HFVS Guest DJ, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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GUEST DJ SECRET AGENT 23 SKIDOO

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
May 26th & 27th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Single from new album “Make Believers.”  www.secretagent23skidoo.com


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Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, the King of Kid Hop, brings along the First Funkiest Family to guest DJ a crazy diverse hour of power! MC Fireworks and Bootysattva join in the rockin rollercoaster ride fulla funk, fun, stories and songs. And get a big fat 4 song sneak peek leak of the brand new Secret Agent 23 Skidoo album, Make Believers! Soul Fried Family Funk for the whole Tribe!”

PLAYLIST

  • Recess Monkey. Odditorium. In Tents.
  • Elizabeth Mitchell. Lovely Day. Sunny Day.
  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. Space Cadet. Make Believers.
  • Candy Band. Skip to my Lou. Kidzapalooza Volume one.
  • The Pop Ups. Box of Crayons. Radio Jungle.
  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. Make the Future. Make Believers.
  • Blue October. Jump Rope. All About Bullies…Big and Small.
  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo feat. Molly Ledford. Snowforts and Sandcastles. Make Believers.
  • Lunch Money feat. Frances England. You and Me and Bottle of Bubbles. Original Friend.
  • Moona Luna. Todas Las Comidas (All the Foods). Pinata Party!.
  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. Hot Sauce. Make Believers.
  • Dog on Fleas. Charm Them Birdies. Invisible Friends.
  • Dan Zanes. Tonight Tonight. Many Hands Family Music for Haiti.

HFVS Music from South Africa with Guest DJ, Debbie Lan (Radio Show/Podcast)

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MUSIC FROM SOUTH AFRICA EPISODE
GUEST DJ, DEBBIE LAN OF GRENADILLA

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
May 19th & 20th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: “Re Ya Dumedisa” (“We Wish You Well”) by Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens, accompanied By The Makgona Tsohle Band.


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PLAYLIST

  • Spokes Mashiyane – “Chobolo” [King Kwela]
  • Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens – “Jive Motella” [The Best of Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens.]
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo – “Hello my baby” [Favorites]
  • Doris Brasch – “Brave Brave Mouse” [Pollywiggle]
  • Jimmy Rayson – “The Lonely Croc” [Pollywiggle]
  • Grenadilla – “Exactly where I want to be” [Can’t Wait]
  • Soweto String Quartet – “Mbayi Mbayi’ [Zebra Crossing]
  • Miriam Makeba – “The Click Song” [Pata Pata]
  • Amompondo – “Nomabongo” [A Nation in Song]
  • Mafikozolo – “Kwela Kwela” [Kwela]
  • Grenadilla – “Oh Sing a Song to the Sun” [Can’t Wait]
  • Mango Groove – “Pennywhistle” [Jazz offerings from South Africa]
  • Grenadilla – “Can’t Wait” [Can’t Wait]
  • Big Voice Jack – “ Kgaitsegi Rebecca” [South African Jazz]
  • African Cream Freedom Chior – “Jabula” [A Nation in Song]
  • Spokes Mashiyane – “Sheshisa’ [King Kwela]
  • The Mahotella Queens – “Sibuye” [The Best of The Mahotella Queens]
  • Grenadilla – “Sitting on Top of the World” [Can’t Wait]

Visit Debbie and Grenadilla at www.grenadillasings.com.

Songs from South Africa this Saturday on the Hilltown Family Variety Show

Grenadilla’s Debbie Lan plays
‘Songs from South Africa’
on the Hilltown Family Variety Show this weekend.

Winner of a Parents Choice Gold Award, Grenadilla brings the sunny sounds of Cape Town to their music. Tune in on your FM dial, or listen live via streaming audio at www.valleyfreeradio.org.

The Hilltown Family Variety Show presents Guest DJ Debbie Lan, from the award winning band Grenadilla, (pronounced “gren-a-dill-a”, the South African name for passion fruit) this Saturday, May 19th from 9-10am on Northampton radio station 103.3FM WXOJ-LP  (Valley Free Radio), and may also be heard online on the Hilltown Family Variety Show podcast immediately following the broadcast.  Having grown up in Cape Town South Africa, Debbie will share some of her favorite songs from South Africa, as well as songs from Grenadilla’s newest CD, Can’t Wait, winner of a Parents Choice Gold Award.

After the birth of her daughter in 2000, Debbie started writing the songs that were floating around in her head, and in 2009 Grenadilla was born. The core band members are Debbie on piano and lead vocals, Jodi Palinkas and Leah Glennon on vocals and pennywhistles, AnneMarie Callan, Natasha Williams and Brittany Sacash on vocals. Grenadilla’s music is layered voices with Kwela flavored rhythms,
 a touch of Cape Town jive and a hint of the blues. It features instruments traditional to the street music of Cape Town such as pennywhistles and saxophones, as well as the piano, drums and percussion, guitars, the bass, organs, a melodica and a balafon.

Perhaps growing up in apartheid South Africa surrounded by a vibrant musical culture set the stage for this music and the underlying themes of unity, diversity, community and tolerance. With a passion for kwela music and layered, lush vocals, Debbie colors her songs with the sounds and rhythms of the street music of her childhood, a worldly fusion of voices, percussion, pennywhistles and Debbie’s signature piano style. Her lyrics are a powerful celebration of life, friendship, connection and joyfulness and a reflection of the possibilities of love and growth that surround us everyday.

HFVS Weather Episode with Guest DJ, Alison Faith Levy (Radio Show/Podcast)

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WEATHER EPISODE
GUEST DJ, ALISON FAITH LEVY

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
May 12th & 13th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: “World of Wonder,” the title track from Alison Faith Levy’s debut album for children World of Wondera paean to the natural world and all its mystery. Animated by filmmaker Danny Plotnick.


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PLAYLIST

  • Electric Light Orchestra – “Mr. Blue Sky” – [Out of the Blue]
  • Grateful Dead – “Box of Rain” [American Beauty]
  • Allen Clapp – “Scattered Showers” [One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain]
  • Alison Faith Levy – “I Love the Rain” [World of Wonder]
  • The Velvet Underground – “Who Loves the Sun” [Loaded]
  • The Hollies – “Everything is Sunshine” [The Hollies: Epic Anthology]
  • XTC – “Ballet for a Rainy Day” [Skylarking]
  • Jimi Hendrix – “The Wind Cries Mary” [The Ultimate Experience]
  • Beach Boys – “Wind Chimes” [Smile Sessions]
  • Allen Clapp & His Orchestra – “If the Wind is Right” [Mixed Greens]
  • The Three O’Clock – “When Lightning Starts” [Sixteen Tambourines]
  • Led Zeppelin – “The Rain Song” [Houses of the Holy]
  • Neko Case – “This Tornado Loves You” [Middle Cyclone]
  • Alison Faith Levy – “Eye of the Tornado” [World of Wonder]
  • Etta James – “Stormy Weather” [At Last]
  • The Beatles – “Good Day Sunshine” [Revolver]
  • The Beatles – “Here Comes the Sun” [Abbey Road]
  • The Beatles – “Sun King” [Abbey Road]
  • Autumn Leaves – “Stars in the Snow” [The Twilight Hours of the Autumn Leaves]
  • The Sippy Cups – “Drinking from the Sky” [Electric Storyland]
  • The Jayhawks – “Save It For a Rainy Day” [Rainy Day Music]
  • The Kinks – “Waterloo Sunset” [Something Else by The Kinks]

ABOUT ALISON FAITH LEVY

Alison Faith Levy

Alison Faith Levy, the songwriter behind such Sippy Cups hits as “Magic Toast,” “The Jellyfish,” “Move Your Pants” and “One Day Soon,” returns to making music for kids with a stunning solo album, World of Wonder.

After spending five years criss-crossing the country with the psychedelic rock n’ roll circus for kids that was The Sippy Cups, performing in such venues such as Symphony Space in NYC, Lollapalooza, House of Blues, Central Park Summerstage and Austin City Limits, Alison Faith Levy took a break from performing for children and found success with her “grown-up” Americana band, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, with songwriting partner Victor Krummenacher (of Camper Van Beethoven). They performed with the likes of Rosanne Cash, Cracker, and Built to Spill, and released an acclaimed album  Time for Leaving.

Alison missed performing for children, however, and started up a music time at a local bookstore. She began writing new songs for the kids, and word spread quickly. Within a few months the place was packed to the rafters every week and she started putting a band together and booking performances at libraries, museums, music venues and outdoor festivals.  She enlisted the help of her friend, songwriter and bandleader of lush indie popsters The Orange Peels — producer Allen Clapp. Together they took the new batch of songs and crafted their perfect pop album, playing practically every instrument on the album themselves and mining their collective encyclopedic knowledge of pop music for production touchstones. – www.alisonfaithlevy.com

HFVS Guest DJ, Sukey Molloy Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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MUSIC TO MOVE TO
GUEST DJ, SUKEY MOLLOY

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
April 28th & 29th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: If I Had Stix, with Sukey Molloy at Sukey’s Circle! – www.sukeymolloy.com


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PLAYLIST

  • Sukey Molloy – Jump Down Turn Around” –  (I Like to Sing)
  • Tom Chapin – Making Good Noise” –  (Good Noise)
  • Brent Holmes – Welcome to Bermooda” –  (Cow Tunes for Kids)
  • Dr. W.K. Amoaku – Kelo Aba Woye” –  (African Songs & Rhythms for Children)
  • Dan Zanes – Jump Up” –  (All Around the Kitchen)
  • Sukey Molloy – Action Chant” –  (I Am Happy)
  • Alain Schneider – Chatouiller le Ciel Avec Toi” –  (Putamayo French Playground)
  • Sukey Molloy – Raindrops” –  (I Am Happy)
  • Jeffrey Friedberg & the Bossy Frog Band -  Crabby” –  (Crabby’s at the Beach)
  • Co-produced with Larry Alexander- The Story of Little Flame in the Arctic” – (Unpublished)
  • Tom Chapin – The Trail Ride” –  (Moonboat)
  • Coalishun – Ice Cream” –  (Putamayo Caribbean Party)
  • Sukey Molloy - If I Had Hands” – (I Like to Sing)
  • Laurie Berkner – I Really Love to Dance” –  (The Best of Laurie Berkner)
  • Dan Zanes – “Jim Along Josie” –  (Little Nut Tree)

Music to Move to this Saturday on the Hilltown Family Variety Show

Sukey Molloy Brings Music to Move to
to the Hilltown Family Variety Show this Weekend!

Tune in on your FM dial, or listen live via streaming audio at www.valleyfreeradio.org.

With NAPPA, Children’s Music Web, Preferred Choice, and Mom’s Choice Awards proudly in hand, children’s singer/songwriter Sukey Molloy is delighted to be a Guest DJ for a special “Music to Move To” radio broadcast of Hilltown Family Variety Show on Northampton radio station WXOJ-LP  (Valley Free Radio) on Saturday, April 28 at  9:00 a.m. and Sunday, April 29 at 7:00 a.m. and may also be heard online on the Hilltown Family Variety Show podcast immediately following the airing on Saturday.

As a developmental movement educator, former professional modern dancer, and creator of three children’s CDs and the Sukey’s Circle DVD series for children,  Sukey Molloy specializes in music and movement styles the whole family can enjoy.  Her Hilltown Family Variety Show segment will offer an hour of fun songs to move to, along with tidbits on the benefits of movement alternatives in daily family living.  A wide range of songs from the U.S., the Caribbean, France, and Africa, along with four of Sukey’s own songs, will get listeners up and moving along!  Featured in Sukey’s segment will be musical selections by Tom Chapin, Brent Holmes, Dr. W.K. Amoaku, Dan Zanes, Alain Schneider, Jeffrey Friedberg, Coalishun, and Laurie Berkner, along with Sukey’s own “Jump Down Turn Around,” “Action Chant,” “Raindrops,” and “If I Had Hands.”  Sukey Molloy will also read her original tale, “The Story  of Little Flame in the Arctic.”

Sukey Molloy notes, “I thoroughly enjoyed putting this radio show together!  I’m very energized by the show’s ‘Music to Move To’ theme, and I’m eager to share all the songs and movement tidbits that will be aired. I’m also excited to read aloud, for the very first time, “The Story of Little Flame in the Arctic.”  It is based on my “Little Flame in the Arctic” song and features the melody throughout, with many special sound effects and a visit from the Great Arctic Wind.  Be sure to tune in!” 

ABOUT SUKEY MOLLOY

Trained as a professional modern dancer in New York City, Sukey Molloy performed and toured as a member of the Solomon’s Company/Dance and went on to study developmental movement with former Olympian, Garland O’Quinn, Ph.D., and infant development at the School for Body Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.  Sukey began designing and teaching music and movement programs in 1985 and, in 2005, launched her own Nyack, NY-based PlayMove&Sing, Inc. program of “Mommy & Me” and pre-K classes and teacher training workshops.  By 2007, Sukey had created the Sukey Molloy (Circle Song) Show, charming young audiences in live appearances with programs filled with musical storytelling, stuffed felt characters, and fun, interactive songs.   Coming next from Sukey Molloy, in fall 2012, will be a new lullaby album, I Am Sleepy!

Carole Demas of WPIX-TV’s beloved program, The Magic Garden, praised Sukey Molloy as “soothing and patient, assuring to parents about the welfare and education of the very young.” School Library Journal lauded Sukey for “striking the right balance of simplicity, bright graphics, and repetition” and described her DVDs as “a wonderful story time resource.”  Sukey’s award-winning body of work includes the CDs Circle Songs! with Sukey Molloy (2005; Children’s Music Web Award, Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award), I Like to Sing! with Sukey Molloy (2007; NAPPA Honors Award), and two Sukey’s Circle! DVDs (2009 and 2010; NAPPA Honors Award, Moms’ Choice Gold Award, Preferred Choice Award, NAPPA Rising Star Commendation).  Her newest album, I Am Happy!, will be released on April 24, 2012.

Check out Sukey Molloy’s website at www.sukeymolloy.com.

HFVS Animals Episode with Guest DJ, Jacob Stein of The Pop Ups (Radio Show/Podcast)

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ANIMALS EPISODE
GUEST DJ, JACOB STEIN OF THE POP UPS

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
April 21st & 22nd, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video:  ”Box of Crayons” by The Pop Ups – www.thepopups.com


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PLAYLIST

  • Frances England – “Jacques Cousteau” [Mind of My Own]
  • The Pop Ups – “The Bat” [Radio Jungle]
  • Cat and a Bird – “Lion and the Challengers” [Cat and a Bird]
  • Miriam Makeba – “The Naughty Little Flea” [Pata Pata]
  • Todd McHatton – “ I Think I’m A Bunny” [Galactic Champions of Joy]
  • The Pop Ups – “Box Of Crayons” [Radio Jungle]
  • DinoRock – “Dinosaur Rock” [Dinosaur Rock]
  • Justin Roberts – “Willy Was A Whale” [Yellow Bus]
  • The Pop Ups – “Pop Up City” [Radio Jungle]
  • Cathy & Marcy Feat. Christylez Bacon – “Hip-Hop Humpty Dumpty” [Banjo to Beatbox]
  • DinoRock – “We All Came From the Sea” [Dinosaur Rock]
  • Lucky Diaz – “Blue Bear” [Luckiest Adventure]
  • The Pop Ups – “Connect The Stars” [Radio Jungle]
  • DinoRock – “Moms to the Rescue” [Dreamosaurus]
  • Recess Monkey – “Super Stuffies” [Flying!]

HFVS Spring Equinox Episode with Guest DJ, Charity Kahn (Radio Show/Podcast)

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SPRING EQUINOX EPISODE
with Guest DJ, Charity Kahn

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Rebroadcast from March 26th & 27th, 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Gustafer Yellowgold – “Pinecone Lovely” [Have You Never Been Yellow?]


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CHARITY KAHN’S PLAYLIST

  • Wendy Waldman – “Spring is Here” [Wendy Waldman]
  • Charity and the JAMband – “Get Your Booty Out of Bed” [Party Like a Twinkle Star]
  • Cat Stevens – “Changes IV” [Teaser and the Firecat]
  • Charity and the JAMband – “We Need Mud” [Rock Your Socks Off]
  • Arnold Lobel – “The Corner” [Frog and Toad All Year]
  • The Beatles – “Here Comes the Sun” [Abbey Road]
  • Bob Marley – “Sun is Shining” [Trojan Reggae Chill-Out (CD 2)]
  • Justin Roberts – “Taking Off My Training Wheels” [Meltdown!]
  • Cat Stevens – “The Wind” [Teaser and the Firecat]
  • Gustafer Yellowgold – “Pinecone Lovely” [Have You Never Been Yellow?]
  • Ruth Krauss/Norman Rose – “The Carrot Seed”
  • Charity and the JAMband – “Happy Birthday Baby” [Rock Your Socks Off]
  • XTC – “Greenman” [Apple Venus Volume 1]
  • Charity and the JAMband – “The Bird” [Party Like a Twinkle Star]

Find out more about our Guest DJ, Charity Kahn at www.jamjamjam.com.

HFVS Passover Episode with Guest DJ, Mama Doni (Radio Show/Podcast)

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PASSOVER EPISODE
GUEST DJ, MAMA DONI

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
April 7th & 8th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video:  “Mission Immatzoble” Passover song by Mama Doni  – www.mamadoni.com


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PLAYLIST

  • Marlo Thomas – “Free To Be You and Me” [Free To Be You and Me]
  • Mama Doni – “Rasta in Pasta” [I Love Herring & Other Fish Shticks For Kids]
  • Elizabeth Mitchell – “This little Light of Mine”
  • Funky Monekys – “Let My People Go” [Jewish Till Your Satisfied]
  • Listen King Pharoah – “Shirah Kline” [Shir Lala Pesach]
  • Ten Plagues – “Blueridge” [Side By Side]
  • I’ll Have Another Piece Of Matzo – “Louie Miranda” [Jewish Fiesta]
  • Four Questions – “David Gould” [Feast of The Passover]
  • Mama Doni & Eric Lindberg – “Four Questions & My Yukeleleh”
  • STORYTIME: The Little Red Hen and The Passover Matzah By Leslie Kimmelman
  • Mama Doni – “Bubbie’s Tupperware” [I Love Herring & Other Fish Shticks For Kids]
  • The Barry Sisters – “Passover Medley” [The Very Best Of]
  • The Soup Dragons – “I’m Free” [Played In Full: The 90's]
  • Jimi Hendrix – “Freedom” [Best Of Jimi Hendrix]
  • Cat Stevens – “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” [Gold: Cat Stevens]
  • Bill Withers – “Lean On Me” [The Best of Bill Withers]
  • Mama Doni – “Mission Immatzoble”

Passover is one of the most important Jewish holidays of the year, and is all about being together with family, eating matzo, having a ceremonial meals called the Passover Seder. At the Seder, we tell the story of the Jews liberating from Egypt and being free from slavery, and reminisce with friends and family, tell stories, sing, and ask questions.

Passover is about getting through the tough times in life, and celebrating our freedoms in life! It is a time to remember that our freedom to be ourselves is so special and awesome, and we should all look around and be grateful for all of the freedoms we have in our lives. For 8 days Jewish people do not eat something called “Chametz”, food like bread, pasta, or even pizza! We eat lots of matzo and get to eat things like Matzo Pizza!

Check out my recipe for Matzo Pizza from my upcoming book that I wrote with “Recipe Rachel” coming out next fall called “Get Cooking! A Jewish American Family Cookbook & Rockin’ Mama Doni Celebration.”

Mama Doni’s Matzo Pizza

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 matzos
  • 1 cup pizza sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
  • 1cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
  • Herbs: grab your favorite spices like oregano, garlic powder
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Place 1 matzo on a baking sheet
  3. Spread some olive oil on the matz.
  4. Spread Smear 1/2 cup of tomato sauce on the matzo
  5. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese
  6. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese

Repeat steps for the second matzo. You can leave it beside the first one or make a double decker pizza and put it on top of the first matzo!

Bake for 15 minutes.

Go to www.behrmanhouse.com/get-cooking for more passover recipes!

HFVS Guest DJ, Katherine Dines Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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GUEST DJ, KATHERINE DINES

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
March 31st & April 1st, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video:  Hunk·Ta·Bunk·Ta Music presents, “All the Way Around the World” – www.hunktabunkta.com


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PLAYLIST

  • Johnny Bregar “Froggy Went A-Courtin” (Stomp Yer Feet)
  • Katherine Dines “In the Backseat” (Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta HITS)
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (Hotdogs, Hits and Happy Days)
  • Gay Blazers “ She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain When She Comes” (The Treasury of Barbershop Quartets)
  • Judy Garland “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (The Wizard of Oz)
  • The Rolling Stones “Ruby Tuesday” (Hot Rocks 1964-1971)
  • Lovin’ Spoonful “Daydream” (Daydream)
  • Original London Cast Recording “Mary Poppins” (Disney and Cameron Mackintosh present Mary Poppins)
  • John Lennon “Imagine” (Imagine)
  • Katherine Dines “Zoom” (Hear and Gone in 60 Seconds)
  • Crosby Stills and Nash “Teach Your Children “ (CSN Greatest Hits)
  • Katherine Dines “Goosebumps” (Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta BOO)
  • Dolly Parton “Coat of Many Colors” (16 Biggest Hits)
  • Johnny Cash “Daddy Sang Bass” (The Essential Johnny Cash)
  • Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Catch the Moon)
  • Katherine Dines “Wings” (Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta FUNsies 2)
  • Katherine Dines “Imagination” (Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta HITS)

HFVS Local Food Episode with Guest DJ, Orange Sherbet Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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LOCAL FOOD CELEBRATION WITH
GUEST DJ, ORANGE SHERBET

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
March 24th & 25th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video:  Orange Sherbet wrote this little musical ditty about seasonal foods that can be found on the Local Foods Wheel. Animation by Sarah Klein www.orangesherbet.org


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PLAYLIST

  • Brady Rymer – “Fresh Brown Eggs” [What’s Eatin’ Yosi?]
  • Michelle Shocked – “Strawberry Jam” [Arkansas Traveler]
  • Orange Sherbet –”Waffle Day” [Delicious]
  • The Nields –”Aiken Drum” [All Together Singing in the Kitchen]
  • The Little Willies – “Roly Poly” [The Little Willies]
  • Dan Zanes – “All Around the Kitchen” [Family Dance]
  • Henhouse Prowlers –”Homegrown Tomatoes” [Henhouse Prowlers]
  • Orange Sherbet – “Garden Song” [Delicious]
  • Barenaked Ladies- “Food Party” [Snacktime!]
  • King Curtis and the Kingpins – “Memphis Soul Stew” [King Size Soul]
  • Orange Sherbet – “Springtime” [Delicious]
  • Chip-Man & The Buckwheat Boys – “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” [Peanut Butter Jelly Time]
  • Session Americana – “Food Opera” [Table Top People Vol 1]
  • Jose-Luis Orozco –”El Chocolate” [De Colores - Vol 9]
  • Dave Rawlings Machine – “Sweet Tooth” [A Friend of a Friend]
  • The King Cole Trio – “Save the Bones for Henry Jones” [Nat King Cole]
  • Orange Sherbet – “Delicious” [Delicious]
  • Cab Calloway & His Orchestra – “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” [Nicky’s Jazz For Kids]

HFVS Guest DJ, Morgan Taylor of Gustafer Yellowgold Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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GUEST DJ, MORGAN TAYLOR OF GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD EPISODE

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
March 17th & 18th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

 

Featured Video:  “Pancake Smackdown” by Gustafer Yellowgold off of the DVD/CD set, Gustafer Yellowgold’s Year in the Day. — www.gustaferyellowgold.com


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PLAYLIST

  • Beatles – “Hello Goodbye” (Magical Mystery Tour)
  • Bread – “The Guitar Man” (The Guitar Man)
  • John Sebastian – “Welcome Back” – (Welcome Back)
  • Meco – “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” (Have A Nice Decade)
  • Gustafer Yellowgold – “Four Leaved Clover” (Gustafer Yellowgold’s Year In The Day)
  • Hot Butter – “Popcorn” (Have A Nice Decade)
  • Earth Wind and Fire – “Got To Get You Into My Life” – (Greatest Hits)
  • Recess Monkey – “Jet Pack” – (The Final Funktier)
  • Gustafer Yellowgold – “Dream In Green” – (Gustafer Yellowgold’s ‘Have You Never Been Yellow?’)
  • Paul McCartney and Wings – “Let ‘Em In” – (Wingspan)
  • Gustafer Yellowgold – “Werewolves Rock” – (Gustafer Yellowgold’s Year In The Day)
  • Harry Nilsson – “Me And My Arrow” – (The Point)
  • Lobo – “Me And You And A Dog Named Boo” – (Have A Nice Decade)
  • Pilot – “Magic” – (Have A Nice Decade)
  • Gustafer Yellowgold – “New Is The New Old” – (Gustafer Yellowgold’s Year In The Day)

HFVS Guest DJ, Uncle Rock Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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GUEST DJ, UNCLE ROCK EPISODE

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
March 10th & 11th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video:  Uncle Rock and his friends sing about the plight of a modern-day polar bear who ends up in Idaho due to melting of the polar ice cap. — www.unclerock.com


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PLAYLIST

  • Elizabeth Mitchell – “What Goes On” [You Are My Little Bird]
  • The 5th Dimension – “Up-Up and Away” [The Ultimate 5th Dimension]
  • Paul McCartney – “Dance Tonight” [Memory Almost Full]
  • Alan Lomax – “Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?” [The Lomax Collection: Singing In the Streets - Scottish Children's Songs]
  • David Bowie – “Kooks” [Hunky Dory]
  • Dean Jones – “Baby In My Pocket” [Rock Paper Scissors]
  • Uncle Rock – “There’s Love In My Food” [Field Recording Mix (DEMO)]
  • Medeski, Martin & Wood – “The Squalb” [Let's Go Everywhere]
  • Uncle Rock – “Think About Your Troubles” [DEMO]
  • The Beatles – “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” [The Beatles (White Album)]
  • Uncle Rock – “Polar Bear Over There” [Uncle Rock U]
  • Heidi Swedberg And The Sukey Jump Band – “Japanese Umbrella Song” [Play!]
  • Cat Stevens – “If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out” [Gold (Disc 1)]
  • Uncle Rock – “Five Peas In The Pod” [Healthy Food For Thought]
  • Bunny Clogs – “Olive’s Olives” [More! More! More!]
  • Camille – “Le Festin” [Soundtrack to Ratatouille]
  • Alan Lomax – “Down In the Valley” [The Lomax Collection: Singing In the Streets - Scottish Children's Songs]
  • Uncle Rock – “Shadow Dance” [Many Hands - Family Music for Haiti]
  • Pete Seeger and The Rivertown Kids – “Forever Young” [Chimes Of Freedom]

HFVS Classical Music Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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CLASSICAL MUSIC COMES ALIVE WITH
GUEST DJs, STEPHEN AND BONNIE WARD SIMON EPISODE

MAESTRO CLASSICS
Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
March 3rd & 4th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA


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PLAYLIST

  • Simon Sinfonietta, Stephen Simon, conductor – “Beethoven Symphony No. 9 – II. Molto vivace” [Archival]
  • New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor – “William Tell Overture” by Rossini – [Favorite Overtures]
  • Kirov Orchestra, Valery Geriev, conductor – “The Nutcracker: Clara and the Nutcracker” [The Nutcracker]
  • Arthur Fiedler – “Stars and Stripes Forever” [Stars and Stripes Forever (1990 Remastered)]
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Simon, conductor – “In a Cabin in a Wood” [Maestro Classics: Casey at the Bat]
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Simon, conductor – “Flight of the Rabbit” [Maestro Classics: Casey at the Bat]
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Simon, conductor – “Peter and the Wolf: Introduction + Peter and the Wolf” [Maestro Classics: Peter and the Wolf]
  • Bonnie Ward Simon – “About the Story” – [Maestro Classics: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice]
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Simon, conductor, Yadu, narrator – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” [Maestro Classics: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice]
  • Michigan State University Band, Stephen Simon, conductor – “The Casey March” [Casey at the Bat]
  • Maestro Classics Dixieland Band, James Shaffran – “I Love Selling Pretzels on the Champs Elysées” [Maestro Classics: The Tortoise and the Hare]
  • Trio Voronezh – “A Russian Peter” [Maestro Classics: The Tortoise and the Hare]
  • Joe Stump – “Speed Metal Swan” [Maestro Classics: TThe Story of Swan Lake]
  • The Amazing Baz – “The Amazing Baz Dance Remix” [Maestro Classics: The Soldier’s Tale]
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Simon, conductor – “My Name is Handel” [Maestro Classics: My Name is Handel]
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Simon, conductor – “My Name is Handel Sing-Along” [Maestro Classics: My Name is Handel]

Find out more about the educational opportunities Stephen and Bonnie offer to listeners at www.maestroclassics.com, and select Educational Material, and check out their recommended resources for parents.

Classical Music Comes Alive this Saturday on the Hilltown Family Variety Show

Classical Music Comes Alive
Hilltown Family Variety Show this Weekend

The Hilltown Families Variety Show presents Guest DJs Bonnie Ward Simon and Stephen Simon, the husband-and-wife team behind Maestro Classics, this weekend! Tune in to WXOJ 103.3FM (Northampton, MA) on Saturday, March 3rd from 9-10am & Sunday, March 4th from 7-8am. or anytime to the Hilltown Family Variety Show podcast.

Bonnie Ward Simon and Stephen Simon, the husband-and-wife team behind Maestro Classics, winner of over 50 prestigious awards for its Stories In Music CD series, will serve as guest program hosts for a special “Stories in Music with the Creators of Maestro Classics” radio broadcast of Hilltown Family Variety Show on Northampton radio station 103.3FM WXOJ-LP (Valley Free Radio) on Saturday, March 3 from 9-10am and Sunday, March 4 from 7-8am. Hilltown Family Variety Show programs are also available as podcast and posted immediate following their broadcast here on HilltownFamilies.org.

With a treasure trove of music and stories, Bonnie and Stephen Simon will take listeners on a magical journey on their Hilltown Family Variety Show segment, with offerings from luminaries like Rossini, Tchaikovsky, and Handel performed by a variety of ensembles ranging from the London Philharmonic Orchestra to the Michigan State University Marching Band, with an electro-pop dance remix of music from Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale thrown in! The program kicks off in rousing fashion with the New York Philharmonic blazing through Rossini’s William Tell Overture, then downshifts to an elegant performance by the Kirov Orchestra of a selection from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker before Arthur Fiedler takes the field, conducting John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever.

Other highlights include excerpts from Peter and the Wolf, a bit of original Dixieland jazz, and even the complete Maestro Classics story-with-music of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, familiar to listeners from the Disney movie Fantasia. Throughout the program, Bonnie and Stephen Simon interweave their special brand of friendly, informative narrative, making for a truly memorable hour of family radio listening.

A complete playlist and podcast available immediately following Saturday’s broadcast here at HilltownFamilies.org.

ABOUT STEPHEN SIMON & BONNIE WARD SIMON AND MAESTRO CLASSICS

Maestro Classic began in 2004 as an outgrowth of over a decade of sold-out Stories and Music family concerts at The Kennedy Center with the Washington Chamber Symphony, for which Stephen Simon served as music director and Bonnie Ward Simon as executive director. Experience convinced the Simons that if you educated as you entertained, developed sophisticated strategies that sparked the interest of parents as well as children, and offered only the finest musical performances, all children could develop an appreciation of symphonic music. www.maestroclassics.com

Stephen Simon, co-creator with Bonnie Ward Simon of the Maestro Classics Stories in Music™ series of CDs, is one of the most respected symphony conductors in the United States. For 25 years he brought creative programming to The Kennedy Center as music director of the Washington Chamber Symphony. Maestro Simon has been critically acclaimed for such innovations as presenting Beethoven Symphonies performed by an appropriately sized orchestra and for programming new compositions in a manner that allows audiences to conclude that not all contemporary works are painful! He also labored to resurrect forgotten musical gems by composers such as Clementi and Voricek, the “Czech Mozart.” During those years, he teamed with Bonnie Ward Simon to create extremely successful multi-generational programming for young people and their families.

Bonnie Ward Simon is president of Maestro Classics and executive producer/creative director for Stories in Music. From 1989-1998, she was the executive director of the Washington Chamber Symphony, the resident chamber orchestra at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. An authority in the field of children’s music education, she has served as an advisor to Scholastic Publications and is an internationally published writer in the fields of music and children.

HFVS Guest DJ, Mo Phillips Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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GUEST DJ, MO PHILLIPS EPISODE

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Feb. 24th & 25th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA


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PLAYLIST

  • Pixies – Here Comes Your Man [Doolittle]
  • Lori Enriques – Something You Learn [Outside My Door]
  • Mo Phillips – Puddletown Glide [Robot Rodeo]
  • Michael Franti and Spearhead – Everybody Ona Move [Yell Fire]
  • Johnny and Jason - I Can Fly [Go, go... go, go, go.]
  • Taj Mahal – Clara (St. Kitts Woman) [Mo Roots]
  • Burning Spear - Any River [Dry and Heavy]
  • Story break: The Story Of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
  • Mo Phillips – Hot Lava [Monster Suit]
  • Johnny and Jason – Laugh Out Loud [Go, go... go, go, go.]
  • Jon Butler Trio – Better Than [Grand National]
  • The Alphabeticians – Metaphor [Rock]
  • Ed Harcourt – Shanghai [Here Be Monsters]
  • Mo Phillips – Twirlin’ [Monster Suit]
  • Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl [Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere]

HFVS Guest DJ, Ellis Paul Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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GUEST DJ, ELLIS PAUL EPISODE

Enter to win a copy of Ellis Paul's new CD, "The Hero in Me" by emailing us at hilltownfamilies@gmail.com with "Ellis Paul" in the subject line by midnight, Feb 22nd.

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Feb. 18th & 19th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA


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Ellis Paul (www.ellispaul.com) and his musical friend Flynn provide today’s Guest DJ spot, spinning some of their favorite tunes. Included in today’s playlist are songs from Lead Belly, Leon Redbone, Dan Zanes, Bill Harley and Justin Roberts. The set leads off with two songs from Ellis’ brand new family album, The Hero in You: the title track and “Nellie Bly.”  

Known for his deeply felt and socially conscious songwriting, often about heroes, Ellis Paul was inspired by his own two growing daughters and four years of performing for families to write about people who contributed something to the world through their work and art. His first family music CD was Dragonfly Races. Read Hilltown Families’ interview with Ellis when Dragonfly Races was first released: The Dragonfly Races: An Interview with Ellis Paul.

ELLIS PAUL’S PLAYLIST

  • Ellis Paul – “The Hero in You” [The Hero in You]
  • Ellis Paul – “Nellie Bly” [The Hero in You]
  • Leon Redbone – “Polly Wolly Doodle” [On the Track]
  • Lead Belly – “Jimmy Cracked Corn” [Blues Routes Leadbelly]
  • Dan Zanes & Friends – “Hop Up Ladies” [House Party]
  • Jeannie B! And the Jelly Beans – “Sugar Buzz” [Sugar Buzz]
  • Ellis Paul – “Albert Einstein” [The Hero in You]
  • Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me with Science” [The Golden Age of Wireless]
  • Laurie Berkner – “Froggie Went a-Courtin’” [Victor Vito]
  • Brady Rymer – “It’s All How you Look at It” [Look at my Belly]
  • Ellis Paul – “Woody Guthrie, Working Man” [The Hero in You]
  • Bill Harley – “Wacka Wacka Woo” [Wacka Wacka Woo & Other Stuff]
  • Mel Brooks and Marlo Thomas – “Boy Meets Girl” [Free to Be... You and Me]
  • Justin Roberts – “Roller in the Coaster” [Way Out]
  • Vinx – “You are my Sunshine” [The Mood I'm In]

HFVS Valentine’s Day 2012 Episode with Guest DJ, Charity Kahn (Radio Show/Podcast)

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VALENTINE’S DAY EPISODE
with Guest DJ, Charity Kahn

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Feb. 11th & 12th, 2012
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA


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CHARITY KAHN’S PLAYLIST

Find out more about our Guest DJ, Charity Kahn at www.jamjamjam.com.

Previous Valentine’s Day Podcasts:

Feb 12, 2008 — Valentine’s Day Episode with Guest DJ, Uncle Rock — Playlist ♦ Podcast

HFVS Black History Month & Underground Railroad Episodes (Radio Show/Podcast)

Hilltown Family Variety Show

The last two installments of the Hilltown Family Variety Show have been re-broadcasts of two very popular episodes:

  1. Underground Railroad Episode
  2. Black History Month Episode

Follow the links above to listen to our archived podcasts and to see playlists, video and resources.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD QUIZ

Our friends, The Deedle Deedle Dees, an educational rock band based in Brooklyn, NY, are currently a doing a quiz for students ages 9 and older based on our Underground Railroad Episode.  They are inviting families to listen carefully to our podcast and then to take their 8 question quiz. Listeners are asked to supplement their listening with songbooks, history and scholarly books found on their shelves at home or at the library to come up with your answers.  Everyone who tries to answer all 8 questions will receive a free copy of a Deedle Deedle Dees CD of their choice! Wow!  That’s generous!  They are giving you one week to complete the quiz with the deadline being Friday, Feb. 10th by 11:59pm (EST).  This is a fun way to get your kids to learn more about the history of the Underground Railroad along with discovering the meaning of the symbols and metaphors found in these songs about freedom.  Read the quiz and find out how to participate at Dee-Mocracy.

HFVS Holiday Peace Episode (Podcast/Radio Show)

Holiday Peace Show

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Dec 31st, 2011 & Jan 1st, 2012
(Original Broadcast: Dec. 27th, 2008)

WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA


Holiday Peace Show (Original Broadcast: 12/27/08). Playlist below. Listen to Podcast:


New Year’s Day Peace Show. (Original Broadcast: 01/01/08). Playlist here. Listen to Extended Podcast



Featured Video: Enjoy an aerial view of the planet when you set sail in a hot-air balloon with three children and their inquisitive dog. Sung by Susan Reed. From the book  and CD, Up! Up! Up!, illustrated by Rachel Oldfield.


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PLAYLIST

  • Station Id: Steve Weeks [www.steveweeksmusic.com]
  • Timmy Abell – “Peace will Dawn” off of Little Red Wagon 
  • Robbi K & Friends -  “The Peace Song” off of Music Makes Me Happy
  • Lui Collins – “Peace on Earth” off of North of Mars
  • Shirley Temple – “On the Good Ship Lollipop”
  • The Hullabaloos – “Hey Lolly, Lolly” off of Tall as a Tree
  • Tex Ritter – “Big Rock Candy Mountain”
  • STORYTIME: Fawnie Byer reads “Peace Feather Story” off of Peace in the World Smiling
  • Michelle Shocked – “Go in Peace” off of Deep Natural
  • Rosemary Clooney – “Suzy Snowflake” off of The Christmas Selection
  • Johnny Mathis – “Winter Wonderland” off of Merry Christmas
  • Uncle Rock -  “Season of Light” off of Uncle Rock U
  • Elizabeth Mitchell -  “This little Light of Mine” off of You Are My Flower
  • Pat Humphries  – “Swimming to the Other Side” off of Hope
  • Twink – “Three Wishes” off of The Broken Record

3 Holiday Podcasts from the Hilltown Family Variety Show

Hilltown Family Variety Show
Holiday Radio Shows/Podcasts

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Originally broadcasted out of Northampton, MA on WXOJ-LP 103.3FM (Valley Free Radio) for the holidays, we’ve gathered three holiday episodes of the Hilltown Family Variety Show that aired this December to share with your family as we finish out the year. Enjoy the podcasts!


Holiday Show with Guest DJ, Charity Kahn
(Charity and the JAMBand) ◊ Playlist/Video



Charity Kahn of Charity and the JAMBand Guest DJs a holiday show for the Hilltown Family Variety Show about light, love, community and music! – Story: “Owl Moon” by Jane Yolen


Christmas Show Guest DJ, Ashley Albert
(The Jimmies) ◊ Playlist/Video



Ashley Albert of The Jimmies Guest DJs the Hilltown Family Variety Show for Christmas, spinning tunes by Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Smithereens, Granvile Williams Orchestra, The Drifters, The Ramones, The Enchanters and songs off of her holiday CD, Mama Said Nog You Out. – Story: “The Fridgeville Chronicles: Jelly and Peanut Butter” by Ashley Albert


The Heart of Chanukah with Guest DJ, Doni Zasloff Thomas
(The Mama Doni Band) ◊ Playlist/Video



Doni Zasloff Thomas (Mama Doni) brings The Heart of Chanukah to the Hilltown Family Variety Show with a lively program of songs and stories for Chanukah, including musical selections from Sha Na Na, The GrooveBarbers, and Woody Guthrie, along with Mama Doni Band originals, including “Chanukah Fever,” “Latke Man,” and “Honey. This Ain’t Money.” She also reads a Chanukah story, offer some great family activities for the holiday, and share some of her favorite Chanukah recipes, such as Judah Mac-N-Cheese and Choco-latkes. – Story: “Too Many Latkes” by Richard Codor

HFVS Heart Of Chanukah Show with Guest DJ, Mama Doni (Podcast/Radio Show)

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The Heart of Chanukah
Mama Doni Guest DJ Show

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Dec 17th & 18th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Title track from new album, “Chanukah Fever: 13 Macca-beats For the Whole Family.”- www.MamaDoni.com


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The Heart of Chanukah hosted with Mama Doni (Doni Zasloff Thomas) Guest DJ Playlist with special guests Millie, Alexander, and Chris Thomas

  • Station Id: Steve Weeks [www.steveweeksmusic.com]
  • Mama Doni- “Chanukah Fever” [Chanukah Fever]
  • Mama Doni- “The Legend of Sour Creeam Vs Apple Sauce” [Chanukah Fever]
  • Graham Clarke- “Five Little Latkes” [American Blue]
  • Kugelplex- “Still Playing For Latkes” [Ceci N'est Pas Klezmer]
  • Groovebarbers- “I Had A Little Dreidel” [Glory]
  • Mama Doni- “La Vida Dreidel” [Chanukah Fever]
  • Tor Hyams- “This is Chanukah” [This is Chanukah]
  • Mama Doni- “The Funky Gold Menorah” [Chanukah Fever]
  • The Hit Crew- “8 Little Lights of Mine” [Kids Happy Hanukah]
  • Alisa Fineman- “Ocho Kandelikas” [Closing the Distance; Poems, Prayers & Love Songs]
  • STORYTIME: “Too Many Latkes,” written & illustrated by Richard Codor, published by Behrman House Publishers
  • Ruby & Ava Lockner- “Is it Chanukah or Hannukah?” [Just One Angel]
  • Mama Doni- “Land of Sufganiyot” [Chanukah Fever]
  • Billy Sherwood- “Rockin’ Hannukah” [Ulitmate Holiday Party Vol 1]
  • Woodie Guthrie- “Hannukah Dance”
  • Michele Citrin- “Pass The Candle” [Lights, Vol 2, A Hanukah Sampler]
  • Craig Taubman- “Maotzur” [Lights Vol 2, A Hanukah Sampler]
  • Mama Doni- “Eight” [Chanukah Fever]

HFVS Christmas Show with Guest DJ, Ashley Albert of The Jimmies (Podcast/Radio Show)

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Ashley Albert from The Jimmies Guest DJ Show

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Dec 10th & 11th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: “Cool to be Uncool” off of The Jimmies first DVD, “Trying Funny Stuff.” – Check them out atwww.gimmejimmies.com


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Ashley Albert Guest DJ Playlist

Alastair Moock Guest DJ Episode: Hilltown Family Variety Show (Podcast/Radio Show)

Alastair Moock Guest DJ Show

♬ Listen Now ♬

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Dec 3rd & 4th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Video single from Alastair Moock’s new album, These Are My Friends. www.moockmusic.com


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Alastair Moock Guest DJ Playlist

1. Alastair Moock – “These Are My Friends” [These Are My Friends]
2. Alastair Moock (feat. Rani Arbo) – “Feets Up” [These Are My Friends]
3. Mark Erelli – “The Fox” [Planting Seeds
4. Vanessa Trien – “Wake Up the Barn” [Carnival Day]
5. Session Americana (feat. Rose Polenzani) – “Floppy Tulips” [Table Top People Vol. 2]
6. Sam Cooke – “Another Saturday Night” [Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964]
7. Dizzy Gillespie – “Salt Peanuts” [Shaw Nuff]
8. Cast Recording – “I Don’t Need Anything But You” [Annie: 1977 Original Broadway Cast]
9. Grenadilla – “Got Light” [Grenadilla]
10. Rosy Grier – “It’s All Right to Cry” [Free to Be... You and Me]
11. Alastair Moock – “From Me to You” [These Are My Friends]
12. Alastair Moock (feat. Lori McKenna) – “Didn’t Know What I Was Missing” [These Are My Friends]
12. Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem (feat. Anand Nayak) – “They All Ask’d for You” [Ranky Tanky]
13. Kris Delmhorst – “Mean Old Wind” [Five Stories]
14. Paul Simon – “That Was Your Mother” [Graceland]
15. Eliza Gilkyson – “Bare Necessities” [Your Town Tonight]
16. Alastair Moock (feat. Clio and Elsa Moock) – “A Twinkle Baa Reprise” [These Are My Friends]

Thanksgiving Episode: Hilltown Family Variety Show (Podcast/Radio Show)

Thanksgiving Show

♬ Listen Now ♬

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Nov 26th & 27th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Part of Seattle’s Kindiependent Collective, Johnny Bregar, The Harmonica Pocket and Recess Monkey get together for a rocking musical rendition of everyone’s favorite holiday tradition, sitting at the Kids’ Table, written, rehearsed and recorded one Sunday afternoon last year. www.kindiependent.com


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Thanksgiving Day Playlist

Ted Jacobs Guest DJ Episode: Hilltown Family Variety Show (Podcast/Radio Show)

Ted Jacobs Guest DJ Show
All Things Celtic

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Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Nov 19th & 20th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner Ted Jacobs brings the Celtic world alive on the Hilltown Family Variety Show this week.  In honor of Thanksgiving next week and Ted’s love of poetry, we’re sharing a video here by food historian Regina Sexton of UCC Ireland who takes a look at food that might have been served in Ireland in the 5th century. – www.houseatthecorner.com


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Ted Jacobs Guest DJ Playlist

  • Station Id: Steve Weeks [www.steveweeksmusic.com]
  • Ted Jacobs – “Bed In Summer” [A Child’s Garden Of Songs]
  • Van Morrison w/The Chieftains – “I’ll Tell Me Ma [Irish Heartbeat]
  • Old Blind Dogs – “The Birkin Tree” [Legacy]
  • The Chieftains w/Carlos Nunez – “Maneo” [Santiago]
  • Altan – “Suil Ghorm” [Runaway Sunday]
  • The Chieftains – “Changing Your Demeanor” [The Long Black Veil]
  • Ted Jacobs – “My Ship And I” [Back To The Garden]
  • Ted Jacobs – “The Swing” [Back To The Garden]
  • Ted Jacobs – “Farewell To The Farm” [Back To The Garden]
  • Ted Jacobs – “The Moon” [A Child’s Garden Of Songs]
  • Ted Jacobs – “My Shadow” [A Child’s Garden Of Songs]
  • Suzy Bogguss – “Shenandoah” [American Folk Songbook]
  • Andy Irvine – “My Heart’s Tonight in Ireland” [Common Ground]
  • Paul McCartney – “Mull of Kintyre” [Wingspan: Hits]
  • Ted Jacobs – “To Any Reader” [A Child’s Garden Of Songs]

All Things Celtic this Saturday on the Hilltown Family Variety Show

Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner Ted Jacobs
Brings the Celtic World Alive on the
Hilltown Family Variety Show this Weekend

The Hilltown Families Variety Show presents Guest DJ Ted Jacobs this weekend! On Saturday, November 19th from 9-10am, Jacobs will share songs from his albums, “A Child’s Garden of Songs” and “Back to the Garden” (musical adaptations of selections from Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses), as well as his love of all things Celtic, with listeners. Jacobs’ music features traditional Celtic instruments such as fiddles, bag pipes, and pennywhistles, and the show will feature a kid-friendly discussion of the history of Celtic culture and the Gaelic language. Also, accompanying his poetry-inspired work, Jacobs will explain how he works to pair music to verses! Tune in to WXOJ 103.3FM (Northampton, MA) on Sat., 11/19 from 9-10am (encore will air on Sun. 11/20 from 7-8am) or anytime to the Hilltown Family Variety Show podcast. Listen in to learn more about music composing, song writing and a fascinating culture!

Award-winning, Los Angeles-based musician/composer Ted Jacobs is dedicated to presenting exquisite acoustic musical settings of the world’s most beloved poetry.  Ted will bring his love for all things Celtic to Hilltown Family Variety Show as the program’s “Guest DJ”  on Saturday, November 19 at 9:00 a.m. and Sunday, November 20 at 7:00 a.m.  Hilltown Family Variety Show is broadcast every Saturday and Sunday on Northampton radio station 103.3FM WXOJ-LP (Valley Free Radio) and may also be heard online on the Hilltown Family Variety Show podcast immediately following the airing on Saturday.

Ted Jacobs will regale his listeners with Celtic poetry, music, and narrative.   He’ll discuss such Celtic instruments as fiddles, bag pipes, uilleann pipes, accordion, pennywhistles, bodhran, bones, and spoons, and will delve into Celtic origins, covering the various Celtic tribes  (Scottish, Irish, French, Spanish) and providing an overview of the Gaelic language.   A section on the gifts the Celts brought with them to America (music, dance, and food) will include American songs of Celtic origin, such as  ”Shenandoah.”  In the food department, Ted will expound upon the delights of haggis!

Possessing a special expertise in the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson, Ted Jacobs will share fascinating details of Stevenson’s life and will outline his process for matching poems to songs, demonstrating with spoken and sung versions of Stevenson’s  ”My Ship and I,” “The Swing,” “My Shadow,” “Farewell to the Farm,”  and “The Moon.” Other music on this program will include selections by  Altan, Old Blind Dogs, and The Chieftains, as well as a trio of songs of longing:  Paul McCartney’s “Mull of Kintyre,” Andy Irvine’s “My Heart’s Tonight in Ireland, and Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic.”

ABOUT TED JACOBS

Ted Jacobs’ first two albums, A Child’s Garden Of Songs (1999, with songs based on poetry from Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses) and The Days Gone By (2000, with songs based on poetry of Eugene Field, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and James Whitcomb Riley) were honored with the prestigious Parent’s Choice® Award, with A Child’s Garden of Songs receiving a Parents’ Choice® Silver Honor Award and The Days Gone By taking home a Parents’ Choice® Gold Award.  The Days Gone By was additionally honored by Parents’ Choice® as one of their “25 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years.”  Both albums also received NAPPA (National Parenting Publications) Gold Awards.  Ted Jacobs’  2011 release, Back to the Garden (2011), is the long-awaited companion to A Child’s Garden of Songs.
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Steve Weeks Guest DJ Episode: Hilltown Family Variety Show (Podcast/Radio Show)

Steve Weeks Guest DJ Show

♬ Listen Now ♬

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Nov 13th & 13th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Music video for “Bartleby Finkleton Will Not Take a Bath” by Steve Weeks.- www.steveweeksmusic.com


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Steve Weeks in America Guest DJ Playlist

  • Station Id: Steve Weeks [www.steveweeksmusic.com]
  • “Pretty How Town” by Kris Delmhorst off of Strange Conversation
  • “Don’t Monkey With My Heart” by Dr. Noize off of The Ballad of Phineas McBoof
  • “Rawagu Bernard Uedre” off of Putamayo Presents World Reggae
  • “Raindrop for Me” by Steve Weeks (World Premiere)
  • “You Are The One Sugarbears” by The Sugar Bears
  • “Five People In My Family” by ScribbleMonster off of Look Both Ways
  • “Rocket” by Jeff Warren off of Synonym Toast
  • STORY TIME: Peter Mulvey …plus the Many Inevitable Fragments Letters From a Flying Machine
    Peter Mulvey performs On A Wing and a Prayer Letters From a Flying Machine
  • “Imogene” by Steve Weeks off of Dandelion
  • “Wind Energy” by Monty Harper off of Songs from the Science Frontier
  • við spilum endalaust Sigur Ros með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
  • “Maintain” by Steve Burns off of Songs for Dust Mites
  • “You Are Always On My Mind” by The Partridge Family off of Up to Date
  • “Dandelion” by Steve Weeks off of Dandelion

Trout Fishing in America Guest DJ Episode: Hilltown Family Variety Show (Podcast/Radio Show)

Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet
of Trout Fishing in America
Guest DJ Show

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Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Nov 5th & 6th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: My Name is Chicken Joe, an illustrated book by Stephan Jorisch with music by Trout Fishing in America.- www.troutmusic.com


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Trout Fishing in America Guest DJ Playlist

  • Station Id: Steve Weeks [www.steveweeksmusic.com]
  • Trout Fishing in America- “My Hair Had a Party Last Night” [My World]
  • Brave Combo- “The Hokey Pokey” [The Hokey Pokey]
  • Louis Jordan- “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?” [The Best of Louis Jordan, The Millennium Collection]
  • Justin Roberts- “Obsessed by Trucks” [Jungle Gym]
  • Trout Fishing in America- “18 Wheels on a Big Rig” [Family Music Party]
  • Eric Herman- “The Elephant Song” [Snail's Pace]
  • Dino O’Dell- “Zar” [Itty Bitty Monsters]
  • Trout Fishing in America- “Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important” [Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important]
  • Trout Fishing in America- “16 or 17 Hours of Sleep” [Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important]
  • Grenadilla- “Arabella Angelique” [Grenadilla]
  • Johnny Rivers- “Secret Agent Man” [Back at the Whisky]
  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo- “Opposite Day” [Underground Playground]
  • Outside the Lines- “Pico de Gallo” [Outside the Lines]
  • Bubboon’s Tunes- “The Cheese Song” [Songs to Blather By]
  • Trout Fishing in America- “The Big Game” [Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important]

HFVS Guest DJ, Dean Jones Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)

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GUEST DJ DEAN JONES OF DOG ON FLEAS

Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
Oct 29th & 30th 2011
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA

Featured Video: Dog on Fleas music video set in the late 1920′s. This video for the song “Do You Wanna Know My New Dance Step” is incredibly cute, artfully made and fun to watch. – www.dogonfleas.com


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Playlist

  • Station Id: Steve Weeks [www.steveweeksmusic.com]
  • Corrine Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
  • Sun Ra – Interplanetary Music
  • Dog on Fleas – Weevily Wheat
  • Grian MacGregor – Sandwiches
  • Dean Jones – Roncando
  • Carmen McRae – When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbing Along
  • Lucie and Kajsa- Boo Baby Baby
  • Baka Pygmies – The Water Drum
  • Toots and the Maytals- I Can’t Believe
  • Fuzzy Lollipop – Green Things
  • Ethiopiques – 3 Little Birds
  • Elizabeth Mitchell – 3 Little Birds
  • The Deedle Deedle Dees – River of Blood
  • Slim Gaillard – Serenade to a Poodle
  • Dog on Fleas -Worms
  • Little Richard – Rip it Up
  • Bosavi children from Papua New Guinea- Dolosa Bird Song
  • Sun Ra – Pink Elephants on Parade
  • Smokey Robinson- I Like it Like That
  • Gustafer Yellowgold – In a Beehive

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