This episode is a special one-year anniversary of the first Earth Eclectic Radio Hour broadcast. Join Bart and Laura on a collaborative effort to bring you music that continues to celebrate Gaia and speak to the heart. We hope that this show will bring you hope, renewal, and community.
Tag: Rock
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0045: Title Tracks
Earth Eclectic’s 45th voyage presents a gathering of title tracks — those sacred anchors where artists have concentrated their ecological messages with particular intensity. Join us as we explore how these namesake songs carry an extra measure of power and intention.
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0044: Songs of Connections & Valentines
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0043: Songs of Place
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0041: Songs for the Trees
Is there any other living being that symbolizes life on Earth more readily than the tree? Microbes are fundamental, but they’re a lot harder for us humans to perceive. Trees are visible. While Dan Sperling bemoans the fact that we can’t see the forest, in this episode we celebrate the fact that we can, indeed, see the trees. Kate Daisy Grant & Nick Pynn’s forthcoming album, “Songs for the Trees,” makes an especially strong case with each track honoring a different species. Folk singer Tom Neilson shares what might be his most spiritual song, “Tamarack Tree,” and we end with a devastating tribute from Dana Lyons.
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0039: Songs of Morning
Pete Seeger said you should start each day with a song. That’s according to Joe Uehlein of the U-Liners, who went on to create a “Morning Song.” (Thank you listener Ken for the tip.) In this episode, we present a collection of gorgeous melodies inspired by this special moment in Earth’s continual rotation. Whatever time you listen — good morning!
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0027: Songs of and for the Hurricane-Affected United States (Part 2)
This episode is part two of a series in recognition of all those impacted by Hurricane Helene. We feature music and musicians from affected areas particularly Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. These aren’t songs about hurricanes; in keeping with the themes of our series, this is music that celebrates the Earth in diverse ways. Y’all are in our hearts and thoughts, and we wish you as rapid and complete a recovery as is humanly possible.
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0025: Songs of Many Tongues
Though we often focus on songs in English, that’s only because we’re linguistically challenged. We’re always interested in hearing songs that celebrate the Earth in other tongues. Love of Earth is global, as is concern over ecological crisis, and nothing illustrates that better than songs in rich array of languages. We barely scrape the surface here.
Listen on our site, Mixcloud, or PRX.
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0024: Songs of Migration, for the Birds, for the Insects, for the Planet
World Migratory Bird Day is twice a year, in the spring and fall. The next one is October 12th, 2024 and the key message is PROTECT INSECTS, PROTECT BIRDS. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, insects are the most diverse group of organism on the planet, they’re integral to our nutritional systems, their populations appear to be declining significantly around the world and they are especially important to the survival of birds, particularly during migration periods. So this episode is “For the Birds” [and “For the Insects”].
Poem “Respect for Cockroaches” by Laura Chamberlain Dedelow, 2006
More information on how to help: FWS.gov and MigratoryBirdDay.org