Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM December 27 2017

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, December 27, 2016 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), underwritten by http://radicallocalism.com. http://artmenius.com and http://lazyfarmboy.blogspot.com.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

U2 / New Year’s Day / War / Island / 5:35

George Thorogood & the Destroyers / New Year’s Eve Party / Classic Rock Christmas / Universal / 3:16

Charles Brown / Bringing In A Brand New Year / Cool Christmas Blues / Rounder / 5:31

Charlie Robison / New Year’s Day / Good Times / Dualtone / 3:54

Merle Haggard / If We Make it Through December / Hag’s Christmas / Capitol / 2:43

Van Morrison / Celtic New Year / Magic Time / Exile Productions / 6:12

Slaid Cleaves / New Years Day / Sorrow and Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge / Music Road Records / 4:11

Isabel Taylor / This Year / Awake Again / self / 2:54

Katie Dahl / In the Dark / single / Leaky Boat / 3:51

Robin Greenstein / Happy New Year / Tears and Laughter / Windy Records / 3:39

Si Kahn / New Year’s Eve / New Wood / June Appal / 2:37

Jeff Taylor and Matt Combs / The New Year’s Come / Pa's Fiddle: Charles Ingalls, American Fiddler / Pa’s Fiddle Band Records / 0:53

Robin Greenstein & Cecilia Kirtland / OdunDe / Songs of the Season / Windy Records / 2:13

Mary Harris / Happy New Year Blues / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-To-Digital / 3:11

Lightning Hopkins / Happy New Year / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust-To-Digital / 3:42

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM Dec 20 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, December 20, 2016 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.

The Ramones and Fiddlin' John Carson on the same show

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

The Avondale Ramblers / Christmas in Dublin / [single] / self / 3:29

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

Chris Stamey / You Are What I Want (for Christmas) / Christmas Time Again! / Omnivore / 3:48

The dBs / Holiday Spirit / Christmas Time Again! / Omnivore / 1:26

Yo Le Tengo and Jeff Tweedy / Eight Day Weekend (Live) / Christmas Time Again! / Omnivore / 3:16

The Kinks / Father Christmas / Come Dancing With The Kinks / Sony / 3:42

Robin Greenstein & Cecilia Kirtland / Chanukah Medley / Songs of the Season / self / 3:51

Robin & Linda Williams / The Old Familiar House on Christmas Day / Back 40 / Red House / 3:20

The Carolina Buddies / The Murder of the Lawson Family / [78 rpm single] / Columbia 15537 / 3:26

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

Robin Greenstein & Cecilia Kirtland / Habari / Songs of the Season / self / 2:39

Staple Singers / Last Month of the Year / The 25th Day of December / Fantasy / 2:24

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

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings / Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects / It’s a Holiday Soul Party / Daptone / 2:23

The Ramones / Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight With You Tonight) / Brain Drain / Warner Brothers / 2:04

They Might Be Giants / Christmas In The Big House / [single] / self / 2:03

Andrew John & Lisa / Mary’s Boy Child / [single] / Last Resort Records / 3:05

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now December 13 2016 WCOM-LPFM

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, December 13, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Gigi Love / The Grand Teton / National Park Centennial Songs / Vast Horizons Music / 3:40

Neil Young / Indian Givers / Peace Trail / Reprise / 5:41

Neil Young / Texas Rangers / Peace Trail / Reprise / 5:41

Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver / Please Mr. Kennedy / Inside Llewyn Davis / Nonesuch / 1:59

Malvina Reynolds / From Way Up Here / Malvina Reynolds / The Omni Recording Corporation / 2:48

The Avondale Ramblers / Christmas in Dublin / [single] / self / 3:29

Isabel Taylor / This Year / Awake Again / self / 2:54

Robin Greenstein & Cecilia Kirtland / Chanukah Medley / Songs of the Season / self / 3:51

Norman Blake / The Wreck On The Western & Atlantic (At Willowdale Curve) / Brushwood (Songs & Stories) / Plectrafone-Western Jubilee Recording Co / 3:43

Lonesome Ace String Band / Old Paint / Gone for Evermore /self / 3:17

Neil Young / My New Robot / Peace Trail / Reprise / 2:34

Neil Stephen Morris / Television Man / All Over the World / Big Hungry Music / 3:33

Dick Weissman / Departure / Night Sky / Longest Bridge Music / 2:19

Dick Weissman / The Turkish Ship / Night Sky / Longest Bridge Music / 1:38

Dick Weissman / The Offer / Night Sky / Longest Bridge Music / 1:45

Dick Weissman / The Brave Cabin Boy / Night Sky / Longest Bridge Music / 1:36

Dick Weissman / The Betrayal / Night Sky / Longest Bridge Music / 3:00

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM-FM Carrboro - Chapel Hill NC 12-6-2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, December 6, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Neil Young / Peace Trail / Peace Trail / Reprise / 5:32

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Gigi Love / In the Grand / National Park Centennial Songs / Vast Horizons Music / 4:13

Mike June / The Darkness / Poor Man’s Bible / Self / 5:47

Matt Woods / The American Way / How to Survive / Lonely Ones Records / 3:23

Chicago Farmer / Farm and Factory / Midwest Side Stories / Self / 4:07

Elle Carpenter / Teach Your Children / Sincerely Yours / Travianna Records / 4:01

Battlefield Band / I Am the Common Man / Anthem for the Common Man / Temple / 2:57

Bill Steely / What Money Wants / This is Love / Sky Llama Duck / 3:28

Lonesome Ace String Band / Across the Rocky Mountains / Gone for Evermore /self / 4:18

Banjo Dan / Manassas – Lorena – The Sentry -The Sentence / The Sleeping Sentinel: Banjo Dan’s Songs of Vermont Vol IV / VSB / 5:48

Neil Stephen Morris / All Over the World / All Over the World / Big Hungry Music / 2:32

David LaMotte / Drink Deeply / Give God the Blues / Lower Dryad / 3:22

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM November 29 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 29, 2016 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.

Retrospective Week #4 celebrating the first 100 new shows. This week blues, reggae, and hip-hop.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Big Bill Broonzy / Black, Brown, and White / Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:45

Lead Belly / The Bourgeois Blues / Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:21

Big Boy Henry / Mr. President / Work’s Many Voices / Arhoolie / 2:53

Nina Simone / Young, Gifted, and Black / Young, Gifted, and Black / RCA Victor / 2:53

Keb’ Mo’ / Talk / Peace… Back by Popular Demand / Okeh-Epic / 3:39

SNCC Freedom Singers led by Bernice Johnson / Woke up this Morning with Freedom on my Mind / Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:27

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five / The Message / The Message / Sugar Hill / 7:09

Boogie Down Productions / Criminal Minded / Criminal Minded / B-Boy Records / 5:20

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

Lord Invader / Yankee Dollar / If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi - Songs Of Rags & Riches / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:32

Jimmy Cliff / Vietnam / Jimmy Cliff / Trojan / 4:48

Clinton Fearon / This Morning / This Morning / Boogie Brown / 2:58

Linton Kwesi Johnson / Fite Dem Back / Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology / Island / 4:27

Bob Marley & The Wailers / Slave Driver / Catch a Fire / Tuff Gong - Island / 2:54

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM Nov 22 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 22, 2016 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.

Retrospective Week #3 celebrating the first 100 new shows. From or influenced by UK and Ireland this week.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Black 47 / Bobby Kennedy / Trouble in the Land / Shanachie / 4:34

Dick Gaughan / No Gods and Precious Few Heroes / The Ultimate Guide to Scottish Folk Music / ARC / 3:55

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

Runrig / Clash of the Ash / Larry Kirwan’s Celtic Invasion / Valley Entertainment / 3:15

Flogging Molly / Revolution / Speed of Darkness / Borstal Beat Records / 3:13

Black 47 / James Connolly / Fire of Freedom / Capitol / 6:07

The Pogues / Jesse James / Rum Sodomy & the Lash / Warner Music / 2:46

Oysterband / The Early Days of a Better Nation / Wild Blue Yonder / Cooking Vinyl / 3:18

Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger / The Wark of the Weavers / Steam Whistle Ballads / Topic / 3:24

Capercaillie / Waiting for the Wheel to Turn / Delirium / Green Linnet / 4:36

Steeleye Span / Blackleg Miner / Spanning the Years / Chrysalis – EMI / 4:11

Fairport Convention / Tam Lin / Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years, 1967-1975 / A&M / 7:09

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM November 15 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 15, 2016 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.

Retrospective Week #2 celebrating the first 100 new shows. Songwriters this week.

Special thanks to our interview guest Tamara Saviano talking about her new biography of Guy Clark

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Leonard Cohen / Democracy / The Essential Leonard Cohen / Columbia / 7:03

Woody Guthrie / This Land is Your Land (Alternate Version) / Woody at 100 / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:48

Guy Clark / LA Freeway / Old No. 1 / BMG Music / 4:47

Woody Guthrie / Pastures of Plenty / Woody at 100 / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:28

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

Pete Seeger / Waist Deep in Big Muddy / Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:00

Phil Ochs / I Ain’t Marching Anymore / I Ain’t Marching Anymore / Hannibal / 2:34

Phil Ochs / The War is Over / The War is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs / A&M / 4:22

Bob Dylan / Masters of War / The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan / Columbia / 4:31

Peter, Paul, and Mary / Blowin’ in the Wind / The Very Best of Peter, Paul, and Mary / Rhino – Warner Brothers / 2:57

Janis Ian / Society’s Child – Live a Club Neptune / Janis Ian Live: Working without a Net / Rude Girl / 3:56

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM November 8 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 8, 2016 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.

Retrospective Week #1 celebrating the first 100 new shows. Rock this week.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 3:10

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Richard Thompson / The Money Shuffle / Dream Attic / Shout! Factory / 5:56

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young / Ohio / Neil Young Archives Volume I [1963 - 1972] / Reprise / 2:59

Neil Young / Rocking in the Free World / Freedom / Reprise / 4:41

Neil Young / Throw Your Hatred Down / Mirror Ball / Reprise / 5:45

Bruce Springstreen / Born in the USA / Born in the USA / Sony Legacy / 4:38

MC5 / American Ruse / The Very Best of the MC5 / Cleopatra / 2:34

Sex Pistols / God Save the Queen / Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols / Reprise / 3:20

The Clash / I’m So Bored with the USA / The Clash / Sony Legacy / 2:24

The Clash / The Clampdown / London Calling / Epic / 3:49

The Clash / Washington Bullets / Sandinista! / Epic / 3:51

XTC / Generals and Majors / Black Sea / Virgin / 4:04

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM November 1 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, November 1, 2016 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.

Original Episode #100 of “The Revolution Starts Now”

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Tim Grimm / Woody’s Landlord / [single] / Self / 4:55

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Silas Lowe / Death is the Poor People's Doctor / Wandering Father Forgotten Son / Self / 2:46

Courtney Granger / Don’t Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There / Beneath Still Waters / Valcour Records / 4:11

Caleb Klauder and Reeb Williams / Montana Cowboy / Innocent Road / Self / 2:35

David LaMotte / John Henry Revisited / The Other Way Around / Lower Dryad / 4:22

Hugh Morrison / Back in Durham Jail / Prison Ballads / Dun Eistein Productions / 2:37

Joe K. Walsh / There But For Fortune / Borderland / Skinny Elephant Music / 2:59

Robin Greenstein / A Tale of Two Cities / Tears and Laughter / Windy Records / 5:41

Caroline Doctorow / Abraham Martin and John / Dreaming in Vinyl / Narrow Lane Records / 3:35

Larry Murante / Nelson / Patch of Sky / Weeping Wood Music / 3:58

Driftwood Soldier / Upstanding Citizen / Scavenger’s Joy / Self / 2:37

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

Spook Handy / Vote / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:32

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 25 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 25, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Tim Grimm / Woody’s Landlord / [single] / Self / 4:55

Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez / Whose Gonna Build That Wall / [Single] / Trainwrek / 4:18

Alex Dezen / The Boys of Bummer / II / self / 4:26

Clinton Fearon / This Morning / This Morning / Boogie Brown / 2:58

Chicago Farmer / Two Sides of the Story / Midwest Side Stories / self / 5:19

Jack Tempchin / So Long My Friend / One More Song / Blue Elan / 3:38

Paul Sachs / Families of the Disappeared / Love is Love / Self / 3:45

Rob McHale / Daniel Boone / Tom Dooley and Friends / self / 2:41

Washboard Hank / Chrysler’s Farm / Human Beans / self / 1:30

Dennis Jay / South of Seguin / Western & Country / Linkhorn Music / 3:47

David Crosby / What Makes it So / Lighthouse / Ground Up Music – Verve / 4:00

George Mann / Drop the T and It’s Donald Rump / For the Road and the Sky / Running Scared Productions / 2:09

Spook Handy / Vote / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:32

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 18 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 18, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Jack Grelle / Change Never Made / Got Dressed Up to be Let Down / Big Muddy / 3:04

Silas Lowe / Death is the Poor People's Doctor / Wandering Father Forgotten Son / Self / 2:46

Courtney Granger / Don’t Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There / Beneath Still Waters / Valcour Records / 4:11

Mike June / The Darkness / Poor Man’s Bible / Self / 5:47

Tim Grimm / Woody’s Landlord / [single] / Self / 4:55

Adrian + Meredith / Fixer / More Than A Little / Self / 4:05

YG and Nipsey Hussle / FDT (radio edit) / Still Brazy / Def Jam / 3:47

David Crosby / What Makes it So / Lighthouse / Ground Up Music – Verve / 4:00

Katherine Rondeau / Long Ago, Far Away / New Hope Chateau / self / 3:18

Caroline Doctorow / Hard Hard Year / Dreaming in Vinyl / Narrow Lane Records / 3:08

David LaMotte / You May Do That / The Other Way Around / Lower Dryad / 4:09

George Mann / Drop the T and It’s Donald Rump / For the Road and the Sky / Running Scared Productions / 2:09

Joe K. Walsh / There But For Fortune / Borderland / Skinny Elephant Music / 2:59

Sharon Goldman / Jerusalem / Kol Isha (A Woman’s Voice) / self / 3:23

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 11 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 11, 2016 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.

Thanks to our interview guest Eileen Ferrell of the Strowd Roses Foundation

Tim Grimm / Woody’s Landlord / [single] / Self / 4:55

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Carolyn Doctorow / Abraham Martin and John / Dreaming in Vinyl / Narrow Lane Records / 3:35

Hugh Morrison / Let Ramensky Go / Prison Ballads / Dun Eistein Productions / 4:10

Joe K. Walsh / There But For Fortune / Borderland / Skinny Elephant Music / 2:59

Larry Murante / Veterans Day / Patch of Sky / Weeping Wood Music / 3:09

Clinton Fearon / This Morning / This Morning / Boogie Brown / 3:18

Robin Greenstein / A Tale of Two Cities / Tears and Laughter / Windy Records / 5:41

Spook Handy / Vote / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:32

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 4 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 4, 2016 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.

Thanks to our interview guest, Sarah McQuaid

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Steve Earle / Dirty Old Town / Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan McColl / Compass / 3:19

Paul McKenna Band / The Terror Time / Stem the Tide / Greentrax / 3:57

Dick Gaughan / No Gods & Precious Few Heroes / The Ultimate Guide to Scottish Folk Music / ARC records / 3:55

Merry Hell / Rage Like Thunder / The Ghost in our House and Other Stories / Mrs. Casey Records / 3:37

The Full English / Stand to Your Guns / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 3:30

Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / The Recruited Collier / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 3:11

Sarah McQuaid / Hardwick's Lofty Towers / The Plum Tree and The Rose / Waterbug / 3:42

Fairport Convention / Tam Lin / Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years, 1967-1975 / A&M / 7:09

Steeleye Span / Thomas the Rhymer / Spanning the Years / Chrysallis – EMI / 3:15

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 4 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 4, 2016 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.

Thanks to our interview guest, Sarah McQuaid

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Steve Earle / Dirty Old Town / Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan McColl / Compass / 3:19

Paul McKenna Band / The Terror Time / Stem the Tide / Greentrax / 3:57

Dick Gaughan / No Gods & Precious Few Heroes / The Ultimate Guide to Scottish Folk Music / ARC records / 3:55

Merry Hell / Rage Like Thunder / The Ghost in our House and Other Stories / Mrs. Casey Records / 3:37

The Full English / Stand to Your Guns / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 3:30

Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / The Recruited Collier / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 3:11

Sarah McQuaid / Hardwick's Lofty Towers / The Plum Tree and The Rose / Waterbug / 3:42

Fairport Convention / Tam Lin / Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years, 1967-1975 / A&M / 7:09

Steeleye Span / Thomas the Rhymer / Spanning the Years / Chrysallis – EMI / 3:15

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 4 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 4, 2016 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.

Thanks to our interview guest, Sarah McQuaid

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Steve Earle / Dirty Old Town / Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan McColl / Compass / 3:19

Paul McKenna Band / The Terror Time / Stem the Tide / Greentrax / 3:57

Dick Gaughan / No Gods & Precious Few Heroes / The Ultimate Guide to Scottish Folk Music / ARC records / 3:55

Merry Hell / Rage Like Thunder / The Ghost in our House and Other Stories / Mrs. Casey Records / 3:37

The Full English / Stand to Your Guns / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 3:30

Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts / The Recruited Collier / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 3:11

Sarah McQuaid / Hardwick's Lofty Towers / The Plum Tree and The Rose / Waterbug / 3:42

Fairport Convention / Tam Lin / Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years, 1967-1975 / A&M / 7:09

Steeleye Span / Thomas the Rhymer / Spanning the Years / Chrysallis – EMI / 3:15

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM-FM 103.5 September 20 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, September 20, 2016 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.

Thanks to our interview guest, David Prather of the Cosmic Country Band

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

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

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur / Louis Collins (Angels Laid Him Away) / Down on Penny’s Farm / Kingswood / 3:20

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry / The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore / Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad / Cooking Vinyl / 4:31

Terri Hendrix / Call You to the Carpet / The Slaughterhouse Sessions / Wilory Records / 3:48

Clinton Fearon / Richman Poorman / Heart and Soul (Extended) / Boogie Brown / 4:47

Joseph Martin / The Murder of Marten / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 0:42

The Full English / Stand to Your Guns / The Ultimate Guide to English Folk Music / ARC Music / 3:30

David LaMotte / You May Do That / The Other Way Around / Lower Dryad / 4:09

Piedmont Melody Makers / Wonderful World Outside / Wonderful World Outside / Vigortone Records / 3:26

Sharon Goldman / The Tribe / Kol Isha (A Woman’s Voice) / self / 4:12

Spook Handy / Vote / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:32

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM September 13 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, September 13, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Clinton Fearon / This Morning / This Morning / Boogie Brown / 3:18

Red Tail Ring / Gibson Town / Fall Away Blues / Self / 3:30

Terri Hendrix / Double Shift Tuesday / The Slaughterhouse Sessions / Wilory Records / 2:46

John Prine / Paradise / German Afternoons / Oh Boy! / 3:29

Robin Greenstein / A Hole in the Ground / Tears and Laughter / Windy Records / 4:31

Tim Easton / Killing Time / American Fork / Last Chance Recordings / 4:23

Jim Gary / Political Waltz / Midnight Muse / Audio & Video Labs, Inc / 3:44

Le Vent du Nord / Confederation / Tetu / Borealis / 3:43

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry / John Henry / Shine A Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad / Cooking Vinyl / 2:43

David Holt and Josh Goforth / John Henry / Good Medicine / High Windy / 3:56

David LaMotte / John Henry Revisited / The Other Way Around / Lower Dryad / 4:22

James Lee Stanley / Do It In His Name / Alive at Last – In Philadelphia / Beachwood / 3:51

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now WCOM-LPFM August 30 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 30, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Marc Black / Born Again American / Sometime a Spark / self / 4:15

Clinton Fearon / This Morning / This Morning / Boogie Brown / 3:18

Le Vent du Nord / Confederation / Tetu / Borealis / 3:43

Le Vent du Nord / Forillon / Tetu / Borealis / 4:35

Clinton Fearon / Richard Poorman / Heart and Soul (Extended) / Boogie Brown / 4:47

Grandmaster Flash / What If featuring KRS One / The Bridge / Strut / 4:05

The Cantrells / Woody Guthrie’s Shoes / Weather Reports / self / 3:52

Erika Kulnys / Rise Up / Rise Up / Self / 4:02

Chip Taylor / Refugee Children / Little Brothers / Trainwreck / 4:15

Kaia Kater / Rising Down / Nine Pin / Kingswood / 4:46

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur / Down on Penny’s Farm / Down on Penny’s Farm / Kingswood / 3:19

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 23, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Erika Kulnys / Rise Up / Rise Up / Self / 4:02

Spook Handy / My Oklahoma Home Blew Away / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:14

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur / Down on Penny’s Farm / Down on Penny’s Farm / Kingswood / 3:19

Dennis Daugherty / Dennis Hopper & the Cajun Queen / Get the Angle Right / Thinking Dog / 4:25

Greg Cornell & the Cornell Brothers / Come on Home / Come on Home / self / 3:10

Red Tail Ring / Gibson Town / Fall Away Blues / Self / 3:30

Connla / Daily Growing / River Waiting / self / 3:45

Elias Alexander & Bywater Band / Earth and Stone / Bywater / Fresh Haggis Records / 4:19

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Le Vent du Nord / Confederation / Tetu / Borealis / 3:48

Clinton Fearon / One Love / Heart and Soul (Extended) / Boogie Brown / 3:18

Clinton Fearon / Richard Poorman / Heart and Soul (Extended) / Boogie Brown / 4:47

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five / The Message / The Message / Sugar Hill Records / 7:12

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM-LPFM August 16 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 16, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Chip Taylor / Refugee Children / Little Brothers / Trainwreck / 4:15

Kaia Kater / Rising Down / Nine Pin / Kingswood / 4:46

Erika Kulnys / Rise Up / Rise Up / Self / 4:02

Michael Howard / Hog Butcher Hog / Gasoline Dream / self / 4:01

JP Jones / New World A-Comin’ / Jeremiah / Vision / 2:55

Gigi Love / Yosemite Gold / National Parks Centennial Songs / Vast Horizons Music / 3:10

Dietrich Strause / The Beast the Rolls Within / How Cruel That Hunger Binds / self / 4:49

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

Connla / Daily Growing / River Waiting / self / 3:45

Greg Cornell & the Cornell Brothers / O Captain! My Captain! / Come on Home / self / 2:57

Nancy Cassidy / Rocky Road / Heart of a Song / Twitter Twatter Music / 4:24

Geoff Samuels / One Rainbow / Peaceful Waters / self / 3:33

Solomon Cook / I’m Behind Everybody / Notes….Sweet and Low / Raven Records / 3:04

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 9, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Spook Handy / Vote / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:32

Kaia Kater / Rising Down / Nine Pin / Kingswood / 4:46

Big Boy Henry / Mr. President / Work’s Many Voices / Arhoolie / 2:53

Banjo Bill Cornett / Old Age Pension Blues / Mountain Music of Kentucky / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:02

Big Bill Broonzy / Black Brown and White / Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:45

Big Bill Broonzy / I Wonder When I’ll Be Called a Man / Folk Song America / The Smithsonian Collection / 2:23

Mississippi Sheiks / Sales Tax / !Protest! American Protest Songs 1928-1953 / Viper / 3:02

Champion Jack Dupree / I’m Going to Write the Governor / Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:16

Lead Belly / The Scottsboro Boys / Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection / Smithsonian Folkways / 4:35

Golden Gate Quartet / Atom & Evil / !Protest! American Protest Songs 1928-1953 / Viper / 3:17

Papa Charlie Jackson / The Judge Cliff Davis Blues / The Complete Recorded Works 1924-1934 / Master Classics / 3:31

Shemekia Copeland / Ghetto Child / Deluxe Edition / Alligator / 4:07

Ben Harper / Oppression / Fight For Your Mind / Virgin / 2:58

Otis Taylor / 10 Million Slaves / Otis Taylor Collection / Concord Music Group / 4:09

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now WCOM August 2 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, August 2, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Chip Taylor / Refugee Children / Little Brothers / Trainwreck / 4:15

Kaia Kater / Rising Down / Nine Pin / Kingswood / 4:46

Michael Gaither / Still a Small Town to Me / Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night / Self / 3:27

Gigi Love / Shenandoah Blues / National Parks Centennial Songs / Vast Horizons Music / 3:27

Chip Taylor / I’ll Carry For You / I’ll Carry For You / Trainwreck / 4:04

Roy Zimmerman / DWB / The Faucet’s On Fire / Self / 2:26

Ryan Harvey with Ani Defranco and Tom Morella / Old Man Trump / [Single] / Firebrand Records / 3:05

Electrik Ladyland / Where I Ought to Be / Sparks / Self / 6:02

Patrick Sky / Wreck of the Old 97 / Patrick Sky / Vanguard / 2:42

Patrick Sky / The Pope / Songs That Made America Famous / Adelphi-GENES / 1:51

Nancy Cassidy / Rocky Road / Heart of a Song / Twitter Twatter Music / 4:24

Spook Handy / Vote / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:32

Connla / Daily Growing / River Waiting / self / 3:45

Playlist the Revolution Starts Now July 19 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, July 19, 2016 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.

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Malcomb Holcombe / My Ol’ Radio / Gamblin’ House / Artist Garage / 2:33

Gigi Love / Blueberry Kisses in Acadia / National Parks Centennial Songs / Vast Horizons Music / 4:15

The Del McCoury Band / The Government Road / Del & Woody / McCoury Music / 4:31

The Westies / Henry McCarty / Six on the Out / Self / 6:42

The Haymarket Squares / Fortunate Son / Light it Up / Self / 2:41

Riley Etheridge, Jr. / Life Unrehearsed / Secrets Hope & Waiting / Rock Ridge Music / 4:18

Michael Gaither / Still a Small Town to Me / Starlite Drive In Saturday Night / Self / 3:27

Coty Hogue / Poor Ellen Smith / Flight / self / 3:16

Andrew John & Lissa / Butcher Boy / Aren’t We Lucky / Last Resort Records / 4:04

Geoff Samuels / One Rainbow / Peaceful Waters / Self / 3:33

Spook Handy / Banks of Marble / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:30

Elias Alexander & Bywater Band / The Reclamation / Bywater / 58 North / 4:42

Connla / Daily Growing / River Waiting / self / 3:45

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM July 12 2016

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, July 12, 2016 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.

Woody Guthrie Birthday Edition

                                              

Steve Earle / The Revolution Starts Now / The Revolution Starts Now / E-Squared-Artemis / 1:09

Woody Guthrie / This Land is Your Land (alternate version) / Woody at 100 / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:48

The Almanac Singers / Union Maid / If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi - Songs Of Rags & Riches / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:10

The Del McCoury Band / The Government Road / Del & Woody / McCoury Music / 4:31

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

Woody Guthrie / I Aint Got No Home (KFVD 1937) / Woody at 100 / Smithsonian Folkways / 3:28

Old Crow Medicine Show / Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) / Song of America / Thirty One Tigers - Split Rock Records / 4:56

Cisco Houston / Pastures of Plenty / Folk Song America / Smithsonian Collection / 3:11

Woody Guthrie / Jesus Christ / Classic Protest Songs From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / 2:40

Billy Bragg & Wilco / Christ for President / Mermaid Avenue / Elektra / 2:39

Arlo Guthrie / Do Re Mi / A Tribute to Woody Guthrie / Warner Brothers /3:43

Spook Handy / My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away / Pete, Woody & Me Volume 1: Keep the Flame Alive / Akashic Records / 3:14

Jimmy LaFave / Oklahoma Hills / Pastures of Plenty: An Austin Celebration of Woody Guthrie / DEJAdisc / 4:04

Bob Dylan / The Grand Coulee Dam / A Tribute to Woody Guthrie / Warner Brothers / 2:57

Lisa Mednick / Hard Travelin’ / Pastures of Plenty: An Austin Celebration of Woody Guthrie / DEJAdisc / 2:43

The Byrds / Pretty Boy Floyd / Live at the Fillmore – February 1969 / Columbia Legacy / 3:13