The. I am. If you have never paused for a moment or 2 to revel in all the good things you have in your life do it as soon as you can sometimes we don't get to choose which path is ours that's Phil Ochs with there but for fortune Donovan in that set to before he was the guy with hits like Sunshine Superman and mellow yellow He was an acoustic folk singer with songs like catch the wind and John Denver to start with an early hit leaving on a jet plane well this week on folk alley a look back 10 years ago folk alley listeners voted for their top 100 folk songs this week we're looking back at that list which you'll find along with a play list at folk alley dot com. Here's the title track to Joan Baez 1905 album Diamonds and Rust. Now if you're going to count down the top 100 folk favorites of all time you just know we're going to be hearing from Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez 2 of the greatest ladies of folk music right there Joni Mitchell with both sides now and Joan Baez started the set the title track to her 1975 record Diamonds and Rust. Hey what do you think about the top 100 folk songs of all time share your thoughts about this list I'm playing for you this week based on the listener vote we held about 10 years ago now right now on our folk alley Facebook page will we get to the number one pick You bet we will it's still the common folk alley trying to essentially wipe out an entire ethnicity undercover inside the Chinese government's crackdown on the Muslim leader population but wiping out a religion a culture ties with the right family what it means to be these people in a maroon Venugopal in for Tenzin of a go and that's next time on the take away from w n y c N.P.R.'s. On the next morning edition has sitting down at home become dangerous reducing the amount of television we watch is one way to start making changes also in northern Iraq well those who committed war crimes be brought to justice. Until I die I will never forget what I said to tell me stories from around the world plus some that affect your world on the next Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. This is folk alley I'm Alina and while I love a hearing the newest music from the folk world with you every week this week I thought it might be fun to look back to the past you can't have new folk music without the legendary sounds of the forty's fifty's sixty's and seventy's and that is what this week is all about. Tom Paxton has always struck me as kind of a quiet hero of the folk world he's been around for decades always kind of quietly moving forward writing songs that are unmistakably identifiable as Tom Paxton songs and releasing album after album after album is most recent came out in 2017 this though comes from Tom Paxton's debut album 1964 is Rambling Boy. A quintessential folk sound right there 2 voices one high one low blending in the perfect middle ground together with harmonies that can only be described as tight it's the dual you and Sylvia song they recorded in the early sixty's about a relationship that is changing in Sylvia with 4 strong winds and Tom Paxton shared one of his 1st big hits The last thing on my mind which comes from his 1964 debut Rambling Boy if you need something a little more contemporary this week check out our Fresh Cuts featuring get your smart speaker to play it for you to just say Alexa play folk alley and walla magic . More classics for you next this week this is Pete Seeger on folk Al you'll hear from him a couple times this hour Pete Seeger with we shall overcome. We . Come to some. A. a lonely young man longing for home and comfort and familiarity that's what that song is all about based on some experiences that Gordon Lightfoot had as a struggling musician in Los Angeles that's Gordon Lightfoot with early morning rain it's on his 1906 debut album like foot Leonard Cohen in that set to sharing a song he wrote for a friend of his it's. Suzanne and Pete Seeger got things going with we shell over you're going to hear from Pete Seeger again so stick around 10 years ago folk alley listeners have a chance to vote for their favorite 100 folk songs today I'm sharing that list with you again the number one pick coming up on focus. On an encore edition of The World Cafe Tallia talks to Andrew Bird whose latest album is my finest work yet the chord like this may very well be my finest were to talk to Andrew about drawing inspiration from history recording his whole album in a room live with the band and yes whistling Andrew Bird on the next World Cafe. And it's now. Down to. These guys and. The Wood Brothers Todd Snider Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave album and cat right join us on the next mountain stage Hi this is all over Chris and John I'm from the Wood Brothers join us this week in live performance on Mountain State. This is folk Alley thanks for listening this weekend hey thanks for sharing folk alley with a friend you know is going to love the music mix tons of things to share by the way 247 music stream that you can play from our website our mobile app your smart speakers and more exclusive in studio sessions which you find by subscribing to our folk l.a. You Tube channel and also the chance to dive deep into the history of folk music that's what happened 10 years ago when we asked folk alley listeners to choose their top 100 folk songs you'll find the complete list by the way at folk alley dot com and you can share your choices on that website too coming in at number 5 the Kingston Trio and their version of Where Have All The Flowers Gone. Good night I. Every time I hear Steve Goodmans voice I'm just struck by how beautiful it was it's light it's clear he's got this really lovely lilt it's from the Chicago natives 1971 self-titled album something he wrote all traveling on a train Steve Goodman with City of New Orleans Pete Seeger offered up a song he wrote in the late 1940 s. . A song that was much more successful when Peter Paul and Mary recorded it 15 years later Pete Seeger with if I had a hammer and to start things off you heard an incredibly popular folk Rupe from the early 1960 Kingston Trio with a cover of Where Have All The Flowers Gone 10 years ago folk alley listeners chose their 100 favorite folk songs today I'm sharing a big chunk of that list with you number one still ahead but 1st here's the song that took the number 2 slot. Before. Him and. I see you must. Say. Before she sleeps and this. Isn't the. Mosque the cannon balls. Are for. Rev abandoned. And said my friend is blowing in the wind. And series of blowing in the wind. Oh. Yes And how many years can in my mind exist. It is warmest to the sea. Isn't many years and some he believes it just before they're allowed to be free. Isn't how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see. The sun My friend is blowing in the wind. The m. Series blowing in the wind. Yes and many. Muslim lands. He can see the sky. Yes and many ears must one man. He can hear people cry. Isn't many deaths will it take 2 he knows it too many e-books. My friend is blowing in the wind. And series blowing in the wind in the. Soup. Landed your life and landed in Milan California and New York and the Redwood. Frame water. Made. Out of all. The. Way. Home. Role models on the bottom of the footsteps of the Spartans slam her diamond there's are all around me was was. This land was made for you and me. When the sun comes Johnny and I was strolling the wheat field waving the smile growly. Pauses chanting of the fall will smith see. This land was made for you and me. This Land Is Your Land and this land is my. From California to New York and Redwood harness the Gulf Stream water. The land is made for you and. When the sun comes in it. Was brutal wheat fields why even the bros. Was coming and the end of the fall was live. This lie and was made for you. And that is a song that folk alley listeners 10 years ago said was their top choice when it came to the 100 best folk songs of all time what he got 3 with This Land Is Your Land number 2 on the folk alley listener list Bob Dylan's Blowing in the wind kind of a trek through musical memory lane this week hope you enjoyed it you'll find the complete list by the way along with a playlist that you can play and share at folk alley dot com and also on our free mobile app also in those places and on our focally Facebook page share your favorite folksongs Q I'm Elaine a senior this is folk alley. The Bon the next new dimensions pianist George cable is going strong with his new album Time on smile. When Johnny Meister It's the latest from piano break George cables and another fine pianist David Cassidy his album Rising Phoenix the next blue dimension. This is w o u b public media w o u b f.m. Athens w o u c f.m. Cambridge w o u l f m I are inten w o u h f m g l a coffee and w o u z fms Zanesville stream us online at w o u b o r g slash listen tell your smart speaker to play w o u b. Hey thanks for listening to focus only for a 2nd hour of this week I've got some new music to share with you this hour a lot of new music stick around for Mavis Staples and Joel Raphael and next new music from the Austin Texas do Jamestown revival the more I listen to this duel the more I like them their voices are just really good together it's Jonathan clay and Zach chance and they go by James Town revival they're next on folk alley with a new song they wrote together after thinking about the kind of world we all have to live in in 21000 is called Crazy World judgment day. Go fall to spin the battle go master of the soap box go. Home Mom didn't. Get sad. I lost my sense of time. I didn't. Believe in. The goodness of. My son. He didn't go. Crazy Well I. Guess some things I ever gonna change. What you gonna do.