Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to Light On Light Though episode 414, the complete "radio documentary" on WFDU-FM from 1977 -- "Life & Death of a 20th Century Troubadour" -- in which Josh Meyrowitz and I discuss the life, death, and timeless impact of Phil Ochs and his music.
Note added 6 August 2025: The first song we played in our documentary was "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon," Phil's update (of course) of "Here's to the State of Mississippi". I was therefore very glad to come upon Daniel Kelly's (@DanielKellyFolkMusic ) "Here's to the State of California" which calls out the current despoilers of democracy youtu.be/uIwYDsTPbbo?si=MOS2mdwBUYaxPVfn
Welcome to Light On Light Though episode 414, the complete "radio documentary" on WFDU-FM from 1977 -- "Life & Death of a 20th Century Troubadour" -- in which Josh Meyrowitz and I discuss the life, death, and timeless impact of Phil Ochs and his music.
Note added 6 August 2025: The first song we played in our documentary was "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon," Phil's update (of course) of "Here's to the State of Mississippi". I was therefore very glad to come upon Daniel Kelly's (@DanielKellyFolkMusic ) "Here's to the State of California" which calls out the current despoilers of democracy youtu.be/uIwYDsTPbbo?si=MOS2mdwBUYaxPVfn
