Jonathan Mernit

Ballads & Banjos/The Gumbo Shop Playlist 04/14/07 6am to 8am
WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, New York
P.O. Box 546
Jeffersonville, New York 12748
http://www.wjffradio.org
Archived until 4/28 at http://www.wjffradio.org/parchive/index.php
Producer Sonja Hedlund
Guest Producer & Host Jonathan Mernit

Ballads & Banjos/The Gumbo Shop
A Tribute to Maris Hearn 6/13/37 - 3/8/07

The following is a portion of a remembrance by Christine Ahern, WJFF Station
Manager and long time friend Lisa Dunn which will appear in the upcoming
Singout!

Judith DeMaris (Maris) Hearn, Folk DJ, Peace Activist, Lesbian, Feminist,
athlete and avid bicyclist, died on March 8th, International Women’s Day,
after an almost 20 year battle with cancer. Maris had a long running show,
The Gumbo Shop, on WJFF, hydro-powered community radio in the Catskills.
Maris’ knowledge of music was vast, and her music collection enviable.

In 2005  Maris was selected to participate in an innovative program at
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital to help terminally ill patients with
cancer “sustain hope and meaning as they approach the end of their lives.”
Maris was part of a workshop where participants were encouraged and coached
in a process of looking at their lives as “legacies” and read and take
inspiration and ideas from the works of psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor
Viktor Frankel. If they were to pass on this legacy, what would it be? While
most of the group wrote their story, it is revealing that Maris chose to
tell hers in song. Her legacy project resulted in a 6 CD compilation of
songs; She named them: My Life:  Childhood, Family, Me; Lesbianism, Love,
Earth/Water; My Country/My World; Activism;  Peace, War, Home, Hope; and
Cancer, Time, Death, Still Here

6am

1. Hazel Dickens: Are They Going to Make Us Outlaws Again
        This was The Gumbo Shop’s Theme Song

Disc 1 - My life: Childhood, Family, Me

2. Joan Baez: Gracias a la Vida
3. Dar Williams: When I was a Boy
4. Pat Humphries: I Will Be With You
5. Rhianon: Love of the Land
6. Janis Ian: Honor Them All

7. John McCutcheon: Calling All The Children Home
8. Iris DeMent: The Way I Should
9. Cathy Winter: Heretic Heart
10. Ferron: Testimony
11. Tom Paxton: Peace Will Come
12. David Roth & Anne Hills: That Kind of Grace

7am

13. Susan Graham White: Not Afraid to Fly (Dedicated to Terry Murphy)

Rebroadcast of the opening segment 01/18/00 Gumbo Shop with Maris Hearn
and her live in studio guest, Pat Humphries.

14.      Pat Humphries: Hands (Ochs)- Hands Appleseed 1045 2000
15.      Pat Humphries: Indian Prayer (Indanee) (Moussaa, Pacheco) -
       Hands Appleseed 1045 2000
16.      Pat Humphries: Bound for Freedom (Live)

17:   Holly Near: Emma
18:   Mahalia Jackson: I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About In My Song

Phone interview with Lisa Lyons, organizer of the Livingston Manor
www.stepitup07.org event http://events.stepitup2007.org/reports/1864

19.     Alix Dobkin: If It Wasn’t for the Women

This is the first of a series of programs where I’ll air the 107 songs of
Maris Hearn’s 6 CD Legacy Project.  Join me June 10th at 9pm for Part 2
Thank you to Lisa Dunn, Sonja Hedlund, Carter & Ursy Hearn, Lisa Lyons,
Christine Ahern, Adrianne Picciano, and especially Maris Hearn.


Jeffhorse/The Gumbo Shop 06/03/07 - Tribute to Maris Hearn 6/13/37 - 3/8/07

Jeffhorse/The Gumbo Shop Playlist 06/03/07 9pm to 10pm
WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, New York
P.O. Box 546
Jeffersonville, New York 12748
http://www.wjffradio.org
Archived until 6/16 at http://www.wjffradio.org/parchive/index.php
Guest Producer & Host Jonathan Mernit

Jeffhorse/The Gumbo Shop
A Tribute to Maris Hearn 6/13/37 - 3/8/07

This program marked the conclusion of a day of events dedicated to
remembering and celebrating our friend Maris Hearn.  Many of Maris' friends
and family gathered in the morning to remember Maris and spread her ashes at
her beloved home in Forestburgh, New York.  We gathered in the afternoon at
the Forestburgh Playhouse Tavern for the First Annual Maris Hearn Memorial
Concert where we were treated to an inspiring performance by Emma's
Revolution. "Loving Spirits Will Live Forever", we love you Maris.

The Calendar - Andrea Heyn - This was a feature of The Gumbo Shop where
Maris would take a weekly look at herstory that covered everything from
dates, people, events, things and ideas that people might want to celebrate,
honor, observe or protest.  Thank you Andrea Heyn for continuing this
tradition, The Calendar can be heard every Sunday night at 9pm at
www.wjffradio.org


Theme:
Hazel Dickens - Are They Going To Make Us Outlaws Again

We continue with music from Maris Hearn’s 6 CD Legacy Project.
We began airing these CDs on April 14th, This is the second of a series of
programs where I’ll air the 107 songs of Maris Hearn’s 6 CD Legacy Project.

Disc 1: My Life; Childhood, Family, Me
Sweet Honey in the Rock - Every Women

David & Julie Bloch - On The Way Home - Live (A tribute to Maris)
David & Julie Bloch - Enough! (The Stuff Song) - Live
David & Julie Bloch - One Form Does Not Fit All - Live
David & Julie Bloch - What Will It Take - Live

David & Julie appeared live on The Gumbo Shop many times, Maris loved them
very much.  David and Julie sang On The Way Home at the memorial service
at Maris' home and beutifully set the tone for the day.  More info
about David & Julie can be found at http://www.peaceofmindproductions.com/

Continuation and conclusion of Disc 1 of Maris' Legacy Project:
Margie Adams - Long Haul
Alix Dobkin - These Women

Disc 2: Lesbianism, Love, Earth/Water
Ferron - Harmless Love

Interview with Adrianne Picciano on follow up action to April 14th
www.stepitup2007.org event.

We return with another edition of The Gumbo Shop, Sunday, July 1, 2007
at 9pm on WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, NY and streaming live at www.wjffradio.org

Jeffhorse - 07/01/07 - Universe Premier of Gloria Lynne's New CD,
"From My Heart to Yours" on HighNote Records.  We're graced with a live
phone interview with Miss Lynne.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Heart-Yours-Gloria-Lynne/dp/B000QEILQ0

We return for an extended edition of The Gumbo Shop, Sunday, August 12, 2007
at 9pm featuring more music from Maris' Legacy Project CD Set plus other goodies
on WJFF 90.5FM Jeffersonville, NY and streaming live at www.wjffradio.org

Jeffhorse/Classics for Voice/Gumbo Shop - 08/12/07
Guests: David & Julie Bloch, Leona Willis, Pilgrim for Peace

Sunday Brunch - 10/28/07
Jack Hardy Live, Premiere of Noir