December 30 KCH Playlist and Audio
Listen to the 12/30/25 edition of THE KINGSTON COFFEE HOUSE
By Michael Stevenson
OPEN / JUST SURVIVE
• KATHLEEN EDWARDS “Christmastime (Let’s Just Survive)”, 2019
• JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM & SUSAN MCKEOWN “Auld Lang Syne” A Winter Talisman, 2009
ZIMMERMAN’S BOOTS
• BOB DYLAN “Days of 49” (traditional) Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18
• BOB DYLAN “Dink’s Song” (traditional) Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18
• BOB DYLAN “He Was a Friend of Mine” (trad) Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18
MEET THE BOYS
• Dialogue from Little Caesar, 1931
RAILROAD MORRIS (RIDE, RIDE, RIDE…)
• BOB DYLAN “Railroad Bill” (traditional) Another Self Portrait: The Bootleg Series Vol. 10
• BOB DYLAN “If Not For You” (Dylan) Another Self Portrait: The Bootleg Series Vol. 10
MY KINDA PLACE
• PAUL GEREMIA “Silver City Bound” (Leadbelly) My Kinda Place, 1986
• PAUL GEREMIA “Money is King” (The Tiger) My Kinda Place, 1986
• PAUL GEREMIA “Shuckin’ Sugar Blues”(Blind Lemon Jefferson) My Kinda Place, 1986
Paul Geremia, Utah Phillips, Dave Van Ronk, Roy Book Binder.
NATALIA ♥
• NATALIA LAFOURCADE “Alma Mia – En Vivo” (M Cavagnaro) Live at Carnegie Hall, 2022
• NATALIA LAFOURCADE “La Cometierra” 2025
BIRTHDAYS
• BONNIE RAITT “Home” (Karla Bonoff, born December 27, 1951 )
• PATTY SMITH (born December 27, 1946 ) “One Too Many Mornings”(Dylan)
MOVIE TRACKS
• DAMIAN JURADO “Silver Joy” (from the film The Holdovers, 2023)
• CORRINA ROSE & The Rusty Horse Band “Green Mountain State” (From the film Take This Waltz, 2011)
“Auld Lang Syne” Fiddler Johnny Cunningham and vocalist Susan McKeown
REMEMBERING Johnny Cunningham (August 27, 1957 – December 15, 2003)
• SUSAN MCKEOWN with Johnny Cunningham “Through the Bitter Frost and Snow” 1997
• JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM “A Christmas Childhood” A Winter Talisman” released 2009
• THE RAINDOGS “Under the Rainbow” 1990
ROLLING ALONG
• PAUL GEREMIA “I Just Roll Along” (P Germia) I Really Don’t Mind Livin’ 1991
Dave Van Ronk referred to Paul Geremia as “the best acoustic blues musician in America”. Along with Van Ronk, Geremia was a significant figure in the folk blues revival, often playing at venues like Cafe Lena and with other notable musicians
THE HOBBLEDEHOY SET
• SPAFFORD CAMPBELL “Look Up” Tomorrow Held 2025
• BENEDICTE MAURSETH & MORTON KVENILD “Kalven Reiser Seg”
• SEAN COONEY & ELIZA CARTHY “The Road to Peter’s Field”, 2025
• JENNIFER REID “Victoria Bridge on a Saturday Night”
• JENNIFER REID “Patience Kershaw”
• LISA KNAPP GERRY DIVER “Train Song” 2025
• POOR CREATURE “Bury Me Not” 2025
• SCOTTISH FISH “Jigs” / Upcoming concert info at the Blackstone River Theater
“VICTOR’S SONG”
– “EVEN THE LONESTAR STATE GETS LONESOME” from the film Local Hero, 1983
Another Day, Another Time
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER TIME, 2013
(Concert celebrating the music of the Coen Brothers’ film Inside Llewyn Davis)
• The AVETT BROTHERS “That’s How I Got to Memphis” (Hall)
• JACK WHITE “Did You Hear John Hurt” (Tom Paxton)
• OSCAR ISSAC & THE PUNCH BROTHERS “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me” (trad)
• MARCUS MUMFORD “Dink’s Song” (Fare Thee Well)
“The mix of camaraderie and musical expertise (the formidable Punch Brothers are house band) is infectious, the celebration of politically tinged folk more joyous than the Coens’ downbeat tale.” – The Guardian
FARE THEE WELL 2025
• KATHLEEN EDWARDS “Billionaire”, 2025
• JESSE WELLES & JOAN BAEZ “No Kings”, 2025 [ official website No Kings info ]
• SUSAN MCKEOWN & JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM “Auld Lang Syne” (R Burns)