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