Calling
We'll Have A May Day    Pete Coe    Long Company
Dancing In The Street    Phil Collins     Live at Roseland Ballroom New York City
Jack-in-the-Green / Jack's Alive    Magpie Lane    Jack-in-the-Green
Woodstock    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young    Déjà Vu
Gardens Of Delight    Vangelis    Alexander
If The World Turned Upside Down    Goo Goo Dolls    Finding Neverland The Album
Pagan Ways    Damh the Bard    As Nature Intended
Nirvana Principle    Alan Parsons Project    Freudiana
Did Ye Get Healed?    Van Morrison    Poetic Champions Compose

Background Music

 

Various electronic/ambient

 

6/5/23

 

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Beltane/May Day #5 Playlist

 

Never Gave Nobody Trouble     Leonard Cohen     Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour (Live)

Tearing at the Seams      Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats     Tearing at the Seams

Dancing In The Streets     Van Halen     Diver Down

The World Turned Upside Down     Leon Rosselson      RosselSonGs

Decree     Ani DiFranco     Reprieve

Who Reaps the Profits? Who Pays the Price?     Leon Rosselson     RosselSonGs

Out of the Fires And Smoke of History     Leon Rosselson     Wo Sind Die Elefanten?

Bread & Roses     Queen     Cee Single

Sooner or Later     Eliza Gilkyson     2020

Fortunate  Son     John Fogerty     The Long Road Home

Where No Monument Stands     Eliza Gilkyson     The Nocturne Diaries

Brothers In Arms     Dire Straits      Brothers In Arms

Background Music

 

Various electronic/ambient

 

5/29/23

 

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Beltane/May Day #4 Playlist

 

May Song      Waterson:Carthy      Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man

Swinton May Song       The Watersons      For Pence and Spicy Ale

The Sweet Month of May      John Kirkpatrick      God Speed the Plough

Now is the Month of Maying      Classic Harmony      (Thomas Morely, 1595)

Now Is the Month of Maying       (Thomas Morely, 1595)      Elizabethan Songs for Solo Guitar, arr. Mark Phillips

May Carol      Janice Rossen      The Forest of Arden

The Revolution Starts Now      Steve Earle      The Revolution Starts Now

Dancing In The Streets       Van Halen      Diver Down

Maypole      Gypsy Fire      Time's Mandala: the Celtic Calendar Project

Jack-In-The-Green     Jethro Tull      Songs From The Wood

Maypole Dance       Moonstruck      Crossroads

The Green Man's Song       Silver      On The Tree Dreaming the God

Carnival      Eric Clapton       No Reason To Cry

Cup Of Wonder      Jethro Tull      Songs From The Wood

Factory Girl       The Chieftains with Sinéad O'Connor       Of Stone

Carnivalesque part 1      Icarus      Carnivalesque

World Turned Upside Down      McDermott's 2 Hours      World Turned Upside Down

Revolution      Dick Gaughan      A Different Kind Of Love Song

Chimes of Freedom     Springsteen, Chapman, Sting, Gabriel, Ndour     The River (Live - Amnesty International 1988)

Educating Archie      Van Morrison Born      To Sing: No Plan B

Leonard Cohen     Never Gave Nobody Trouble     Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour

Background Music

 

Celtic and British instrumentals 

 

5/22/23

 

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Beltane/May Day #3 Playlist

 

May Song Magpie Lane     Jack-in-the-Green

The First of May James Taylor     Never Die Young

Time of the Season      Argent The Argent Anthology: A Collection Of Greatest Hits

First of May     Bee Gees     First of May

Sumer Is Icumen In     Richard Thompson     1000 Years Of Popular Music [Live]

Because The Night     U2, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith 25th Ann. Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts

As The Bell Rings The Maypole Spins Dead Can Dance Aion

The Pleasant Month of May     Poitín     Simple Pleasures

First of May   Jonathan Coulton     Smoking Monkey

Under the Greenwood Tree     Donovan   Gift From a Flower to a Garden

The Wheel & The Maypole     XTC     Homegrown

Daring Night     Van Morrison Avalon Sunset

Maypole Dance     Richard Myhill   Music Through the Ages Part One - 0 to 1900

May Day Carol     Magpie Lane English Country Songs and Dances

Beltane     Narsilion     Arcadia

The Mummer's Dance     David Arkenstone (ft. Kathleen Fisher)    Celtic Sanctuary

The Mummers' Dance     Loreena McKennitt The Book Of Secrets

Maypole     Afterlife Parade     Death & Rebirth

Maypole     Mulberry Harbour     Mulberry Harbour

The Seeds Of Love     Magpie Lane     Jack-in-the-Green

Background Music

 

Celtic and British instrumentals 

 

5/15/23

 

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Beltane/May Day #2 Playlist


May Song      Beggars      Velvet Lady of Autumn

Beltane      Arlene Faith      River of Dreams

Time Of The Season Dave Matthews Band Weekend On The Rocks

Time of the Season      Alex Bollard & The London Starlight Orchestra      Music To Dream Forever vol. 8

The May Carol      Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker with Kyle Carey      One Morning In May

Maypole Dance, Carn Bosavern      Sue Aston      Inspirational Journey

Maypole      Dark      Dark Round The Edges

Time of the Season      Alex Bollard & The London Starlight Orchestra      Music To Dream Forever vol. 8

May Queen      Heather Dale      May Queen

May Song      The New Scorpion Band      Folk Songs and Tunes From The British Isles

The Padstow May Song      Lance Frodsham      A Branch of May

Maypole Dance       Moonstruck      Crossroads

Oak & Ash & Thorn      The Longest Johns      Cures What Ails Ya

The First Of May      Magpie Lane       English Country Songs and Dances

First of May      Jonathan Coulton      Smoking Monkey

Round About The Maypole / Asiatic      Magpie Lane      Six For Gold

She Moved Through The Fair      Van Morrison & The Chieftains      Irish Heartbeat

The Hawthorn Tree      Sharron Kraus, Jon Boden, John Speirs      Right Wantonly A-Mumming

Hawthorn Tree      Heather Dale      Trial of Lancelot

Beltaine      Inkubus Sukkubus      Beltaine

Tamlin      Fairport Convention      Liege and Lief​

In A Deep Bower Under A Hawthorn-tree     Edward Caine      Single

Maypole      Gypsy Fire      Time's Mandala: the Celtic Calendar Project

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Celtic and British instrumentals 

 

5/8/23

 

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Beltane/May Day #1 Playlist


Kalenda Maya (The First of May)       Raimbaut de Vaqueiras    (Arr. By David Warin Solomons)
Kalenda maya: Kalenda Maya    Graham Derrick       Under the Greenwood Tree
May Song      Martin Carthy      Because It's There
Beltane       Jethro Tull      Songs From The Wood 
Dancing In The Streets      Van Halen       Diver Down
Lick The Maypole    Mediaeval Baebes    The Rose
May Song      Sharron Kraus, Jon Boden      Right Wantonly A-Mumming
May Song      Beggar’s Velvet      Lady of Autumn
English Sunset       Moody Blues      Hall of Fame Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2000
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance      Loreena McKennitt      Parallel Dreams    
Fire In The Belly      Van Morrison      The Healing Game
Fire of Love    Inkubus Sukkubus    Heartbeat of the Earth 
As I Walked Through the Meadows      Magpie Lane      The Oxford Ramble: Songs And Tunes Of Oxfordshire       
Maypole Dance        Moonstruck        Crossroads
Dance Around The May Pole      Acid Gallery      Rainbow Thyme Wynders - Rubble Collection 18 
Mayer's Song / The Rochdale Coconut Dance / Three Around      Magpie Lane      Jack-in-the-Green
The May Song      The Gathering      Nighttime Birds
Hal an Tow          Damh The Bard      Tales from the Crow Man 
The Leveller      Inkubus Sukkubus      Beltane
Lovely Day       José James       International Jazz Day 2022

 

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Celtic instrumental 

 

5/1/23

 

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Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #10

Kalenda maya (Month of May - Estampie Ancienne d'après: Raimbaut de Vaquieras)    Hespèrion XXI & Jordi Savall                            Estampies & Danses Royales

Kalenda Maya (Month of May -Raimbaut de Vaquieras)    Martin Best Medieval Ensemble    The Dante Troubadours

Light as the Breeze (Live at Dublin Show, 2012)    Leonard Cohen     Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour

Troubadours     Van Morrison      Live at Montreux 80

Cupid's Knee     Patty Larkin  (Feat. Catie Curtis)     25

Beloved      Minnie Driver     Seastories

All Along the Watchtower      Bob Dylan      Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart      Bob Dylan     Infidels (Outtake)

Coming Back to You     Leonard Cohen   Angels At My Shoulder 1993 (Live)

Nevermind      Leonard Cohen      Popular Problems

Byzantine      Zohar     Onethreeseven

Woman     John Lennon     The John Lennon Collection

Andalusian Muwashah-Lamma bada      Afif Alvarez Bulos      Classical Arabic Music

Muwashshaha "Ya Ghusayna-L-Bani"      Al Turath Ensemble      La Música De Al-Andalus

Ancient Highway    Van Morrison   The Best Of Van Morrison, Vol. 3

 

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Hesperus     Neo-Medieval

 

4/24/23

 

Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #9

Now I Can Delight In Love (Peire Cardenal)    The Martin Best Consort    Songs of Chivalry
Bel m'es qu'eu chant e coindei (It pleases me to sing and rejoice - Raimon de Miraval)    Ensemble: Gérard Le Vot    

    Troubadours & Trouvères
Amours me fait desirer (Love makes mw desire - Guillaume de Machaut)   Early Music Consort of Music    Music from

    the Time of    the Crusades
Troubadours    Van Morrison    Live at Montreux 80
Avalon Of The Heart    Van Morrison    Live at BBC 2 Radio Broadcast 2016
People Got to Be Free    The Rascals    The Essentials: The Rascals
Eros/Shake up the World    Michael McGuire    Troubadour
Clergue si fan pastor (Against the clerics – Peire Cardenal)    Jordi Savall    The Forgotten Kingdom - The Albigensian Crusade:        The Cathar Tragedy
Lovers In A Dangerous Time    Bruce Cockburn    Anything Anytime Anywhere
A per pauc de chantar (I almost abandon singing - Peire Vidal)    Jordi Savall    The Forgotten Kingdom - The Albigensian                   Crusade: The Cathar Tragedy
Tartarassa ni voutor (Buzzards and vultures – Peire Cardenal)    Jordi Savall    The Forgotten Kingdom - The Albigensian                     Crusade: The Cathar Tragedy
Here Comes The Knight    Van Morrison    No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
Rose Of Sharon    Eliza Gilkyson    Redemption Road
Beautiful World of Mine    Eliza Gilkyson    2020
Hymn to Sophia    Lisa Dancing-Light    Sophia Songs
Goddess Of Love    Bryan Ferry    Frantic
Lovesong    Amanda Bergman    OST - All the Old Knives 2022
Into the Mystic    Van Morrison    Single
I Feel The Earth Move    Carole King & James Taylor    Live At The Troubadour

​Background Music

Richard Searles   ​Dream of the Troubadour
Spiro Cardamis   Of Mystic Places & Troubadours

4/17/23

Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #8

Ma douce amour (My sweet love - Anon.)     La Reverdie      Speculum Amoris

Troubadours      Van Morrison      Live at Montreux 80

Coming Down to Joy       Van Morrison      Unrealsed demo recording 1970

The Glory Of Love      Paul McCartney      Kisses on the Bottom

Sweet Sir Galahad      Joan Baez      The First 10 Years

God is a Woman      Ariana Grande      God is a Woman

Love Me Like A Man      Bonnie Raitt      Road Tested

Hold My Hand      Lady Gaga      Music From The Motion Picture Top Gun: Maverick  Soundtrack 

Lift Me Up      Rihanna      Music From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack

The Origin of Love      Hedwig     OST Hedwig and the Angry Inch

The Lover's Passion      A Gift Of Love: Music Inspired By The Love Poems Of Rumi

Barbry Ellen      June Tabor      Rosa Mundi

Perfect      Doria Roberts      Woman Dangerous

The Times They Are A-Changing'      Bob Dylan      MTV Unplugged [Live]

Big Yellow Taxi       Joni Mitchell       Ladies Of The Canyon

 

Background Music

 

Richard Searles   ​Dream of the Troubadour

Spiro Cardamis   Of Mystic Places & Troubadours

4/3/23

 

Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #7

Lo ferm voler qu'el cor m'intra  (The firm wishing that gets ingress - Arnaut Daniel)      Thomas Binkley 
Troubadours      Van Morrison      Live at Montreux 80
Love & War      Neil Young      Le Noise
This War      Sting      Sacred Love
Masters of War      Eddie Vedder      Siganture Live
Crying Roy      Orbison  with k.d. lang      Hiding Out - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
River Of Tears      Eric Clapton      The Clapton Chronicles
Teardrops    Van Morrison         The Prophet Speaks        
Let's Make Love    The Blessing        Prince Of The Deep Water        
I Just Want To Make Love To You     Van Morrison     It's Too Late To Stop Now (Live)
Ab joy et ab joven m'apais (I thrive on youth and joy - Beatriz de Dia)     Jordi Savall    Condesa de Dia
Joy    Lucinda Williams    West Of Memphis: Voices For Justice        
A chantar m'er de so (I am obliged to sing - Beatriz de Dia)    Jordi Savall     The Forgotten Kingdom
Cruel Love    Samantha Preis     Cruel Love
I Can't Make You Love Me         Bonnie Raitt    Road Tested
Waiting In Vain     Annie Lennox     Medusa
Piece Of My Heart     Joss Stone     Concert Nova York 2020
Sexuality    k.d. lang    All You Can Eat 
If It Isn't Her      Ani DiFranco     Imperfectly
Come To My Window     Melissa Etheridge     Yes I Am

​Background Music

Richard Searles    Dream of the Troubadours

3/27/23

Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #6

Amor de lonh (Love from afar - Jaufré Rudel)     Jacmelina     Ambe Lagremas E Solelh
Walk Through The Fire     Mary Gauthier     Filth & Fire
Cryin'     Steve Tyler     Chris Botti In Boston
Painted Bells     Boz Scaggs     My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology (1969-1997)
Fine Amors me fait chanter     (Refined Love makes me sing - Anon.)    Ensemble Gilles Binchois
      L'Amor de Lonh: Medieval Songs of Love and Loss

When A Man Loves A Woman     Michael Bolton     Time, Love & Tenderness
Humbled In Love     Leonard Cohen     Recent Songs
Unsuffer Me     Lucinda Williams     West
Unrequited     Ani DiFranco     Reprieve
Broken Hearted     Eric Clapton     Pilgrim
Lonely And Blue     Van Morrison     Magic Time
Loneliness     Annie Lennox     Bare
The Red Rose and the Thorn     Eliza Gilkyson     The Nocturne Diaries
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes     Crosby, Stills & Nash     Crosby, Stills & Nash
The Window     Leonard Cohen     Greatest Hits / Field Commander Cohen : Tour Of 1979
Ain't No Way     Aretha Franklin     Natural Woman
Colors      Amos Lee (feat. Norah Jones)     Amos Lee

Reminds Me Of You     Van Morrison     Back On Top
The Saddest Song I've Got     Annie Lennox     Bare

​Background Music

Richard Searles    Dream of the Troubadour

Spiro Cardamis    Of Mystic Places & Troubadours

3/20/23

Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #5

Por Coi Me Bait Me Maris?     Duo Trobairitz     The Language of Love

Troubadours     Van Morrison     Live at Montreux 80

Fever     Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown     The Other Side

Ain't No Cure For Love     Leonard Cohen     I'm Your Man

What Would I Do     Van Morrison     A Sense Of Wonder

She Gives Me Religion     Van Morrison     Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast

Constant Craving     k.d. lang     Ingenue

Feel Like Makin' Love     Bad Company     Hard Rock Cafe: Classic Rock

Light as the Breeze     Leonard Cohen     Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour

Nights In White Satin    The Moody Blues     The One And Only Love Album

God is a Woman      Michael McGuire      Troubadour

Sacred Love      Sting      Sacred Love

The Origin Of Love      Rufus Wainwright      Wig In A Box

In The Garden     Van Morrison      No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

​Background Music

Richard Searles    Dream of the Troubadour

Spiro Cardamis    Of Mystic Places & Troubadours

3/13/23

Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #4

A L'entrade Del Tens Clar (At the beginning of the bright season - Anon.)    The Folger Consort    Songs of the Troubadors and          Trouveres: Anthology of Poems and Melodies Troubadours
Troubadours    Van Morrison    Live at Montreux 80
Avalon Of  The Heart    Van Morrison    Live at Montreux 80        
Here Comes The Knight    Van Morrison    No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
Into The Mystic (Live)    Van Morrison    It's Too Late To Stop Now
Lancan Li Jorn (During May, when the days are long - Jaufré Rudel)    Martin Best Medieval Ensemble    Forgotten Provence -            Music-Making In The South Of France, 1150-1550
Humils Forfaitz  (Humble, sinful, accused and penitent - Guiraut Riquier)    Oni Wytars Ensemble, Ensemble Unicorn    Music          Of The Troubadours 
Lo Ferm Voler Qu'El Cor M'Intra (The firm will that my heart enters - Arnaut Daniel)   Sequentia    Dante & The Troubadours 
Guinevere    Donovan    Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976
Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida  (Lady, for you - Anon.)  Oni Wytars Ensemble, Ensemble Unicorn    Music Of The Troubadours
A Chenter M’Er  (I am obliged to sing -Beatritz de Dia)    Martin Best Medieval Ensemble    Forgotten Provence - Music-Making      In The South Of France, 1150-1550

Babe, You Turn Me On    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds    Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
Goddess    Anna Phoebe    Gypsy
Dulcis amor (Sweet Love)  La Reverdie    Speculum Amoris 
Crazy Love    Ray Charles & Van Morrison    Genius Loves Company
Light As The Breeze    Billy Joel    Greatest Hits Vol. III

​Background Music

Richard Searles    Dream of the Troubadour

3/6/23

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Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #3

De Palou: Tant M'Abelis    Maria Lafitte, Peter Rabanza; Michael Posch: Oni Wytars Ensemble, Unicorn Ensemble  

       Music Of The Troubadours
Thing Called Love    Bonnie Raitt    Road Tested 
Love, Reign O'er Me    Pearl Jam    (as featured in motion picture Reign Over Me)     Single
Here Comes The Knight    Van Morrison    No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
Sexuality    k.d. lang    All You Can Eat

Here Comes Love     Bonnie Raitt     Just Like That
She Gives Me Religion    Van Morrison     Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast 
The English Ladye And The Knight    Loreena McKennitt    An Ancient Muse
Love Lives    Dave Stewart (feat. Sierra Swan)    Let's Do It Again
Shameless Love    June Tabor    Against The Streams
World Of Love    k.d. lang    All You Can Eat
I'm Your Man    Leonard Cohen    Live In London
It's All In The Game    Van Morrison    Into The Music
Lover's Prayer    Van Morrison    The Philosopher's Stone 
Hymn to Love / Hymne à l'amour (Paris, Texafrance)    Christine Albert    Paris, Texafrance

 

​Background Music

 

Spiro Cardamis    Of Mystic Places & Troubadours

Richard Searles    Dream of the Troubadour

2/27/23

Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #2

Bien M'ont Amours Entrepris      The Folger Consort      Songs of the Troubadours & Trouveres: Music and Poetry from

Troubadours      Van Morrison      Live at Montreux 80

Here Comes The Knight      Van Morrison     No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

The Book Of Love      Peter Gabriel      Shall We Dance?

Angeliou      Van Morrison      Into The Music

Rose Of Sharon      Eliza Gilkyson     Your Town Tonight

Troubadour Rose      Troubadour Rose      Find an Arrow

The Rose      Bette Midler      The Rose

Always In My Head      India.Arie     Acoustic Soul

Queen Of The Slipstream      Van Morrison      Poetic Champions Compose

For The Roses      Therese Schroeder-Sheker      Rosa Mystica

Rosa Mystica      Therese Schroeder-Sheker      Rosa Mystica

She Gives Me Religion      Van Morrison      Beautiful Vision

A Sense Of Wonder      Van Morrison      Best Of Van Morrison Volume Two

Sweet Thing      Jeff Buckley      Live At Sin-é (Legacy Edition)

My Beloved      Various Artists      A Gift Of Love: Inspired By The Love Poems Of Rumi

Aziz, for my Beloved      Zohreh Jooya      Music of the Persian Mystics

Tupelo Honey      Van Morrison     Tupelo Honey

 

​Background Music

 

Spiro Cardamis    Of Mystic Places & Troubadours

Richard Searles    Dream of the Troubadour

2/20/23

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Troubadours & The Beloved Playlist #1

Can l'erba fresch'e.lh folha par -Bernart de Ventadorn      Paul Hillier      Troubadour Songs & Medieval Lyrics

A Thousand Kisses Deep      Leonard Cohen      Ten New Songs

Dance Me To The End Of Love      Leonard Cohen      Various Positions

The Garden Of Love      Greg Brown.     Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience

Blood Of Eden       Peter Gabriel     Us

Avalon Of The Heart      Van Morrison      Enlightenment

Into The Mystic (Album Version)      Joe Cocker     Organic

No Ordinary Love      Sade      The Best Of Sade

Higher Love      Steve Winwood      Back in the High Life

Steal My Heart Away      Van Morrison      The Best Of Van Morrison, Vol. 3 

Troubadours      Van Morrison      Into The Music

Primitive      Annie Lennox      Diva

Love Song For A Vampire      Annie Lennox     Bram Stoker's Dracula: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

I'm Your Man      Leonard Cohen      I'm Your Man

 

​Background Music

 

Spiro Cardamis    Of Mystic Places & Troubadours

Richard Searles    Dream of the Troubadour

2/13/23

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