Here you will find the Playlists and Images for the current week's Essay-with-Soundtrack
"Midnight Serenade"
"The Allegory of Music"
"The Musician" (Art Deco/Nouveau, 1929)
"Fervent Musician" (a la Plato)
"And twenty-seven angels / from the Great Beyond, / They tied me to this table / In the Tower of Song"
Playlists for programs are posted here. Thematic images for programs can either be found here, or in special pages accessed through here. Associated archived programs can be found on the "Archived Musical Essays" page.
click on image to access special "New Years" page
Playlist 1/12/15
SONGS
Start All Over Again Van Morrison Enlightenment Bringing In A Brand New Year BB King A Christmas Celebration Of Hope Intro: "Let's Renew Ourselves Now..." Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 Start All Over Again Dave Koz (ft. Dana Glover) Hello Tomorrow Begin The Begin R.E.M. Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Volume 9: 2006-2007 Sun In My Mouth (Recomposed by Ensemble) Bjork Cocoon Auld Lang Syne Mairi Campbell And Dave Francis Sex And The City Congratulations - A Happy New Year Song Pink Martini Joy To The World Born Anew Alexa Sunshine Rose Roses Starting A New Life Van Morrison Tupelo Honey Astral Weeks/I Believe I've Transcended Van Morrison Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected seasonal electronic/ambient music
The Gypsy Scholar presents his musical essay for The Twelfth Night of Christmas &The New Year 2015
click on image to access special "New Years" page
Playlist 1/5/15
SONGS
Have Happy Christmas (War Is Over) John Lennon Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon Auld Lang Syne Jean Redpath The Songs of Robert Burns, Vols. 1 & 2 New Year's Prayer (Album Version) Jeff Buckley Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk Following The Sun Enigma Voyageur Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne Jimi Hendrix West Coast Seattle Boy - The Jimi Hendrix Anthology Gloucestershire Wassail Loreena McKennitt A Midwinter Night's Dream O Christmas Tree Michael W. Smith The Ultimate Christmas Collection Ce He Mise le Ulaingt? (The Two Trees) Loreena McKennitt The Mask & The Mirror The Holly & The Ivy Loreena McKennitt A Midwinter Night's Dream 12 Days of X-Mas Mystery Avenue Blazing Christmas (Instrumental Christmas Songs) Here's a Health to the Company The Chieftains Chieftains Celebration New Year's Day / On Christmas Night Peter Janson A Long Road
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected seasonal electronic/ambient music
Winter Solstice / Christmas 2014
The Winter Solstice / Yuletide Season & The Pagan Origins of Christmas: Reclaiming The Winter Holiday Season
click on image to access special "Winter Solstice/Christmas" page
Playlist 12/29/14
SONGS
Have Yourself A Merry Litte Christmas Coldplay & Chris Martin Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas The Christians And The Pagans Dar Williams / Sean Watkins;Sara Watkins Many Great Companions The Rebel Jesus The Chieftains The Bells Of Dublin The Song Of Amergin Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy Immortal Memory Christmas Time Is Here Sarah McLachlan featuring Diana Krall Wintersong Christmas Secrets Enya Sounds of The Season Here Comes The Sun Furthur 2011-06-03 - Shoreline Ampitheater Yule (Winter Solstice Song) Lisa Thiel Circle Of The Seasons The Christmas Song Aaron Neville Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas Christmas Dreams Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Lost Christmas Eve Ring Out, Solstice Bells Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day Sarah McLachlan Stockings By The Fire O Holy Night The Chieftains The Bells Of Dublin Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Yo-Yo Ma, Jake Shimabukuro Songs Of Joy & Peace Happy Christmas (War Is Over) John Lennon Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected seasonal electronic/ambient music
The Gypsy Scholar presents his musical essay for the Winter Solstice or Yule
click on image to access special "Winter Solstice" page
Playlist 12/22/14
SONGS
Here Comes The Sun Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor Songs Of Joy & Peace Winter Solstice The Tea Party Splendor Solis Winter The Frozen Autumn Pale Awakening Here Comes The Sun Nick Cave I Am Sam OST The Longest Night of the Year Mary Chapin Carpenter Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas Let All That Are To Mirth Inclined Loreena McKennitt To Drive The Cold Winter Away To Drive The Cold Winter Away Martin Simpson/Jessica Radcliffe/Lisa Ekstrom Beautiful Darkness In Praise Of Christmas Loreena McKennitt To Drive The Cold Winter Away The Year Is Born Anew Jaiya Firedance: Songs for Winter Solstice Solstice Fire Martin Simpson/Jessica Radcliffe/Lisa Ekstrom Beautiful Darkness Yule (Winter Solstice Song) Lisa Thiel Circle Of The Seasons Here Comes The Sun Paul Simon (G. Nash, D. Crosby) Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert Sun King The Beatles Abbey Road Winter Qntal Silver Swan Beautiful Darkness Jessica Ruby Simpson Beautiful Darkness
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected seasonal electronic/ambient music
The Gypsy Scholar presents his musical essay on the Winter Blues
click on image to access special "Winter Blues" page
Playlist 12/8/14
SONGS
Howlin Winds Big Joe Turner Joe Turner: and the blues'll make you happy too Winter Blues The Nearlys Winter Blues - Single JB's Blues Jeff Beck Jeff Blues for MB The Ford Blues Band The Butterfield/Bloomfield Concert Winter Blues Zach Tate Band End of Time Deep Winter Blues Chris Rea Blue Guitars, Blues Ballads Beck's Bolero Jeff Beck Best Of Beck Brush With The Blues Jeff Beck Who Else! Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Elton John Greatest Hits Away From the Sun 3 Doors Down Away From the Sun Her Melancholy Muse Eliza Gilkyson Retrospecto Goin' Down Bryan Ferry Frantic Hung Upside Down Buffalo Springfield Again Darkness, Darkness Solas The Edge Of Silence Beautiful Darkness Jessica Ruby Simpson Beautiful Darkness
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected cuts of electronic/ambient music
Playlist 12/15/14
SONGS Winter Autumn Creatures Seasons - EP Blue Joni Mitchell Blue Underliyng Depression Van Morrison Days Like This It Ain't The Wind, It's The Rain Mary Gauthier Mercy Now Blue Winter Morning Parade Morning Parade Dancing My Blues Away Chris Rea Santo Spirito Blues Winter Song Mark Olson (2007) The Salvation Blues Embracing Winter The Autumns The Angel Pool Winter U2 Brothers Melancholia Van Morrison Days Like This Black (William Orbit Mix) Sarah McLachlan Remixed In The Midnight Van Morrison Back On Top Winter Song Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson The Hotel Cafe Presents...Winter Songs My Guitar Gently Weeps George Harrison/Tom Petty Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert
BACKGROUND MUSIC Selected cuts of electronic/ambient music
The Gypsy Scholar presents his musical essay series on the Dark Goddess Hecate
click on image to access special Hecate page
PLAYLIST FOR "HECATE'S NIGHT" 11/17/14
SONGS
Midnight Queen Inkubus Sukkubus Beltaine Dark Mother Inkubus Sukkubus Wytches
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected Electronic and Ambient
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PLAYLIST for "HEKATE: THE TRIPLE GODDESS" (1) 11/24/14
SONGS
Orphic Hymn to Hekate in Ancient Greek Orphic Hymn to Hekate in English Hecate (of Crossroads) David Wood From The Ashes Crossroads John Mayer Battle Studies Hymn to Hekate Karagan Chants of Old (The Rite of Her Sacred Fires 2012) Season of the Witch Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll Open Mother Of Darkness Alice Di Micele Circle Of Women Hecate Queen of the Witches (Triple Goddess) Ruth Barrett The Year is a Dancing Woman Hecate Wendy Rule Hecate (feat. Luna 13) Hecate, Goddess of Witches Waning Moon Hecate, Goddess of Witches Hecate Chant Arum Inhuman Echoes from the Shadows Hecate Darklings The Rite of Her Sacred Fires 2012 Hecate Hecate's Wheel Hecate's Wheel Hecate Cerridwyn Inkubus Sukkubus The Beast With Two Backs Pagan Heart Van Morrison Born To Sing: No Plan B Wild Hunt Heather Alexander Merlin's Descendants The Wild Hunt Dea Marica Ritual of the Banished
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected Electronic and Ambient
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PLAYLIST for "HEKATE: THE TRIPLE GODDESS" (2) 12/1/14
SONGS
Hecate Igneous Flame Hydra Earth My Body Kate West The Heart of Hecate & the Elements of Chant Hecate is Rising Shining Wheel Pagan Chorus Hecate is Rising Hekate The Rite of Her Sacred Fires The Rite of Her Sacred Fires Cleansing Chant To Hekate Mabh Savage Rite of Her Sacred Fires 2012 Dancing with Hecate Wendy Sheridan & Music for the Goddess Dancing With Hecate Hecate Rebecca Clamp Nocturnal Leap Hecate Lark's Tongue Narrow Hecate Joy Shannon & The Beauty Marks The Black Madonna In The Midnight Van Morrison Back On Top Pagan Heart Van Morrison Born To Sing: No Plan B
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected Electronic and Ambient
The Gyspy Scholar presents his Samhain / All Hallows' Eve 2014 musical essay series
click on image to access special "Samhain/Halloween" page
Playlist 10/27/14
SONGS
The Druids Winter Will Millar Celtic Seasons Of Enchantment All Hallow's Eve Inkubus Sukkubus Witch Queen Samhain Eve Damh The Bard The Hills They Are Hollow Samhain Inkubus Sukkubus Belladonna & Aconite Darkness, Darkness Solas The Edge of Silence Celtic New Year Van Morrison Magic Time Darkness Blackmore's Night Autumn Sky Wytches I Inkubus Sukkubus Beltaine Wild Hunt Inkubus Sukkubus Vampyre Erotica
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected cuts of electronic/ambient music
Playlist 11/3/14
SONGS
All Saints Day Van Morrison Hymns To The Silence All Souls Night Loreena McKennitt The Visit All Hallows Eve Elixir All Hallows Eve Samain Night Loreena McKennitt Parallel Dreams Samhain RavenWolf As The Wheel Turns Samhain Chant Moonstruck Witch Of The Wildwoods The Arrival of the Darkness Trobar De Morte The Silver Wheel Samhain Heather Alexander Life's Flame Samhain Elixir All Hallows Eve Goddess of Samhain Inkubus Sukkubus Queen of Heaven, Queen of Hell For Those Who Brought Us Here (Samhain) Cernunnos Rising Wild Soul Between Two Worlds Academy of Irish Music Pleraca Wytches Ii Inkubus Sukkubus Beltaine Samhain Apsentia Noctis Sonus Samhain Van Langen Zeytreise Night Ride Across The Caucasus Loreena McKennitt The Book Of Secrets
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected cuts of electronic/ambient music
Columbus Day vs Indigenous People's Day for the Autumnal Season
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Playlist 10/13/14
SONGS
My Country 'tis of Thy People You're Dying Buffy Sainte-Marie The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie Treaty Joanne Shenandoah Eagle Cries Hanging from the Cross John Trudell Bone Days Look At Us/Peltier - Aim Song John Trudell Tribal Voice All There Is To It John Trudell Johnny Damas And Me Ghost Dance Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble Music For The Native Americans The Code Of Handsome Lake Robbie Robertson Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy Crazy Horse John Trudell Bone Days
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected cuts of electronic/ambient music
Autumnal Season: Golden Autumn Days
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Playlist 9/29/14
SONGS
September Song Willie Nelson Stardust Autumn Darkseed Diving Into The Darkness The Mabon Damh the Bard The Hills They Are Hollow Autumn Leaves Eric Clapton Clapton The First Autumn (Radio Edit) Enya A Day Without Rain Forever Autumn Moody Blues Lovely to See You (Live at the Greek) Autumn Melancholy Rain Delay As I Bequeath My Yesterday When The Leaves Come Falling Down Van Morrison Back On Top
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected cuts for Autumn--Gothic, Traditional, Classical, Ambient, Jazz
Playlist 10/6/14
SONGS
Meet Me In The Indian Summer Van Morrison Down The Road Leaves The Gathering Mandylion Autumn Leaves Susan Boyle Someone To Watch Over Me Go No More A-Roving Leonard Cohen Dear Heather Forever Autumn Celtic Fayre Dream Chasing You Must Believe In Spring And Love Abbey Lincoln The World Is Falling Down Autumn Leaves Eva Cassidy Live at Blues Alley Autumn Leaves (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones Naked Songs Live And Acoustic Autumn Haste The Day Dreamer Golden Autumn Day Van Morrison Back On Top
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selected cuts for Autumn--Gothic, Traditional, Classical, Ambient, Jazz
LEONARD COHEN BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
Playlist 9/22/14
SONGS
Waiting For The Miracle Leonard Cohen Songs From The Road [Live] Almost Like the Blues Leonard Cohen Popular Problems Slow Leonard Cohen Popular Problems Everybody Knows Sharon Robinson Everybody Knows Boogie Street Leonard Cohen Live In London [Disc 2] Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Live In London [Disc 2] Bird On A Wire Joe Cocker Platinum Collection Vol. I. Ain't No Cure for Love Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue Raincoat Came So Far For Beauty Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue Raincoat In My Secret Life Katie Melua Mojo Presents Cohen Covered Feels So Good - The Other Blues Song Leonard Cohen Other Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Vol 1 Anthem Leonard Cohen Live In London [Disc 1] Going Home Leonard Cohen Old Ideas
Eliza Gilkyson Tribute
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Playlist 9/15/14
SONGS
Midnight Oil Eliza Gilkyson The Nocturne Diaries Fall into the Night Eliza Gilkyson Lost and Found Beauty Way Eliza Gilkyson Hard Times in Babylon Dark Side of Town Eliza Gilkyson Land of Milk and Honey Persephone Eliza Gilkyson Hard Times in Babylon Welcome Back Eliza Gilkyson Lost and Found Highway Eliza Gilkyson Hard Times in Babylon Roses at the End of Time Eliza Gilkyson Roses at the End of Time Solitary Singer Eliza Gilkyson Redemption Road Rare Bird Eliza Gilkyson Beautiful World Her Melancholy Muse Eliza Gilkyson Retrospecto The Red Rose and the Thorn Eliza Gilkyson The Nocturne Diaries Rose Of Sharon Eliza Gilkyson Redemption Road Paradise Hotel Eliza Gilkyson Paradise Hotel
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Selections of ambient/electronic
VAN MORRISON TRIBUTE
click on image to access Van Morrison page
Playlist 9/8/14
SONGS
Moondance Bonnie & Slyde Paths of Life and Love Cypress Avenue [Live] Van Morrison It's Too Late To Stop Now [Disc 2] Astral Weeks/I Believe I've Transcended [Live] Van Morrison Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl Madame George [Live] Eric Bell Live Tonite... Plus! Did Ye Get Healed? Van Morrison Poetic Champions Compose Into The Mystic Joe Cocker Organic Crazy Love Eddie Floyd Vanthology - A Tribute to Van Morrison Queen Of The Slipstream Van Morrison Poetic Champions Compose Rave On, John Donne / Rave On Part 2 [Live] Van Morrison Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast Reminds Me Of You Van Morrison Back On Top Sometimes We Cry Shana Morrison 7 Wishes Retreat and View Van Morrison Born To Sing: No Plan B On Hyndford Street Van Morrison Hymns To The Silence [Disc 2] Hymns To The Silence Van Morrison Hymns To The Silence [Disc 2]
