Songs as Poems; Poems as Songs
We listen for poetry in music and music in poetry, songs as poems and poems as songs with Langston Hughes, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Ken Nordine. Plus, a visit to New York’s City Lore with poet-folklorist Steve Zeitlin, who rides the POEMobile to the People’s Poetry Gathering and then back to New Orleans to meet Louisiana’s poet laureate, Mona Lisa Saloy.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Poet Sly and the Family Stone
There’s a Riot Going On, Sony
Higher Ground Stevie Wonder
Innervisions, Motown
Heart of Gold Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes, Smithsonian Folkways
The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways
Mississippi River Blues Big Bill Broonzy
Chicago Calling, Life Series
A Poet With Something to Say Waddie Mitchell
Sweat Equity, Western Jubilee Records
Let's All Help the Cowboys Sing the Blues Waylon Jennings
Dreaming My Dreams, RCA
Instrumental: Sidewalks of NY Raymond Kane
Hawaiian Sunset Music, Vol. 1, Hula Records
Segment: Steve Zeitlin
New York Subway Lord Invader
Lord Invader in New York, Smithsonian Folkways
Número Seis Bobby Rodriguez y La Compañía
Lead Me To That Beautiful Band, Fania
Living in the City Alynda Segarra, Hurray for the Riff Raff
The Navigator, ATO
Hard Times in New York Town Bob Dylan
Bootleg Series Vols 1-3 (rare and unreleased) 1961-1991, Sony
Instrumental: The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell
River: The Joni Letters, Verve
You Turn Me on I'm a Radio Joni Mitchell
For the Roses, Asylum
Coyote Joni Mitchell
Hejira, Asylum
Sake of the Song Hayes Carll
Alone Together Sessions, Dualtone
Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, Columbia
End Bed: Anji Simon & Garfunkel
Sounds of Silence, Columbia
HOUR TWO
Lesson Number 1 Ken Nordine
Word Jazz Vol. 2, UMG
Twisted Lambert Hendricks and Ross
The Hottest New Group in Town: Lambert Hendricks and Ross, Sony
Lester Leaps In Al Young
100 Great Poems: Classic Poets and Beatnik Freaks, Words of Wisdom
Lester Leaps In Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
Count Basie–Ultimate Big Band Collection, Sony
Precisely the Right Rhymes Gang Starr
Step Into the Arena, Virgin
The Blues Wont Let Me Take My Rest Henry Gray
Louisiana Blues, Arhoolie
Instrumental: Little Bee Fats Domino
They Call Me the Fat Man (The Legendary Imperial Records), Capitol Records
My Girl Josephine Fats Domino
Fats Domino–Greatest Hits–Walking to New Orleans, Capitol
Pressure Drop Toots & the Maytals
Toots & the Maytals-- Pressure Drop, Beverly
Iko Kreyòl Lakou Mizik
Lakou Mizik–HaitiaNOLA, Cumbancha
Carnival Time Al "Carnival Time" Johnson
The Complete Ric & Ron Recordings, Vol. 2: Classic New Orleans R&B and More, 1958-1965, Rounder
My Darling New Orleans Lil Queenie/Ron Cuccia and the Jazz Poetry Group
Ron Cuccia and the Jazz Poetry Group, Takoma
Instrumental: Tell it Like It Is Nina Simone
Here Comes the Sun, Sony
Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu Huey "Piano" Smith
Having a Good Time, Life Series
They All Ask'd for You The Meters
Fire on the Bayou, Atlantic
Segment: Mona Lisa Saloy
Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
Unforgettable– Songs by Nat King Cole, Capitol
You Talk Too Much Joe Jones
The Complete Ric & Ron Recordings Vol. 2, Classic New Orleans R & B and More 1958-1965, Rounder
Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
The Very Best of Aaron Neville, A&M
Closing Bed: All These Things Allen Toussaint's Jazzity Project
Going Places, Captivating Recording Technologies