Mother's Day Brunch Concert

It's Mother's Day this Sunday. I'll be broadcasting a special Mother's Day program on WJFF Radio Catskill, "Now & Then" on Sat at 3pm. Songs your mother would like! And on Sunday I'll be performing a solo concert with voice and guitar at the new space in Honesdale called "Creative Compound" at 630 Main St, Honesdale PA. They have a special for $3 Lattes with breakfast. Really cool new space with a great community vibe. Join me there!

Now and Then AT HOME - Earth Day - Protect, Restore and Live a Sustainable Life

Original air date April 23, 2022 | Time 58:00

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Marvin Gaye - Mercy Me, The Ecology - 1971
Pete Seeger - To This Old Brown Earth - 2013
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - Live on BBC Radio 1971 with James Taylor
David Crosby - Vagrants of Venice from Hear If You Listen - 2018
Graham Nash - Beneath the Waves from This Path Tonight - 2016
Kazzrie Jaxen and Mark Weber - How Deep is the Ocean (Irving Berlin) from a Million Shimmering Fish - 2010
Yoko Ono - Healing from Between My Head and the Sky - 2009
Sting - One Fine Day from 57th & 9th - 2016
The Police - Walking in Your Footsteps from Certifiable Live in Buenos Aires - 2008
Joni Mitchell - This Place from Shine - 2007

Now and Then AT HOME - The Mystery of Life - Tribute to Marc Switko

Original air date April 16, 2022 | Time 58:00

Our dear Marc Switko has left us. Born in July 1965 and died on April 12, 2022. We have his music, his words and his memories. He was the drummer and one of the songwriters in Mountain Wave along with Tim Gannon on lead guitar and Chip Forelli on bass. If you ever had a chance to hear this band live it stayed with you. It stayed with me a long time, right up to today. They were uniquely gifted and Marc was a part of that musical chemistry. He made some solo recordings around 2015 and we listen to "I'm a Somebody", "When You Float" and "My Name is the USA". He wrote and recorded his song "Sparkle in the Streetlight" with Mountain Wave and released it on Dec 24, 2015.

There are some songs that comfort me when I'm sad or at a loss for words. We hear two songs from Biff Rose's second album "Children of Light". He was born in 1937 and was very active in the 60's and 70's. This album was released in 1969 and is so honest and yet so innocent, it touches my heart with it's authenticity.

Becca Stevens reaches out to her love in the song "Lean On" and it offers a hand up to anyone in the black well of despair. Her song "While We're Both Still Hear" brings tears and joy to my eyes all at once, every time I hear it. Both songs from her 2017 album "Regina".

Finally we listen to a recent recording by Sting of his song "Russians" which he wrote and released on his first solo recording after leaving The Police in 1985 "Dream of the Blue Turtles". He has also released "The Bridge" on Nov 19, 2022 which gives us further evidence of his brilliant song structure and masterful lyricism.

Now and Then AT HOME - Music in Time of War - Jacob Collier, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Becca Stevens

Original air date March 12, 2022 | Time 58:00

Unbeliveable atrocites as War breaks out in Ukraine as Russia invades. Jacob Collier performs the Ukrainian National Athem on piano on March 7. We listen to a live performance from TED Talk in April 2022.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse go back to Colorado to record a new album "Barn" released on Dec 10, 2021. Sometimes the simplest song can be the deepest. "Don't Forget Love".

Joni Mitchell sets the landmark poem by "The Second Coming" by the Irish poet W.B. Yeats. He wrote it in the aftermath of WWI and it's eerily appropriate for today.

Becca Stevens and David Crosby collaborate on "Lighthouse" released in 2016. We hear "Look in Their Eyes" about immigrants and refugees loosed into a hostile world. We hear "Lean On" from Becca's 2017 album "Regina".