Our program this time around will focus on the innovators in the genre of bluegrass music. Almost from its inception, players began to alter bluegrass music - much to the dismay of Bill Monroe and many other traditionalist. We'll hear some of those innovators including The Country Gentlemen, Old and In the Way, Alison Brown and some remarkable recordings made by Bill Monroe with melodic bluegrass banjoist Bill Keith. Putting the “new” in bluegrass … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys / “Devil's Dream” / Bill Monroe 1959-1969 / Bear Family

The Country Gentlemen / “Handsome Molly” / On the Road / Vanguard

The Dillards / “Walkin' Down the Line” / Live!!! Almost!!! / Elektra

The Charles River Valley Boys / “Ticket to Ride” / Beatle Country / Rounder

Doc Watson & Clarence White / “Beaumont Rag” / Long Journey Home / Vanguard

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / “Sunny Side of the Mountain” / Will the Circle Be Unbroken / Liberty

Old & In The Way / “High Lonesome Sound” / That High Lonesome Sound / Acoustic Disc

Muleskinner / “Muleskinner Blues” / A Potpourri of Bluegrass Jam / Sierra

Country Cooking / “Big Ben” / Country Cooking / Rounder

J D Crowe and the New South / “I'm Walkin'” / JD Crowe and the New South / Rounder

Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys / “Devil's Dream” / Bill Monroe 1959-1969 / Bear Family

Earl Scruggs / “Never Ending Song of Love” / I Saw the Light / Columbia-Legacy

The New Grass Revival / “Spring Peepers” / Barren County / Flying Fish

Alison Krauss / “Down to the River to Pray” / O Brother Where Art Thou / Lost Highway

Alison Brown / “G Bop” / Quartet / Vanguard

Steve Martin / “Late For School” / The Crow / Self-produced

Steep Canyon Rangers / “Diamonds in the Dust” / Radio / Rounder

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

This week we continue our occasional feature focusing on a distinctive style of folk music. It's time to highlight old-time music with selections from the Golden Age of the music through today's finest players. We'll hear Gid Tanner & his Skillet Lickers, Tommy Jarrell and Oscar Jenkins, Ben Townsend and many more. Old time and new times … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

The Highwoods String Band / “Lee Highway Blues” / Feed Your Babies Onions / Rounder

Fiddlin' John Carson / “The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” / Volume 1 / Document

Uncle Dave Macon / Sourwood Mountain Medley” / Country Music Hall of Fame / MCA

Rutherford & Burnett / “Ladies on the Steamboat” / 1926-1930 / Document

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Licker / “Blackeyed Susie-Pass Around the Bottle” / A Corn Licker Still in Georgia / Voyager

Jimmie Rodgers / “The Soldier's Sweetheart” / The Bristol Sessions / Country Music Foundation

The Carter Family / “The Storms are on the Ocean” / The Bristol Sessions / Country Music Foundation

Tommy Jarrell & Oscar Jenkins / “Rockingham Cindy” / Down to the Cider Mill / County

New Lost City Ramblers / “Whoop 'Em Up Cindy” / Volume 2 / Folkways

The Highwoods String Band / “Fire on the Mountain” / Feed Your Babies Onions / Rounder

Melvin Wine / “Yew Piney Mountain”/ Classic Old-Time Fiddle / Smithsonian Folkways

Burl Hammons / “Singing Birds” / The Hammons Family / Rounder

Addie Graham / “Omie Wise” / Been A Long Time Traveling / June Appal

Frank Proffitt / “Tom Dooley (Dula)” / Songs and Ballads of Appalachia / Folk Legacy

Anna & Elizabeth / “Green Icy Mountain” / Sun to Sun / Free Dirt

Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Half Past Four” / The Swift House / Fenchurch

Ben Townsend & Friends / “Roaring River” / Deep End Sessions Vol III / Deep End Sessions

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

This week we celebrate Accordion Awareness Month. The month-long celebration was created to promote one of the most versatile of instruments.

We'll hear players and music from the world over, including the band Phonix from Denmark, Pekka Pentikainen & Antii Soininen from Finland and Manka Le Phallang from South Africa. North American players Steve Riley, Jody Kruskal, The Subdudes, and The Red Clay Ramblers hold down the home front. Put aside your misconceptions and join us … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Jimmy Shand / “The Cumberland Reel” / The Accordion World of the Legendary Jimmy Shand MBE / REL Records

Richard Thompson / “Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands” / Rumor And Sigh / Capitol

Phonix / “Fantegutten” / Folk 2005 Music from Denmark / MXP

Jody Kruskal / “Arnold the Armadillo” / Concertina Valentine / Self-produced

Pekka Pentikainen & Antti Soininen / “Mustan Aukon Tango” / Mr. Malaska / iMu

The Red Clay Ramblers / “I Crept into the Crypt” / Live / Self-produced

Sharon Shannon / “Dance of the Honeybees” / Each Little Thing / Green Linnet

The Subdudes / “Love O' Love” / Primitive Streak / High Street

Jimmy Shand / “Set of Reels” / The Accordion World of the Legendary Jimmy Shand MBE / REL Records

Paul Simon / “The Boy in the Bubble” / Graceland / Warner Brothers

Manka Le Phallang / “Moea O Foke” / Homeland / Rounder

Albert Chevalier / “Zydeco Sont Pas Sale” / Zydeco-The Early Years (1961-62) / Arhoolie

Bruce Springsteen / “Wild Billy”s Circus Story” / The Wild, The Innocent And the E Street Shuffle / Columbia 

Rant Maggie Rant / “On the Wings of a Skorie” / Latitude / Self-produced

Steve Riley / “The Marc Savoy Medley” / Cajun Accordion Kings and the Queen / Valcour

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

Generations of singers have sung, played and loved the folk music found in the United Kingdom, and this week's podcast features some examples. Collectors A.L. Lloyd and Ralph Vaughn Williams transcribed and recorded traditional music and made it available to all through the English Folk Dance and Song Society. We'll listen to revivalist groups like The Watersons and the Copper Family, and then examine the electric side of the style with Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention. We will conclude with some of the bright lights on today's scene including Eliza Carthy and The Furrow Collective. A taste of old and new from the U.K. … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Bert Jansch / M'Lady Fancy / Rosemary Lane / Castle

A.L. Lloyd / Creeping Jane / Bold Sportsmen All / Topic

Jinky Wells / The Flowers of Edinburgh-Morris Dance Tunes-Bobbing Around-Morris Dance Tunes / Rig a Jig Jig / Topic

The Copper Family / Spencer the Rover/ The Copper Family of Rottingdean / Topic

Gargone's Athlone Accordion Band / Soldier's Joy & Reel/ Troubles They Are But Few / Topic

Ian Campbell Folk Group / Johnny Ladd/ This is the Ian Campbell Folk Group / Transatlantic

Shirley Collins & Davy Graham / Nottamun Town/ Folk Routes / Topic

The Watersons / Country Life / For Pence and Spicy Ale / Shanachie

Anne Briggs / She Moves Through the Fair / A Collection / Topic

Bert Jansch / Sarabanda / Rosemary Lane / Castle

The Young Tradition / The Banks of the Nile/ Galleries / BGO

Fairport Convention / Genesis Hall / Unhalfbricking / Island

Steeleye Span / Skewball / Ten Man Mop / Shanachie

The Incredible String Band / Way Back in the 1960s / The 500 Spirits or The Layers of the Onion / Elektra

Eliza Carthy & the Wayward Band / Great Grey Buck / Big Machine / Topic

The Furrow Collective / King Henry / At Our Next Meeting / Furrow

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

On this week's program, we continue with our occasional feature focusing on the fundamentals of a particular style of music. Piedmont blues is a ragtime inspired music played mostly on the guitar. Originally it emanated from Virginia and traveled south to Atlanta, but today can be found most anywhere. We'll hear classics from John Jackson, Mississippi John Hurt, Cephas & Wiggins, Pink Anderson and others, and selections from the collection on Smithsonian Folkways Records - Classic Piedmont Blues. Some classic blues selections … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Stefan Grossman & Rory Block / “Pony Blues” / Country Blues Guitar / Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop 

John Jackson / “Red River Blues” / Classic Piedmont Blues / Smithsonian Folkways

Roy Book Binder / “Kentucky Blues” / Live Book...Don't Start Me Talkin' / Rounder

Bukka White / “Special Streamline” / The Complete Bukka White / Columbia-Legacy

Mississippi John Hurt / “Avalon Blues” / DC Blues Part 2 / Fuel

Cephas & Wiggins / “Mamie” / Classic Piedmont Blues / Smithsonian Folkways

Corey Harris / “Bumble Bee Blues” / Fish Ain't Bitin' / Alligator

Elizabeth Cotten / “Buck Dance” / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian Folkways

Stefan Grossman & Rory Block / “Mississippi Blues” / Country Blues Guitar / Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop

Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band / “My Babe” / Traveling Through the Jungle / Testament

Fannie Lou Hamer / “Woke Up the Morning” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian Folkways

Eric Bibb / “Mornin' Train” / Migration Blues / Stony Plain

Pink Anderson / “Meet Me in the Bottom” / Classic Piedmont Blues / Smithsonian Folkways

Dom Flemons w/ Guy Davis / “It's A Good Thing” / Prospect Hill / Music Maker

Taj Mahal / “Fishin' Blues” / The Real Thing / Columbia 

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

On the podcast this time around, we complete our Acoustic Eclectic feature with more recent music that pushes and expands the envelope of acoustic music. We'll hear from Corkey Siegel's Chamber Blues, Luminscent Orchestrii, Jayme Stone's Folklife, Aly Bain-Ale Moller-Bruce Molsky and many more. We're reestablishing acoustic boundaries … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Daniel Koulack / “Blue Planet” / Frailing to Succeed / Little Giant

Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues / “Time Will Tell Overture, Op. 25” / Different Voices / Dawnserly

Rayna Gellert / “Old Bangum” / Old Light / Story Sound

Ma, Duncan, Meyer & Thile / “13:8” / Goat Rodeo / Sony 

Old Crow Medicine Show / “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” / 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde / Columbia

We Banjo 3 / “Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire-Fine Times at Our House” / Live in Galway / Self-produced

Daniel Koulack / “From Silence” / Frailing to Succeed / Little Giant

Maeve Gilchrist & Victor Krauss / “Farika” / Vignette / Adventure Music America

Jayme Stone's Folklife / “Candy Gal” / Jayme Stone's Folklife / Borealis

Luminescent Orchestrii / “Jarba” / Neptune's Daughter / NMR

Aly Bain, Ale Moller & Bruce Molsky / “'Troll Tuning Set-King Karl's March-Devil's-Pickin' the Devil's Eye-The Hanged Man's Reel” / Meeting Point / Whirlie

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

It's time for a collection of musicians who play in a wide variety of styles, from bluegrass to swing to blues, and John Hartford's unique music, too. Included are The Acousticats, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, John Mayall, and Gillian Welch, among lots more. More than two traditions, but all acoustic … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / “Hurricane Camille” / Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / Warner Brothers

Fraser & Debolt / “Gypsy Solitaire” / Fraser & Debolt with Ian Guenther / Columbia

Gillian Welch / “Caleb Meyer” / Hell Among the Yearlings / Almo

The Blue Velvet Band / “Hitchhiker” / Sweet Moments with the Blue Velvet Band / Warner Brothers

The Acousticats / “California Republic” / Down at Evangelina's / Flying Fish

John Hartford / “Back in the Goodle Days” / Aereo-Plain / Rounder

John Mayall / “Room to Move” / The Turning Point / Cherry 

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / “Reflections of Lucy” / Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / Warner Brothers 3

David Bromberg et al / “Breakfast Feud” / Hillbilly Jazz / Flying Fish

The David Grisman Quintet / “Fish Scale” / The David Grisman Quintet / Kaleidoscope

Guy Van Duser / “When I See An Elephant Fly” / Stride Guitar / Rounder 

Tony Ellis / “Cherry Blossom Waltz” / Farewell My Home / Flying Fish

The Horseflies et al / “Hangman's Reel” / Two Traditions / Self-produced

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

We'll continue to explore musical duos on this podcast, choosing from selections that are familiar and not so familiar. We've got music from Ken and Brad Kolodner, Jay Unger and Molly Mason, Jane Voss and Hoyle Osborne, and many others. Two at a time, one more time … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Turkey in the Pea Patch” / The Swift House / Fenchurch

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur / “Penny's Farm” / Penny's Farm / Kingswood

Jimmy Thackery & John Mooney / “Take Time” / Sideways in Paridise / Alligator

Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons / “Stealin'” / A Collection of Ever Popular Selections / Fledg'ling

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason with Swingology / “Tampa” / Relax Your Mind / Angel

Chick Corea & Bela Fleck / “Mountain” / The Enchantment / Concord

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne / “The Galaxy Song” / Beyond the Boundaries / Ripple

Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Tippin' Back the Corn” / The Swift House / Fenchurch

Simon & Garfunkel / “Bleecker Street” / Wednesday Morning, 3AM / Columbia

Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt / “Sky Picked Blue” / For Keeps / Red House

Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott / “Time to Talk to Joseph” / Memories and Moments / Full Skies

The Gibson Brothers / “Highway” / In The Ground / Rounder

Anais Mitchell /”Riddles Wisely Expunded” / Child Ballads / Thirty Tigers

Martin & Eliza Carthy / “Queen Caraboo” / The Moral of the Elephant / Topic

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

The duo is one of the strong traditions in folk music, and on this program we'll present some pairs of musicians who play well with others. You'll hear Robin and Linda Williams, James Bryan and Carl Jones, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Sara and Maybelle Carter, and many more, from the past and recorded more recently. Duets in song and tune … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

James Bryan & Carl Jones /”Belles of Blackville” / Two Pictures / Martin

The Two Man Gentlemen Band / “Two Star Motel” / Two at a Time / Bean Tone

Mouths of Babes / “Lock & Key” / Brighter in the Dark / Wide Awake Music

The Mastersons / “You Could Be Wrong” / Transient Lullaby / Red House

Zoe & Cloyd / “Fast Air” / Eyes Brand New / Z & C Records

Sara & Maybelle Carter / “While the Band is Playing Dixie” / An Historic Reunion / Koch

Flatt & Scruggs / “My Saro Jane” / The Essential Flatt & Scruggs / Columbia

The Delmore Brothers / “Blues Stay Away From Me” / Freight Train Boogie / Ace

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / “Lover's Return” / Pioneering Women of Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways

James Bryan & Carl Jones /”Forty Drops” / Two Pictures / Martin

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / “The Devil & the Gypsy” / Ports of Call / Culburnie

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / “New South Africa” / Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / Rounder

Nathan Gourley & Laura Feddersen / “The Blackbird-The Road to Garrison” / Life is all Checkered / Self-produced

Robin & Linda Williams / “They All Faded Away” / These Old Dark Hills / Red House

Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones / “Never Knew You Loved Me Too” / Little Windows / Cv 30

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

This week we'll hear some tales from the North Woods, a classic song from James Keelaghan, and some great English story-songs from Eliza Carthy and Martin Simpson. Sing me another story … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Tony Elman / “Raindance” / Earth Tones / Acorn

Brian Miller and Randy Gosa / “The Falling of the Pines” / The Falling of the Pines / Two Tap

Celia Evans / “Cutting Down the Pines” / Songs to Keep . Tauny

Kitty Donohoe / “Voyageurs” / Bunyan & Banjos / Roheen

Norah Rendell / “Lost Jimmie Whalen” / Spinning Yarns / Two Tap

James Keelaghan / “McConnville's” / House of Cards / Borealis

Tony Elman / “Planxty Frank” / Earth Tones / Acorn

Jackie Oates / “The Trees They Are So High” / Saturnine / ECC

Martin Simpson / “Reynardine” / Trails and Tribulations / Topic

Martin & Eliza Carthy / “Blackwell Merry Night” / The Moral of the Elephant / Topic

Hal Cannon / “The Blizzard” / Hal Cannon / Okehdokee

Michael Cooney / “Old Beer Bottle” / Together Again / Cove Haven

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