Inside The Songs, A Ken Medema Podcast

"On The Journey"

15 Oct 2009 14:48:46 GMT

On The Journey Down Play List 1. Poor Wayfaring Stranger
This is my take on that wonderful American folk song that I have come to love so much. I learned it years ago in college.
2. Leave Your Nets
You can find this song on the CD “25 to Life”. This is available as a download from our store.
3. Flying Like an Eagle
For a song that was recorded back in the mid 70’s on the album Through the Eyes of Love, this piece really sounds rather good, even now. You can download this early Medema album from the website.
4. Leaving Georgia
This is a song that grows out of a story told in concert. The brief story and song are together here.
5. Journey Down
This is a song I don’t sing much, it’s a bit obscure maybe, a bit hard to listen to, but the message is so very important. Give it a good listen, download it or order the CD from our store.

Thanks for listening. If you see me on the road, shout, don’t wave.

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"Let's Dance"

15 Sep 2009 14:48:46 GMT

Let's Dance

1.She Asked Me to Dance This version recorded just for this podcast
2.I Could Dance for a Week, from the CD Come to God’s Party,
available as a download from our website www.kenmedema.com .
3.Dance in the Crossroads from the CD Little Pictures.
4.Dance in the Crossroads from Start Something available as a download
5.Dance from The Weaver my cantata for choir and orchestra written with Buryl Red.
6.Just One Dance from the CD Just One Dance.
7.Dance in the Dragon’s Jaws from the CD In the Dragon’s Jaws, available only as a download
8.Dance with Andy recorded in concert not available on any current recording.

Thanks for listening, and “If you have a chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance”.-.Sillers/Sanders

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"For Somebody Else to Sing"

15 Aug 2009 14:48:46 GMT

For Somebody Else to Sing

Artist, Album, Track
1.Shannon Sellig, Through My Eyes, Dance of Life
2.Cynthia Levi, Finding My Song, Song in the Good Times
3.Cynthia Levi, Finding My Song, White Gardenias
4.Barbara Lohrback, How can I Keep from Singing, At the Same Time
5.Amy Frank, Dragon Fly, Seasons of Love
6.Ross Varney, Heart Sounds, Summer’s End
7.Amy Frank, Dragon Fly, Dragon Fly
8.Shannon Sellig, Through My Eyes, Baby Steps
9.Julie Bame and Ken Medema, Offering As Worship, And They All Came to Jesus
10.Cynthia Levi, Finding My Song, Sooner or Later

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"It’s Summer"

15 Jul 2009 14:48:46 GMT

1. Summer Time, Summer Nights
Gershwin’s famous song with a few additions from me.

2. Symphony of Praise
I wrote this when my firstborn was very young. It is recorded on “25 to Life”.

3. We Were Young
Find this piece on “Just One Dance” downloadable from our store.

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"For Love of Country"

15 Jun 2009 14:48:46 GMT

1.Fireworks
from Sound Effects Collection

2.Flying Upside Down
from the CD Start Something

3.The Story’s Still the Same
from the CD Flying Upside Down.

4.I Am a Stranger
from the CD Flying Upside Down.

5.Freedom Trees
from the CD Sea Change.

6.Face to Face
not yet recorded on any CD and not yet available for download.

7.Crack in the Wall
from the CD Just One Dance.

8.I See America
available as a download on our website

9.Children of Earth
from the cantata The Weaver.

10.Parade Sound
from the Free Sound Project.

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"At the Table"

15 May 2009 14:48:46 GMT

1 When All The world shall Feast
These lyrics to the tune of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” were written for a musical called “The Gathering” which I put together in the mid 70s and is still being used now and then today.

2 There’s Gonna Be a Party Here Tonight
This song is a part of a musical called “Come to the Table” which I composed with Bev Vander Molen for a synodical gathering of the Reformed Church in America in 1987. It has undergone some revision and is still quite available, and surprisingly easy for a church to stage.

3 Here Comes Tomorrow
This piece is found on the cd “25 to Life” and is available as a download from our store.

4 Brethren We Have Met to Worship
Find this piece on the project called “Some Day” also available as a download.

5 Grandma at the Table
This recording made in concert includes the story told by an audience member and the song to go with it.

6 Bread and Roses
This particular version of a song I first met in the 60s comes from John Denver’s Higher Ground Album.

7 Cook with Honey
I first heard this song on an album by the Women Folk but this version comes from a collection called “70s Music Rock Soul Country and Folk”

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"Singing in the Rain"

15 Apr 2009 20:48:46 GMT

Singing in the Rain Play List

1. On A Rainy Day
Since this pod cast was produced, this song has been put on a cd called “I Want Home”.

2. A Hidden Tear Drop
This song is on the first album I ever made. You can download it now from our store. It’s called “Fork in the Road”.

3. Listen
Here’s another piece from that first album “Fork in the Road”.

4. A Rainy Saturday
This piece created in my home studio is actually a story of what happened on a rainy summer Saturday. It’s a bit long and uses several different musical elements to tell the story. Try listening to it with your eyes closed and picture what’s going on in your mind’s eye.

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"Losing and Finding"

15 Mar 2009 18:49:23 GMT

Losing and Finding Play List

1 Long Long Journey
A version of this song is found on the Encore cd.

2. Flying Upside-down
This particular version of the song comes from the cd Start Something

3. A New Beginning
This song is as yet not on any cd. Keep checking the website to see what happens to it.

4. Wedding Song
This piece comes from the cd In the Dragon’s Jaws.

5. There’s a Turning
You can find this song on an older Medema Album called Sunday Afternoon. This album is available for download

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"Welcome"

15 Feb 2009 21:31:59 GMT

Play List for this Podcast

1 Come On In
(from the cd Come to God’s Party)

2 Welcomed By Mercy,
(not on cd)

3 I Hear Thy Welcome Voice
(from the album Someday, available as a download)

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