Well, we're a bit more than halfway through Hurricane season. Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the Gulf and Atlantic shores of Florida and then made a return in the Carolinas, leaving chaos behind. On this week's program we'll sample music with a focus on natural disaster. Included in the episode will be music from The Duhks, The Bucking Mules, Jennifer Johnson, Tony Joe White, John McCutcheon and others. The great storm is over … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Grey Larsen & Malcolm Dalglish / “Thunderhead” / Thunderhead / Flying FishThe Duhks / “Mighty Storm” / Fast Paced World / Sugar HillBen Townsend & Friends / “Roaring River” / Deep End Sessions Vol.3 / Deep End SessionsOlabelle & David Reed / “Boats Up the River” / Third Annual Farewell Reunion / RounderDavid Grier / “Eye of the Hurricane” / Lone Soldier / RounderSteve Gillitte & Cindy Mangsen / “Tide and the River Rising” / A Sense of Place / RedwingThe Bucking Mules / “Fire On the Mountain” / Smoke Behind the Clouds / Free DirtJennifer Johnson / “Ready for the Storm” / My Secret Garden / Self ProducedGrey Larsen & Malcolm Dalglish / “The Stormy Night-Glen Helen” / Thunderhead / Flying FishTim O'Brien Band / “Wind” / Tim O'Brien Band / Howdy SkiesRob Lutes / “Lightning” / Come Around / Lucky BearTony Joe White / “The Flood” / Hoodoo / Yep Roc-SwampRed State Ramblers / “Katrina” / Made in the Shade / Sugar HillJohn McCutcheon / “The Great Storm is Over” / Water from Another Time / RounderPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This program concludes our two-part feature “It's a Slippery Slope,” showcasing more great slide guitarists. As with last week's episode we dedicate the show to the late Ellen McIlwayne, who blazed a path for many future slide guitarists. We'll hear great music from Leo Kottke, Ally Venable, Jon Shain, Sonny Treadway, Rory Block, Bruce Cockburn and many more. Slide down the slippery slope with us 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 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 / ChrysallisTony 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

We lost a wonderfully talented musician to cancer last year. Ellen McIlwaine was an inspiration to guitarists worldwide. Her muscular style and adept use of the slide was remarkable. This week and next on the program we'll present the two-part feature “It's a Slippery Slope,” featuring great slide guitarists including Ellen, along with David Bromberg, Geoff Bartley, Bonnie Raitt, Donna Herula and more. A variety of players, each with their own individual style … on the next two editions of 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

On this week's episode we conclude our two-part feature Songs for Woody. We'll hear a variety of Woody's tunes performed by Chris Thile, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Martin Simpson and many more. We'll also hear a great song for Woody by Cosy Sheridan and Bob Dylan's Song for Woody by Crowes Pasture. Concluding our visit with Woody Guthrie … 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 Springsteemn / “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 it 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 for the reprints from Sing Out! and that's where I first heard of Woody Guthrie. 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. Selections from that CD, classic versions of Woody's songs and songs about Woody Guthrie … 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 time on the program we celebrate my very favorite season - autumn - with a collection of classic and recent recordings suggesting falling leaves and cooler temperatures. We'll hear music from RanchWriters, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Martin Simpson, The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc and others. Grab some cider and spice cookies and enjoy some music of the new season … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Ranch Writers / “Marble Canyon Rag” / RanchWriters / True NorthJudy Collins / “Who Know Where the Time Goes” / Who Knows Where the Time Goes / ElektraBen Winship / “Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Acorns / Snake RiverMartin Simpson / “October Song” / Home Recordings / TopicThe Nordic Fiddlers Bloc / “Bonfrost” / Bonfrost / Self-producedJoni Mitchell / “Urge for Going” / Hits / RepriseOld Man Luedecke / “Real Wet Wood” / Domestic Eccentric / True NorthNew Grass Revival / “Going to the Fair” / Barren County / Flying FishRanchWriters / “Bonaparte Plateau” / Ranch Writers / True NorthSally Rogers / “Old Father Fall” / In the Circle of the Sun / Flying FishPaul Brown / “Summer's Almost Gone” / Red Clay Country / 5-StringTim O'Brien / “The Apple Press-The Apple Cart” / Two Journeys / Howdy SkiesChris Kokesh / “Planting a Garden in October” / October Valentine / Self-producedGalax Bogtrotters / “October Morning” / Old-Time Jubilations / DittyvillePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week we celebrate Labor Day. Many in the United States consider Labor Day as simply the end of summer, forgetting the great contributions to our daily life that have occurred due to the labor movement and unionization of the American worker in the early part of the last century. We will feature songs about organizations and occupations from musical artists Emma's Revolution, Anne Feeney, Si Kahn, Diana Jones and many more. Some songs reflecting American labor, in the spirit of the long history of Sing Out! Magazine … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Three Bean Salad / “Field Assignment” / Acoustic Potluck / Self ProducedWindborne / “Which Side Are You On” / Song on the Times / Self ProducedSteeleye Span / “Blackleg Miner” / Back in Line / ShanachiePete Seeger / “He Lies in the American Land” / The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 / Smithsonian FolkwaysSi Kahn / “Houses On the Hill” / Been a Long Time / Sliced BreadJohn McCutcheon / “Laz'rus” / Stand Up! / AppalseedDiana Jones / “Appalachia” / Coal Country Music / HeartwoodHazel Dickens / “Coal Tatoo” / Coal Mining Women / RounderThree Bean Salad / “Red Bird-Second Shift” / Acoustic Potluck / Self ProducedLouie Fuller and Chorus / “Hopping Down in Kent” / Rhythms of Labor / PrivateCyril Tawney / “The Oggie Man” / Navy Cuts / ADAThe Furrow Collective / “The Cabin Boy” / Fathoms / HudsonWillard Gayheart & Friends / “The Workin'” / At Home in the Blue Ridge / Blue HensAnne Feeney / “We Just Come to Work Here, We Don't Come to Die” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian FolkwaysEmma's Revolution / “Stand Together” / RPM / Moving Forward MusicFlorence Reese / “Which Side Are You On?” / Coal Mining Women / RounderPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

For the conclusion of our two-parter, The Duo Stew, we'll hear music from Watchhouse, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jimmy Thackery & John Mooney, Hot Tuna, Chad & Jeremy, Richard & Linda Thompson and many others. More musical pairs … 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 / “The Orchard” / Skipping Rocks / FenchurchWatchhouse / “Wonderous Love” / Watchhouse / Thirty TigersRed Tail Ring / “Camp Meeting on the 4th of July-May Day” / Fall Away Blues / Self-ProducedGillian Welch & David Rawlings / “Ginseng Sullivan” / All the Good Times / AconyNorman & Nancy Blake / “Fifty Miles of Elbow Room” / Blind Dog / RounderJimmy Thackery & John Mooney / “Take Time” / Sideways in Paradise / Blind PigDelaney & Bonnie & Friends / “Never Ending Song of Love” / Motel Shot / Real GoneChad & Jeremy / “Yesterday's Gone” / The Best of Chad & Jeremy / One WayKen & Brad Kolodner / “Falls of Richmond” / Skipping Rocks / FenchurchHot Tuna / “Water Song” / Burgers / RCABrewer & Shipley / “Tarkio Road” / Tarkio Road / BMGRichard & Linda Thompson / “When I Get to the Border” / I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight / IslandTim O'Brien & Darrell Scott / “Time to Talk to Joseph” / Memories and Moments / Full SkiesHappy & Artie Traum / “Golden Bird” / Happy & Artie Traum / CapitolPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

The concept of musicians playing together has been popular since the first time anyone sat down to exchange musical ideas. Duos have had a great deal of success and for the next two programs we present Duo Stew. This week we'll share music from Robin & Linda Williams, 10 String Symphony, Laurie Hart and Paul Marchand, Magpie, Anne & Pete Sibley and others. A mix of great duos playing a variety of styles … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Laurie Bird & Paul Marchand / “Indifference” / Cobbler's Dream / Self-ProducedRobin & Linda Williams / “A Better Day A-Coming” / A Better Day A-Coming / Oakenwold10 String Symphony / “Mama You Been On My Mind” / Weight of the World / PoppychopBryan Sutton & Tony Rice / “Dusty Miller” / Not Too Far From the Tree / Sugar HillJoy of Cooking / “Hush” / The Complete Joy of Cooking / AcadiaNathan Gourley and Joey Abarta / “Johnny Henry's-The Boys on the Hilltop-The Arkle Mountain / Copley Street / Self-ProducedLulu Belle and Scotty / “Wish I was a Single Girl Again” / Flowers in the Wildwood / TrikontBuddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale / “How Will I Know” / Party for Joey / True NorthChris Coole & Ivan Rosenberg / “Stage Fright” / Return to Trion / VolotoneLaurie Bird & Paul Marchand / “College Groves-Boil the Breakfast Early-Hunter's Purse” / Cobbler's Dream / Self-ProducedMagpie / “Bristlecone Pine” / In This World / Sliced BreadAnne & Pete Sibley / “Sow Em' On the Mountain” / Coming Home / Self-ProducedMike Barnett w/ Stuart Duncan/ “Mary and the Soldier” / Portraits in Fiddles / CompassThe Gibson Brothers / “They Called It Music” / They Called It Music / CompassAllison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / “Eighth of January” / Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / Free DirtBill Monroe & Doc Watson / “Turkey in the Straw” / Live Duet Recordings 1963-1990 / Smithsonian FolkwaysPete 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 singer-songwriters. We'll hear Bob Malone, Crys Mathews, Brennan Leigh, Esther Rose, John Smith and many others you should know about if you don't already. Songs and singers ...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