Folk music recorded by women spans traditional ballads to contemporary singer-songwriters, with pioneering voices, powerful storytelling and unique musical styles. On this episode, we'll present music from Bonnie Raitt, Rachel Eddy, The Coon Creek Girls, Shemekia Copeland, Fiona Boyes, Tracy Nelson and more. An assortment of women and their music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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 / “Can't Find My Way Home” / Up from the Skies-The Polydor 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 / “Valley Forge” / 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