This week on the show we begin a two-part feature highlighting the best recordings released in 2019. We’ll hear selections from the latest recording by Seamus Egan, Grant Dermody, Patty Griffin, Bob Dylan and many more. Celebrating the best folk music released last year … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-03: Best of 2019 Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / “Eighth of January” / Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / Free Dirt

Robert Jones & Matt Watroba / “Mind Your Own Business” / Common Chords / Common Chords

Seamus Egan / “B Bump Bounce” / Early Bright / THL

Lula Wiles / “Nashville Man” / What Will We Do? / Smithsonian Folkways

Snowflake Trio / “What Will We Do-Fjellvak” / Sun Dogs / Ta Lik

Steep Canyon Rangers / “Blue Monk” / North Carolina Songbook / Yep Roc

Grant Dermody / “One Step at a Time” / My Dony / Thunder River

Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / “Wabash Blues” / Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / Free Dirt

Patty Griffin / “Coins” / Patty Griffin / Thirty Tigers

Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy / “Mera's” / Sparks / March Hare

John McCutcheon / “Well May the World Go” / To Everyone in All the World / Appalsongs

Mary Z Cox / “Andrew Jackson Go Back Home” / Carolina Banjo / Self Produced

Bob Dylan / “John Wesley Harding” / Travelin' Thru / Columbia Legacy

Tanya Tucker / “High Ridin Heroes” / While I'm Livin' / Fantasy

Willie Nelson / “Come On Time” / Ride Me Back Home / Legacy

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