Our theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is "These Songs are for the Birds." Some of these songs are literal in their avian imagery. Some are metaphorical.
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fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
For the Birds Bruce Cockburn - Sunwheel Dance: Deluxe Edition - True North |
Like a Little Bird (with Polly Harris) Mike Stevens - Breathe In the World Breathe Out Music - Stony Plain |
Hey Little Bird Don Armstrong - Mother Donβt Give Up on Me Now - Ronstadt Record Co. |
Little Birdie: A Reimagined Traditional Song Marc Nerenberg - Little Birdie: Birds, Beasts & Banjo Blues - Marc Nerenberg |
Golden Bird Happy & Artie Traum - Happy and Artie Traum - Capitol |
High Flying Bird Judy Henske - The Elektra Albums - Ace |
All the Birds Lynn Miles - Black Flowers Vol. 4 - Lynn Miles |
Swans Upon the Avon Michael 'Earnie' Taylor - Folk βnβ Western - Laughing Cactus Music |
I Heard the Bluebird Sing Finest Kind - Lost in a Song - Fallen Angle |
This Song is for the Birds Bill Staines - Third Time Around - Catfish |
fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy |
Settle In (Chatter of the Finches) Kim Wallach - Chatter of the Finches - Black Socks Press |
I am a Skylark Vanessa Lively - Truth Is - Animada |
Skylark Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik - Martha Sings & Robert Plays - Martha Seyler & Robert Resnik |
Cucurrucucu Paloma Perla Batalla - Discoteca Batalla - Mechuda Music |
Redwinged Blackbird Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer - Get Up and Do Right - Community Music |
The Birds Ian Tamblyn - Voice in the Wilderness - North Track |
The Heron Julie Felix - Rock Me Goddess - Remarkable |
Bird of Paradise Sneezy Waters - A Letter Home - Sneezy Waters |
To Be Done Brian QTN - OsculEARiosophy - Brian QTN |
My Faithful Sparrow Anya Hinkle - Eden and Her Borderlands - Organic |
We Become Birds Michael Smith - Love Letter on a Fish - Tales from the Tavern |
Love Song to a Bird Diana Jones - Song to a Refugee - Goldmine |
Wild Geese Tom Russell - Play One More: The Songs of Ian & Sylvia - True North |
The Nightingale's Song Last Forever - No Place Like Home/Last Forever - 2nd Story Sound |
The Golden Eagle Natalie MacMaster - Sketches - Linus |
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4:19 PM, May 17th, 2022