Jeff and I had fun on the radio this morning; here’s the music we played, set by set:

Title	Artist	Album
First set: I tried to match Peter’s style for this time of the show by playing Celtic music during this set.
O’Mahoney’s Frolics	The Chieftains	A Chieftains Celebration
Green Fields Of Glentown / The Galtee Reel / Bobby Casey’s Number Two / Wing Commander Donald Mackenzie’s Reel	Silly Wizard	The Best of Silly Wizard
Tae The Weavers Gin Ye Gang/The Blackberry Bush	The Tannahill Weavers	Troubadours Of British Folk: Vol. 3
The Boys of the Lough / Slanty Gart	Boys of the Lough	The Boys of the Lough (Vinyl)
Second set: I intended this set to transition away from Celtic music; I had a few operational problems. I had planned to play Steeleye Span before Fairport Convention, but I started the wrong CD player coming out of my announcements. I had also intended to play Gordon Bok’s “This Old Mandolin” before David Grisman, but I left that disk at home and the station didn’t have a copy.
Tam Lin	Fairport Convention	Liege & Lief
The Old Maid In The Garrett / Tam Lin (Reel)	Steeleye Span	Time
O’Banion’s Wake	David Grisman	100% Handmade Music, Vol. 1
Third set: This was the political set, although calling “Man of Constant Sorrow” political is pushing it…
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow	The Soggy Bottom Boys	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
C for Conscription	Almanac Singers	Folk Song America – A 20th Century Revival (Disc 1)
White House Blues	John Renbourn	The Soho Years (but that album’s not available as far as I can tell, so try The Essential: The Best Of John Renbourn)
Acme Forgetting Company	Lou & Peter Berryman	House Concert
Fourth set: Ridin’ the rails to New Orleans and beyond…
Orange Blossom Special	Johnson Mountain Boys	Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1: Steel Rails
The Kettle Valley Line	Bruce Brackney	The Rose Tattoo
M.T.A.	Kingston Trio	Folk Song America – A 20th Century Revival (Disc 2)
Mystery Train	Rick Danko	Bring It on Home, Vol. 1
The City Of New Orleans	Steve Goodman	Folk Song America – A 20th Century Revival (Disc 4)
New Orleans	Maria Muldaur	Bring It on Home, Vol. 2
La Danse de Mardi Gras	Balfa Brothers	The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music, Vols. 1-2 (but I played the vinyl pressing)
Last set: I picked these songs to lead back to work, but there was another glitch — I had intended to play “Cold on the Shoulder” by Tony Rice to start the set, but I miscued the CD player! “In the Jailhouse Now” was a last-second addition.
Hello Stranger	Norman Blake	Rounder Folk
Don’t Think Twice (It’s All Right)	Ramblin’ Jack Eliiott	House on Fire: An Urban Folk Collection: Red House Records Tenth Anniversary
Hallelujah, I’m A Bum	U. Utah Phillips	Legends of Folk
In the Jailhouse Now	Soggy Mountain Boys	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jamaica Farewell	Harry Belafonte	“Harry Belafonte – All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1”

Almost everything I played was mine; I did use the station’s copy of Acme Forgetting Service since I only have it from iTunes. And I no longer own the Balfa Brothers LP, so I had to use theirs.

I enjoyed playing radio again!

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far) Midland (“Midland” is not necessarily the same thing as “Midwest”) The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it’s a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn’t mean you’re from the Midland.

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I grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and had a distinct Southern accent when I first showed up at RPI — enough of one that someone gave me a hard time (probably in jest) when I showed up at WRPI and said I wanted to read the news. A week later, my Southern accent was gone, courtesy of some intensive listening to WCBS-AM’s news staff, and my radio career (I use the term loosely) began.