The last few weeks we've been listening to classic songwriters. Most of these toiled for many years in relative obscurity until their popularity grew, and their music became part of our zeitgeist. This week we begin a two-part feature focusing on singers and instrumentalists who are less well-known ... but with a bit of luck and hard work their music, too, might just achieve the status of classic folk. We'll hear from Michael McDermott, Christopher Elliot, VickiKristinaBarcelona, Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer, Vivian Leve and many more. Looking for the classics of tomorrow … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-23: Not Yet a Household Name, Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Nate Lee / “Quick Select” / Wings of a Jetliner / Adverb

Michael McDermott / “Positively Central Park” / What in the World... / Pauper Sky

Martha Spencer / “Blue Ridge Mountain Lullaby” / Martha Spencer / Self Produced

Jeffrey Foucault / “Everybody's Famous” / Horse Latitudes / Signature Sounds

Christopher Elliot / “Hercules and Einstein” / Sorry State / Self Produced

VickiKristinaBarcelona / “Jersey Girl” / Pawn Shop Radio / Storysound

Mike Farris / “Real Fine Day” / Shine For All The People / Compass

Nate Lee / “Wonderbat” / Wings of a Jetliner / Adverb

Matt Watroba / “The Jukebox Taught Me Everything I Know” / Jukebox Folk / Ledgewood

Matraca Berg / “Your Husband's Cheating on Us” / The Dreaming Fields / Dualtone

Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer / “I've Won Every Battle But I've Lost Every War” / The Flower of Muscle Shoals / Free Dirt

Vivian Leva / “Why Don't You Introduce Me as Your Darlin'” / Time is Everything / Free Dirt

The Mighty Pines / “Nantucket” / Late Last Night / United Interests

Shovels & Rope / “Mississippi Nuthin” / By Blood / Dualtone

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