Tom Russell: "Tonight We Ride"

tonight we ride, tonight we ride
tonight we fly, we're headin' west
toward the mountains and the ocean
where the eagle makes his nest
if our bones bleach on the desert
we'll consider we are blessed
tonight we ride, tonight we ride

John Prine/Iris DeMent: "In Spite of Ourselves"

Joni Mitchell: "My Old Man"

October 9, 1970

Bruce Springsteen: "Across The Border"

Christy Moore: "Fairytale of New York"

the boys from the NYPD choir
were singing "Galway Bay"
and the bells were ringing out
on Christmas Day

Salif Keita: "Folon"

Outcast by his family and ostracized by the community, albino singer-songwriter Salif Keita is a direct descendant of the founder of the Mali Empire.

"Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out"

Carla Bruni

Alison Krauss: "Down in the River to Pray"

To Hear Your Banjo Play

A folk music documentary by Alan Lomax with Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Brownie McGee and others.
1947.

"Who Knows Where The Time Goes"

Sandy Denny with Fairport Convention

Jacqui McShee/John Renbourn: "Watch The Stars"

Joe Ely: "Gallo del Cielo"

Christy Moore: "Ballad of James Larkin"

"I am, of course, aware that the ultimate solution is the ownership and control of the means of life by the whole of the people. We are not at that stage of development as yet."
--James Larkin (1874-1947)

Waterboys: "Raggle Taggle Gypsy"

with Sharon Shannon
2007 Cambridge Folk Festival

Laurie Lewis: "Texas Bluebonnets"

High Noon Saloon, Madison, Wisconsin
8/6/07

Wolfe Tones: "Dreams of Home"

1986

Kingston Trio: "M. T. A."

Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds