Get down, Corey Koehler, you are doing all the good:

This is cool: Red Molly consists of Laurie MacAllister (bass), Abbie Gardner (dobro, banjo) and Molly Venter (guitar). Abbie wrote "Hello Goodbye" with her father Herb Gardner, a swing jazz and stride pianist and dixieland trombonist who has played with Wynton Marsalis, Roy Eldridge, Henry "Red" Allen, Jimmy Rushing, and Doc Cheatham. Abbie was American Songwriter Magazine's Lyric Contest Grand Prize Winner in 2008. The name Red Molly is taken from a character in the Richard Thompson song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning." Watch Hello Goodbye, not the one you are thinking of.....

Those of us with plenty have a great deal to learn:

Probably the greatest living American songwriter, a man rich in daughters and in poetry. From his new release, Hymns to What Is Left:

So says this editorial in the New York Times - and we couldn't agree more. It's time to wake up and separate the nuts from the berries, and we want to help. SEND US YOUR PROTEST SONGS, we are all over it.

Start with one mentioned in the editorial, by Rick Good. Ricky Gee, as some know him, is a member of the Red Clay Ramblers- they performed it at the Philly Folk Festival this past Sunday. View, then write your own topical song, send immediately to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .