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HFVS Eclectic Happiness Episode with Guest DJ, Chris Ballew of Caspar Babypants (Podcast/Radio Show)
Office Hours Episode with Guest DJ,
Jack Forman of Recess Monkey
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Jack Forman hosts this week’s Hilltown Family Variety Show, but forgot to ask Sienna Wildfield if it was okay to remodel the studio with 1970s wood paneling and inspirational posters. In celebration of his second album Office Hours, Jack takes us on a high-energy musical romp through the workday. Though he really won’t be very useful with questions about your homework or last night’s reading, he can certainly fill the hour with fun!
Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
February 8th & 9th, 2020
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTsxwEpbbi8&frags=pl%2Cwn
Featured Video: “Yodeling Yoda” by Jack Forman
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PLAYLIST
- Jack Forman – “This Cat (Will Eat Anything)” [Office Hours]
- Recess Monkey – “Take Your Kid to Work Day” [Wired]
- Justin Roberts – “Otis” [Recess]
- Andrew & Polly – “Mail” [Ear Snacks: Songs from the Podcast]
- Jack Forman – “My Car” [Office Hours]
- Keith Munslow – “Coffee Breath” [Tiny Destroyer]
- Recess Monkey – “Time to Make the Donuts” [Novelties]
- The Not-Its! – “Busy” [Kidquake!]
- Jack Forman – “#GOALS” [Office Hours]
- The Pop Ups – “Getting the Job Done” [Appetite for Construction]
- Amy Adams – “Happy Working Song” [Disney’s Enchanted Soundtrack]
- They Might be Giants – “Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)” [Here Come the 123s]
- Jack Forman – “When I Was Young” [Office Hours]
- Todd Rundgren – “Bang The Drum All Day” [The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect]
Let’s add music and story to our winter fun! Join HFVS guest DJ, Flor Bromley, as she takes us on an adventure through her favorite winter songs. She will share music and stories about playing in the snow, learning about migration and hibernation, and dancing to keep ourselves warm.
Story Song Episode with Guest DJ, Dana
Who doesn’t love a good story? This episode of the HFVS is chock full of funny, silly stories set to upbeat music. Guest DJ, Dana has put together some of her favorite story songs from her own recordings and those of her favorite singing storytellers. From familiar tales like Dana’s rockin’ version of “The Gingerbread Man” and “On Top of Spaghetti” (given a groovy twist by Steve Blackwood) to entertaining yarns like “The Pizza That Ate Chicago” by Tom Paxton, each story will engage listeners young and old. Popular storytelling artists Bill Harley and Dan Crow are included among other delightful performers.
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Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
January 11th & 12th, 2020
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi3aDcAZ_Eo
Featured Video: “Follow the Leader” by Dana
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PLAYLIST
- Dana – “Once Upon A Time (Never Rocked This Way)” [Dana’s Best Rock & Roll Fairy Tales]
- The Fairy Tale Pops – “Huffin’ and Puffin’ Rebuffin’” [Happily Ever Laughter: Funny Fairy Tale Songs]
- Andy Z – “Ooga Booga” [Single]
- Dana – “The Gingerbread Man” [Dana’s Best Rock & Roll Fairy Tales]
- Seth Decker & The Missing Piece – “Edna the Elephant” [Intergalactic Tour]
- Dan Crow – “The Ballad of Reuben Rooster” [Oops!]
- Bill Harley – “A Walk Around the Block” [The Best Candy In the Whole World]
- Steve Blackwood – “On Top of Spaghetti” [On Top of Spaghetti – Classic Children’s Fairy Tales]
- Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer – “A Flea and a Fly in a Flue” [Rockin’ the Uke]
- Dana – “Barnyard Hoedown” [Dana’s Best Jump & Jam Tunes]
- Lou Del Bianco – “Nikki, Terror of the Family” [When I Was A Kid]
- Katherine Dines – “Goodness Gracious Snakes Alive” [Hunk Ta Bunk Ta BOO]
- Tom Paxton – “The Pizza That Ate Chicago” [Your Shoes, My Shoes]
- Dana – “Fish Tale” [Dana’s Best Jump & Jam Tunes]
- Norman Foote – “Spider Dan” [Pictures on the Fridge]
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HFVS Peace & Love Episode with Guest DJ’s Wendy & DB
Wendy & DB show us the way to Peace & Love listening to some of their favorite songs and by telling us some stories about Peace that have touched their lives. All Aboard the Peace Train! — www.wendyanddb.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNHe6w_4H8
Featured Video: Peace and love start right where you are. Join the Kindie Music Duo Wendy & DB on their adventure in their “Way Is Peace” music video filmed in partnership with wonderful organizations: Shelley Nyzynski-Reese of A Better Life for Kids (ABLFK) was able to help by providing sign language from students in ABLFK homes for orphans in Ghana, Africa. Throughout the creation of the video, producers Wendy Morgan & David Box were able to draw from many organizations that help young students from pre-school age programs such as Easterseals Early Head Start as well as, high-school-age students in the MYA VX Recording Choir led by Gary Fry & HHW Gospel Choir directed by Daniel Henry and Jean Pinkerton-Hendricks.
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PLAYLIST
- Ben Harper (With my own two Hands) Diamonds on the Inside
- Dolly Parton (Peace Train) cover song by Cat Stevens
- George Harrison (Give me Peace on Earth) Living in the Material World
- Eagles (Peaceful Easy Feeling)
- Mister G (Together as One) Fireflies
- Bob Marley (One Love) Exodus
- Kim & Reggie Harris (It’s all about Love) Resurrection
- Fred Rogers (Won’t you be my Neighbor)
- Lucy Kalantari (The Peace Song) All the sounds
- Isley Brothers (Harvest for the World)
- Wendy & DB (Way is Peace) Single release
- Beatles (All together now)
- Wendy & DB LIVE PERFORMANCE (If I had A Hammer) Seegar/Hays
- Paul Simon (Love me like a Rock) There goes Rhyming Simon
- Wendy & DB (Miracle) HomeEarth
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HFVS Food Episode with Guest DJs, The Green Orbs
Food, glorious food!!! We all eat it, so why not sing some songs about it! Heather Hirshfield and Eddie RosenBerg III, otherwise known as The Green Orbs, take you on a musical culinary journey with songs from artists like Weird Al, The Pop Ups, and Cookie Monster on the menu.
Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
November 16th & 17th, 2019
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvPzrcLA9us
Featured Video: The Green Orbs – “The Suction Cup Shuffle” [Thumb Wrestling Champions]
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PLAYLIST
- Weird Al Yankovic – “Eat It” [Greatest Hits]
- Mike Phirman – “What Makes The Breakfast” [Songs To Sing At Children]
- Gunnar Madsen – “10,000 Pancakes” [I Am Your Food]
- They Might Be Giants – “Nine Bowls Of Soup” [Here Come the 1, 2, 3’s]
- Shirley Temple – “Animal Crackers In My Soup” [Remember Shirley]
- The Green Orbs – “Soup (An Epilogue)” [Thumb Wrestling Champions]
- Jumpin’ Jamie – “I Wanna Be Healthy” [Kookie]
- The Green Orbs – “Twelve Steps To Eating Your Veggies” [Thumb Wrestling Champions] Brian
- Wilson – “Vega-Tables” [Smile]
- The Green Orbs – “Robert Broccoli” [Thumb Wrestling Champions]
- Dan Zanes ft. Loudon Wainwright III – “All Around The Kitchen” [Family Dance]
- Lucy Kalantari – “Our Garden” [Big Things]
- The Beatles – “Wild Honey Pie” [The White Album]
- Cookie Monster – “C Is For Cookie” [Sesame Street: Sing The Alphabet]
- Dee Dee Sharp – “Mashed Potato Time” [Cameo Parkway-The Best of Dee Dee Sharp] Laurie
- Berkner – “Victor Vito” [Victor Vito]
- Yosi – “On Top Of Spaghetti” [What’s Eating Yosi?]
- Joanie Leeds – “Sushi” [City Kid]
- Raffi – “Apples And Bananas” [One Light, One Sun]
- The Pop Ups – “Banana” [Radio Jungle]
- The Wiggles – “Fruit Salad” [Lachy!]
- The Hit Crew Kids – “Party In My Tummy” [Kids Just Wanna Have Fun]
Original Broadcast: November 10, 2018
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Being Bilingual Rocks! is what musician-educator Hamlet Meneses (a.k.a. Mi Amigo Hamlet) is all about. In this episode he shares a great variety of bilingual songs from his bilingual friends, as well as other artists who have influenced and inspired some of his songwriting. And through the music he takes you in a journey of learning about numbers, days of the week, family, things being connected, being happy, coming together and dance, about love, and he closes beautifully with a statement of empowerment, “Sí Se Puede / Yes We Can” a song by his friend and Western MA musician, Mister G.
Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
November 9th & 10th, 2019
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxUUOkSJ5Lg
Featured Video: “Laila” off of Happy Land Is Tierra Feliz
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- Mi Amigo Hamlet “Happy Land” [Happy Land Is Tierra Feliz]
- 123 Andrés “¡Salta, Salta!” [¡Uno, Dos, Tres Con Andrés! En Español Y En Ingles]
- Laura Doherty “Uno Dos Tres” [Kids In The City]
- Mi Amigo Hamlet “Dias De La Semana” [Happy Land Is Tierra Feliz]
- Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats “Una Gran Familia” [Hold Tight, Shine Bright]
- Mr. Singer & the Sharp Cookies “Everythingsconnected” [Bouncing Ball of Energy
- Nathalia “When I grow Up (feat. Daniel Jimenez Afanador)” [Cuando Era Pequeña]
- Mi Amigo Hamlet “Los Instrumentos” [Happy Land Is Tierra Feliz]
- Sonia De Los Santos “¡Alegría! [¡Alegría!]
- Flor Bromley “Las Aves Vuelan” [Chiqui Music Boom]
- Natalia y La Forquetina “O Pato (El Pato)” [Casa]
- Joan Manuel Serrat “Barquito de Papel” [Mediterráneo]
- Francisco Gabilondo Soler Cri Cri “El Chorrito” [Mas Canciónes del Grillito Cantor]
- Mi Amigo Hamlet “Laila” [Happy Land Is Tierra Feliz]
- Alina Celeste “Te Quiero” [Love Is Te Quiero ]
- Mister G “Sí Se Puede / Yes We Can” [Mundo Verde / Green World]
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Inspiration Episode with Guest DJ, Jamie Broza
Inspiration. What is it? Where does it come from? What inspires us to make music? In this episode of the Hilltown Family Variety Show, Jamie Broza takes us through a diverse array of fantastic songs and singers that have inspired him to make music, and hopefully will inspire some of our listeners to start writing their own songs! – www.jamielawrenceproductions.com
Saturday from 9-10am & Sunday from 7-8am
October 12 & 13, 2019
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZO3binphGI
Featured Video: Waters of March
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PLAYLIST
- Aretha Franklin – Respect
- Pete Seeger – If I Had a Hammer
- Bonnie Raitt – Baby Mine
- Ivor Cutler – Good Morning How Are You
- Jamie Broza – I Want a Dog
- Tom Chapin – Don’t Play with Bruno
- Jamie Broza -Little Sister
- The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
- Jamie Broza – Waters of March
- They Might Be Giants – John Lee Supertaster
- Nora York – What I Want
- Jamie Broza – Stop I Dad You’re Embarrassing Me
- Jamie Broza – I Can’t Go to School Today
- Jack Broza – Contigo En La Distancia
- Otis Redding – Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
[Original broadcast: October 6 & 7, 2018]
Ari and Ezra from The Oot n’ Oots play songs and tell stories to highlight the evolution of rock music from the 1950s to the 1970s, covering major trends and introducing listeners of all ages to a distinctly American musical tradition.
Captain Tom Mason of the Blue Buccaneers takes the helm as HFVS Guest DJ for an hour of songs about pirates and the sea. Listen to songs from islands the pirates visited, dance to both the peg-leg jig and the peg-leg tango, and sing along to sea shanties old and new. Captain Tom also gives a brief lesson in how to talk like a pirate, as well as a few words about fine dining on the deep sea.
Recess Monkey leads listeners on a wacky, musical step-by-step process for creating photo memory books that will rival any Instagram post.
Surprise Episode with Guest DJs, Randy & Dave. Sometimes things happen that aren’t quite what you’d expect. Hit songwriters Randy Sharp and Dave Kinnoin, known in the children’s music business as Randy & Dave, bring you songs that are full of surprises.
HFVS Food Episode with Guest DJ, Gunnar Madsen this weekend! From Beans to Pancakes to Egg Salad, all tastes are considered in week’s episode. Learn about how corn is in your car, your home, your clothes, and your medicines. Songs about sharing food, renting food, and even calling food will keep your toes tapping and your mouth watering.
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