PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA APRIL 20, 2008

Usually you will find this on the PLAYLISTS PAGE. Due to a technical glitch the playlist is here for this day.

Any comments, queries, requests, and general kvetching please e mail sundaysimcha@yahoo.com

Today's program was our Passover Program to a great extent.

In the putting a face with the voice department:

MARIA KRUPOVES





















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MARGOT LEVERETT & THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS
A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys
http://www.margotleverett.com/

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE
Narration--Passover
Seasons of Joy
http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE
Adir Hu
Seasons of Joy
http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

BENJAMIN LAPIDUS
Las Cuatro Preguntas
Herencia Judia
http://www.treseroproductions.com/

ALAN EDER &FRIENDS
Ma Nishtanah
Reggae Passover
reggaepas@aol.com

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE
Ma Nishtanah
Seasons of Joy
http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

UNKNOWN
Ma Nishtanah
Jewish Israeli Holiday Songs
http://www.musicfromisrael.com/

ALAN EDER & FRIENDS
Dayenu
Reggae Passover
reggaepas@aol.com

BENJAMIN LAPIDUS
Dayenu
Herencia Judia
http://www.treseroproductions.com/

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE
Dayenu
Seasons of Joy
http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE
Narration/Chad Gad Ya
Seasons of Joy
http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

UNKNOWN
Simcha Rabba
Jewish Isaeli Folk Songs
http://www.musicfromisrael.com/

UNKNOWN
Betseit Yisroel Mi'Mitzrayim
Jewish Isaeli Folk Songs
http://www.musicfromisrael.com/

ALLAN SHERMAN
Camp Granada Revisited
45 single
WB

ALLAN SHERMAN
The Ballad of Harry Lewis
My Son The Folk Singer
WB

MICKEY KATZ
16 Tons
Greatest Shticks
Koch

MARIA KRUPOVES
Ofn Veg Shteyt A Boym
Two Faiths One Voice
http://www.sefaredrecords.com/

GERARD EDERY / MARIA KROPOVES
Los Guisados de Berenjenas
Two Faiths One Voice
http://www.sefaredrecords.com/

MARIA KRUPOVES
Luys Zavart
Two Faiths One Voice
http://www.sefaredrecords.com/

GERARD EDERY / MARIA KROPOVES
Adir Hu
Two Faiths One Voice
http://www.sefaredrecords.com/

A BIG THANK YOU

The thanks have to go to our wonderful performers---MODERN MAN for the, as always, great program they put on at the Orangeburg, NY Library this past Sunday afternoon.

Of all the programs we have offered so far this program was, by far, the best received and, frankly, the warmth flowing between the performers and the audience was palpable.

Seems like the old saw--or song--that says "...the best things in life are free" is correct since the show was free to the attendees. Hell, we did not even have to offer discounts at that price.

Check the videos on this page and also on THE ALMOST DAILY ROOSTER to get a small feel of what their program is all about. These videos are not from this concert but from some fans that posted them on You Tube---no privacy left. What a world. And they were supposed to turn off cell phones.

Finally a heads up for TRADITIONS this Sunday (4/20). Besides some wonderful new material that has come in we will be having some themes of interest--from Passover (w/ Kim & Reggie Harris and Rabbi Jonathon Kligler), our story songs revisited in a different way and also a brief tip of the hat (via old 78s) to the Dave Miller Show of the 1950s on WPAT---you know--"the thrills of the hills, the tops in pops, and the best of the west".

SUNDAY SIMCHA will commemorate Passover with you with so many versions of Dayenu that you can truly say---"It would have been enough"---or is it "Enough Already"

SOMETHING OF INTEREST IN OUR NEW TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD

Let me urge you to click on the link for THE YIDDISH RADIO PROJECT.

Granted, this is only for the listeners of SUNDAY SIMCHA or those eclectic readers who would like to visit a world that no longer exists but has been re-created with this wonderful new technology with the assistance of dedicated human beings who help us remember a rich past.

Sound clips, entire programs, and historical insights are all there along with ==and this is also a technological marvel---a viewable running translation of the Yiddish sound portions along with English translations by renowned current actors for the lost episodes of some items.

You may make contributions to the web-site to further its goals or just enjoy it.

Pass this web site along to your friends and meshpucha to link all this material---and do listen and enjoy SUNDAY SIMCHA on WFDU. The right place on the left side of the dial where you will find this sort of thing---and in true Jewish tradition---Where Else?

HISTORY WITH A GREAT SOUND

At the end of each year we ---my co-host Ron Olesko and I---pick 10 recordings that were most meaningful to us. Here we are in March and I have one that I have to tell you about. OK --I already mentioned Tom Paxton's "Comedians and Angels". Another one from a whole different take has arrived.

With beautiful artwork on the cover of this CD to introduce you to the African American experience through the music of the Sea Islands (Gullah), Gospel, Work, and Prison ballads as performed and presented by an amazing group of talented artists starting with Andrew Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun is the guiding genius behind this work and has included so many truly creative and talented artists to join him in this venture. Tony Dale, Runako Robinson, Richard Shindell to name just a very few.

With this CD comes a most informative booklet. Every song is explained historically and its origin. In addition there is a wonderful essay by Mr. Calhoun to start the booklet talking of his background, his mother's influence in his life, and how all these forces led to this piece of work after so many other truly wonderful pieces of work---poetry, music, and general creativity.

The basic thing is the music and the arrangements that should be the thing of most interest to a listener. The originals--if they were recorded--would be wonderful, surely. But here we have these songs captured in the great old tradition in the most technically advanced way to bring all this wonderful history to us as if it were just yesterday.

Many of you who listen to me on TRADITIONS know how much I appreciate Gospel music. While this is not pure Gospel it surely captures it and so much more. You may want to know more. It will be be featured on my next time on TRADITIONS. In the meantime you might want to visit Mr. Calhoun's website. You might also try the website of WATERBUG RECORDINGS.

Yes--It is the same address. Hey --you have to save a buck somewhere when you are in folk music---you know the joke---how do you make 100,000 dollars in folk music? Start with 200,000 dollars.

A BRIEF---VERY BRIEF UPDATE

The TRADITIONS program on April 23 will, as always, commemorate Easter, deal with some topical material given some of the comments made by our illustrious "leaders" this past week. In addition I hope to pay tribute to something that occurred in the 1950s--a radio program hosted by Dave Miller and the slogan of the program---The Best In The West, The Thrills of The Hills, and The Tops in Pops. You will hear some rare old things and if you like this feature just write to me at wfdutraditions@yahoo.com and we shall do it again.

In the meantime--check out the right side for some videos that relate to that---Roy Acuff and in contrast Frankie Laine. Ah---you have to be of a certain age. Let us not forget those who led us to the brilliant people we have today.

A BIT OF NOSTALGIA AND AN ALMOST DAILY ROOSTER RECOMMENDATION

A few weeks back on TRADITIONS I ran a little Traditions Trivia with the query---what was the slogan many years back for 2 radio programs hosted by Don Larkin on WAAT (NJ) and Dave Miller on WPAT (NJ). The answers were

1) Don Larkin---Harken to Larkin Barkin' (gotten by one listener)
2) Dave Miller--The Tops in Pops, The Best in the West, and The Thrills of The Hills

I, for one, like that last one and I do believe that to some extent it fits so well in the TRADITIONS format. After all some "pop" is not traditional as well.

In keeping with that thought let me suggest that you click on the right side for the THE ALMOST DAILY ROOSTER. There, besides other commentary, you will now find videos of exactly what that slogan referred to--music from many genres with the emphasis on the Country and Western performers of the era the slogan originated with. Here is an example of one who was much requested on the Dave Miller program all those many moons ago:


If you enjoyed that there will be many more on THE ALMOST DAILY ROOSTER. Join me in our trip down Memory Lane---if you are of a certain age---and if you are of another age you can join me in the Dean Martin joke about a trip down Mammary Lane.

You won't see this on other blogs---and as Jolson said---I Got A Million of 'Em---in my case---all pretty bad