Vegetable

Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? Today it's all about vegetables - with a little latitude on the interpretation of vegetable! Enjoy the music - and eat your vegies!

Playlist:
Vegetables - The Beach Boys
Modern Major-General - George Rose
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Solid Potato Salad - Christina Crerar
Digging My Potatoes - James Cotton
Mashed Potatoes - Nat Kendricks and the Swans
Sweet Potato Pie - Ray Charles and James Taylor
Roots, Stems, Leaves - Banana Slug String Band
Eat Your Greens - Joe Krown Organ combo
Beans in My Ears - Serendipity Singers
Bean Time - Leo Kottke
Peas and rice - Blind Blake and His Royal Victorians
Glass Onion - The Beatles
Green Onions - Booker T. and the MG's
The Onion Song - Marvin Gaye and Tammy Tannille
Chocolate is my Favorite Vegetable - Les Julian
Chocolate Sabroso - Chocolate Armenteros
Scotch and Chocolate - Nickle Creek
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
Keep off the Grass - James P. Johnson
Hotcakes - Carly Simon
Cornet Chop Suey - Louis Armstrong
Popcorn Paws - Murray Weinstock
Soup - John McCutcheon
The Green Leaves of Summer - Geoff Love and his Orchestra
Turning of the Leaves - Ralph Towner
Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy
Greenfields - The Brothers Four
Hang on Little Tomato - Pink Martini
Gourd Cuanco - Women of the Calabash

Closing Song: Andalusia - Pink Martini

All Creatures, Great and Small

Today we explore the Wild, and not so wild, Kingdom. It's all about the animals...

Playlist
Animal Fair - Maria Muldaur
The Animal Song - Savage Garden
At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel
Ferdinand the Bull - Michael Feinstein
Johnny Fedora and Alica Blue Bonnet - Michael Feinstein
Not Much of a Dog - Michael Feinstein
Everything Reminds Me of My Dog - Jane Siberry
How Much is That Doggie in the Window - Patti Page
I Want a Dog - Pet Shop Boys
Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan
Bye Bye Blackbird - Patricia Barber
Bear Dance - Maggie Sansone
The Lion - Ephat Mujuru
The Horses - Kenny Loggins
Gallop of a Thousand Horses - Kayhan Kalhor; Kronos Quartet
Song of The Black Lizard - Pink Martini
The Carnival of the Animals - Saint-Saens -Charles Dutoit; London Sinfonietta
Chicken Reel - Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra
Piggies - The Beatles
Red, Red Robin - Fred McCarty
Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
Ram On - Paul McCartney
The Wolf's Howlin' - Gator Beat
Mockingbird - Carly Simon
Walkin My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega
My Buddy - Murray Weinstock
Good Dog, Happy Man - Bill Frisell

Closing song: Andalucia - Pink Martini

Summer Travels...

Well, Summer Vacation is officially over, and everyone is pouring back into town to get down to business... for me, teaching. And while the travel is over, the digital slide shows are just being polished off, so a little soundtrack, if you will, for the travels of all my friends and of course, myself.

Playlist:

Goin' to New York - Kim Nalley
New York, New York - Michael Feinstein & Maynard Ferguson
I Happen to Like New York - John Barrowman
Washington Square - The Village Stompers
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
California Sun - the Riveras
Going to California - London Philharmonic Orchestra play Led Zepplin with Peter Scholes
Yosemite Falls - Paul Lloyd Warner
Yosemite - Paul Lloyd Warner
Song of Our Country - Miles Davis
Recuerdos de Alhambra - Bob Culbertson
Guitarra Negra - Gipsy Kings
Campana - Gipsy Kings
Cannelloni - Giorgio Conte
Petali e Mirto - Maria Pierantoni Giua
Non-Stop Brasil - Astrud Gilberto
Moro No Brasil - Farofa Carioca
Aquele Abaraco - Gilberto Gil
Festa - Ivete Sangalo
Samba De Orly - Toquinho & Chico Buarque
Brazil - Pink Martini
Chiclete com Banana - Gal Costa
Feira de Mangaio - Agepe
El Condor Pasa - Andean Symphony
Para el Dolor - Ana Laan
O Cafes - Vicky Moscholiou
City of New Orleans - Fred McCarty
Boy from New Orleans - Louis Armstrong
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Take Me Back to Jamaica - The Jolly Boys

Closing song: Andalucia - Pink Martini

Star Gazing

Ah, beautiful summer nights, cool breeze, dark skies - perfect for looking up. And this week, specifically August 12, the Perseids return to our sky giving us a spectacular meteor show. This week we enjoy a little star gazing music to inspire. Now some of this music is about planets, I'll give you that, but then again - aren't they some of our brightest celestial objects in the night sky? To find out more about meteor showers this year go to Star Date Online.

playlist:

Star Trek- Alexander Courage
Stardust - Rod Stewart
Jump at the Sun - Brollywacker
The Perseid - John McCutcheon
Waiting for the Perseids - Pam Weeks
Suncycle - Sarah Jane Cion
Paint the Sky with Stars - Enya
Perseides - Djelem
Brille mon etoile - Djelem
Blanket of Stars - Jim Chappell
Burning Tears of St. Lawrence - Trevitte Brown
Farther than the Stars - Bill Douglass
The Planets - Jupiter - Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Planets - Mars - Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Planets -Venus, the Bringer of Peace - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The Planets -Neptune, the Mystic - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Shooting Star - Lindsay Evans
Shooting Star - Bethany Reynolds
Starry Night - Ottmar Liebert
Starlight in Daden - Ekova
Swinging on a Star - Michael Feinstein
Morning Star - the Brian Melvin trio
When You Wish Upon a Star - Linda Ronstadt
Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como
Starlight Express - Sean Mc Dermott

Closing song: Andalucia - Pink Martini

time for a Commerical Break...

That's right - it's been a busy summer, travel, town party, music around town, and a few hammock days - can be very exhausting! Today we hear the 'long version' of some music you'll hear in commercials. That's right - I use my Tivo to actually watch the commercials - all to find the best music for you. Enjoy!

playlist:

Perfect Day - Hoku
Lollipop - The Chordettes
The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
Fun, Fun, Fun - Beach Boys
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
Oh Yeah - Yello
Ice Cream - New Young Pony Club
Smile - Vitamin C
1234 - Feist
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
With a Little Help From My Friends - the Beatles
Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers
The Pink Panther Theme - Ultimate Mancini Orchestra
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone
Everywhere - Michelle Branch
At Last - Etta James
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Claire De Lune - Bert Lucarelli, Susan Jolle
Flower Duet - Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes
Half Acre - Hem
Elisir - Paolo Conte
A Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy
I Need to Know - Marc Anthony
So Nice (Summer Samba) - Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley Trio
The Girl from Ipanema - Astrud Gilbert, Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz
The Best is Yet to Come - Tony Bennett
I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins
There She Goes - The Las
Return To Me - Dean Martin
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life - Dusty Springfield
Make Someone Happy - Jimmy Durante
Everyday is a Winding Road - Sheryl Crow

Closing song: Andalucia - Pink Martini