Some of the ingredients in today’s Pot include A Roving Woman, the 7 o’clock News and Silent Night. Join Jim MacNamara as he dives in to his Melting Pot and brings us his ever-eclectic feel-good playlist
From Bourbon Street Parade to Sweet Honey in the Rock. Join Jim MacNamara as he explores Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium, with nourishing songs, representative of the genres, regions, repertoires, and styles that comprise the complex traditions of Black roots music.
From Andy Fairweather Low and Vic Chesnutt’s souls to Amy LaVere & Will Sexton, with Billy Bragg and The Blokes as well as a few Cowboy Junkies thrown in for good measure. Join Jim MacNamara as he dives in to his Melting…
Today’s playlist remembers jazz pianist Carla Bley and Emahoy-Tsegue-Maryam, a nun who found fame late in life with her Ethiopique series of tunes – just a few months off her 100th birthday. Ah! George ! We Hardly Knew Ya
Lots of artists making their debut on NearFM 90.3. – The Wiyos will sing about the “Promenade” while Nora Brown is going to ask “Jenny to put the kettle on?”, Norma Tanega, Connie Converse, Joyce Street, legends that never were…
Join Jim MacNamara as he dives in to his Melting Pot. Will “The Beast in Me” be “Twisted”? Will “The Lady with the Braid” invite “The Magnificent Montague””Till the Real Thing Comes Along”? Only one way to find out.
What can you expect in the Melting Pot today? Music from a found Harmonium? Sliabh Luachra Polkas, Bluegrass in the Backwoods and Somewhere over the Rainbow in the Shetlands.
Join Jim MacNamara as his musical mixture takes us from Madagascar to Mississippi and from Hibbing to the Streets of Rome. If you’d like any further information on today’s playlist, you’re welcome to email Jim at Jimsmeltingpot@gmail.com