TRADITIONS PLAYLIST, December 4, 2010 Saturday afternoon - 3 to 6 pm

TRADITIONS airs Saturday nights, 11 to 1, on WAMU 88.5 in Washington, DC and streams on www.wamu.org -- since February 2007.

TRADITIONS airs Saturday afternoon, 3 to 6, on WAMU 88.5 HD Channel 2 in Washington DC, 105.5 FM (Reston, VA) and streams as part of the “roots & branches block” on www.bluegrasscountry.org -- since September 2007.

Mary Cliff has been host/producer of folk music on public radio since 3/73.

^ new release, new to library ~ artist based in greater D.C./Baltimore/Annapolis, etc. * artist performing nearby in near future ... (va): from a recording by various artists

[theme] Jay Ungar & Lyn Hardy: Maiden’s Prayer CATSKILL MT. GOOSECHASE / Rounder 1040 (out of press) William Pint & Felicia Dale: The Trees Are All Bare WHEN I SEE WINTER RETURN / (Waterbug) pintndale.com Loreena McKennitt: The Wind That Shakes the Barley THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY / quinlanroad.com Mumford & Sons: Winter Winds SIGH NO MORE / (GlassNote) stores, web Sue Richards: Fire in the Hearth MERRILY GREET THE TIME / maggiesmusic.com

Marc Cohn (va): Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) FESTIVAL OF LIGHT / sixdegreesrecords.com Rebecca Shrimpton/Marissa Steingold/NEC Jewish Music Ens. (va): Ocho Kandelikas A TASTE OF CHANUKAH / rounder.com Alexandria Kleztet (va): O Khanuke, O Khanuke A CHANUKAH FEAST / hungryformusic.org Klezmatics: Hanuka's Flame HAPPY JOYOUS HANUKKAH / (JewishMusicGroup) klezmatics.com Alan Oresky (va): Mi Yimalel A CHANUKAH FEAST / hungryformusic.org

Tom Paxton: intro + Modern Maturity LIVE FOR THE RECORD / (FlyingFish) tompaxton.com Four Bitchin' Babes: A Happy Song DIVA NATION / (HemHaw) fourbitchinbabes.com David LaMotte: Just Like Me SPIN / (LowerDryad) davidlamotte.com Garnet Rogers: Roman Coin NIGHT DRIVE / SnowGoose) garnetrogers.com

4pm Tab Benoit: The Power of the Pontchartrain THE POWER OF THE PONTCHARTRAIN / (Telarc) tabbenoit.com, web Andy Poxon: Run of Bad Luck RED ROOTS / andypoxon.com Esther Haynes: Trouble in Mind ESTHER HAYNES / (Res-O) estherhaynesmusic.com

Eileen Ivers: March Up Fifth CROSSING THE BRIDGE / (SonyClassical) eileenivers.com Danu: I'll Mend Your Pots & Kettles/The Spinning Wheel WHEN ALL IS SAID & DONE / (Shanachie) danu.net Mellstock Band: The Leaves of Life THE LEAVES OF LIFE / mellstockband.com Revels Children (va): Dame Get Up & Bake Your Pies A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS REVELS / revels.org John Langstaff & Revels Chorus (va): Lord of the Dance CHRISTMAS REVELS / revels.org Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton: Down in Yon Forest WASSAIL / (OakLeaf) barnesandhampton.com John Roberts/Tony Barrand/Fred Breunig/Steve Davis: Six Jolly Miners NOWELL NOWELL NOWELL / goldenhindmusic.com Jody Marshall: Winter's Run/Troika CAROL OF THE BELLS / jodymarshall.com

Lydia, Emily & Claude Martin: Wild Horse TEN THOUSAND MILES / (Patuxent) pxrec.com The Honey Dewdrops: Sweet Heaven THESE OLD ROOTS / thehoneydewdrops.com Springfield Exit: Hills of Home AMERICANA / (CrackerBarrel) search web Hazel Dickens & Dudley Connell (va): Blue Christmas HOLIDAY EAST, v. VI / hungryformusic.org

5pm Andrew McKnight: A Town Called Progress WHERE THIS RIVER RUNS / fallingmountain.com Tim O'Brien: The Sun Jumped Up CHICKEN & EGG / (HowdySkies) timobrien.net Maggie Sansone: Early Dawn WIND DRIFT / maggiesmusic.com Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra: The Sands of Time SONGS FOR A NIGHT SEA JOURNEY / (SunSign) jennifercutting.com Metropolitan Klezmer: Soothsayer Taxim/Tailor's Sher/Striver's Sher SURPRISING FINDS / (RhythmMediaRecords) metropolitanklezmer.com Scythian: Gypsy Fiddle IMMIGRANT ROAD SHOW / scythianmusic.com

Robin Bullock: Gower Wassail/Boys of Ballisodare A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (HOLIDAY SAMPLER) / (Fairewood, Dorian) alandamy.com Al Petteway & Amy White: The Holly & the Ivy WINTER TIDINGS / maggiesmusic.com, alandamy.com Ensemble Galilee: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel/What Child sIs This? A WINTER'S NIGHT / maggiesmusic.com Harlem Parlour Music Club: What Child Is This? A HARLEM PARLOUR CHRISTMAS / harlemparlourmusicclub.com

Mumford & Sons: Roll Away Your Stone SIGH NO MORE / (GlassNote) stores, web

Klezmatics: Spin Dreydl Spin HAPPY JOYOUS HANUKKAH / (JewishMusicGroup) klezmatics.com

Mellstock Band: Persian Dance (excerpt) THE LEAVES OF LIFE / mellstockband.com

Mary Cliff, TRADITIONS WAMU 88.5 - American University 4000 Brandywine St., NW Washington, DC 20016 www.marycliff.net - includes playlists and "who's where" listings