Women’s History Week was established (to start March 7th) by Congress in 1981, and they designated March as Women’s History Month in 1987. On this week’s program, we begin a two-part feature to celebrate the contributions of women in folk music. This week we feature selections from Bonnie Raitt, Rachel Eddy, The Coon Creek Girls, Shemekia Copeland, Fiona Boyes, Tracy Nelson and many more. Groundbreaking music from women … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-12: Assorted Women, Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Rachel Eddy / “Sarah Armstrong” / Hand on the Plow / Self Produced

Bonnie Raitt w/ Sippie Wallace / “Women Be Wise” / Collection / Warner Brothers

Frank & Allie Lee / “White Top Mountain” / Treat A Stranger Right / Bake Tone

The Coon Creek Girls / “Little Birdie” / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont

Pearl Hicks / “Pretty Polly” / On the Threshold of a Dream / Ballad

Ellen McIlwaine / “Cant't Find My Way Home” / Up from the Skies-The Po;ydor Years / Chronicles

Del Ray & the Blue Gators / “Nothin' in Ramblin'” / The Best of Kicking Mule / Laserlight

Fiona Boyes / “Hokum Rag” / Blues in my Heart / Reference

Tracy Nelson / “Ramblin' Man” / Deep Are the Roots / Wounded Bird

Rachel Eddy / “Sarah Armstrong” / Hand on the Plow / Self Produced

The Horseflies / “Cluck Old Hen” / Until the Ocean / Pest Control

Strange Creek Singers / “Today Has Been a Lonesome Day” / Strange Creek Singers / Arhoolie

Emily Miller & Val Mindel / “My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You” / In the Valley / Yodel Ay Hee

Whitney Shay et al / “Love's Creeping Up On You” / Blues Caravan 2020 / Ruf

Lisa Jeanette / “Our Face” / Jellyfish on the Moon / Self-Produced

Shemekia Copeland / “Under My Thumb” / Uncivil War / Alligator

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