This week we conclude our two-part feature, It's a Slippery Slope, with more great slide guitar selections. We'll hear fine music from Leo Kottke, Ally Venable, Jon Shain, Sonny Treadway, Rory Block, Bruce Cockburn and quite a few others. Slip and slide along with them … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysLeo Kottke / “Available Space” / Guitar Music / ChrysallisJon Shain & FJ Ventre / “Lord Have Mercy” / Never Found A Way To Tame The Blues / Flyin' Bruce Cockburn / “You Don't Have to Play the Horses” / Night Vision / True NorthCrying Sam Collins and his Git-Fiddle / “Devil In the Lion's Den” / Jail House Blues / YazooAlly Venable / “Played the Game” / Heart of Fire / RufSam Bush & Jerry Douglas / “Girl of the North Country” / Ice Caps:Peaks of Telluride / Sugar HillMichael Cooney / “John Henry” / The Cheese Stands Alone / Folk LegacyMary Flower / “Nine Pound Hammer” / Honey From the Comb / Time & StrikeLeo Kottke / “All I Have to Do is Dream” / Guitar Music / ChrysalisTony Furtado & the American Gypsies / “The Ghost of Blind Willie Johnson” / Live Gypsy / DualtoneReverend Robert Wilkins / “I Wish I was in Heaven Sitting Down” / Blues at Newport / VanguardSonny Treadwell / “Amazing Grace” / Sacred Steel / ArhoolieRory Block / “Prove it On Me” / Prove it On Me / Stoney PlainNorman Blake-Nancy Blake-Tut Taylor / “Guitar Rag” / Shacktown Road / PlectrafoneAyla Brook and the Sound Men / “Cheap Microphone and an Old Guitar” / Desolation Sounds / Fallen TreePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

On the program this time around, we present “It's a Slippery Slope, Pt.1” featuring a collection of great slide guitar players. Included are Bonnie Raitt, Del Rey, Geoff Bartley, Jerry Douglas and of course, Ellen McIlwayne. Slide along with us for the next couple of shows, starting this week … on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysEllen McIlwaine / “Losing You” / Up from the Skies / PolydorDonna Herula / “Bang at the Door” / Bang at the Door / Self-producedRy Cooder / “At the Dark End of the Street” / Boomers Story / RepriseThe Jerry Douglas Band / “2:19” / What If / RounderWill Kimbrough / “Cape Henry” / Spring Break / DaphneRoger Williams / “Slipped Disc” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain HomeSally Van Meter & Orville Johnson / “Tex Mex Shindig” / Masters of Slide: The Spider Sessions / Mountain HomeSanto & Johnny / “Sleepwalk” / Sleepwalk / JasminBonnie Raitt / “Write Me a Few of Your Lines-Kokomo Blues” / Takin' My Time / Warner BrothersEllen McIlwaine / “Sliding” / Up from the Skies / PolydorLeRoy Parnell / “On the Road” / On the Road / AristaDel Rey / “Tennessee Local” / At the Uke Shack #2 / HobemianLeo Kottke / “Pamela Brown” / Ice Water / CapitolGeoff Bartley / “Grinnin' in Your Face” / Hear That Wind Howl / WaterbugThe David Bromberg Band / “Walkin' Blues” / The Blues the Whole Blues and Nothing but the Blues / Red HousePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week we feature the recordings Old-Time Sweethearts Volume 1 & 2 on Dittyville. This project, produced by Erynn Marshall and Rachel Eddy, offers old-time duets from Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, and Audrey & Bruce Molsky. We'll also scatter in duets recorded by The Blue Sky Boys, Robin & Linda Williams, Ken & Brad Kolodner and a few more. Join us for some great old-time duets … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkwaysJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-producedCarl Jones & Erynn Marshall / “I Need You” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / DittyvilleKen & Brad Kolodner / “Wild Bill Jones” / Stony Run / FenchurchThe Blue Sky Boys / “Katy Dear” / Are You From Dixie / RCA-BMGTyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / “Flop Eared Mule” / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grant CentralRobin & Linda Williams / “High Atmosphere” / Sugar for Sugar / Sugar HillJesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “West Virginia Polka” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleFrank & Allie Lee / “You Are My Flower” / Treat a Stranger Right / Bake ToneJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “You Ever Heard Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-producedAshlee Watkins & Andrew Small / “Sunny Side of Life” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleThe Everly Brothers / “Down in the Willow Garden” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear FamilyBlake & O'Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / ShanachieBrother Boys / “Band Box” / Presley's Grocery / Sugar HillErynn Marshall, Carl Jones, Rachel Eddy & Em Hammonds / “She Was Bold and Daring” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.1 / DittyvilleSara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear FamilyThe Horsenecks / “Melvin Wine's Uncle Pen” / Started Out in Town / Old-Time Tiki Parlour Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week on the program we complete our two-part feature presenting some great next-generation singer songwriters. We'll hear Bob Malone, Crys Matthews, Brennan Leigh, Esther Rose, John Smith and more. Singing the praises of the Unsung … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysMatt Flinner Trio / “The Terry Cloth Warriors” / Traveling Roots / CompassBob Malone / “Good People” / Good People / Delta MoonCrys Matthews / “Exactly Where You Are” / Changemakers / Self-producedDonal Hinely / “From the Day” / Dark Horse Days / AtomBrennan Leigh / “Little Blue Eyed Dog” / Prairie Love Letter / Self-producedHugh Phillips / “Dancin' Blues” / It's Been A Long Time / String KitchenAnnabelle Chvostek / “Belleville Rendez-Vous” / String of Pearls / MQGVMichael Kelly / “Cracker Jack Ring” / Kingfisher / PatuxentMatt Flinner Trio / “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump” / Traveling Roots / CompassEsther Rose / “Keeps Me Running” / How Many Times / Father/DaughterBob Bradshaw / “Songs on the Radio” / The Ghost Light / FlukeMorgan Wade / “Other Side” / Reckless / Thirty TigersJohn Smith / “Friends” / The Fray / Thirty Tigers-CommonerLizette Knott / “This Old World” / Single / Self-producedRod Abernathy / “Another Year” / Normal isn't Normal Anymore / Songs from DownstairsPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This time around on the program we begin a two-part feature we're calling Unsung Songwriters. We'll feature recent recordings from The Brother Brothers, Liz Simmons, Mac Leaphart, Tiffany Williams, and Dave Richardson. You'll hear these songwriters and many more besides … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysTodd Mosby / “Gliding” / Ariel Views / MMGThe Brother Brothers / “On the Road Again” / Calla Lily / CompassLiz Simmons / “When the Waters Rise” / Poets / MorganaVivian Leva & Riley Calcagno / “Leaving on Our Minds” / Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno / Free DirtPhil Henry / “Bottle Rocket” / Chasing Echoes / Board by BoardMac Leaphart / “Music City Joke” / Music City Joke / Self-producedTiffany Williams / “California” / I'll Be Back Soon / Blue RedbirdDave Richardson /”Keep Trying” / Palm to Pines / Branch and Thorn10 String Symphony / “Even a Dog Has Dreams” / Weight of the World / PoppychopTodd Mosby / “Earth & Sky” / Ariel Views / MMGTim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius / “Come When Mother Calls” / April in Your Eyes / Diamond RanchMandy Rowden / “Get Out of the City” / Parachute / Howling DogMare Wakefield & Nomad / “Outfield” / No Remedy / Self-producedMaya De Vitry / “Bread for the Circus” / How to Break a Fall / Mad MakerLogan Ledger / “Starlight” / Logan Ledger / RounderPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week on the program we conclude our two-part feature, Songs for Woody. We hear a variety of Woody's tunes performed by Chris Thile, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Martin Simpson and others. We'll also hear a great song for Woody by Cosy Sheridan and Bob Dylan's Song for Woody as recorded by Crowes Pasture. More classic Woody Guthrie songs … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Woody Guthrie / “Nine Hundred Miles” / Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs / Smithsonian FolkwaysChris Thile / “Tom Joad Pt.1” / Home in this World / ElektraBruce Springsteen / “Jesse James” / The Seeger Sessions / ColumbiaCosy Sheridan / “Woody Guthrie Watch Over Me” / Sometimes I Feel Too Much / Self-producedThe Del McCoury Band / “Californy Gold” / Del & Woody / McCoury MusicBob Dylan / “This Land is Your Land” / No Direction Home / CBSJim Kweskin / “Rambling 'Round Your City” / America / Warner BrothersWoody Guthrie / “Guitar Blues” / Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs / Smithsonian FolkwaysRy Cooder / “Do Re Mi” / Ry Cooder / RepriseEric Andersen / “Dusty Box Car Wall” / Today is the Highway / VanguardCrowes Pasture / “Song to Woody” / Crowes Pasture / Self-producedWoody Guthrie / “Talking Columbia” / Columbia River Collection / RounderMartin Simpson / “Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?” / Rooted / TopicTim O'Brien Band / “Pastures of Plenty” / Tim O'Brien Band / Howdy SkiesWoody Guthrie / “Wiggledy Giggledy” / Long Ways to Travel / Smithsonian FolkwaysPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

When I was a teenager in eastern Pennsylvania in the 1960s I was a dedicated reader of Sing Out! Magazine. I couldn't always afford to buy a copy but the music store where I took guitar lessons let me read each new issue as I waited for my bus ride home. I also lived on the reprints from Sing Out! and usually bought them when they came out. Those pages are where I first heard of Woody Guthrie. I already had an LP of some of his classic recordings and was aware of Bob Dylan's “Song to Woody” when I read of his passing in the pages of Sing Out! in 1967. Elektra Records has released “Home in this World,” a collection of new renditions of some of his Dust Bowl Ballads. This week and next we'll celebrate that recording with selections from the CD, mixed with classic versions of Woody's songs, and songs about him ... this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Milnes and Hammond / “Sandy River Belle” / Hell Up Coal Holler / ShanachieShovels and Rope / “Dust Bowl Blues” / Home in this World-Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads / ElektraWoody Guthrie / “Talking Dust Bowl Blues” / The Ultimate Collection / Not NowJohn McCutcheon / “Ludlow Massacre” / This Land: Woody Guthrie's America / AppalsongsThe Duhks / “Pretty Boy Floyd-Stoney Point” / Your Daughters & Your Sons / Sugar HillRamblin' Jack Elliot / “New York Town” / Jack Elliot Sings Songs of Woody Guthrie / Prestige-FolkloreRy Cooder / “Jesus and Woody” / The Prodigal Son / FantasyMilnes and Hammond / “Red Buck-Jodie-West Fork Girls” / Hell Up Coal Holler / ShanachieWatkins Family Hour / “Blowin' Down this Dusty Road” / Home in this World-Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads / ElektraWoody Guthrie w/ Cisco Houston / “Train Ride Medley Part 1&2” / Long Ways to Travel / Smithsonian FolkwaysThe Maddox Brothers & Rose / “Philadelphia Lawyer” / Vol.1 / ArhoolieWill Geer / “Reading Woody Guthrie” / Folkways The Original Vision / Smithsonian FolkwaysPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine we begin a new occasional feature. This week we review the new Bruce Molsky recording Everywhere You Go a collection of guitar tunes played by the fiddle and banjo master.We will surround the three tunes from Bruce with a collection of great fingerstyle guitarists. We'll hear Bruce Cockburn, Joel Mabus, Davy Graham, Bruce Cockburn and many more. Bruce is a master musician - stop by and hear his guitar skills on his new CD.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJoel Mabus / “Speed the Plow” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilMerle Travis / “Possum Up A Simmon Tree” / Folk Songs of the Hills / CapitolLeo Kottke / “The Ice Miner” / Mudlark / BGOJudy Collins / “The Coming of the Roads” / 5th Album / ElektraJim Kweskin / “Living in the Country” / Unjugged / HornbeamTom Rush / “Panama Limited” / Tom Rush / ElektraCharlie Patton / “Some Summer Day” / Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel / YazooCorey Harris / “Insurrection Blues” / The Insurrection Blues / M.C.Joel Mabus / “Crossing the Ohio” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilBruce Molsky / “Bye Bye Baby Blues” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Kom Hem (Come Home” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Dear Jill” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Cockburn / “Foxglove” / Night Vision / ESDJohn Martyn / “May You Never” / Solid Air / IslandShirley Collins & Davy Graham / “Blue Monk” / Folk Routes, New Routes / TopicPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week we turn our attention to songs about bandits and outlaws. These bad guys have been the subject of folk music since the beginning of singing. We'll hear songs from Norman Blake, Saro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves, Addie Graham, Ry Cooder, Tim Hardin, Tom Russell and many more. Bandits and Outlaws take center stage … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian-FolkwaysButch Thompson & Pat Donohue / “A Minor Fantasy” / Vicksburg Blues / Red HouseNorman Blake / “Billy Gray” / Blind Dog / RounderGreg Hooven String Band / “Darling Corey” / The Harry Smith Connection / Smithsonian-FolkwaysSaro Lynch-Thomason & Sam Gleaves / “Red Haired Becky” / I Have Known Women / Strictly CountryThe Byrds / “Pretty Boy Floyd” / Sweetheart of the Rodeo / ColumbiaGuy Clark / “The Last Gunfighter Ballad” / Texas Cookin' / Sugar HillThe MacAbre Brothers / “Otto Wood” / Traditional Murder Ballads / RoaneAddie Graham / “Omie Wise” / Been a Long Time Traveling / June AppalTim Hardin / “Lady Came from Baltimore” / Live in Concert / PolydorPaul Siebel / “Jack-Knife Gypsy” / Jack-Knife Gypsy / ElektraButch Thompson & Pat Donohue / “Yancey Blues” / Vicksburg Blues / Red HouseRy Cooder / “Jesse James” / The Long Riders / Warner BrothersRy Cooder / “Jesse James” / The Long Riders / Warner BrothersTom Russell / “Tonight We Ride” / Old Songs Yet to Sing / FronteraSusan Pepper / “Tom Dooley” / Hollerin' Girl / BalladHamper McBee / “John Hardy” / Cumberland Moonshiner / Spring FedThe Red Clay Ramblers / “Run Sister Run” / A Lie of the Mind / Sugar HillPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways

In folk and country music much attention is given to brother duets such as the Everlys and the Delmores, but less mention is made of sister sibling harmony. On the next episode we'll present a program called Musical Sisters. We'll hear from Roni and Donna Stoneman, Lily May and Rosie Ledford, The Quebe Sisters, The Boswell Sisters, Shirley & Dolly Collins and lots of others. Sisters singing … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysMatt Brown / “Taylor Girls” / My Native Home / 5-StringDonna & Roni Stoneman / “May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister” / The Legend Continues / PatuxentCassie and Maggie / “Hangman” / The Willow Collection / Self ProducedThe Roches / “Hammond Song” / Maggie Roche: Where Do I Come From / StorysoundAlaisdair Fraser & Natalie Haas w/ Brittany Haas / “The Pinacree Ferryman” / Highlander's Farewell / CulburnieThe Henry Girls / “Reason to Believe” / Louder than Words / Beste UnterhaltungThe Boswell Sisters / “Rock and Roll” / That's How Rhythm Was Born / Columbia LegacyMatt Brown w/ Brittany Haas / “Carroll County Blues” / My Native Home / 5-StringLily May & Rosie Ledford / “White Oak Mountain” / Legends of Old-Time Music / CountyThe Vogts Sisters / “Prove Me Wrong” / Broken Ties / Self ProducedMike, Peggy & Penny Seeger / “Old Ground Hog” / Animal Folk Songs for Children / RounderThe Quebe Ssters / “Bluegrass in the Backwoods” / The Quebe Sisters / Self ProducedShirley & Dolly Collins / “Spencer the Rover” / The Sweet Primroses / TopicKate & Anna McGarrigle / “Talk to Me of Mendocino” / Kate & Anna McGarrigle / HannibalSharon Shannon w/ Mary Shannon / “The Ivory and the Quill” / Each Little Thing / Green LinnetPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways