Song of the Soul

With her music,  Carrie Newcomer  shines light, raises up hope, and brings us home to that perfect center in our hearts, the place where the Divine and our very best both reside. With 3 new CDs and 3 years additional experience since our last visit, we're overdue to have her back. Carrie Newcomer lives in south-central Indiana, and has released a total of 18 CDs; Carrie periodically shar...

Joel Landy  (or  on Facebook ) is a mild-mannered NYC HS teacher by day, but after hours he dons his  Treason  t-shirt and performs his original and parody songs around the city and beyond. You can hear & see much of Joel's music on  Joel's YouTube Channel , and you can catch him at NY City's "premiere progressive venue",  People's Voice Cafe .

A taste of  Farm Aid 2019 , the work & music, of the event & the organization. We have 2 amazing musicians from the 18 acts from this year's mainstage:  Particle Kid   (Micah Nelson, Willie's youngest son)  and  Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real ,  (Willie's 2nd youngest son) , joined by Jennifer Lahy, Communication Director of  Farm Aid's staff . Fi...

Susan Urban is half of  February Sky , along with Phil Cooper, a duo originally from the Chicago area now well-installed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They play a wide range of traditional, modern, and original folk and Celtic tunes, on guitars, banjos, citterns, dulcimers, and other instruments. Susan's songs are full of reality-based fictional story-telling, conveying important meanin...

Though he's of & lives in South Armagh, Ireland, the music of  Ben Reel  is variously described as Rock/Americana, Roots Rock, Alternative Folk, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock and even Jazz Pop. Thing is, he's great. Though Irish through-and-through, he's influenced by musicians all over, like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Neil Young, Rob Orbison, U2, & many more. Having...

Mild-mannered, big-hearted Joel Pace finds expression for his wide-ranging passions and intellect both in the  English Dept at UW-EC  and in writing and performing as part of  Irie Sol , with its authentic Jamaican chat/DJing and soaring, soulful melodies backed by blazing bebop horns, wailing guitar, and tight drum and bass, and with  Eggplant Heroes , who blend multi-part har...

Ruth Pelham  has decades of experience with  People's Music Network  and in helping found  Children's Music Network , and has 4 decades of using music to connect the people of Albany, NY, and the world, with her non-profit,  MusicMobile.org .

Diane Patterson  takes us on an odyssey of spirit-based music, close to the Earth. From moon lodge to addiction healing to holy rains to long roads, Diane sings evocatively of the power to change and be changed.

Randall Adams  has a passion for and connection to the the sacred Earth, especially the slice of heaven known as Lake Superior. From a very talented musical family and devoted to music from an early age, Randall spent years with music as his side job, doing chiropractic in the day. With retirement came his opportunity to flesh out his folk-ish tastes & talents, leading to the release of h...

Jennifer Evans  is the real folk deal. Covering traditional folk songs & adding songs composed by her brother, Griff Evans, Jennifer finger picks the tender chords of your heart. With decades of experience, she is late to emerge from the shadow of her day job to warm our souls with real, authentic, & skillful songs of the human condition.

Pat Humphries of  Emma's Revolution  was at  Pete Seeger 's bedside as he died, singing to him. Pat and Sandy O of  Emma's Revolution , along with  Sally Rogers ,  Charlie King ,  Annie Patterson , and  Peter Blood , join in the post-intermission part of a concert to celebrate the 100th anniversary of  Pete Seeger 's birth, held April 27th in Northampto...

1st part of a concert to celebrate the 100th anniversary of  Pete Seeger 's birth, held April 27th in Northampton, MA, at the  Unitarian Society , as a benefit for  Climate Action Now MA , part of a wealth of  events for the 100th anniversary . This concert includes performances by  Emma's Revolution ,  Sally Rogers ,  Charlie King ,  Annie Patterson , and&n...

Charlie Parr  is a singer/songwriter dynamo, touring constantly & widely, sharing his down-home music of the American country blues genres. For a person who battles constantly with depression, his music is powerfully enlivening, played on either his 12-string or resonator guitars, or sometimes on his banjo. A life-long Minnesotan, Duluth is his occasional refuge from the road.

Part 3 of musicians who performed with & whose music was grown by Pete Seeger. We'll end with his sister,  Peggy Seeger , after visits with & music from  Ruth Pelham  of  Music Mobile Online , DC Cultural Warrior & Singer  Luci Murphy , and  Jane Sapp , founder of the  Black Belt Folk Roots Festival , and much, much, more. Pete's influence on music is...

More fruits of the musical seeds planted by  Pete Seeger  over his 94 years, with guests like  Reggie Harris ,  Annie Patterson & Peter Blood ,  Peter Alsop , and  Sarah Pirtle  (and several more folks in 2 weeks!). 3 weeks of Pete Seeger stories and music influenced by him!

Victoria Shoemaker  is a multi-instrumentalist with a deep affinity & talent for the flute. Classically trained, but having discovered her deep passion in improvisational flute, and having been mentored by Eau Claire’s grammy-nominated flute artist,  Peter Phippen , Victoria’s gifts are impressive and diverse. She rocks, folks, classicals & can definitely spin ethereal music of t...

Sarah Morris  is so much and so good, a sweet, kind voice of power in a woman with a spine of steel and a gift for words that make addressing  Mansplaining  a joy for all. With 4 CDs and her  Toilet Tunes  series, she's prolific, profound, and pro-fun.

Katy Vernon is a rare combination of deep, joyful, heart-rending, creative, and spritely. Wielding her trusty ukulele and backed up by a rich assortment of instruments, her voice, tunes, & lyrics will embed themselves in your heart. Born & raised in England, Katy landed in Minnesota in 1993, and has produced 3 CDs over the past 10 years. Just recently she performed her 4th Toilet Tune with...

Mother Banjo (Ellen Stanley)  is wonderful. In addition to her musical career, she is executive director of the  Minnesota Music Coalition , and does a weekly show on  station KFAI called Womenfolk . She writes all kinds of great music, with a special gift for creating new & impeccable gospel songs. She's shared the stage with many folks, among them Robert Bly and Tracy Grammar,...

The music of  Jennifer Levenhagen  stirs deep currents and invites soul rejuvenation. While she’s shared her guitar, piano, violin, and exquisite voice in many settings, including playing bluegrass music, her current calling is to the meditative, rooting, flowing end of the spectrum, as evidenced by her recent release of piano improvisations,  Another Sea , and her growing work in w...

Let  Elizabeth Erin Kemler  ride into your heart with her passionate songs related to  The Weight of Mortal Skin . Elizabeth champions an array of organizations like  Kids for Peace ,  Songs for a Cause ,  Hope Sings , and many others, while single parenting her son. The skin may be mortal, but not so the music.

Xanthe Alexis  is a captivating and enchanting musician from Colorado Springs who so clearly captures power, meaning and charm through her music. She self-describes her music as sepia-toned Americana, and while I don’t see it exactly that way, there is something reflective and deep that the listener will receive from her music, She performed for many years as part of  The Hopeful Heroine...

Ali Handal 's launch into music was via the kind of rock music done by Led Zeppelin and Guns N' Roses, and has blossumed into a variety of singer/songwriter styles. She can rock out with a powerful  Whole Lotta Love  and she can inspire with an anthem like  Love More , and bounce jazzily with songs like  I Love My Pussy Cat .

Lena Elizabeth  writes and sings music straight from the heart, using her songs to transform experiences like depression, crippling anxiety, & an eating disorder into health and wholeness. While clearly growing from folk-music infused ground, she has a blues-rooted voice, and the combination of these & other influences is magical. Check out her transformation of the Everly Brothers' s...

Wendy Martin  is part country, folk, Americana, and rock, but she is completely a golden throat and a golden heart. She wrote her first song, a really viable song complete with harmonies & instrumentation, at age 5, so it's a great pity that shyness and care for her children and family delayed the release of her musical gifts to the world by decades. She's here now, a great reason to be t...