Ep. 042: Campfire Songs
Around the flames and the flames within.
Performer | Track | Album | Original Release Year | New | Show Notes |
Juliet Buesing & Trio | Dream a Little Dream of Me | Juliet Buesing & Trio | 2016 | Where are you, Juliet? You have a beautiful voice! | |
Jon Hopkins (w/ Ram Dass & East Forest) | Sit Around The Fire | Music for Psychedelic Therapy | 2021 | Ram Dass (1931-2019) was a guru and spiritual advisor. He earned a PdD in Psychology from Stanford and was trained in psychoanalysis, but soon after was hired for tenure-track position at Harvard. But he became interested in psychedelics in the 1960s and was fired from Harvard and spent most of the rest of his life focused on spirituality. His teachings developed a large following. In 2021, Jon Hopkins released an album of psychedlic music (in a Jon Hopkins style, but no beats). This track from that album was a collaboration between Jon Hopkins and East Forest. | |
Grizzly Bear | Campfire | Horn of Plenty | 2004 | ||
Kevin Morby | Campfire | Sundowner | 2020 | ||
Peter, Paul and Mary | 500 Miles | Peter, Paul and Mary | 1963 | One of the most famous American folk songs. Hedy West wrote this song around 1961, but it was undoubtedly based on the early Americana songs she learned growing up in a progressive, musical family in the northern part of the State of Georgia. Many versions of this song were recorded in the early 1960s - this version by Peter, Paul & Mary is one of the more well-known arrangements. In addition, a popular country version of this song was released in 1963 by Bobby Bare, with slightly different lyrics that significantly changes the emotion of the song. | |
Your DJ Speaks | |||||
Qwalia | In Your Own Words | Sound & Reason | 2023 | * | Exciting new group out of London. The album from which this song comes was recorded in a live improvised session in 2021. |
Andre Ethier | Nature Compels Me | Further up Island | 2021 | Although a well-known musician, Andre was actually trained in art. He is a painter who has had several exhibitions of his works in galleries. | |
LA Priest | It's You | Fase Luna | 2023 | * | Some songs from this album were recorded in the rainforests of Mexico and you can actually hear the crickets of the rainforest in the background. |
Your DJ Speaks | |||||
Alexia Hunter | Tonight | Single | 2023 | * | New artist out of San Diego area. Hat tip to my cousin for instagram highlight. |
Julie Byrne | Lightning Comes Up From The Ground | The Greater Wings | 2023 | * | |
Hermanos Gutierrez | Mesa Redonda | Hijos Del Sol | 2020 | Brothers Aljandro and Estevan | |
Mikaela Davis | Cinderella | And Southern Star | 2023 | * | Bringing the harp to country music. |
Your DJ Speaks | |||||
Katy J Pearson | Willow's Song (feat. Broadside Hacks) | Single | 2023 | * | Cover of the song from Magnet from the movie The Wicker Man staring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee. A song that has been covered extensively by British musicians. |
Your DJ Signs Off |