This week, we celebrate the true harbinger of Spring for me: the start of baseball season. We’ll hear old favorites from John McCutcheon, Steve Goodman and Chuck Brodsky … and newer tunes from Antonio Andrade, Larry Kaplan and even John Gorka. So get out your favorite dirty ball cap and enjoy a week of Baseball tunes … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #18-14: Batter Up!

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

George Rabbai / “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” / Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns / Elektra-Nonesuch

Norman & Nancy Blake / “The Star Spangled Banner” / Back Home in Sulfur Springs / Plectrafone

John McCutcheon / “Baseball on the Block” / Sermon on the Mound / Appalsongs

Claire Hamill / “Baseball Blues” / Baseballs's Greatest Hits Let's Play II / Rhino

John Gorka / “Branching Out” / Before Beginning / Red House-Blue Chalk

Antonio Andrade / “Something Happened” / Something Happened / Lifeshakes

Les Brown and his Orchestra / “Joltin' Joe DiMaggio” / Baseball's Greatest Hits / Rhino

Chuck Brodsky / “The Unnatural Shooting of Eddie Waitkus” / Diamond Cuts Vol. VIII / Hungry For Music

Brave Combo / “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” / Let's Kiss-The 25th Anniversary Album / Self Produced

Amy Madigan / “The Sporting News” / Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns / Elektra-Nonesuch

DeWolf Hopper / “Casey at the Bat” / Baseball's Greatest Hits / Rhino

Larry Kaplan / “Baseball” / Furthermore / Hannah Lane

Peter, Paul & Mary / “Right Field” / No Easy Walk to Freedom / Gold Castle

Steve Goodman / “Go Cubs Go” / Chicago Cubs Greatest Hits / Marquee Alphabet City

Steve Goodman / “A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request” / Baseball's Greatest Hits / Rhino

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways