Gord's Gold

09/23/2025

You can now listen to Gord's Gold and read about the songs directly on my blog. This show's set list is:
# Artist - Song
1 Mark Rubin Jew of Oklahoma - Blues for the Innocent
2 Kemp Harris - Standing Your Ground
3 Jumaane Smith - St. James Infirmary
4 Meredith Moon - East City Blues
5 Alex Radus - We Can't Play Like Django
6 Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
7 LaTresa Smith - Ode to Arnold Shultz
8 Shawn Camp - Sis Draper
9 Diyet Music and the Love Soldiers - When You Were King (Acoustic)
10 Rod Picott - I Coulda Been the King
11 Maggie’s Wake - Bridget O'Brien
12 Colm R. McGuinness - Hobbit Drinking Songs
13 Dar Williams - I Want to See The Bright Lights Tonight
14 Jory Nash - The Light Still Shines On the Moon
15 Tanya Ransom - Look to the Sky
16 Splendid Torch - Double Backflip

I am trying something new, turning Gord’s Gold into blog posts. The way it will work is what you see in bold are what I would have said on the show I I didn’t have time pressure. In between are the…

09/22/2025

This week's show, "Sister Acts and Oceania" features two bands consisting of sisters and one each from Australia and New Zealand The founder of one of the bands is stage, film, and TV actor Michael Cerveris who I saw in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Listen Thursday night at 9 PM Eastern/ 6 PM Pacific repeated Friday morning at 5 AM Eastern which is 10 AM in London, perfect for listening to in your office. You'll hear the pictured artists.

09/19/2025

This week's Gord's Gold is now available to stream on demand. Here's the playlist:
# Artist - Song
1 Mark Rubin Jew of Oklahoma - Blues for the Innocent
2 Kemp Harris - Standing Your Ground
3 Jumaane Smith - St. James Infirmary
4 Meredith Moon - East City Blues
5 Alex Radus - We Can't Play Like Django
6 Jean Baptiste (Django) Reinhardt - Minor Swing
7 LaTresa Smith - Ode to Arnold Shultz
8 Shawn Camp - Sis Draper
9 Diyet Music and the Love Soldiers - When You Were King (Acoustic)
10 Rod Picott - I Coulda Been the King
11 Maggie’s Wake - Bridget O'Brien
12 Colm R. McGuinness - Hobbit Drinking Songs
13 Dar Williams - I Want to See The Bright Lights Tonight
14 Joy Nash - The Light Still Shines On the Moon
15 Tanya Ransom - Look to the Sky
16 Splendid Torch - Double Backflip

# Artist - Song 1 Mark Rubin - Blues for the Innocent 2 Kemp Harris - Standing Your Ground 3 Jumaane Smith - St. James Infirmary 4 Meredith Moon - East City Blues 5 Alex Radus - We Can't Play Like Django 6 Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing 7 LaTresa - Ode to Arnold Shultz 8 Shawn Camp - Sis Draper 9 Di...

09/19/2025

Last week's Gord's Gold is now available for streaming on demand. Here's the playlist:
# Artist - Song
1 Oliver the Crow - Burn it Down
2 Mark Rubin Jew of Oklahoma - (Don't Be a) Good German
3 Margo Price - Close to You
4 Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel
5 Ban-Laoch feat Claire Hastings - Yon Golden Dawn
6 Erin Ruth - Paddy's Lament (w. David Brewer)
7 DrewandEllie Holcomb - Never Gonna Let You Go
8 The Last Revel - Go On
9 Michael Daves - Are You Lonesome Tonight
10 Max Wareham - Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home
11 Kathy Stommel - Life is Kinder When I'm Alone
12 Hannah Delynn, Maya de Vitry - Blood Alone
13 The Band Loula - Who Gets to Heaven (Nobody Knows)
14 S.G. Goodman - Heaven Song
15 Addie Levy - Avalanche
16 From the Dirt - Train Wreck at the Bluegrass Jam

I thought it was posted last week but I just discovered there was a technical error. This week's

My apologies; I thought this was posted last week but there was a technical problem.

# Artist - Song 1 Oliver the Crow - Burn it Down 2 Mark Rubin - (Don't Be a) Good German 3 Margo Price - Close to You 4 Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel 5 Ban-Laoch feat Claire Hastings - Yon Golden Dawn 6 Erin Ruth - Paddy's Lament (w. David Brewer) 7 Drew & Ellie Holcomb - Never Gonna Let You Go 8...

09/19/2025

Gord's Gold is on in 10 minutes. Follow the link to listen.
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09/17/2025

Here's my blog about seeing Muireann Bradley last night.

Welcome My Gentle Readers, I’m going to try blogging again. It will be  different now. I’m not going to  try and blog  every day and I’m going to mainly blog about music. Think of it…

09/17/2025

The Amazing Muireann Bradley singing "Freight Train"

09/16/2025

The next Gord's Gold streams Thursday Night at 9 PM EDT, repeated Friday at 5 AM on Folk Music Notebook.

There will be music from as far afield as the Yukon, France, and Australia, but the mood spans a greater distance; from the darkly political to Hobbits and backflips. Want a cause to celebrate? Dar Williams has a new album. You'll hear the pictured artists.

09/14/2025

The Klezmatics at the newly reopened Wagner Park

09/14/2025

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09/14/2025

I needed hints

How many words can you make with 7 letters?

09/13/2025

Hudson West headliner Amythyst Kiah.