People celebrate the Summer season in many different ways, and one of the most popular is to go towards the water. This week we present a collection of songs related to maritime life and work. We'll hear selections from Lou Killen, Waterson-Carthy, Dan Milner, Steeleye Span and many more. So come aboard for some great nautical music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Yankee Clipper / “Keel-Hauling Medley” / Hauling Home / Honeybee

Louis Killen / “All Things Are Quite Silent” / Ballads and Broadsides / Topic

The Boarding Party / “The Sailor's Alphabet” / 'Tis Our Sailing Time / Folk-Legacy

Deby Benton Grosjean et al / “The Flowing Tide-The Gypsies-The Roaring Hornpipe” / Celtic Voyage Gourd

Mick Hanly / “The Good Ship Delerious” / Homeland / Celtic Connections

Anne Briggs / “Standing on the Shore” / The Time Has Come / Water

The Watersons / “The Greenland Whale Fishery” / Early Days / Topic

The Dicey Doh Singers / “The Sloop John B” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways

Yankee Clipper / “The Red Star Line-The Garden Gate” / Hauling Home / Honeybee

Waterson Carthy / “Captain Kidd” / Fishes and Fine Yellow Sand / Topic

Dan Milner / “All For Me Grog-Parnell's March” / Irish Pirate Ballads and Other Songs of the Sea / Smithsonian Folkways

Steeleye Span / “Saucy Sailor” / Below the Salt / Shanachie

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

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

It's summer time and that's the time to go to your favorite music festival or better yet, try out a new one. We'll hear classic music from the first Newport Folk Festival in 1959, travel to Galax, Virginia for the Fiddler's Convention and visit Colorado for two of the Centennial State's finest events. Celebrate summer music 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

Bascom Lamar Lunsford / “Rye Straw” / Ballads, Banjo Tunes, and Sacred Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

Blue Ridge Mountain Ramblers / “Grey Eagle” / In the Field Behind the Stage / Old Blue Records

Roan Mountain Hilltoppers / “Sally Ann” / In the Field Behind the Stage / Old Blue Records

Kirk Sutphin with the New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters / “Belle of Lexington” / In the Field Behind the Stage / Old Blue 

Tommy Jarrell / “Sourwood Mountain” / The Brandywine Mountain Music Convention / Chubby Dragon

Smokey Valley Boys / “Cricket on the Hearth” / The Brandywine Mountain Music Convention / Chubby Dragon

Barbara Dane with Frank Hamilton & Bill Lee / “Dink's Blues” / The Newport Folk Festival 1959 / Not Now

Pete Seeger / “The Bells of Rhymney” / The Newport Folk Festival 1959 / Not Now

Mississippi John Hurt / “Candy Man” / Folk Music at Newport Part.1 / Vanguard

Bascom Lamar Lunsford / “Ten Steps” / Ballads, Banjo Tunes, and Sacred Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

John Gorka / “Love is Our Cross to Bear” / Folks Live / Blue Plate Music

Norman & Nancy Blake / “Battleship of Main” / Folks Live / Blue Plate Music

Claire Lynch and the Front Porch String Band / “It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing” / Rockygrass / Blue Plate Music

Bill Monroe & Doc Watson / “Watson's Blues” / Off the Record Volume 2 / Smithsonian Folkways

Bill Monroe & Doc Watson / “Paddy on the Turnpike” / Off the Record Volume 2 / Smithsonian Folkways

Bill Dillof / “All I Got's Gone” / Bluff Country Gathering 2000-2004 / Jawbone

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

This time around we'll feature music in the Cowboy Way – sent out especially to Rick and Becky, our close kin in Cody, Wyoming. We've got classic songs from Lead Belly, Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee, Jack Guthrie, and others; more contemporary offerings include music from Dom Flemons, Jim Kweskin and (of course!) Riders in the Sky. Brew up some cowboy coffee and sit back under the open sky … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Wayne Erbsen / “Texas Quickstep” / Cowboy Songs of the Wild Frontier / Native Ground

Dom Flemons / “Home on the Range” / Presents Black Cowboys / Smithsonian Folkways

Lead Belly / “Western Cowboy” / Deep River of Song: Black Texicans / Rounder

Jim Kweskin / “The Tenderfoot (Cowboy)” / Unjugged / Hornbeam

Crockett Family / “Buffalo Gals Medley” / When I Was A Cowboy Vol.2 / Yazoo

Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee / “Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail / When I Was A Cowboy Vol.1 / Yazoo

Glenn Ohrlin / “The High-Tone Dance” / The Cowboy Tour / Rounder

Waddie Mitchell / “The Old Nighthawk” / Live / Shanachie

Wayne Erbsen / “Sally Goodin” / Cowboy Songs of the Wild Frontier / Native Ground

Dom Flemons / “Little Joe the Wrangler” / Presents Black Cowboys / Smithsonian Folkways

Girls of the Golden West / “Round-Up Time in Texas” / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont

Jack Guthrie / “Oklahoma Hills” / Swinging Hollywood Hillbillies-Hillbilly Cowboys / Proper

Patsy Montana / “I Want to be a Cowboy Sweetheart” / Columbia Country Classics Vol.1 / Columbia

Ray Bierl / “Blue Mountain” / Cowboy Dancing / Greasy String

Kathy Johnson / “Happy Trails” / Way Out West / Singing Bridge 

Riders in the Sky / “Rawhide” / Always Drink Upstream from the Herd / Rounder

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

This week on the program we continue our musical explorations with World Mix. We'll hear a fascinating blend of tunes - recordings from Finland, Japan, Tibet, the Balkans, Mexico, Quebec, Brazil and beyond. We'll feature the first World Music star, Tito Puente, the angelic sound of Kardemimmt from Finland, Norteno music from Los Texmaniacs, and the melding of Chinese and Latin music from Wu Man & Son de San Diego. Expand your musical horizons … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Jean-Luc Thievent / “Paris Shuffle” / Resonance / Acoustic Music

Kardemimmit / “Laula!” / Onni-Happiness / Self-produced

The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho / “Between the Sky & Prairie” / Between the Sky & Prairie / Wind Music

Joji Hirota & The London Taiko Drummers / “Haru no Ibuki” / Japanese Taiko / ARC

JPP / “Hale-Bopp” / String Tease / Northside

Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project / “Del O Brishind...” / Introducing / World Music Network

CGS / “Ientu” / Canzioniere / Ponderosa Music

Jean-Luc Thievent / “Marceline” / Resonance / Acoustic Music

Tito Puente / “Cuando Te Vea” / Dance Mania / RCA Legacy

Los Texmaniacs / “El Porron” / Cruzando Borders / Smithsonian Folkways

Wu Man & Son de San Diego / “El Pajaro Carpintero” / Fingertip Carnival / Wind Music

Les Poules A Colin / “La Volerie” / Morose / Self-produced

Calan / “Rhif Wyth” / The Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk / ARC

Catarina Dos Santos / “Ondja” / Radio Kriola / ARC

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

This week we'll continue with more great songs of the road and the long steel rails, perhaps in time to inspire your summer travel. We'll hear great music from sources as varied as Jimmy Webb, The Delmore Brothers, Paul Simon, Asleep at the Wheel, and lots more. Follow that road … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Country Cooking / “Farewell Blues” / 26 Bluegrass Instrumentals / Rounder

Utah Phillips / “Daddy, What's a Train?” / Good Enough / Philo

Diane Patterson / “Open Road” / Open Road / Self-produced

Gordon Lightfoot / “Me and Bobby McGee” / If You Could Read My Mind / Reprise

The Price Sisters / “Get On the Main Highway” / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel

Paul Simon / “Train in the Distance” / Heart and Bones / Legacy

John Hartford and the Hartford Stringband / “Keep On Truckin' / Good Old Boys / Rounder

Jimmy Webb / “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” / Ten Easy Pieces / Guardian

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

Country Cooking / “Orange Mt. Special” / 26 Bluegrass Instrumentals / Rounder

Judy Collins / “Someday Soon” / Who Knows Where the Time Goes / Elektra

John Reischman & the Jaybirds / “Wellesley Station” / On That Other Green Shore / Corvus

Roustabout / “The Race Between the Ford and the Chevrolet” / Roustabout / Yodel-Ay-Hee

Asleep at the Wheel / “Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” / Swing Time / Sony

Hot Buttered Rum / “Leaving Dallas” / Lonesome Panoramic / Self-produced

Pure Prairie League / “Kansas City Southern” / Two Lane Highway / RCA

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

Wanderlust can become a serious problem if not treated properly. The best remedy is to get out there and travel! This week in part one of our feature we focus on great songs of the road and the long steel rails: just the cure for the need to explore. We'll hear great music from Chuck Berry, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Tom Rush, David Hamburger, and of course, Steve Goodman. So ditch those blues and come on the road … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Kristin Scott Benson / “Farewell Blues” / Stringworks / Mountain Home

Chuck Berry / “No Particular Place to Go” / Rock N' Roll Rarities / Chess

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / “Railroad” / Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / Rounder

John O'Connor / “Big Bend Boulevard” / Rare Songs / Self Produced

Roger Miller / “King of the Road” / All Time Greatest Hits / Mercury

Tom Rush / “On the Road Again” / Take a Little Walk with Me / Elektra

Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi / “Sonny and Brownies Last Train” / Sonny & Brownie's Last Train / M.C. Records

Red Squirrel Chasers / “New River Train” / Shakin' Down the Acorns / Vigortone

Kristin Scott Benson / “Travelers Rest” / Stringworks / Mountain Home

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

Tim & Mollie O'Brien / “Wichita” / Away Out On The Mountain / Sugar Hill

The Young'uns / “Ghafoor's Bus” / Strangers / Hereteu Records

After the Flood / “Illinois Central” / After the Flood / Self Produced

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry / “KC Moan” / Shine A Light / Cv 30 Records

David Hamburger / “Pennsylvania Station Blues” / Pennsylvania Station Blues / Lounge Side

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen / “Hot Rod Lincoln” / Lost in the Ozone / MCA

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

On this edition of the Magazine, we'll stretch from Ireland across to the Appalachians, with a stop at bluegrass, as we continue to mark Accordion Awareness Month. Tunes and songs from Louisa Jo (Lou) Killen, John and Phil Cunningham, Los Texmaniacs, and more. Reels, tangos and Cotton Eyed Joe … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen / “Banish Misfortune” / Banish Misfortune / June Appal

Euphonia / “Cotton Eyed Joe” / The Old Jawbone / Tuxedo

Boubacar Traore' / “Kanou” / French Essentials III / Aureau Export

Louisa Jo Killen / “All Things are Quite Silent” / Ballads and Broadsides / Topic

Los Texmaniacs / “Mexico Americano” / Cruzando Borders / Smithsonian Folkways

Bill Monroe / “Bluegrass Special” / Columbia Historic Edition / Columbia

Astor Piazzola & Gary Burton / “Neuvo Tango” / The New Tango / Atlantic

Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen / “The First of May-Drunkards Path-An Comhra Donn” / Banish Misfortune / June Appal

John & Phil Cunningham / “Reels” / Silly Wizard: Live in America / Green Linnet

Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp / “The Brown Hare of Whitebrook” / The Poacher's Fate / Broken Token

Bruce Daigrepont / “La Musique D'Accordion (Accordion Music)” / Paradis / Rounder

JIIG / “Angeline the Baker-Abe's Retreat” / JIIG / Fallen Angle

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

June is officially recognized as National Accordion Awareness Month in the United States. It was established in 1989 to promote awareness of the accordion, encourage people to learn about the instrument, and celebrate its contributions to many musical traditions. In honor of the month, we'll listen to Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Jody Kruskal, The Subdudes, and lots more. From folk and polka to jazz, zydeco, gospel, blues, classical, rock, and pop, celebrate 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

Lydom, Bugge & Hoirup / “Tretur-Furmandsrill-Rigel” / Gangspil / Go Danish Folk Music

The Subdudes / “Angel to Be” / Annunciation / High Street

Maria Kalaniemi & Sven Ahlback / “Polska After Johan Erik Taklax” / Airbow / Northside

Jimmie Shand and his Band / “The Marestand Twostep” / Jimmie Shand Plays Jimmie Shand / Delta

Sourdough Slim / “Roaming Cowboy” / Contagious Fun / Roundup Records

Tango-Orchestri Unto / “Juno” / Dark Wings of the Night / ARC

The Occasionals / “The Baden Powell” / Back in Step / Greentrax

Jody Kruskal / “She's Got the Money Too” / Concertina Valentine / Self-produced

Frankie Yankovic / “The Pennsylvania Polka” / America's Favorites / Columbia

Lydom, Bugge & Hoirup / “Springdans-O hejsa, min kone er tyk” / Gangspil / Go Danish Folk Music

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys / “Tout le Temps en Temp” / Live / Rounder

Joseito Mateo & Louis Kalaff / “Los Budegueros” / Republica Dominicana / Putumayo

Yale Strom / “Young Forces Grow” / “City of the Future-Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union” / ARC

High Neighbor Boys / “Zeke Terney's Stomp” / Okeh Western Swing / CBS Special Products

La Famille Leger / “Tunes from Lucy Johannes” / L'Etoille Nord / Self-produced

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

On this episode we'll conclude our two part-feature on psychedelic influences on folk music. We'll hear classic selections from Pearls Before Swine, The Incredible String Band, The Grateful Dead, Peter, Paul and Mary and newer music from Lankum, Anna & Elizabeth and Cinder Well. Blending folk melodies with a mystical atmosphere … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

John Fahey / “Night Train to Valhalla” / The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose / Craft

Lankum / “What Will We Do When We Have No Money” / Between Earth and Sky / Rough Trade

The Young Tradition / “Idumea” / Oberlin 1968 / Wing & A Prayer

Anna & Elizabeth / “By the Shore” / The Invisible Comes to Us / Smithsonian Folkways

Pearls Before Swine / “The Jeweler” / The Use of Ashes / Floating World

The Incredible String Band / “A Very Cellular Song” / Live at the Fillmore 1968 / Hux

Leo Kottke / “The Ice Miner” / The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose / Craft

The Grateful Dead / “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad” / Ladies and Gentlemen The Grateful Dead Fillmore East New York City April 1971 / Rhino

The Byrds / “Going Back” / The Notorious Byrd Brothers / Columbia

The Horseflies / “Late for the Dance” / In the Dance Tent / Live and Kickin'

Cinder Well / “Queen of the Earth, Child of the Skies” / No Summer / Free Dirt

Peter Paul & Mary / “Love City (Postcards to Duluth)” / Late Again / Warner Brothers

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

The distinctive sound of the psychedelic era was not just component of the rock music of the period, there was a good bit of folk music which was influenced by the times. That sound did not end with advent of the 1970s and lives on in the work of many artists today. On the next two editions of SORM, we look back to that magical period and forward to today. This week we'll hear some classic music from Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane and Paul Siebel, among others. We'll also hear some contemporary players like In Gowan Ring, Helen Dorothy and The Creaking Tree String Quartet. A little mind-bending music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

The Creaking Tree String Quartet / “Zig Zag” / The Creaking Tree String Quartet / Self-produced

Bob Dylan / “Mr. Tambourine Man” / Bringing it All Back Home / Columbia

In Gowan Ring / “On the Butterfly's Wing” / Hand-Eye / H-E

Pat Kilrory / “The Magic Carpet” / Light of Day / Elektra

Jefferson Airplane / “The Other Side of this Life” / Live at the Fillmore Auditorium 11/25 & 27/66 Sony

Helen Dorothy / “Be Kind to Your Heart” / Light Time & Sound / Self-produced

Strawbs / “Pieces of 79 & 15” / Strawbs / A+M

The Creaking Tree String Quartet / “Scotland Yard” / The Creaking Tree String Quartet / Self-produced

Lal & Mike Waterson / “Bright Phoebus” / Bright Phoebus / Domino

Fairport Convention / “Chelsea Morning” / Fairport Convention / Polydor

John Martyn / “Solid Air” / Live at Leeds & More / Scrapper

Quicksilver Messenger Service / “Shady Grove” / Shady Grove / BGO

Paul Siebel / “Then Came the Children” / Woodsmoke & Oranges / Elektra

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