A couple of years ago, Janis Ian released The Light at the End of the Line, which she expected to be her final studio recording, and her first in 15 years. We'll feature three selections from it, and surround them with some fine songwriters who also happen to be women. We'll hear music from Joan Shelly, Aiofe O'Donovan, Eliza Gilkeson, Ani Di Franco and others. Some songs for Women's History Month … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Tracy Dares / “Old Grey Goose” / Crooked Lake / Groundswell

Donna Herula / “Bang at the Door” / Bang at the Door / Self Produced

Eliza Gilkyson / “Buffalo Gals Redux” / Songs from the River Wind / Howlin' Dog

Claudia Schmidt / “Bend in the River” / Big Earful / Red House

Dori Freeman / “Ten Thousand Roses” / Ten Thousand Roses / Blue Hen

Aoife O'Donovan / “Age of Apathy” / Age of Apathy / Yep Roc

Kate MacLeod / “The Train Across the Great Salt Lake” / Uranium Maiden / Self Produced

Alice Di Micele / “Every Seed” / Every Seed We Plant / Alice Otter

Tracy Dares / “C Group” / Crooked Lake / Groundswell

Janis Ian / “I'm Still Standing” / The Light at the End of the Line / Rude Girl

Janis Ian / “Swannanoa” / The Light at the End of the Line / Rude Girl

Janis Ian / “The Light at the End of the Line” / The Light at the End of the Line / Rude Girl

Ani Di Franco / “Station Identification” / Revolutionary Love / Righteous Babe 

Joan Shelley / “Brighter Than the Blues” / Over and Even / No Quarter

Kate Campbell / “Long Slow Train” / Damn Sure Blue / Large River

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

The music of the Southern churches has always been intertwined with the fight for rights and freedoms in our country and across the world, too. We'll listen to some selections from Mavis Staples, The Golden Gate Quartet, Bernice Johnson Reagon, The McIntosh County Shouters and many more. Freedom is in the air … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Matt “Guitar” Murphy / “Matt's Guitar Boogie #2” / Way Down South / Antones

Taj Mahal / “Diving Duck Blues” / The Real Thing / Columbia

Mavis Staples / “I'll Take You There” / I'll Take You There / Blackbird

Golden Gate Quartet / “Golden Gate Gospel Train” / Travelin' Shoes / RCA Bluebird

Washington Phillips / “I've Got the Key to the Kingdom” / The Key to the Kingdom / Yazoo

Roy Wilkins / “Speech” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Vol.II / Goldwax

Morehouse Glee Club / “I'm Building Me a Home” / Pioneers in Protest-Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. / Goldwax

Bernice Johnson Reagon / “Freedom in the Air” / Give Your Hands to Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways

Matt “Guitar” Murphy / “Thump Tyne” / Way Down South / Antones 

The Clara Ward Singers / “Meetin' Tonight-This Little Light of Mine” / Meetin' Tonight / Vanguard

Billie Holliday / “Strange Fruit” / Protest! / Viper

Champion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

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

The McIntosh County Shouters / “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” / Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast / Smithsonian Folkways

Sonny Treadway / “Amazing Grace” / Sacred Steel / Arhoolie

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

This week on the program we'll hear music from around the world and American music to celebrate the work toward freedom and rights for all. 

We've got selections from Rhiannon Giddens, Tarika, Kotoja, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Thelonious Monk, and more. Sing out with us … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Thelonious Monk / “Thelonious” / Underground / CBS

Eric Bibb / Refugee Man” / Migration Blues / Stony Plain

Tarika / “Aloka” / The Rough Guide to the Music of Madagascar / Rough Guide

Rhiannon Giddens / “Better Get it Right the First Time” / Freedom Highway / Nonesuch

Blind Blake / “Brown Skin Gal-Mary Ann” / Legends of Calypso / Arc

Issa Bagayogo / “Saye Mogo Bana” / African Groove / Putumayo

Kaia Kater / “Nine Pin” / Nine Pin / Kingswood

Thelonious Monk / “Thelonious (take 3)” / Underground / CBS

Various / “Chohun and Gymamadudu” / Africa-Ancient Ceremonies: Dance Music & Songs of Ghana / Nonesuch-Explorer

Paul Simon-Bakithi Kumolo / “Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes (Alternate)” / Graceland / Sony Legacy

Kotoja / “Swale” / The Super Sawale Collection / Putumayo

Mandinka and Fulani Music of Gambia / “Dangoma” / Ancient Heart / Axiom

Sweet Honey in the Rock / “This Place Inside Where I Can Rest” / #LoveinEvolution / Appleseed

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

Black History Month is celebrated every February, to honor the contributions of African-Americans to the history and culture of America. For the commemoration this year, we'll share music from The Staple Singers, Our Native Daughters, Gil Scott-Heron, Fanny Lou Hamer, Elizabeth Cotten, and many others. Listen as they bend the arc … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Elizabeth Cotten / “Washington Blues” / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian Folkways

The Staple Singers / “Freedom Highway” / Freedom Highway / Epic Legacy

Gordon Lightfoot / “Black Day in July” / Did She Mention My Name? / United Artists

Word Beat-Charles Williams & Tom Teasley / “Wade in the Water” / The Soul Dances / T&T

Gil Scott-Heron / “The Revolution Will Not be Televised” / Pieces of a Man / Flying Dutchman

Bernice Johnson Reagon / “Freedom in the Air” / Give Your Hands to Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Tony Joe White / “Willie and Laura Mae Jones” / Black and White / Reprise

Elizabeth Cotten / “Ruben” / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian Folkways

Our Native Daughters / “Black Myself” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways

Thomas A. Dorsey w/ The Dixie Hummingbirds / “I'm Waiting for Jesus” / Precious Lord / Columbia

Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds / “Mbube” / Mbube Roots / Rounder

Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons / “Stealin'” / Proudly Present A Selection... / Fledg'ling

Fanny Lou Hamer / “Woke Up This Morning” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian Folkways

Earl Robinson / “Black and White” / Classic Folk Music / Smithsonian Folkways

Brownie McGhee / “Black, Brown and White” / The Little Red Book of Protest Songs / Proper

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

Moving on down the line, more songs about trains, the people who ride them, and the places they go. Songs and tunes from Mike Bryant with Paul Brown, Frank Lee, Steve Goodman, Norman Blake and Merle Haggard. All aboard … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / “Roscoe” / Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / Old Time Tiki Parlour

Norman Blake / “Last Train from Poor Valley” / Fields of November / Flying Fish

Merle Haggard / “The Silver Ghost” / My Love Affair with Trains / BGO

Frank Lee / “Reuben's Train” / Gourdhead / Self-produced

Jim Kweskin / “The Wreck of the Number 9” / Unjugged / Hornbeam

Grant Dermody / “Morning Train” / My Dony / Self

Courtney Marie Andrews / “Downtown Train” / Come On Up to the House / Dualtone

Kate Campbell / “Long Slow Train” / Damn Sure Blue / Large River

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / “Going Up to Hamburg” / Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / Old Time Tiki Parlour

Steve Goodman / “City of New Orleans” / Steve Goodman / Buddah

Nashville Bluegrass Band / “The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home” / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder

Jimmie Rodgers / “Waiting for a Train” / RCA Legacy The Essential / RCA

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcaster w/ David Bromberg / “It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” / Beyond the Blue Door / Stony Plain

Johnny Cash / “Hey Porter” / The Total Johnny Cash Sun Collection / Curb

Asleep at the Wheel / “Choo, Choo Ch' Boogie” / Asleep at the Wheel / BGO

V. L.Sutphin / “Last Train Blues” / Close to Home / Rounder

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

This week we are inspired to present some train songs – older classics and some newer ones, too. We'll hear Merle Travis, Robin and Linda Williams, Tom Rush, the Delmore Brothers, Riley Baugus, and a bonus Bob Dylan track. Let the whistle blow … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Merle Travis / “Blue Smoke” / The Merle Travis Guitar / Raven

Riley Baugus / “Reuben's Train” / Little Black Train's A Comin' / Old Garden

Tom Rush / “Panama Limited” / Tom Rush / Elektra

Jean Ritchie / “The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore” / High Hills and Mountains / Greenhays

Sara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family

Grayson & Whitter / “Train 45” / The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter / County

Merle Travis / “Cannonball Stomp” / Walkin' the Strings / Raven

The Delmore Brothers / “Freight Train Boogie” / Freight Train Boogie / Ace

Robin & Linda Williams / “Pan American Boogie” / Live in Holland / Strictly Country

Marty Stuart / “Long Train Gone” / Busy Bee Cafe / Sugar Hill

Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore / “Train Home” / Love Runner / Remington Road

Jerry Jeff Walker / “Tracks Run Through the City” / Five Years Gone / Elektra

Art Theime / “The Hobo's Last Ride” / Singing Through the Hard Times / Righteous Babe

Riley Baugus / “Train on the Island” / Little Black Train's A Comin' / Old Garden

Bob Dylan / “Mystery Train-This Train is Bound for Glory / Travelin' Thru / Columbia Legacy

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

This week on the Magazine we celebrate the arrival of winter. Here in Eastern Pennsylvania it's as cold and snowy as an old-fashioned winter. Our theme music is Cold Frosty Morning and we'll share two renditions of that old-time tune. Expect tunes and songs from Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert, Tony Trischka, Atwater Donnelly, Kenny Jackson and more. Enjoy Cold Frosty Mornings .… this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Katie LaRay Waldren / “Cold Frosty Morning” / Cold Frosty Morning / Native Ground

Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert / “Cold Air” / Ledges / Dead Reckoning

Gordon Lightfoot / “Song for a Winter's Night” / The Way I Feel / United Artists

Pierce Pettis / “In the Bleak Midwinter” / Winter Solstice III / Windham Hill

The Early Mays / “Narrows of the Year” / Chase the Sun / Bird on the Wing

Honor Finnegan / “Snow Day” / Just One Angel v2.0 / Yellow Tail

Social Band / “When the Snows of Winter Fall” / Deep Midwinter / Self-released

Fred Gosbee / “The Night the Whiskey Froze” / The Night the Whiskey Froze / Castlebay

Tony Trischka / “Sleigh Ride” / Glory Shone Around / Rounder

Atwater Donnelly / “Cold Frosty Morning-Growling Old Man Growling Old Woman” / When Winter Calls / Rabbit Island

Herdman-Hills-Mangsen / “More Wood” / Voices of Winter / Gadfly

Herdman-Hills-Mangsen / “Solstice Round” / At the Turning of the Year / Hand & Heart

Kenny Jackson / “The Shortest Day-Set the Log Alight” / The Shortest Day / Crow Hill

John Reischman & the Jaybirds / “While Roving on a Winter's Night” / On a Winter's Night / Corvus

Silent Winters / “Winter Wonderland” / Christmas Morning / Fallen Tree

Reid Jamieson / The Coldest Night of the Year” / Songs for a Winter's Night / Self Produced

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

This week we complete our two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and sea shanties. We'll hear from Waterson-Carthy, John Roberts, Alan Carr, The Fisherman's Friends, Cyrill Tawney, Sally Rogers and many more.

“Way haul away” … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

NE Music Collection / “Staten Island Hornpipe” / The Wing in the Rigging / MFSL

JIIG / “The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite” / JIIG / Fallen Angle

Allan Carr / “The Bonny Ship the Diamond” / Songs of Northeast Scotland / Self-produced

Euphonia / “Boatman's Dance-Chinquapin Hunting” / The Old Jawbone / Self-produced

Sally Rogers / “Lovely Agnes” / The Unclaimed Pint / Flying Fish

Kitty Donohoe / “Leaving the Land-Ships Are Sailing” / The Fisherman's Daughter / Roheen

Stan Rogers / “White Squall” / Best of Stan Rogers / Fogarty's Cove

Molly's Revenge / “The Northern Shore” / Western Shore / Molri

NE Music Collection / “Strike the Bell” / The Wind in the Rigging / MFSL

The Fishermen's Friends / “John Kanaka” / One and All / Island

John Smith / “Lord Franklin” / Hummingbird / Commoner

Aly Bain-Ale Moller-Bruce Molsky / “Lament for a Sailor Who Fell From the Mast-Up da Stroods” / Meeting Point / Whirlie

Cyril Tawney / “Chicken on a Raft” / Navy Cuts / ADA

Simpson-Cutting Kerr / “Some Old Salty” / Murmurs / Topic

John Roberts / “Farewell Nancy” / Sea Fever / Golden Hind

Waterson-Carthy / “Goodbye Fare You Well” / Fishes and Fine Yellow Sand / Topic

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

There has been a resurgence of interest in maritime songs and shanties since a TikTok video took the world by storm a while back. This week on the Magazine we begin a two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and shanties. We'll hear music from The Fisherman's Friends, Hauler, Jimmy Rankin, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and of course, Stan Rogers. We'll haul away boys … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Donogh Hennessey / “Hornpipe:Home By the Fire” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie

The Fisherman's Friends / “Keep Hauling” /Music from the Movie Fisherman's Friends / Island

Hauler / “Whalebone” / Hauler / Self-produced

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem / “Haul Away Joe” / In Person at Carnegie Hall / Columbia

Great Big Sea / “Ferryland Sealer” / Turn / Sire

Bett Padgett / “Carrol M. Deering” / Hatteras: if a Lighthouse Could Speak.../ Ceilidh's Music

McKasson & McDonald / “Bay of Biscay” / Harbour / Self-produced

Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd & Chorus / “Blood-Red Roses” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways

John Doyle / “Reels:The Gooseberry Bush-The Sailor's Return” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie

Jimmy Rankin / “Haul Away the Whale” / Moving East / True North

Lou Killen / “The Flying Cloud” / Blow the Man Down / Topic

Various / “Sitting in the Stern of a Boat” / Lewis & Clark Original Soundtrack / RCA

Stan Rogers / “Northwest Passage” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty's Cove

Morrigan / “Bully in the Alley” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways

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

This week on the podcast we celebrate the new year in a traditional fashion with serious and silly songs about the occasion. We'll hear Peter and Lou Berryman, Mary Harris, Tommy Sands, Waterson-Carthy, Skinner & Twitch, Kate Taylor and many more. “Celebrate kith and kin, far away and near” … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Anthony Newett / “When the Saints Go Marching In” / Strut / Rittenhouse

Lou & Peter Berryman / “New New Year Year” / Just One Angel v2.0 / Yellow Tail

Nowell Sing We Clear / “Carol for the New Year” / Hail Smiling Morn / Golden Hind

Reid Jamieson / “This Could Be the Year” / Songs fo a Winter's Night / Self Produced

Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters / “(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding” / Christmas on a Greyhound Bus / Organic

Various / “First Day of the Year” / The Gathering / Sycamore Road

Mary Harris / “Happy New Year Blues” / Where Will You Be On Christmas Day / Dust-to-Digital

Skinner & T'witch / “The Drinking Song” / The Bells of Christmas / Self-produced

The Yellow Room Gang / “Happy New Day” / Happy New Day / Yellow Room

Anthony Newett / “Oh Dem Golden Slippers” / Strut / Rittenhouse

Loreena McKennitt / “The Mummer's Dance” / Live in Paris and Toronto / QR

Tommy Sands / “Whiter Shade of Pale” / An Irish Christmas with Tommy Sands / Green Linnet

Waterson-Carthy / “New Year Carol-Residue” / Holy Heathems amd the Green Man / Topic

Denise Jordan Finley / “Dona Nobis Pacem” / Solstice / Dome Island

Margot Krimmel & Beth Leachman-Gadbaw / “Song of Peace” / Icy December / Whitebirds

Kate Taylor / “Auld Lang Syne” / Auld Lang Syne / Front Door

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