The Radical Songbook

Join Michael as he explores the year 1955.

Tune in The Radical Songbook to hear some early Bob Dylan and some not so unknown Greenwich Village folk singers from the sixties, including Dave Van Ronk, Fred Neil, Odetta, Carolyn Hester and more.This show originally aired on December 9, 2025. It was good then and even better now!

Tune in The Radical Songbook (piratebutteradio.com) for an encore performance by Bend musician Wayne Newcome.This show originally aired live just a year ago, on July 26, 2025, and it is great fun as Wayne performs his own songs and talks about musical influences like Roky Erickson of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators and others.

Tune in The Radical Songbook (piratebutteradio.com) for a look back at the music of a great keyboard rock and roller Barry Goldberg. Goldberg played in bands with Mitch Ryder and Steve Miller, was there when Dylan "went electric" at the Newport Folk festival, and started the Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield.

We are up in Canada until Labour Day, so the next eight shows will be archived rebroadcasts of some favorites. Mine for sure and maybe yours, too. Favorites, that is.We'll kick it off with some Hippie Dance Hall music at piratebutteradio.com

New songs of solidarity from Si Kahn, George Mann, Roger Waters and Carsie Blanton on The Radical Songbook.

Tune in The Radical Songbook for a conversation about proportional representation and ranked choice voting in Deschutes County.Michael's guests Brian Smith and Tawny Barin Howlett are leading a campaign to reform the way elections are held in Deschutes County. Tune in to learn more.Plus some songs of social significance and a different sort of musical celebration of the Fourth of July featuring...

Two members of Central Oregon Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)--Emily Brown and Dylan Levi--joins Michael on The Radical Songbook.We'll learn what DSA is doing to help build working class power in Central Oregon. We'll also hear some songs provided by Emily in addition to some recently produced songs of social significance.Emily Brown is interim co-chair of Central Oregon DSA and Dylan Levi...

Tune in The Radical Songbookto hear some great songs by Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) and some truth reclaimed from the myths and lies that were created by the racist "song collector" John Lomax.

It'll be like listening to a Rebel Voices album and a Stevie Wonder album on The Radical Songbook. Rebel Voices--Susan Lewis and Janet Stecher--bring outstanding harmonies to powerful, and occasionally humorous, songs of peace, justice and resistance.Stevie Wonder produced a series of albums in the 1970s that demonstrate his tremendous musical talent and his role in the fight for justice and...