Hilltown Family Variety Show
WXOJ LP - 103.3 FM
Northampton, MA
June 5th, 2007 @ 7pm
Blue (grass) Moon Episode
Playlist
- John Rauhouse - “Cartoon Chicken”*
- The Nields - “John, The Rabbit”
- John Rauhouse - “Camptown Races”*
- Kim Lenz - “Down On The Farm”*
- Devil In A Woodpile - “Funky Butt”*
- Great Lake Swimmers - “See You On The Moon”
- Cat Stevens - “Moonshadow”
- Bill Monroe - “Blue Moon of Kentucky”
- Tao Rodriguez-Seeger & Arlo Guthrie - ” A Little a’ This ‘n’ That”
- Arna Bontemps - “Bedbugs”
- Lori McKenna - “Fireflies”
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THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN
This past week Hilltown Families contributing writer Bill Childs posted the article, Music Compilations Worth The Bother. Bill offers a review of seven compilation albums, and later adds to his list here. Persephone saw the album image from The Bottle Let Me Down and liked it the best. As a consequence we’ve had to play in the car for at least a week now! It’s a good thing the album’s great! The title of the album appears as a tattoo on a babies arm, which led Persephone to whine for a tattoo too. We pulled out a tattoo of Gustafer Yellowgold’s head from the Brooklyn Hootenanny, and all was well.
FUNKY BUTT
We featured four cuts* from this album Persephone’s hijacked the car with, along with the title track by the Great Lake Swimmers from the album See You On The Moon, which is one of my fav sing-alongs. Two of the tracks were instrumentals, and if you’ve read our post Power Nap you know Persephone’s not a fan of music without lyrics. But the two instrumental songs we featured, “Cartoon Chicken” and “Camptown Races” were under her radar, mostly because they’re short, fun tunes, along with being wedged in between songs with fun lyrics and titles, like “Funky Butt” - She giggles severely whenever I mentioned that title.
BLUE MOON
There’s been much talk in our house this past week about the Blue Moon, so it only made sense to do a tribute with “Blue Moon of Kentucky” by Bill Monroe. Persephone likes to discover moon lore so I’ve tried to keep up with a moon lore series, which has featured a few books on moon lore. She particularly likes the book Thirteen Moons of Turtles Back. To properly explain to her what a Blue Moon is we’d have to present at least three different perspectives. However, short and easy explanations trump the more laborious ones, so we’ve told her, “The Blue Moon is the second full moon that occurs in a given month.” This of course faults us for furthering legends and lore, rather than facts, but who’s got time for the truth nowadays? (sarcasm)
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The Nields in Concert - June 10th @ Thornes Market in Northampton, MA
- Northampton Survival Center Fundraiser - June 10th @ the NSC in Northampton, MA
- The Deedle Deedle Dees in Concert - June 16th @ Artifacts in Florence, MA
- Gustafer Yellowgold in Concert - June 16th @ MassMoca in North Adams, MA
- Uncle Rock in Concert - July 28th @ Children’s Art Museum in Shelburne Falls, MA
FEATURED ALBUMS (REVIEWED BY ZOOGLOBBLE)
- The Bottle Let Me Down - Compilation
- All Together Singing in the Kitchen - The Nields
- See You On The Moon! - Compilation
- Smithsonian Folkways Children’s Music Collection - Compilation
FEATURED ALBUMS (NOT REVIEWED BY ZOOGLOBBLE)
- Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger - Compilation
- Pieces of Me - Lori McKenna
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