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Carrie Newcomer's Song of the Soul

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Carrie Newcomer is a musical beacon of light & soul from Indiana. She is consciously reaching inward, gently sharing what she finds, delighting in people and flashes of the Divine everywhere. She's got 12 recordings of her own material and regularly collaborates with other musicians, poets, and writers. She is a member of Bloomington, Indiana, Friends Meeting.

All the songs in this program are performed by Carrie Newcomer:

Before and After		from Before and After
Geodes		from The Geography of Light
If Not Now		from Before and After
Betty's Diner		from Regulars and Refugees
I Do Not Know It's Name		from Before and After
Gathering of Spirits		from Gathering of Spirits

Peggy Seeger - Singer, Songmaker, Activist

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Peggy Seeger is especially known for her song of awakening women's consciousness, Gonna be an Engineer, but she sings of many concerns and causes, including economic justice and, especially, care for creation. She's put out a wealth of music on her own, with her husband Ewan MacColl, with her brothers, Pete & Mike Seeger, and with other fine artists.
*All the songs in this program are by Peggy Seeger:* Gonna Be An Engineer Sing About These Hard Times Right To Life The Mother Woman On Wheels Ballad of Jimmy Massey

Religion & Society Exchange - Sahar Taman & Rabbi Jeremy Schneider

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Project of the National Peace Foundation and the Islamic Society of North America, Reflections and Experiences of Religion and Society includes essays from the participants in the exchange program between Muslims, Jews & Christians between the Middle East & the US Midwest.
A visit with organizer & editor, Sahar Taman, and with participant, Rabbi Jeremy Schneider. Music Featured: Maybe There's a World - Yusuf Islam

David Serotkin's Song of the Soul

Sun, 23 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

David Serotkin is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist from Richmond, CA. David also has a masters in Consciousness Studies from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California, bringing tremendous insight to his songwriting and to this program.

All the songs in this program are performed by David Serotkin

Not Alone		from Not Alone
Gotta Get Away		from Not Alone
What We Make		from Not Alone
Glowing Moon		from Not Alone
None But This Time		from None But This Time
Into The Night Sky		from None But This Time

Rod Kinny's Song of the Soul

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Rod Kinny is a singer/songwriter on a heart-led spiritual journey. As his web site proclaims, "Rod Kinny, Music with a deeper meaning ...". Rod was raised Methodist, and now attends Unity Unitarian Universalist church in the Twin Cities.
*Songs included in Rod Kinny Song of the Soul:* Beyond the Impossible Higher Self Between Two Worlds Infinite Love Water to Wine Prime Mover

Scattering Good Down the Mississippi - Paddle for the Planet Students

Sun, 23 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

5 students from Scattergood Friends School are headed down the Mississippi for Paddle for the Planet, a 1-month educational journey of environmental discovery. Colby, Sophia, Sam, Jamiah & Mary have studied renewable energy, river fish, the Gulf's dead zone, phenology & useful plants in preparation.

Music Featured:

River		Clay Riness
Solar Power		Kim & Reggie Harris
Catfish		Bob Franke
Downstream		Earth Mama
Mississippi River Chant		Yata

Peggy Seeger's Song of the Soul

Sun, 02 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Peggy Seeger has a wealth of recordings from the 50+ years she's been performing, on her own, with her husband, Ewan MacColl, with her brothers, Mike & Pete Seeger, and other folks. Traditional folk music is where she started from and she has enriched them with her own songs on feminist, peace and other themes.
*All the songs in this program are performed by Peggy Seeger* One Plus One Is Two Logic Old Friend New Spring Morning Go to Sleep Love Call Me Home

Michelle Lynn's Song of the Soul

Sun, 09 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Michelle Lynn, at 23, has already made 3 CD's, Jumping in Chains, Hospital Radio and Pre-echos for the Postmodern. experiencing her own spiritual emergence in the process. She now lives in Decorah, Iowa

All the songs in this program are performed by Michelle Lynn

Take a Guess		from Jump Roping in Chains
Old Soul Syndrome		from Hospital Radio
Ouroboros		from Pre-echos for the Postmodern
Desert Flood		form Pre-echos for the Postmodern
Feedback		from Pre-echos for the Postmodern

Andy Murray's Song of the Soul

Sun, 16 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Andy Murray's music has been featured regularly on our Spirit In Action program because his music is steeped in a combination of deep spirit and healing work for the world. Andy has long worked as a teacher of Peace and Conflict studies at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. With a singer/songwriter sideline that has spanned 3 plus decades, Andy has created a lot of wonderful music, much of it originating with his lifelong faith as a member of the Church of the Brethren, one of the historic peace churches.

All the songs in this program are performed by Andy Murray:

Sally's Song		Next Stop
One Person At A Time		Keep On Passing On
Travelers		Next Stop
Goodbye Still Night		Keep On Passing On
I Learned It In Sunday School		Next Stop

David Serotkin's Song of the Soul

Sun, 23 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

All the songs in this program are performed by David Serotkin

Not Alone		from Not Alone
Gotta Get Away		from Not Alone
What We Make		from Not Alone
Glowing Moon		from Not Alone
None But This Time		from None But This Time
Into The Night Sky		from None But This Time

Scattering Good Down the Mississippi - Paddle for the Planet Students

Sun, 23 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Music Featured:

River		Clay Riness
Solar Power		Kim & Reggie Harris
Catfish		Bob Franke
Downstream		Earth Mama
Mississippi River Chant		Yata

The Children of Mother Glory - Michele Harris

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Michele (C.M.) Harris has written a probing and powerful novel involving issues of sexual identity, pacifism and toxicity in the environment over the past 100 years. With multiple protagonists facing a world that is judgmental to gay/lesbian/trans/pacifist people, Michele takes us for a walk in the shoes of the "other", helping us to understand the issues from many directions.

Michele will be speaking to the Chippewa Valley GLBT Community about her book at 505 S Farwell Street in Eau Claire on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 7 PM.

Music featured in this program:

My Little Town - Paul Simon

Imagine My Surprise - Holly Near

Brave Man from Ohio - Andy Murray

Oh My Children - Sara Thomsen

Hattie & Mattie - Holly Near

Quetico & Awakening - 2 Books Opening Wider

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0700

A brief visit with Michael L. Robins, author of Awakening: 13 Steps to Love, Freedom, and Power, entered in the Next Top Spiritual Author Contest, and with Jon Nelson, author of Quetico: Near to Nature's Heart about Quetico Provincial Park.

Grace Goes To Prison - Melanie Snyder

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Melanie G. Snyder is author of Grace Goes To Prison which tells the story of Grace Marie Hamilton's growing and deepening work in Pennsylvania prisons, covering a wide variety of initiatives and programs aimed at reforming, improving and humanizing the lifes of prisoners. Melanie also interacts with the legal system in her work as a restorative justice mediator.
The full name of the book is Grace Goes to Prison: An Inspiring Story of Hope and Humanity and Melanie is currently traveling around the country speaking about both the book and the US prison system.

Andy Murray Teaching Peace

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Andy Murray was a founder of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies of Juniata College in Pennsylvania. He's also ordained in the Church of the Brethren *and* hes a singer/songwriter. He'll likely change your conceptions of what Peace Studies is and what best supports such work. You'll also enjoy a couple related songs by Andy - what more could anyone ask?
*All the songs in this program are performed by Andy & Terry Murray:* Somebody Tony and I Brave Man From Ohio

The RNC 8 - Anarchism & Reprisals for Welcoming the Republicans to St Paul

Sun, 02 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Garrett Fitzgerald is one of the anarchist & anti-authoritarian RNC 8, on trial for activities leading up to protests in the Twin Cities of Minnesota during the 2008 Republican National Convention. John Bachman was a legal observer at the demonstrations and is 1 of the 11 lawyers for the defense of the RNC 8.
Garrett Fitzgerald - rnc8_g@riseup.net

Eco-Justice, Queer Commentary & the Hebrew Bible - Dr. Ken Stone

Sun, 09 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Dr. Ken Stone of Chicago Theological Seminary leads workshops on Eco-Justice & The Hebrew Bible and he's written and edited several books including Practicing Safer Texts: Food, Sex and Bible in Queer Perspective. His analysis is spiritual fuel for lives of justice.

Kenzie Joy's Song of the Soul

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0800

A vibrant voice and astonishing songwriting talent are a joy whenever they appear, but all the more wonderful when they appear by the age of 13. Kenzie Joy is a Chippewa Valley singer/songwriter destined for great things.

All the songs in this program (but the last one) are by Kenzie Joy:

Missing You
Feelin' Happy
Lost In The Dark
Life Is Good
Fine By Me
First Dance Romance
Tic Tac Toe
Save Me
Hallelujah		Written by Leonard Cohen, heard in the movie Shrek

Bruce Hecksel's Song of the Soul

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Bruce & Julie Hecksel are Patchouli, 2 former city folks thriving on nature and music in rural Wisconsin, making deeply stirring vocal and instrumental songs to reconnect and deepen lives. Bruce answered the call of his guitar one semester short of finishing seminary, and it was a fortunate choice for music lovers everywhere.
*All the songs in this program (except The Faith) are performed by Patchouli*: The Labyrinth The Carrying The Woodland The Faith - Leonard Cohen Finlandia The Woods

Jack Kessler's Song of the Soul

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Jack Kessler has many musical faces. He has decades of experience as a Cantor with Aleph, Alliance for Jewish Renewal. He's also the director and lead force behind Atzilut Concerts for Peace, a Jewish-Arab ensemble, and Klingon Klezmer, a Klezmer-Fusion band beyond belief.

Jack Kessler's Song of the Soul includes the following music

Malka Kadisha		Atzilut Concerts for Peace
Azamer		Atzilut Concerts for Peace
Hine Mah Tov/ma Achlaa		Atzilut Concerts for Peace
Mojo Shabbos		Klingon Klezmer
The Odessa-Havana Trolley		Klingon Klezmer