Earth Day for 2020 falls on April 20th, and it’s the Golden Anniversary of the celebration of our planet and nature that was spearheaded by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. For this week’s show we celebrate the holiday with a program of gentle songs using the environment as inspiration. We'll hear music from Tom Rush, Claudia Schmidt, Archie Fisher, Erica Wheeler and many more. Happy Birthday Earth Day! … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-16: Earth Day at 50

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways John Reischman / “Up in the Woods” / Up in the Woods / Corvus

Tom Rush / “Mother Earth” / Merrimac County / Columbia

Betty Elders / “Roll On New River” / Crayons / Flying Fish

Bert Jansch / “Blues for a Green Earth” / The Wildlife Album / Market Square

Gordon Giltrap / “Here Comes the Sun” / The Wildlife Album / Market Square

Claudia Schmidt / “Eastern Shore” / Slow Steady Heart / Self Produced

Sally Rogers / “Lovely Agnes” / The Unclaimed Pint / Flying Fish

Archie Fisher / “Western Island” / The Man with a Rhyme / Folk Legacy

Stan Rogers / “Free In the Harbor” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty's Cove

John Reischman / “Indiana Firefly” / Up in the Woods / Corvus

Tim O'Brien / “When the Mist Clears Away” / Where the River Meets the Road / Howdy Skies

Lisa Null / “Chemo Lake” / Legacies / Folk Legacy

Erica Wheeler / “Good Summer Rain” / Good Summer Rain / Blue Pie

Peter Mayer / “Canoe Song” / Bountiful / Blue Boat

Dan Berggren / “This Planet We Call Home” / This Planet We Call Home / Sleeping Giant

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