For the next couple of weeks, we'll note the celebration of Black History Month with some selections from past and current legends of African American music. Included are Kim and Reggie Harris, The Mississippi Sheiks, DeFord Bailey, The Earl White String Band, and lots of others. Jug Bands, Stompers, Sheiks, and even some Strugglers … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Earl White Stringband / “Pineywoods” / Earl White Stringband / Self-produced

Kim & Reggie Harris / “All My Relations” / In the Heat of the Summer / Folk Era

Habib Koite & Eric Bibb / “On My Way to Bamako” / Brothers in Bamako / Stony Plain

Cheik Hamala Diabate and Bob Carlin / “Boudafo” / From Mali to America / 5 String

John Jackson / “Truckin' Little Baby” / Rappahannock Blues / Smithsonian Folkways

Pink Anderson / “Meet Me at the Bottom” / Carolina Medicine Show Hokum and Blues with Baby Tate Folkways

De Ford Bailey / “Davidson County Blues” / Harmonica Blues / Yazoo

Big Bill Broonzy / “Mississippi River Blues” / The Young Big Bill Broonzy / Yazoo

Earl White Stringband / “Big Indian Creek” / Earl White Stringband / Self-produced

Mobile Strugglers / “Fattenin' Frogs” / Alabama: Black Country Dance Bands (1924-1949) / Document

Tennessee Chocolate Drops / “Vine Street Drag” / Before the Blues Vol.2 / Yazoo

Cannon's Jug Stompers / “Bring it with You When You Come” / The Complete Works 1927-1930 / Yazoo

Mississippi Sheiks / “She's Crazy About her Lovin'” / Stop and Listen / Yazoo

Washington Phillips / “What are They Doing in Heaven Today” / And His Manzarene Dreama / Dust to Digital

Blind Willie Johnson / “You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond” / Praise God I'm Satisfyed / Yazoo

Lead Belly / “Duncan and Brady” / Classic American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways

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