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Dear Friends -- you can send us your comments too -- And it would be especially helpful if you would include your town or city and the station where you hear Earthsongs (or where you catch it on the Net). Thanks! -- gm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From Our Listeners "Gregg, Thank you for playing Robbie's newest.Ê It was my first hearing and it was wonderful!Ê I truly appreciate your gift of giving." - Janet
"I first heard this type of music while in Anchorage, Alaska on KNBA and I can still hear it via the web. I really have enjoyed Earthsongs over the years...Please let me know if it may be possible to share your quality show of Native American music with the people of Central Illinois. Thanks!" ~Rhonda
"Every Sunday I tune in to Earthsongs and I get so lost in time just listening to all the Indian people speaking, and just hearing all these great songs and music from different tribes. Wish there were more Indian radio stations around. I would love to just have Earthsongs on the airwaves at leaast more than one hour. Your show is great! Keep up the great work, and know that there are Indiian people who are locked away in the Iron House listening and who stand with pride with Earthsongs." - David (Algonguian, Blackfeet & Cherokee)
"Dear Earthsongs, I listen to your show saturday mornings on KBAC (Santa Fe, New Mexico). Thank you for bringing great music to your audience. Hearing the music and the interviews makes me joyful and sometimes sad. In my heart I feel the beating of the drums, and I know it connects me to my mother earth, thank you for bringing your wisdom and beauty into this crazy world!" - Juliana
"Hello, I would like to thank AIROS for providing broadcast content that I do not hear enough of on the radio. I especially like the 'Earthsongs' program and listen to it as often as I can. ...without the ability to now hear Earthsongs via WXPR I would not be able to hear the Native American music that I enjoy so much. I feel this type of great music and other related content is grossly overlooked in today's media markets. And when you live in a rural area which already has limited broadcast resources, hearing just one program such as Earthsongs is a great improvement over the formulaic narrow-casting so prevalent in American broadcasting today." - Bill
"Hello, First, let me say thank you for a most outstanding program. I can only hope that when I leave Alaska in June, I wind up in a place that airs your program. I will miss it dearly. Now, for my not-so-hidden agenda: How did you get your hands on the "unreleased" song Eagle Heart from Indigenous? Better yet, how do I get my hands on the version you played on the radio?" (Note: Indigenous is making some of these rare tracks available via mp3 at http:www.indigenousrocks.com -- gm) - Gregory
"Gregg, Thank you and congratulations on the wonderfully diverse native music programming you provide through Earthsongs. The Christmas program was a pleasant and very welcome surprise of native music reflective of the holiday. I have collected a variety of contemporary Native music and continue to be impressed with your diversity and depth of music within the boundaries of contemporary Native music. I listen to Earthsongs on KUOW in Seattle... Nya:weh Skaa:no' " - Linley (Seneca)
"I've listened to the show for the past year on KUNI Cedar Falls,Iowa public radio. It is my favorite program on the air! When my mother died in January of 2001, the songs I heard in the following weeks on the program had a profound healing effect on me. Thanks." -- William
"I miss the homelands on the Osage River in Missouri and the Rez in Northern Oklahoma. Good to have a friend like you with me day in and out, I listen to you guys all the time on my computer. Keep up the good work, I really Like Robert Maribal, R. Carlos Naki, and Joanne Shennendoah. Happy New Year too." -- Dan in Boerne, Texas
"Hi! I had the pleasure of listening to a song by Sharon Burch on your show last night. I am hoping you can tell me the name of her cd and can it be purchased through the earthsongs.net site? Thank you so much." -- Kathy (Note: For now, try http://www.canyonrecords.com/artburch.htm -- gm)
"I thank earthsongs.net for getting me the live radio, i am from Australia, basically from India, just like it......." -- yarram
"Dear Earthsongs, I caught a moment of your programme the other day via the BBC (on the internet in Madrid, Spain) and was intrigued by a trio of First Nation a capella singers, women...Could you send some more details - I'd be grateful." -- Jonathan -- Madrid
(Note: The BBC's "World In Your Ear" recently featured Earthsongs. The group was Ulali -- http://www.ulali.com/ -- gm)
"I heard the last portions of your show on WXPN on November 18 and it blew me away." -- Jim
"Heard the show on a late sunday night on public radio station in Harrsiburg PA...great job...really good stuff...keep up the good work." -- Mike
"I caught your show for the first time tonight. I work at Prudoe Bay, Alaska. I love the Native songs at night time here in the winter. It suits the landscape perfectly! Barren, dark, uninhabited open tundra, with nothing in sight except the beautiful landscape. It seems like it was when my Native ancestors hunted and lived in such conditions. The show makes me proud to be Native Eskimo. I hope to hear more. Thanks for the opportunity to voice my comments." -- Wayne
"Absolutely fabulous site, it is very well laid out and very thorough in offering Native music links and info. Also, it is very nice to look at. I especially like the word of the day feature. I am a student the Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning program and California State University Hayward and used your site in one of my classes as an example of a website that is good for auditory learners. Thank you for your hardwork and creativity." -- Laura
"Gregg, Just a quick note to tell you how much I'm enjoying listening to your Nammies broadcast. The segue to the Keith Secola impromptu interview was great! The pre-Main Event jamming was great, too, gave the whole event an added dimension. Back to my ES listening .... " -- Joe
"A very interesting and necessary program! " -- Mireya
"I listened to the Earthsongs show on 10/13/01. I was lucky enough to hear the interview with Buffy St. Marie. It really touched me. I never knew that LBJ blacklisted her along with Eartha Kit and Taj Mahal. Please convey to the Earthsongs producer how terrific it was to hear that interview. I too wondered for years why we didn't hear Buffy St.Marie on the radio anymore. Her singing voice always reaches deep into the soul and is very healing. I never heard anyone else with that power of her voice, even after all these years when I first heard her on the radio in the mid sixties." -- George / Alaska
"Gregg, I wanted to write to you and tell you I'm listening to the show. I am not Native American, but I know some people who are. I decided it was time to learn about Native American music, culture and whatever else I could learn. I'm glad I have the opportunity to listen to the show. Keep up the good work!!!" -- Matt / Orlando Florid
"I really enjoy your shows and guests. Nice variety and relevance. Keep on! Peace," -- Mike / Kasilof, Alaska
"I caught your show last night and I really want to thank you for speaking up publicly to contest the media's calling the acts of September 11th the "first act of terrorism on U.S. soil." That's been grating on my nerves ever since--just like we're invisible." -- Raquel/California
"Dear Gregg McVicar: I am listening to you on the one and only KPFA. I live near Ukiah, Ca. in Mendocino County, Northern California. Just a note to let you know I really appreciate your programming. Earthsongs is one of the highlights of my week. Keep it up!" -- Mari
"Hello up there in Alaska. At least one person listening down under in New Zealand. Keep 'em spinning. Cheers" Steven /University of Canterbury
"Hi Gregg, I'm a South African who by chance has landed in Bimidji Minnesota for a while. I've just had the absolute pleasure of listening to your show from the Grand Rapids Public Radio. The music was awesome, spiritual and thoughtful. Where can I purchase a range of the music you have played. I can't go home without it." -- Kevin
(Note: You can purchase CDs through our website from the Public Radio Music Source -- or you may prefer to follow the artist links and buy directly from the artists or their record labels. You might want to visit one of the many online CD vendors -- Amazon.com, for example, has a good Native Selection. -- gm) "We're happy to hear Earthsongs is coming to Seattle. The urban Native community here is without any type of communications mechanism. Hopefully, Native support for Earthsongs will encourage our public radio stations to offer more Native programming. I sent out a notice to my urban Indian counterparts and encouraged them to tune in Sunday night." -- Iris / Seattle
"Hello, I listen to alot of radio almost 24 hours a day and I really enjoy it. I don't watch t.v. and I am a musician. I write songs and sell cd's that I made with my own music. I'm a Mi'kmag from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. I have a song you may play... its called "The Cape Breton Song" I give you full permission to play this song on your radio, my god it would be so nice. I wrote this song when I was living in Toronto, and I did come back home, and I don't want to go back there. thanks -- Keith Julian (Note: Great song! We've aired it twice already...gm) "Hey Gregg, My name is Steven and I live in Belgium. I like very much Indian music. Can you play a powwow song for me and can you mention my name when you play a powwow song? Thanx and greetings from Belgium!"
"I always tape your show from WYSO every Friday at midnight and listen to it the whole next week in the car. I have an almost complete set of Earthsongs tapes starting from about July, 2000! Just thought you'd like to know that -- and I want you to know that I really appreciate both you and WYSO for the great music. Take care."
"I
really like Earthsongs. What an attractive piece of programming; what
a well-produced, knowledgeable, professional, swinging kind of product.
It's nicely done in every way. It's remarkable how contemporary this music
feels, and how broadly appealing it is, particularly with Gregg McVicar
providing smooth, well written and informative continuity." "Earthsongs is a wonderful radio program. I learn about new music artists and Native cultures each time I listen via KAXE 91.7 FM Grand Rapids, MN."
"Thank
you!!!! The indigenous of the world are on the move.... Keep up the good
work." "Your music is excellent and it would be a great daily program... I especially enjoy the fusion of traditional with creative DJ beats. Keep up your excellent program. Thanks again for your excellent taste."
"I
love this music!"
"Quite
by chance, I heard your radio show this evening for the first time and
was moved and inspired by what I heard. I'm a fan after one exposure to
the show. Look forward to hearing more." "Namaste and greetings! Thank you for your blessings and the wonderful opportunity you are offering mankind to learn and grow. Aloha! Malama pono a hui hou."
"Listening from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...enjoying the show, it's keeping me going putting in extra time on the weekend."
"I just love the show and music from AIROS. I listen every morning before work and when I get home. By listening, when I hear something I really like, I run into the kitchen and write the name down so I can order the CD's. I just can't find Native music here in KY. But now through this I can listen to my music everyday. Thank you for putting the wonderful music out there on the airwaves. It makes me feel great."
"I heard your show for the first time last night on KPFA broadcasting from Berkeley, CA. WOW!!! Awesome! I was overwhelmed and impressed by the show---great music, transcendent artistry and poignant messages. I was unaware of such a fantastic broadcast program and vehicle for the voices of Native Americans. More power to you. It is so needed and important!!!
"Gregg, your show is awesome. I am Laguna/Santa Clara Pueblo from New Mexico and am going to school here in Berkeley, CA. It's so great to hear Native music here...it makes me feel not so homesick (ha ha)."
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