It’s that time of the year when Winter is beating it’s retreat and Baseball’s Spring Training is just beginning. This week on the show, we welcome baseball back with a program featuring new and classic tunes about America’s Pastime. We'll hear Peter Cooper, Artie Traum & Pat Alger, John Gorka, Chuck Brodsky and of course Steve Goodman. Play Ball … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-09: Batter Up! 2020

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

The Sing Out! Radio Magazine is broadcast weekly on the finest public radio stations nationwide and syndicated on iTunes, Stitcher, Podomatic, Bluegrass Planet, The Folk Music Notebook and on the Sing Out! website www.singout.org

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Jacqueline Schwab / “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” / Baseball A Film by Ken Burns / Nonesuch

Artie Traum & Pat Alger / “The Home Run Kid” / From the Heart / Rounder

J C Coe / “Who Knows” / The Far Ends / Honest to Goodness

Howie Newman / “The Ballad of Mike Hessman” / When You're Happy / Major League

Tret Fure / “Lessons from Home Plate” / Roses in November / Tomgirl

Abbot & Costello / “Who's on First?” / Baseball's Greatest Hits / Rhino

Peter Cooper / “Opening Day” / Opening Day / Red Beet

Danielle Miraglia / “Heat of the Win” / Glory Junkies / Self Produced

George Rabbai / “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” / Baseball A Film by Ken Burns / Nonesuch

Caroline Spence / “Softball” / Spades and Roses / Self Produced

John Gorka / “Branching Out” / Before Beginning / Red House

Chuck Brodsky / “Splinter Cheeks Johnson” / Tell Tale Heart / Self Produced

Craig Bickhardt / “The Real Game” / Live at Sellersvile Theater / Stone Barn

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

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