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.
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 103.3FMWXOJ-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.
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 Wonder… a paean to the natural world and all its mystery. Animated by filmmaker Danny Plotnick.
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, 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
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 ChoiceAwards 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 specializesin 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’ssegment 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 CircleSongs! 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.
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
Preheat oven to 350°F
Place 1 matzo on a baking sheet
Spread some olive oil on the matz.
Spread Smear 1/2 cup of tomato sauce on the matzo
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese
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!
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
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
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]
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.
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
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]
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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.
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.
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!
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
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
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
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]
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
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
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. Read the rest of this entry »
“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
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
Welcome to Hilltown Families, a grassroots communication network for families living in Western Mass, established in 2005 by hilltown mother and long time activist Sienna Wildfield.
As a recent transplant to Easthampton, MA, Hilltown Families has been a great connector for us with like-minded communities, making it easy for our family to fit into the region. We’ve found fun kid-friendly events and local resources to make this transition easy and smooth. Thanks for being there!" - Marin Goldstein (Easthampton, MA)
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The last two installments of the Hilltown Family Variety Show have been re-broadcasts of two very popular episodes:
