Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A tag created by Greg at Greg @anotherbibliophilereads . Readers choose their favorite music.

LISTEN TO MY SONG CHOICES HERE:
(RIFF RAFF'S READING RENAISSANCE RECOMMENDED RECORDS):

HEAR THE WHOLE LOT ON YOUTUBE AT:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlpN8mmVl6oEeCnbn_ChmFpEKZmWSvb5i&si=i3uFHSH_x2d26bXl

HEAR THE WHOLE LOT ON SPOTIFY AT:
open.spotify.com/playlist/1EHPWCLGEdfZdCbvDRqNuh?si=q7g0vfT2Trux5Px1jc_1Ng

(Sorry - I don't do Apple Music)

INDIVIDUAL LINKS TO YOUTUBE VIDEOS HERE:
Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell - youtu.be/_AIRdU6CPf0?si=4zW6VOjB98Mwqxd-
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing - youtu.be/h0ffIJ7ZO4U?si=y7TyrxiLSyPQltk-
Edi Niederlander - Ancient Dust of Africa - youtu.be/4-kwxI05Nek?si=LtkO_F82Ovp7u8gh
Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy - youtu.be/NjoU1Qkeizs?si=5zsNvuF3tpRYX5hv
Janis Ian - Tattoo - youtu.be/UevO0c3z1kU?si=b6itcKW1b5GQ8cVy
Juluka - Impi - youtu.be/jNAxa-qNkvI?si=ItNWScoVP3KTk00w
Mary Black - Song for Ireland - youtu.be/iqhncaC9FHI?si=k_ubUkMglnU1p_xD
Mick Maloney, Robbie O’Connell & Jimmy Keane - Kilkelly, Ireland - youtu.be/gRcywqPJXQE?si=NeZYd5eMTLTiOfj2
Paul Simon - American Tune - youtu.be/AE3kKUEY5WU?si=ieIy7UWrslwwH5Yj
Peter Gabriel - Biko Playing For Change | Song Around The World = youtu.be/jWNEr4eHL18?si=BqXFDAhChSk98S_D
Rodriguez - This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst - youtu.be/PqlIrjkpi3Y?si=JYmhkfgN7qgyK-X-
Simon & Garfunkel - Bleecker Street - youtu.be/m5uYeg3gBKg?si=VFHQl2BncfvE2fkV
Stan Rogers - White Squall - youtu.be/pRtO3vfUbPY?si=7bJGbdsm3EPsYRqJ
The Who - However Much I Booze - youtu.be/o8Zy3LRWHYY?si=hsg3Y1SHCAW5Wg2P
David Olney - Jerusalem Tomorrow - youtu.be/8bMaaac032k?si=jc039FR-zG8Nbl5j

Chapters
00:00 Intro
04:13 1. Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell
08:47 2. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
12:06 3. Edi Niederlander - Ancient Dust of Africa
15:16 4. Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy
16:44 5. Janis Ian - Tattoo
18:58 6. Juluka - Impi
22:20 7. Mary Black - Song for Ireland
25:37 8. Mick Maloney - Kilkelly, Ireland
27:51 9. Paul Simon - American Tune
30:05 10. Peter Gabriel - Biko Playing For Change
32:00 11. Rodriguez - This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst
36:48 12. Simon & Garfunkel - Bleecker Street
40:13 13. Stan Rogers - White Squall
42:40 14. The Who - However Much I Booze
45:06 15. David Olney - Jerusalem Tomorrow
47:44 Summation of Choices

SONGS
(RIFF RAFF'S READING RENAISSANCE RECOMMENDED RECORDS):
Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Edi Niederlander - Ancient Dust of Africa
Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Janis Ian - Tattoo
Juluka - Impi
Mary Black - Song for Ireland
Mick Maloney - Kilkelly, Ireland
Paul Simon - American Tune
Peter Gabriel - Biko
Rodriguez - This Is Not A Song, It's An Outburst
Simon & Garfunkel - Bleecker Street
Stan Rogers - White Squall
The Who - However Much I Booze
David Olney - Jerusalem Tomorrow

BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Robert @RobertGReaderofBooks
Debs @RaynorReadsStuff
Brian @BookishTexan
Gareth @bookssongsandothermagic

BOOKS
(RIFF RAFF'S READING RENAISSANCE RECOMMENDED READING):
1a. CHRONICLES VOLUME 1 - Bob Dylan
1b. WHY DYLAN MATTERS - Richard F. Thomas
1c. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG - Bob Dylan
2. MY LIFE IN DIRE STRAITS: THE INSIDE STORY OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST NADS IN ROCK HISTORY - John Illsey
3. COMPOSING APARTHEID: MUSIC FOR AND AGAINST APARTHEID - Grant Olwage (EDITOR)
4. LIGHTFOOT - Nicholas Jennings
5. SOCIETY'S CHILD - Janis Ian
6a. SCATTERLING OF AFRICA : MY EARLY YEARS - Johnny Clegg
6b. THE WASHING OF THE SPEARS: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ZULU NATION - Donald R Morris
7. BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME: THE INFLUENCE OF IRISH MUSIC - Nuala O'Connor
8. Ditto
9. PAUL SIMON: A LIFE - Robert Hilburn
10. I WRITE WHAT I LIKE - Steve Biko
11. SUGAR MAN: THE LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF SIXTO RODRIGUEZ
12. SINGING FROM THE FLOOR, A HISTORY OF BRITISH FOLK CLUBS - JP Bean
13. MOBY DICK - Herman Melville
14. WHO I AM - Pete Townshend
15. THE BIBLE - Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha (Oxford World Classics)

Happy reading & listening!
Cheers,
Mike
RiffRaff's Reading Renaissance