Playlist The Revolution Starts Now WCOM-LP October 31 2017

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 31, 2017 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://bit.ly/artsradio. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe.

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

John McCutcheon / World Series ‘57 / Sermon on the Mound / Appalsongs / 3:38

Skinner and T'witch / Halloween / The Fool’s Journey / S&T Records / 3:44

Lou Reed / Halloween Parade / New York / Warner / 3:33

Ruston Kelly / Halloween (Downstairs) / Halloween / Razor & Tie / 4:40

The Incredible String Band / Witches Hat / The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter / Elektra / 2:30

Fairport Convention / Tam Lin / The Best of Sandy Denny / Hannibal / 7:00

ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / Sam Jocelyn’s Ghost / [single] / Now and Then / 3:59

Anne McCue with Dave Alvin / Devil in the Middle / Blue Sky Thinkin’ / Flying Machine Records / 4:06

Mavis Staples / If All I Was Was Black / If All I Was Was Black / Anti-Epitaph/ 3:56

Meghan Cary / Responsibility / Sing Louder / Angel Bear / 3:58

Nicholas Penn / Cigarettes for the Homeless / ill Eagle EP / self / 3:51

Jim Page / Masters of Lies / A Hand Full of Songs / self / 3:13

Christine Lavin / Turn This Ship Around / Spaghettification / self / 2:28

Hail to the Chief

I can't play this on the radio, so all I can do is post this link to the Chuck D and the Prophets of Rage video, "Hail to the Chief, more about Pence than Trump.

Hail to the Chief

You can find a related op-ed by  Chuck D here: Why Donald Trump is a white-supremacist

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM Chapel Hill-Carrboro October 24 2017

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 24, 2017 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://bit.ly/artsradio. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe.

Thanks to interview guest Terry Kitchen

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

John McCutcheon / Sermon on the Mound / Sermon on the Mound / Appalsongs / 4:21

Chip Taylor / I Read it in the Rolling Stone / Last Chance - The Warner Bros. Years / Train Wreck Records / 3:39

Wild Ponies / Tower and the Wheel / Galax / Gearbox Records / 4:05

Dori Freeman / Bright Lights / Letters Never Read / MRI / 3:14

Terry Kitchen / Seeds / The Quiet Places / Urban Campfire / 2:47

Terry Kitchen / Nature’s Way / The Quiet Places / Urban Campfire / 2:48

Terry Kitchen / The Kid Behind the Wall / The Quiet Places / Urban Campfire / 5:03

Mara Levine with Gathering Time / By My Silence / Facets of Folk / Mara’s Creations / 3:34

Beppe Gambetta / Randal Collins / Short Stories / Borealis / 3:25

Hiss Golden Messenger / When the Wall Comes Down / Hallelujah, Anyhow / Merge / 4:03

Windborne / Stole and Sold / Song on the Times / self / 2:18

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 17 2017

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 17, 2017 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://bit.ly/artsradio. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe.

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

The Baseball Project / To the Veteran’s Committee / 3^rd / Yep Roc / 2:18

Night Tree / Survivor’s Nign / Night Tree / Night Tree Records / 4:43

The Nields / Tyrants Always Fall / [single] / self / 4:59

Crys Matthews / We Must Be Free / Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers / self / 3:43

Jackie Green / The Modern Lives / The Modern Lives - Vol 1 / Blue Rose Music / 3:25

Rhiannon Giddens / Freedom Highway / Freedom Highway / Nonesuch / 4:49

Mara Levine with Gathering Time / By My Silence / Facets of Folk / Mara’s Creations / 3:34

Bett Padgett / What if There Was One Religion / At the End of the Day / Ceilidhe’s Music / 4:15

Michael Veitch / Pledging Allegiance / Wake Up Call / Blurt Music / 3:57

Art Podell / Blame it on the Russians / [single] / Amsqosh Records / 3:57

Mark Stepakoff / Making Guns / Any Port in a Storm / self / 3:32

Crowe’s Pasture / The Storm / Edge of America / self / 3:54

Christine Lavin / What the Hell was That / Spaghettification / self / 4:12

Jim Page / Masters of Lies / A Hand Full of Songs / self / 3:13

Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM October 10 2017

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 10, 2017 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://bit.ly/artsradio. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe.

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

The Baseball Project / The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads / 3^rd / Yep Roc / 4:33

The Nields / Tyrants Always Fall / [single] / self / 4:59

Crys Matthews / American History Xix / Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers / self / 3:30

Jackie Green / The Modern Lives / The Modern Lives - Vol 1 / Blue Rose Music / 3:25

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / Come All Ye Coal Miners / Echo in the Valley / Rounder / 3:53

Dada Veda / Trickle on Down / Trickle on Down / Renaissance Artists & Writers Association / 4:43

Jeni Hankins / Palomino Girls / The Oxygen Girl / Jewel Ridge Records / 5:04

Dan Cunningham / Devil Anse (Hatfield) / Appalachian Song / Pickndawg / 2:53

Crowe’s Pasture / The Champ / Edge of America / self / 3:54

Yusuf – Cat Stevens / You Can Do (Whatever)! / Laughing Apple / Decca Cat-O-Log / 3:10

Jim Page / Nothing Rhymes with Orange / A Hand Full of Songs / self / 3:30

Christine Lavin / Turn This Ship Around / Spaghettification / self / 2:28

Katie Dahl – Eric Lewis – Rich Higdon / Woody’s Fire / Solid Ground: The Songs of Fred Alley / Leaky Boat Records / 5:12

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Playlist The Revolution Starts Now on WCOM-FM October 3 2017

The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, October 3, 2017 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://bit.ly/artsradio. Underwritten by radicallocalism.com and Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe.

Thanks to this week’s interview guest, Tokyo Rosenthal

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

The Nields / Tyrants Always Fall / [single] / self / 4:59

Terry Kitchen / Nature’s Way / The Quiet Places / Urban Campfire / 2:48

Tokyo Rosenthal / The Immigrant Revisited / The Minstrel Life / Rock & Sock Records / 4:02

Tokyo Rosenthal / Now I Believe There’s a Devil / The Minstrel Life / Rock & Sock Records / 5:16

Tokyo Rosenthal / Love One Out / The Minstrel Life / Rock & Sock Records / 4:50

Chris Hillman / Such is the World That We Live In / Bidin’ My Time / Rounder / 2:46

Kim Beggs / See that my Grave is Kept Clean / Said Little Sparrow / Self / 4:01

Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard / Trop de Pas / Broken Promise Land / Swallow / 4:21

Leah Kauffman / Miss the Rain / On to Something Else / Boojum Music / 3:55

Dada Veda / Trickle on Down / Trickle on Down / Renaissance Artists & Writers Association / 4:43

Dennis Dougherty / The Farmer is the Man / Songs from the ‘Dog House’ / Thinking Man Records / 4:23