Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM December 11 2018 Best of 2018 Show

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, December 11, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Show #204: My Favorites from 2018

Shemekia Copeland / Ain't Got Time For Hate / America's Child / 4:18

Greg Hawks / King of Hate / I Think It's Time / self / 3:07

Janelle Monae / Americans / Dirty Computer / Bad Boy Records / 4:06

Khari Wendell McClelland / Song of the Agitator / The Freedom Singer / Base Line Music / 3:06

Kaia Kater / Grenades / Grenades / Smithsonian Folkways / 4:28

Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys / Lakota Sioux / Pickup Cowboy / self / 4:24

Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches / Get Us Out of Fearland / Get Us Out of Fearland / / self / 2:27

Rachel Baiman / Tent City / Thanksgiving EP / Free Dirt Records / 3:19

The Mammals / Culture Wars / Sunshiner / Humble Abode Music / 3:26

Zoe Speaks / There’s A Hole Where Your Soul’s Supposed to Be / Wings / Redbird Records / 4:09

Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, & Sam Gleaves / If the Poor Don’t Matter / Shout and Shine / Community Music / 4:29

John McCutcheon / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy / This Fire / Appalsongs / 3:13

Sarah McQuaid / If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous / If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous / Shovel and A Spade Records / 4:24

Joe Jencks / Why Are the Guns Still Firing / The Forgotten: Recovered Treasures for the Pen of Si Kahn / Turtle Bear Music / 3:27

Barbara Dane / Working People’s Blues / Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:47

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM December 18 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, December 18, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Show #205: The Oft Postponed 200^th Show of Old Favorites

Neil Young (with Pearl Jam) / Throw Your Hatred Down / Mirror Ball / Reprise / 5:46

U2 / Sunday Bloody Sunday / War / Universal-Island / 4:39

Jimmy Cliff / The Bigger They Come, the Harder They Fall / Better Days Are Coming: Jimmy Cliff at A&M 1969-1971 / Universal / 3:13

Bob Marley and the Wailers / Buffalo Soldier / Legend / Island / 4:17

Big Bill Broonzy / Black, White, Brown / Trouble in Mind / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:44

Lead Belly / Bourgeoise Blues / Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:11

Woody Guthrie / Do-Re-Me / American Radical Patriot / Rounder / 3:01

Joan Baez / I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night / Folk Song America / Smithsonian Collection / 3:27

Phil Ochs / The War Is Over / The War Is Over: The Best Of Phil Ochs / A&M / 4:24

Nina Simone / (To Be) Young Gifted and Black / Forever Young, Gifted And Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit / RCA Legacy / 2:53

The Clash / The Clampdown / The Story of the Clash / Sony / 3:49

Tom Robinson Band / (White House) Up Against the Wall - Live at Capitol Theatre 6-1-79 / Power in the Darkness / EMI-Harvest / 3:34

Public Enemy / Fight the Power / Fear of a Black Planet / Def Jam / 4:42

Sir Mix A Lot / One Time’s Got No Case / Mack Daddy / American Recordings / 4:18

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM December 25 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, December25, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe.

Show #206 Christmas Day

Roy Zimmerman / Buy War Toys for Christmas / Peacenick / Metaphor Records / 3:01

Mac Wiseman / The Ballad of the Lawson Family / The Mac Wiseman Story / CMH / 2:35

Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Strangest Christmas Yet / The Long-Awaited Album / Rounder / 3:41

Jeff Talmage / A Soldier’s Christmas / Blissville / Corazong / 4:26

Reverend Edward W. Clayborn / The Wrong Way to Celebrate Christmas / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-To-Digital / 2:33

Rev. J.M. Gates / Did You Spend Christmas in Jail? / Rev. J.M. Gates Vol. 7 (1929-1930) / Document / 2:56

Leroy Carr / Christmas in Jail -- Ain't That a Pain / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-To-Digital / 3:22

YARN / Christmas in Prison / Shine the Light On / Ardsley Music / Red Bush Records / 2:54

Tom Paxton / Christmas in the Shelter / Boat in the Water / Pax Records / 4:04

Shinyribs / Back Door Santa / The Kringle Tingle / Mustard Lid Records / 2:47

The Waitresses / Christmas Wrapping / Deluxe Special: ZE Complete Recording / ZE / 4:34

The Living Sisters / NEON CHINESE CHRISTMAS EVE / Harmony Is Real: Songs For A Happy Holiday / Vanguard / 2:48

The Sultans of String [feat. Ruben Blades & Luba Mason] / Happy Xmas (War is Over) / Christmas Caravan / Relativity / 4:02

Chip Taylor / Merry F’n Christmas / The Little Prayers Trilogy / Train Wreck Records / 4:41

Fiddlin’ John Carson / Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over / [78 rpm single] / Okeh / 2:54

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM December 4 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 27, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Thanks to my in-studio performance guest: Katharine Whalen of the original Squirrel Nut Zippers with bassist Kenny Phelps-McKeown

Rachael Kilgour / Holy Are We / Game Changer / NewSong Recordings / 3:23

Sue Jeffers / Lunatic Fringe / Owning Class Hero / fbirecords / 4:26

Michael Logen / For What It's Worth (feat. Lizanne Knott and Jesse Terry) / Sunset Avenue Sessions / Back Room Racket / 2:42

Pratie Heads / Downfall of Piracy / We Did It! Songs of People Behaving Badly / Skylark / 2:33

Shannon Whitworth / Mill Mother’s Lament / Oxford American 2018 Southern Music Issue - North Carolina / Oxford American / 2:57

Tellico / Ballad Of Zona Abston / Woven Waters / Organic Records / 5:01

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Freedom is a Verb / The Butcher's Share / Oriente / 3:21

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM November 27, 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 27, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Thanks to my in-studio performance guests: Bob Vasile (Pratie Heads, Freyda and the Acoustic Attatude, the Larks), and Jane Peppler (Pratie Heads, Mappamundi, Solstice Assembly)

Laura Cantrell / Angry White Men Bless Your Heart / single / self / 6:03

Shannon Whitworth / Mill Mother’s Lament / Oxford American 2018 Southern Music Issue - North Carolina / Oxford American / 2:57

Rachael Kilgour / In America / Game Changer / NewSong Recordings / 4:16

Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys / Lakota Sioux / Pickup Cowboy / self / 4:24

Steve Bonham and the Long Road / Beautiful Broken Dream / The Girl with the Rattlesnake Heart / Artisan Creative / 5:10

Larry Hanks / Starving to Death on a Government Claim / The Last Wagon / self / 3:33

Colter Wall / Wild Bill Hickok / Homestead Hands / Young Mary Records / 3:45

The Lark and the Loon / Give my Regards to Mr. Hicock / The Forgotten: Recovered Treasures for the Pen of Si Kahn / Turtle Bear Music / 3:27

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM-FM November 13 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 13, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Thanks to my gracious interview guest Peter Yarrow.

Sue Jeffers / October 27 / October 27 SINGLE / Fbirecords / 3:16

Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys / Lakota Sioux / Pickup Cowboy / self / 4:24

Peter Paul and Mary / Blowin’ in the Wind / In the Wind / Warner Brothers / 2:54

Laura Cantrell / Angry White Men Bless Your Heart / single / self / 6:03

Rachel Baiman / Tent City / Thanksgiving EP / Free Dirt Records / 3:19

Michael Logen / For What It's Worth (feat. Lizanne Knott and Jesse Terry) / Sunset Avenue Sessions / Back Room Racket / 2:42

Noah Zacharin / Over / A Startle of Wings / self / 4:59

Ken Tizzard / For the USA / A Good Dog Is Lost (A Collection Of Ron Hynes Songs) / Booth Street Records / 2:39

Lead Belly / Army Life / That’s Why We’re Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement / Smithsonian Folkways / 1:47

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM November 6 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 6, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

                                                     Tia McGaff

Joy Division / Decades / Closer (Collector's Edition) / Warner Classics UK / 6:10

Chris Stamey with Yo Le Tengo / V.O.T.E. (Public Service Announcement) / V.O.T.E. / Yep Roc / 0:30

The Monroe Brothers / The Forgotten Soldier Boy / Legendary Collection (1936-38) / BMG Japan / 2:35

Ralph McTell / England 1914 / Spiral Staircase / Transatlantic / 3:02

Ian Foster / The Stinging Nettle / Sleeper Years / Ifrecords / 4:14

John McCutcheon / Christmas in the Trenches / Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 3, No. 8) Season's Greeting / Fast Folk / 5:35

John McCormack / Keep the Home Fires Burning / Oh! It's a Lovely War: Songs & Sketches of the Great War 1914-1918 Vol. 1 / CD41 / 3:01

Darby & Tarlton / The Rainbow Division / Bloody War / Tompkins Square / 3:29

Tia McGaff / One Tin Soldier / Stubborn in My Blood / Trespass Records / 4:07

Sue Jeffers / October 27 / October 27 SINGLE / Fbirecords / 3:16

Noah Zacharin / Over / A Startle of Wings / 4:59

Ivan Rosenberg / Thoughts & Prayers / Amazing Disgrace / self / 2:22

Roger Salloom / Get Up and Vote / La Te Da / self / 3:16

Willie Nelson / Vote Em Out / Vote Em Out SINGLE / Legacy / 2:21

Mike Laureanno / Voting Day / VOTE / self / 3:04

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 30 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 30, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Daniel Kahn / Freedom is a Verb / The Painted Bird - The Butcher's Share / self / 3:21

Rachel Baiman / Tent City / Thanksgiving EP / Free Dirt / 3:19

Ivan Rosenberg / Republican Jesus / Amazing Disgrace / self / 3:17

Willie Nelson / Vote Em Out / Vote Em Out SINGLE / Legacy / 2:21

Red Clay Ramblers / Pay it Back / Pay It Back SINGLE / self / 3:01

Neil Young / Campaigner / Songs for Judy / Reprise / 3:31
Boston Music Hall on November 22, 1976.

Roy Zimmerman / Thoughts and Prayers / Rize Up / Metaphor Records / 3:36

Chris Stamey with Yo Le Tengo / V.O.T.E.(Public Service Announcement) / V.O.T.E. / Yep Roc / 0:30

Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys / Lakota Sioux / Pickup Cowboy / self / 4:24

Ken Tizzard / For the USA / A Good Dog Is Lost (A Collection Of Ron Hynes Songs) / Booth Street Records / 2:39

Gloria Attoun / Believe / Seeds / self / 2:49

Emma's Revolution / #IBelieveHer / I Believe Her SINGLE / self / 3:51

Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Under Lime / Look Now / Concord Records / 5:35

John Flynn / She Persisted / Vintage / John Flynn / 3:29

Maggie Roche / A Prayer (From A Vietnam Vet) / Where Do I Come From: Selected Songs / StorySound / 4:19

Mike Laureanno / Voting Day / VOTE / self / 3:04

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 23 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 23, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Neil Young / Campaigner / Songs for Judy / Reprise / 3:31
Boston Music Hall on November 22, 1976.

Willie Nelson / Vote Em Out / Vote Em Out SINGLE / self / 2:21

Roger Salloom / Get Up and Vote / La Te Da / self / 3:16

Roy Zimmerman / My Vote My Voice My Right / the Faucet's on Fire / Metaphor Records / 3:15

Chris Stamey with Yo Le Tengo / V.O.T.E.(Public Service Announcement) / V.O.T.E. / Yep Roc / 0:30

Uncle Dave Macon / Al Smith for President / Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 / Revenant / 3:08

Butch Hancock / The Great Election Day / War and Peace / Two Roads Records / 7:42

Emma's Revolution / #IBelieveHer / I Believe Her SINGLE / self / 3:51

Kaia Kater / Grenades / Grenades / Smithsonian Folkways / 4:28

Iris Dement / We Won’t Keep Quiet / We Won’t Keep Quiet SINGLE / self / 3:32

John McCutcheon / World Series ‘ 57 / Sermon on the Mound / Appalsongs / 3:37

Terry Cashman / Willie, Mickey, and “The Duke” (Talkin’ Baseball) / Terry Cashman's Greatest Baseball Hits / Metrostar / 3:13

The Baseball Project / To The Veterans Committee / 3^rd / Yep Roc / 2:18

*Craig Bickhardt / Greener Past / Home for the Harvest / 4:05

*Mike Laureanno / Voting Day / VOTE / self / 3:04

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 16 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 16, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Willie Nelson / Vote Em Out / Vote Em Out SINGLE / self / 2:21

William Elliott Whitmore / Five Feet High and Rising / Kilonova / Bloodshot / 2:19

Stephen Chopek / Radio Caroline / Begin the Glimmer / self / 3:11

Stephen Chopek / The Ballad of Cash and Dean / Begin the Glimmer / self / 2:19

Kaia Kater / Grenades / Grenades / Smithsonian Folkways / 4:28

Greg Klyma / He Had Southern Accent / He Had Southern Accent SINGLE / self / 4:06

John Goodman / Guv'ment / King Of The Road: Tribute To Roger Miller / BMG / 2:09

Emma's Revolution / #IBelieveHer / I Believe Her SINGLE / self / 3:51

Roy Zimmerman and Laura Love / Rise Up / Rize Up / Metaphor Records / 3:39

Hymn for Her / Shallow Graves / Pop’n Downers / self / 3:10

Silo Road / Snake Oil Man / Signal Hill / self / 3:27

The Chris Stamey Experience / V.O.T.E. PSA / A Question Of Temperature / Yep Roc / 2:25

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now WCOM October 9 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 9, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Tom Morello / This Land is Your Land / Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches / Appalseed / 3:41

Bruce Springsteen / If I Had a Hammer / Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches / Appalseed / 3:27

Janelle Monae / Americans / Dirty Computer / Bad Boy Records / 4:06

The Kennedys / Give Me Back My Country / Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches / Appalseed / 3:41

Michael Jerling / I Never Thought / Family Recipe / Fool’s Hill Music / 3:51

Emma's Revolution / I Believe Her / I Believe Her SINGLE / self / 3:51

Roy Zimmerman / W.I.M.P. / W.I.M.P SINGLE / self / 3:00

Rich Krueger / In Between Kingfishes / NowThen / Rockin’K Music / 5:06

Sylvia Rose Novak / Someone Else’s War / Someone Else’s War / self / 4:53

Lucy Wainwright Roche / Fifth of July / Little Beast / self / 2:45

Michael Jerling / That's Why Republicans Hate Trains / Family Recipe / Fool’s Hill Music / 2:38

The Chris Stamey Experience / V.O.T.E. PSA / A Question Of Temperature / Yep Roc / 2:25

Colter Wall / Saskatchewan in 1881 / Songs of the Plains / Young Mary / 2:51

John Flynn / Take It Down (Uncivil War) / Vintage / John Flynn / 3:50

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 2 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 2, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Amy Ray / Bondsman (Evening in Missouri) / Holler / Compass / 4:51

Andy & Judy / Turn Off The Noise / Reflections / self / 3:47

Chastity Brown / Mad Love / Mad Love (single) / Red House / 4:40

Bett Padgett Live in Studio

Tell Us When

Pale Blue Dot

Don’t Take My Child

If I Catch My Dream

Love Winds

Mustard’s Retreat / Take the Children and Run / Make Your Own Luck / self / 3:37

Holly Near / Coup d’Etat / 2018 / Calico Tracks Music / 3:09

Kate Campbell / Change Should Have Come by Now / Damn Sure Blue / Little River Music / 3:02

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM September 25 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, September 25, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Minyeshu / Yeselam Ayer (Peaceful Air) / Daa Dee / ARC / 3:35

Sue Jeffers / The Preacher and the Slave / Owning Class Hero / self / 3:15

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard / No Hard Times / Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 / Free Dirt / 3:02

John McCutcheon / Waist Deep in Big Muddy / To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger / Appalsongs / 3:31

Cary Morin / When I Rise / When I Rise / Maple Street Music / 4:36

Childsplay / Sailing Off To Yankeeland / The Bloom Of Youth / self / 5:50

The Miners / The Miners’ Rebellion / Miners Rebellion / self / 5:21

Calan / A Miner’s Life / Dinas / SainWales / 3:54

Sarah McQuaid / If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous / If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous / Shovel and A Spade Records / 3:47

Him & Her / The News / Do Texas Women / BFreed Records / 4:13

The Lark and the Loon / Code of the West / Homestead Hands / 3:13

The Earls of Leicester / White House Blues / Live at the CMA Theater / Rounder / 3:16

Holly Near / Coup d’Etat / 2018 / Calico Tracks Music / 3:09

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM September 18 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, September 18, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Chris Stamey / Greensboro Days / [single] / Car / 3:48

John O’Connor / Ballad of Labor Law / We Ain’t Gonna Give it Back: Songs for the Labor Movement / self / 3:49

Aretha Franklin / Young, Gifted and Black / Young, Gifted and Black / Atlantic Records / 3:34

Ian Tyson / The Flood / Carnero Vaquero / Stony Plain / 3:03

Bill Kirchen / High Snakes in Deep Water / Have Love Will Travel / Black Top / 3:33

The Mammals / The Flood / Sunshiner / Humble Abode Music / 3:30

Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny / Down in the Flood / Ebbets Field 1974 / ItsAboutMusic / 3:50

Garrahan’s Ghost / Sullivan’s Lake (The Flood) / Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion / Valley Entertainment / 2:18

Catarina Dos Santos / Nu sta pidi tchuva doce (Wishing for Soft Rain) / ‘Radio Kriola - Reflections On Portuguese Identity’ / self / 3:45

Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers / Blues When It Rains / [78 rpm single] / Bluebird / 2:29

John Cowan Band / Four Days Of Rain (Live) / 8,745 Ft.: Live at Telluride / Koch / 3:35

Vernon Dalhart / The Mississippi Flood / [78 rpm single] / Edison Blue Amberol / 3:16

Elders McIntorsh & Edwards / The Flood of 1927 / People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-19 / Tompkins Square /

Shemekia Copeland / Great Rain / America's Child / ALLIGATOR RECORDS / 4:18

Tret Fure / The Rain / A Piece of the Sky / Tomboy Girl Records / 5:30

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM September 11 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, September 11, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

John McCutcheon / Waist Deep in Big Muddy / To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger / Appalsongs / 3:31

Playing for Change / Chanda Mama / Ska Around the World / Putamayo / 3:29

Martha Scanlan / West Virginia Rain / The River and The Light / Rock Ridge Music / 5:14

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard / No Hard Times / Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 / Free
Dirt / 3:02

Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / Boll Weevil / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grand Central / 3:08

John O’Connor / Ballad of Labor Law / We Ain’t Gonna Give it Back: Songs for the Labor Movement / self / 3:49

John McCutcheon (with Corey Harris) / Waist Deep in Big Muddy / To Everyone in All the World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger / Appalsongs / 5:09

Moors and McCumber / Nothing is Free / Acrobats / self / 4:08

Susan J. Berman / Not My America / Nantucket Girl / self / 3:25

Skinner & T'witch / The Election / Everybody's Grotty / S&T Records / 3:50

KRS-One / New York / Maximum Strength 2008 / Koch Records / 3:26

The Reeltime Travelers / Hardtimes in New York Town / Reeltime Old-Time Stringband Music / Sci Fidelity / 3:04

Del McCoury Band / The New York Trains / Del and Woody / McCoury Music / 3:17

Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston / New York Town / Pete Remembers Woody / Appalseed / 2:35

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM September 4 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, September 4, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Chris Stamey / Greensboro Days / [single] / self / 3:48

John O’Connor / Ballad of Labor Law / We Ain’t Gonna Give it Back: Songs for the Labor Movement / self / 3:49

Aretha Franklin / Young, Gifted and Black / Young, Gifted and Black / Atlantic Records / 3:34

Janelle Monae / Americans / Dirty Computer / Bad Boy Records / 4:06

Susan J. Berman / Not My America / Nantucket Girl / self / 3:25

Bett Padgett / Don't Take My Child From Me / [single] / self / 2:39

Judy Collins / Dreamers / Dreamers [single] / Wildflower Records / 3:43

Neil Young / Let’s Impeach the President / Living With War / Reprise / 5:07

Vegas Man / The DT Blues / Songs for a President / self / 2:43

Moors and McCumber / Nothing is Free / Acrobats / self / 4:08

Amy Helm / Odetta / This Too Shall Light / Yep Roc / 4:26

David Roth / Change the Laws / Last Day On This Earth / Maythelight Music / 3:22

Loudon Wainwright III / Cheatin’ / Years in the Making / StorySoundRecords /2:15

Kate Campbell / The Great Atomic Power / Damn Sure Blue / Little River Music / 4:29

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM August 28 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 28, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Wylie and the Wild West / What’s So Funny (About Peace, Love, and Understanding / 2000 Miles from Nashville / Hi-Line Records / 3:36

John McCutcheon / The Machine / Ghost Light / Appalseed / 3:40

Rod Abernethy Live in Studio playing selections from The Man I’m Supposed to Be

How to Forget

Lucky Seven

The Bucket Song

Catch That Frog

Simple & True

Kate Campell / Change Should Have Come By Now / Damn Sure Blue / Large River Music / 3:02

The Andrew Collins Trio / Coming into Hard Times Blues / Tongue / self / 2:15

Oliver the Crow / 45 / Oliver the Crow / self / 4:07

Holly Near / Someone Was Brave Before Me – Move On Over / 2018 / Calico Tracks Music / 1:08

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM August 21 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 21, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Flyer for 1989 benefit concert for the Pittson miners of UMW

John O’Connor / Go Down Pittston / We Ain’t Gonna Give it Back: Songs for the Labor Movement / self / 2:48

John O’Connor / We Ain’t Gonna Give it Back / We Ain’t Gonna Give it Back: Songs for the Labor Movement / self / 2:56

Dan Whitener / We Are Gonna Be Ok (BlacKKKlansman version) / [single] / Rench Audio / 5:34

Paul Sachs / Hit and Run / Full Detroit / self / 3:02

Greg Hawks / Between One Extreme and the Other / I Think It's Time / self / 3:56

Shemekia Copeland / Ain't Got Time For Hate / America's Child / 4:18

The Gladiators / Peace Truce / Presenting The Gladiators: Deluxe Edition / Studio One / 3:33

Zoe Speaks / Earth Has Had Enough / Wings / Redbird Records / 3:34

Susan Shann / Price on Earth / Reckless Abandon / Mystic Mantra / 3:35

Bett Padgett / Don't Take My Child From Me / [single] / self / 2:39

Kate Campell / Change Should Have Come By Now / Damn Sure Blue / Large River Music / 3:02

Oliver the Crow / 45 / Oliver the Crow / self / 4:0

Grace Morrison / Taking Johnny Home / I’m the Apple / self / 3:14

Kate Campell / The Great Atomic Power / Damn Sure Blue / Large River Music / 4:29

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM August 14 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 14, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Dan Whitener / We Are Gonna Be Ok (BlacKKKlansman version) / [single] / Rench Audio / 5:34

Zoe Speaks / There’s A Hole Where Your Soul’s Supposed to Be / Wings / Redbird Records / 4:09

Greg Hawks / King of Hate / I Think It's Time / self / 3:07

Sue Massek / I Hate the Capitalist System / Precious Memories / Strictly Country / 2:40

Shemekia Copeland / Ain't Got Time For Hate / America's Child / 4:18

Tim Stafford / I Am America / Acoustic Guitar / Hedge Drive Records / 3:39

Grace Morrison / America / I’m the Apple / self / 3:21

Jordie Lane / America, Won’t You Make My Dreams Come True? (Feat. Lollies) / Glassellland / Blood Thinner Records / 3:34

Hot Rize / Just Like You / 40^th Anniversary Bash / Ten in Hand Records / 3:48

Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Wall Street / Small Town Heroes / Bell Buckle Records / 3:02

Jerry Salley / Nothing Here But Home / Front Porch Philosophy / Very Jerry Records / 3:25

Chicago Farmer / Farms & Factories / Quarter Past Tonight / self / 4:22

Eliza Gilkyson / Down by the Riverside / Secularia / Red House / 5:26

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM August 7 2018

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 7, 2018 on WCOM-FM 103.5, community radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC (www.wcomfm.org). Hosted each Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern Time by Art Menius (PO Box 1161; Carrboro, NC 27510). http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe.

Phil Matthews aka The Village / Carnival of Fools / Carnival of Fools / self / 2:30

The Tannahill Weavers / The Battle of Sheriffmuir / Òrach (The Golden Anniversary) / Compass / 5:34

Greg Hawks / King of Hate / I Think It's Time / self / 3:07

Shemekia Copeland / Ain't Got Time For Hate / America's Child / 4:18

Benjamin Jason Douglas / Beat Black and Blue Collar Blues / First World Blues / FSCR / 4:23

Dave Fry / Lessons from Pete / Troubadour / Fool’s Hill Music / 4:23

Zoe Speaks / There’s A Hole Where Your Soul’s Supposed to Be / Wings / Redbird Records / 4:09

Susan Shann / Price on Heaven / Reckless Abandon / Mystics Mantra Music / 3:34

Ron Israel / The President and the Pornstar / Tribal War / self / 5:16

Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, and Sam Gleaves / Hot Pink House Trailer / Shout and Shine / Community Music / 2:45

Grace Morrison / America / I’m the Apple / self / 3:21

Eliza Gilkyson / In the Name of the Lord / Secularia / Red House / 4:11

Oliver the Crow / 45 / Oliver the Crow / self / 4:07