It’s that time of year, once again, when houses are decorated with Jack ’O Lanterns, corn stalks and scarecrows and other accouterments of the Halloween season. Kids dressed in a wide variety of costumes both homemade and store bought get ready to go from house to house yelling trick or treat collecting candy from their neighbors … so this week we’ll focus on some classic songs and tunes for this spooky season from Ale Moller, Steeleye Span, Claudia Schmidt, Robin and Linda Williams, and many more. Get ready to get scared … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine!

Episode #18-43: It's Halloween!

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Ale Moller / “Heaven and Earth” / The Horse and the Crane / Northside

John Roberts & Tony Barrand / “The Dreadful Ghost” / Dark Ships in the Forest / Folk Legacy

3hattrio / “Mojave” / Solitaire / Okehdokee

Steeleye Span / “Long Lankin” / Commoners Crown / BGO

Mike Craver / “The Ghost in the Theater”/ Bosh & Moonshine / Sapsucker

Heidi Muller & Bob Webb / “Ghost Stories” / Seeing Things / Self Produced

Bruce Cockburn / “Deja Vu” / Night Vision / True North

Ale Moller / “Rose Halling” / The Horse and the Crane / Northside

Claudia Schmidt / “Vampire” / Midwestern Heart / Flying Fish

Robin & Linda Williams / “Murders on the Cumberland Plateau” / In The Jailhouse Now / CMH

Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church / “Idumea” / Cold Mountain Soundtrack / DMZ-Columbia

Tony Joe White / “The Gift” / Hoodoo / Swamp Records

Dirk Powell / “Ride with the Devil” / Hand Me Down / Rounder

Lutz Kirchoff / “Francois Dufaut-Suite in A minor-Courante” / Lute Music for Witches and Alchemists / Sony

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