This has been a year of milestones: Woodstock, the Moon Landing … and one that has gone slightly under the radar. 2019 also marks the 50th anniversary of Steeleye Span, founded in 1969 by Ashley Hutchings, Maddy Prior and Tim Hart. Ashley was a past member of Fairport Convention, and he formed Steeleye Span to present English traditional music on electric instruments. For our retrospective, we’ll feature music from all of the founding members from the years preceding the band’s formation as well as some great tunes from the first three Steeleye Span recordings. We celebrate the most durable of English folk-rock bands … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-36: Steeleye Span at 50

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Morris On / “Princess Royal” / Morris On / Carthage

Fairport Convention / “Nottamun Town” / What We Did on Our Holidays / Hannibal

Fairport Convention / “Tam Lin” / Live at the BBC / Island

A.L. Lloyd / “Maggie May” / Essential British Folk / Not Now

Tim Hart & Maddy Prior / “Capt. Wedderburns Courship” / Folk Songs of Olde England Vo. 2 / Mooncrest

Sweeney's Men / “House Carpenter” / Sweeney's Men / BGO

Gay & Terry Woods / “Friends of Mine” / Tender Hooks / Mulligan

Morris On / “Greensleeves” / Morris On / Carthage

Steeleye Span / “Dark Eyed Sailor” / Hark! the Village Wait / Castle

Martin Carthy / “Lord Randal” / The Collection / Green Linnet

Steeleye Span / “Cold, Haily, Windy Night” / Please to See the King / Castle

Steeleye Span / “Reels-Dowd's Favorite-Ten Pound Float-The Morning Dew” / Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir ButlerRides Again / Shanachie

Steeleye Span / “Blackleg Miner” / The Journey / Park

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