Listening online:

• BBC Radio Scotland (Glasgow): Iain Anderson, Bryan Burnett, Mary Ann Kennedy, Tom Morton
• WYSO (Yellow Springs, Ohio): Niki Dekota
  
• WXPN (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): David Dye, Michaela Lejeune, Dan Reed
  
• KPVL (Postville, Iowa): Jeff Abbas
• American Routes, syndicated show hosted by Nick Spitzer
  
• Mountain Stage, syndicated show hosted by Larry Groce
  

    Lyrics to folk and pop songs
    The encyclopedic All Music Guide site
    The number one songs on Billboard's pop chart for any date in history
    A handy classical music reference site
    Great place to hear local and travelling singer-songwriters is Brewed Awakenings Coffeehouse, 1271 1st Av SE (across from Coe).   
    Another interesting musical venue: CSPS, 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids: big name acts in an intimate atmosphere, an art gallery, and local talent performing in an occasional Saturday night Out of Bounds series.
    Local musicians:

• Neal Gilbertson site
  
• Glenn Lonsdale and Carlis Faurot site
  
• Kimberli Maloy site
  

Recently purchased tracks on iTunes:

• "Birdhouse in Your Soul," They Might Be Giants
  
• "Chimes of Freedom," Byrds
• "Chinese Translation," M. Ward
• "Cool for Cats," Squeeze
  
• "Do You Realize," Flaming Lips
  
• "Drift Away," Dobie Gray
• "Fields of Gold," Sting
• "Good Morning Britain," Aztec Camera
  
• "The Guitar," Guy Clark
  
• "If I Had a Boat," Lyle Lovett
  
• "Let's Go Out Tonight," Blue Nile
  
• "Letter from America," Proclaimers
• "Love Will Tear Us Apart," Joy Division
  
• "Mercy Now," Mary Gautier
• "Old Old Fashion," Frightened Rabbit\
• "The Rose," Bette Midler
  
• "Sally MacLennane," Pogues
• "Take Your Mama," Scissor Sisters
  
• "Urge for Going," Joni Mitchell
  
• "Whiskey in the Jar," Thin Lizzy

1. "Suddenly I See," K.T. Tunstall
2. "Crazy," Gnarls Barkley
3. "Home," Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes
4. "Could You Be Loved," Bob Marley & the Wailers
5. "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree," K.T. Tunstall
6. "Life With You," Proclaimers
7. "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)," Proclaimers
   
8. "I'm On My Way," Proclaimers
   
9. "Babylon," David Gray
10. "40 Day Dream," Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes
11. "Ring of Fire," Johnny Cash
12. "In These Shoes?," Kirsty MacColl
13. "The Outdoor Type," Lemonheads
14. "Echo Beach," Martha and the Muffins
15. "Disco 2000," Pulp
    

My CD acquisitions in 2010:

• Sam Bush, "Howlin' at the Moon"
• Hockey, "Mind Chaos"
  
• Kinks, "Kink Khronicles"
• James Maddock, "Sunrise on Avenue C"
  
• John McCutcheon, "Winter"
  
• Velvet Underground, "Velvet Underground"

I've Got the Music In Me Dept.:

    I've done some singing myself.  I wrote my first song in 1984, and performed it at the Wesley Foundation in Urbana, Illinois. Since then I have sung publicly in Atwood, Farmington, and Macomb, Illinois; and Cedar Rapids, Marion, Stone City, and Walker, Iowa.  I've recorded two CDs, "Mouth Full of Mustard" (2003) and "Almost Endless Fun" (2008). Both discs are available for the everyday, low-low price of $10.  For "Mouth Full of Mustard," half the proceeds goes to the Friends of Music at Coe.  The discs may be purchased by contacting me (bnesmith@coe.edu).

    "I'm singin' for the love of it... have mercy on the man who sings to be adored."--JOSH RITTER

Last update 8/30/10