Sowing The Seeds-The 10th Anniversary

Various Artists
General | Oct 2007

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-01-07
VARIOUS ARTISTS appleseed recordings 2007

CD #1 "And Justice For All"
****1: 0:20 Pete Seeger spoken word, GO right into #2
****2: 4: 26 Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen
****3: 3:31 Ani DiFranco covers "Waist Deep In the Big Muddy"
****4: 2:46 Donoan's cover of "Universal Soldier"
****5: 5:17 Eric Anderson & Wyclef Jean mild rap
****6: 3:55 spoken word 'Theater', nice background orchestra, dedicated to those people who speak out before it is politically correct to do so.
**7: 3:10 male singer/songwriter about rescue workers at WTC on 9/11
****8: 5:11 GREAT FEMALE SINGER/SONGWRITER VOCAL, GREAT BACKUP BAND, slow to mid. if you have listened to the world according to Byrd and you catch Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, she plays this a lot on her show
****9: 3:44 PETE SEEGER, BILLY BRAGG, ANI DIFRANCO, STEVE EARLE & ANNIE HILLS
10: 3:38 Pete Seeger folk song "The whole human race is on death row"
****11: 6:33 Jackson Brown & Joan Baez cover "Guntanamara"
12: 5:24 fast fem vocal, from South Aafrica, she helped topple apartheid government
13: 5:24 slow to mid Native American song male vocal
**14: 4:02 slow male & fem vocals about the environment
15: 3:20 male & fem chorus, slow, about corporate greed, economic inequality & war.
16: 4:34 male & fem vocals, slow, Civil Rights, Freedom song, cello
***17: 2:20 George W's guide to answering embarrassing questions.
18: 2:23 slow Pete Seeger song from the 1970's never recorded before, fits the Bush regime.
****19: 6:23 slow, Irish singers cover of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"


CD #2 " Love Hope and Appleseed"
**1: 1:09 slow banjo pickng.
***2: 3:39 Irish male vocalist & Bosnian cello player
3: 4:26 Irish female vocalist, slow to mid
***4: 4:17 mid tempo female vocal an "underground folk anthem'
5: 4:42 Bruce Cockburn cover of "Turn Turn Turn"
6: 3:23 upbeat male & female duo about living life fully.
***7: 3:47 upbeat rock beat Al Stewart.
8: 3:33 slow to mid Donovan
***9: 3:37 male vocal, mid tempo "Baby It's You"
10: 3:35 male vocal & guitar
****11: 3:15 nice folk guitar & male vocal
****12: 3:40 nice folk guitar & male vocal cover of Dylan's " Don't Think Twice"
13: 4:17 three male folkies, slow
***14: 4:03 Eric Andersen & Lou Reed
15: 4:59 Judy Collins, slow vocal & guitar
16: 5:13 Scottish male folkie, slow
**17: 4:59 four folkies, slow in English & Spanish, whistling
**18: 0: 57 Pete Seeger spoken word D Farrell 12/2007

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2007-12-31 — 2008-03-03
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Track listing

1. Oh Sacred World
2. Ghost Of Tom Joad
3. Waste Deep In The Big Muddy
4. Universal Soldier
5. White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land
6. All My Children Of The Sun
7. The Bravest
8. 19 Miles To Baghdad
9. Bring Them Home
10. Walking Down Death Row
11. Guantanamera
12. Heartland Express
13. Indian Prayer
14. There Goes The Mountain
15. Sing About These Hard Times
16. If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus
17. The Ross Perot (George Bush) Guide To Answering Embarrrassing Questions
18. The Emperor Is Naked Today-O
19. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
20. Quite Early Morning
21. Music Of Healing
22. There Is Hope
23. Swimming To The Other Side
24. Turn Turn Turn
25. Namaste
26. Gina In The Kings Road
27. Yin My Yang
28. Baby It's You
29. Leave Your Light On
30. Try Me One More Time
31. Think Twice It's All Right
32. Dink's Song
33. You Can't Relive The Past
34. Oh Had I A Golden Thread
35. Sail On
36. Somos El Barco
37. Pete Gets The Last Word