About Malvina Reynolds
The Cassandra Sessions features the music of Malvina Reynolds, a local folk musician who gained recognition as a songwriter when Harry Belafonte sang her Turn Around. Her songs were recorded by Joan Baez, Judy Collins, The Seekers, Pete Seeger, and the Limeliters, among others. She wrote songs for civil rights demonstrations, political causes, and toured Scandinavia, England and Japan. A film biography by Berkeley City Council Member Susan Wengraf, Love It Like a Fool , was made a few years before she died in 1978.
Creator Beth Wilmurt discusses why the songs of Malvina Reynolds inspired her, “Her lyrics grabbed my attention. Every time I pulled out a Malvina Reynolds song, it seemed a little bit strange: a little off, a little unusual, a little weird, yet captivating and very prescient.”
The Songs
The Cassandra Sessions features the following songs. Get excited for the show and listen to Malvina's originals on Spotify!
On the Rim of the World
This World
The World in Their Pocket
No Hole in My Head
From Way Up Here
What's Going on Down There
Singing Jesus
Uneasy Dreams Ring Like A Bell
Busting at the Seams
We Don't Need the Men
There’s a Bottom Below
The Desert
God Bless the Grass
Let it Be
Johny Built A House (Jenny Built A House)
The Last Time
Sing Along
I Don’t Mind Failing
