The folk music community has encouraged rearrangements of songs and tunes beyond the folk music repertoire. On this week’s program, we’ll sample some wonderful “folk” renditions of songs by Elton John, James Taylor, The Beatles, Buddy Holly and many more. Pop gets folky … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-37: Curious Covers

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Bruce Cockburn / “Sweetness and Light” / Crowing Ignites / True North

Tom Rush / “Something in the Way She Moves” / Circle Game / Elektra

Unicorn / “Country Road” / Electric Eden / Universal

Serene Green / “Bartender's Blues” / Have At It / Patunxent

Twisted Pine / “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” / Dreams / Signature Sounds

Carthy, Hardy, Farrell, Young / “Walking After Midnight” / Leylam / Hem Hem

Steeleye Span / “Rave On” / Rave On / Edsel

Bruce Cockburn / “Blind Willie” / Crowing Ignites / True North

The Cleverlys / “She's Not There” / Blue / Mountain Home

Michael Cleveland / “Tennessee Plates” / Tall Fiddler / Compass

Caleb Daugherty Band / “Riding My Thumb to Mexico” / Burnt the Sawmill Down / KDM

Rebekah Long / “Honky Cat” / Run Away / LUK

Shelly Posen / “Everydays” / The Old Song's Home / Well Done Music

Tom Rozum / “Love is a Lonely Street” / Jubilee / Dogtown

Asleep at the Wheel / “Big River” / New Routes / Thirty Tigers

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