December 23rd KCH Playlist and Audio
Listen to a well-scrubbed replay of the 12/23/25 edition of THE KINGSTON COFFEE HOUSE with technically-challenged host Mike Stevenson
OPEN
Alison Krause “The Wexford Carol” (trad)
NO KINGS
– Jesse Winchester “Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt (The Poor Man’s Friend)” Learn to Love It, 1974
R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶
– Iris DeMent “Wasteland of the Free”
R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶
– Jesse Welles “Join ICE”, No Kings, 2025
R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶
R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶
– Bonnie Prince Billy “Turned to Dust”, Purple, 2025
ADIOS, MI AMIGO
– Joe Ely “I Think I’m Going Downtown” (Gilmore) Honkytonk Masquerade, 1978
POR UN AMOR / JUAN DIEGO’S BLUES
– Bob Dylan “Spanish Is the Loving Tongue” (trad) Another Self Portrait, Vol 10
– Patty Griffin, Raul Malo “Virgen De Guadelupe” Downtown Church
– Maria Muldaur “Gringo En Mexico” Waitress in a Donut Shop, 1974
– Linda Ronstadt “Por Un Amor” Cancione de me Padre, 1987
– Joe Ely “She Never Spoke Spanish to Me” (B Hancock) Joe Ely, 1977
– Sierra Ferrell “Seven Spanish Angels” (Seals/Setser)
– Liam Kazar “Day Off” Pilot Light, 2025
SLACK KEY GUITAR ANGELS *
– Cyril Pahinui “Pamimi Pua Kea”
– Ozzie Kotani “Ku’u Kila Kahiko”
– Moses Kahumoku “Pohakuloa”
– Keola Beamer & George Winston “Kalema Kai”
* above from the album Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters, Instrumental Collection,Volume 1
– T Bone Burnett “River of Love”, 1986
HOT TUNA! BIRTHDAY BOY TURNS 85 TODAY!
– Jorma Kaukonen “Genesis” Quah, 1974
– Jorma Kaukonen “I’ll Be Alright” Quah, 1974
– Jorma Kaukonen Song For the North Star” Quah, 1974
SHAM A LING DONG DING / THE LATIN CATHOLIC MASS
– Jesse Winchester “Bowling Green” (Slater/Ertel) Nothing But a Breeze, 1977
– Jesse Winchester “Sham-a-Ling-Dong-Ding” Love Filling Station, 2009
– Latin Mass from The Cathedral St. Peter & Paul, Providence
– Todd Snider “Vinyl Records”
– John Prine “Silent Night All Day” A John Prine Christmas, 1993
– Mary Margaret O’Hara “Anew Day” Miss America, 1988
HARDANGER! THAT NORWEGIAN CHEESE IS THE BEST!
– Annbjørg Llien “Tonneblomen” (theme from Fargo) Felefeber, 1994
– Annbjørg Llien “Den Bortkomme Sauen” Felefeber, 1994
– Annbjørg Llien “Halling Etter Mosafinn” Felefeber, 1994
AT LAST, SOME CHRISTMAS SONGS; “THE BELLS OF DUBLIN”
– The Chieftains w The Renaissance Singers “Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve”
– The Chieftains w Kate & Anna McGarrigle “Il es Ne / La Berger” (trad)
– The Chieftains featuring Burgess Meredith “Don Oiche Ud O mBeithil”
– The Chieftains with Rickie Lee Jones “O, Holy Night”
GOODNIGHT
– Joe Ely “The West Texas Waltz”
– Raul Malo “Blue Christmas”