This week on the program we conclude our Best of 2021 series, turning your attention to some of the best blues recordings released last year. We'll hear from Buffalo Nichols, Sue Foley, Maria Muldaur, Robert Finley, Colin James and many more … a rockin' Part 3, this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysDave Specter / “Wind Chill” / Six String Soul / DelmarkCorey Harrhis / “Twelve Gates to the City” / The Insurrection Blues / MCPeter Keane / “Weary Blues” / Blues-Ballads-Cowboy Songs / Self-ProducedMaria Muldaur w/ Tuba Skinny / “I Like You Best of All” / Let's Get Happy Together / Stony PlainTony Joe White / “Bubba Jones” / Smoke from the Chimney / Easy Eye Sound Carolyn Wonderland / “The Laws Must Change” / Tempting Fate / AlligatorRobert Plant & Alison Krauss / “Last Kind Words Blues” / Raise the Roof / RounderDave Specter / “Ridin' High” / Six String Soul / DelmarkBuffalo Nichols / “Lost & Lonesome” / Buffalo Nichols / Fat PossumGuy Davis / “Got Your Letter in My Pocket” / Be Ready When I Call You / MCSue Foley / “Two Bit Texas Town” / Pinky's Blues / Stony PlainColin James / “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” / Open Road / Stony PlainRobert Finley / “Make Me Feel Alright” / Sharecropper's Son / Easy Eye SoundAlly Venable / “What Do You Want from Me” / Heart of Fire / RufPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week on the program we continue with the best of 2021. This time around we'll focus on songwriters, sharing selections from Over the Moon, Amy Helm, Watchhouse, Robin & Linda Williams, Diana Jones and many more. The Best of 2021 continues … on the next edition of the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Artist/”Song”/CD/Label  Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Brad Kolodner / “Catalpa Hop” / Chimney Swifts / Fenchurch Over the Moon / “Lonesome Bluebird” / Chinook Waltz / Borealis The Brother Brothers / “Circles” / Calla Lily / Compass Cliff Eberhardt / “Room in the City” / Knew Things / Tin Pan Alley Amy Helm / “Terminal B” / What the Flood Leaves Behind / Renew  Watchhouse / “Belly of the Beast” / Watchhouse / Thirty Tigers The Accidentals / “Go Getter” / Vessel / Self-Produced Sons of the Never Wrong / “Muddy Muddy River” / Undertaker's Songbook / Sons 3 Records Murray McLauchlan / “Shining City on a Hill” / Hourglass / True North Brad Kolodner / “Tuckerman Lane” / Chimney Swifts / Fenchurch  Robin & Linda Williams / “Living Your Bad Name Down” / A Better Day A-Coming / Oakenwold Charlie Parr / “Last of the Better Days Ahead” / Last of the Better Days Ahead / Smithsonian Folkways John R. Miller / “Motor's Fried” / Depreciated / Rounder Sturgill Simpson / “Sam” / The Ballad of Dood & Juanita / High Top Mountain Carrie Newcomer / “I Will Sing a New Song” / Until Now / Available Light Diana Jones / “We Believe You” / Song to a Refugee / Goldmine Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways  

On the next three episodes of the program we'll sample the best recordings of 2021, focusing first on bluegrass and old-time music. Included on the program are Anya Hinkle, Bela Fleck, Norman Blake, Nora Brown and many more. The best releases of 2021, part one ... this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-52: Best of 2021 Pt.1 Bluegrass and Old-TimeHost: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fine Times at Our House” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-ProducedColebrook Road / “Mountainside” / Hindsight is 2020 / Mountain FeverMark Schatz & Bryan McDowell / “Fiddle Medley” / Grit & Polish / PatuxentThe Larry McPeake Tribute Band / “Rebecca” / Larry's Songbook / PatuxentJ.P. Harris' Dreadful Wind and Rain / “Last Chance” / Don't You Marry No Railroad Man / Free DirtAnya Hinkle / “I Belong to the Band” / Eden and Her Borderlands / OrganicTim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius / “Come When Mama Calls” / April in Your Eyes-A Tribute to John Lilly/ Diamond RanchJudy Hyman & Jeff Claus / “Yell in the Shoats” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / DittyvilleNorman Blake / “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” / Day by Day / Smithsonian Folkways-PlectrafoneDoyle Lawson & Quicksilver / “Between the Lines” / Roundtable / Billy BlueJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-ProducedJames Stephens / “Lady Hamilton” / How I Hear It / RebelFive Mile Mountain Road / “Wild Bill Jones” / Swingbilly Swagger / PatuxentNora Brown / “Wedding Dress” / Sidetrack My Engine / JalopySingle Girl Married Girl / “Walking on Water” / Three Generations of Leaving / More SongsBela Fleck / “This Old Road” / My Bluegrass Heart / BMG RenewAdeline / “Shelvin' Rock” / Adeline / OwlPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week on the program, we welcome winter with a program focusing on the solstice. We'll hear music from Bruce Cockburn, Peter Ostroushko, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, The Lark and the Loon and Commoner's Choir. Tune in as we welcome the winter season with all its glory … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Episode #21-51: Welcome Winter '21Host: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysLaurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / “Cold Frosty Morning” / Winter's Grace / Signature SoundsPeter Ostroushko / “Horizontal Hold” / Blue Mesa / Red HouseThe Lark and The Loon / “Snowflakes and Lamplight” / 2 / Self-ProducedSocial Band / “Winter Fields, Woods and Air” / Deep Midwinter / Self-ProducedBruce Cockburn / “High Winds White Sky” / High Winds White Sky / East Side DigitalFred Gosbee / “The Night the Whiskey Froze” / The Night the Whiskey Froze / CastlebayLissa Schneckenburger / “Young Charlotte” / Song / FootprintPhil Passen / “On a Cold Winter's Day-Cold Frosty Morning” / Cold Frosty Morning / PhilbarJesse Palidofsky / “Dancing Toward the Light (Solstice Song)” / Dancing Toward the Light / Azalea CityJohn Reischman & the Jaybirds / “A Roving on a Winter's Night” / On a Winter's Night / CorvusFotheringay / “Winter Winds” / Fotheringay / Fledg'lingCommoner's Choir / “Come On In from the Cold” / Untied Kingdom / No MastersJohn Gorka / “Holed Up in Mason City” / Bright Side of Town / Red HouseThe Clair Lynch Band / “Snow Day” / Holiday / Thrill HillPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week we feature a program of acoustic blues. The style has never been as popular as it is today. Perhaps it's a reaction to the pandemic or it's just a style of music which is ideal to be played by a single musician, especially in a time of quarantine. We'll feature music from Erik Bibb, Rory Block, Happy Traum, Lauren Sheehan and many more. Acoustic blues ...this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Episode #21-50: Acoustic BluesHost: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysMary Flower / “Ragtag Rag” / When My Bluebird Sings / BluesetteEric Bibb / “Bayou Belle” / Deeper In The Well / Stony PlainLil' Son Jackson / “Gambling Blues” / Texas Blues-The Gold Star Sessions / ArhoolieLouis Armstrong / “Tin Roof Blues” / The Essential Louis Armstrong / VerveSippie Wallace / “Special Delivery Blues” / The Blues-A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers / SonyThe Even Dozen Jug Band / “Come On In” / Jug Band Songs of the Southern Mountains / EssentialHappy Traum / “Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)” / Just For the Love of It / Lark's NestJohn Mayall / “Room to Move” / The Turning Point / PolydorMary Flower / “Humbug Creek” / When My Bluebird Sings / BluesetteJimmy Thackery & John Mooney / “Jitterbug Swing” / Sideways in Paradise / Blind PigStephen Stills / “Black Queen” / Stephen Stills / AtlanticLauren Sheehan / “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate” / The Light Still Burns / Wilson RiverRory Block-Stefan Grossman / “Walking Blues” / Country Blues Guitar / Stefan Grossman's Guitar WorkshopDavid Hamburger / “Pennsylvania Station Blues” / Pennsylvania Station Blues / Lounge SidePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Last week, we featured traditional musicians who have acted as mentors to younger players. This week we'll focus on some of the next generation artists who have been inspired by those masters. We'll hear from Stephen Wade, Hannah Shira Naiman. The Early Mays, Jake Blount, The Gilded Bats, Carla Gover and many more. Carrying traditional music forward … this week on The Sing Out Radio Magazine.Episode #21-49: Carrying It OnHost: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysStephen Wade / “Wild Horse” / Across the Amerikee / Smithsonian FolkwaysBowhunter / “Valley Forge & Banks of the Ohio” / Right Hands Round / Self ProducedHannah Shira Naiman / “Willow” / Tether My Heart / MerriweatherThe Moon Shells / “Sally in the Rye” / Seaside Asylum / Self ProducedJohn Gallagher & Scott Prouty / “Big Hoedown” / No Corn on Tygart / Self ProducedThe Early Mays / “Dear Companion” / The Early Mays / Bird on the WingPopcorn Behavior / “The Old and in the Way Riff” / Strangest Dream / Self ProducedJake Blount / “Blackbird Says to the Crow” / Spider Tales / Free DirtStephen Wade / “Uncle Dave's Fandango” / Across the Amerikee / Smithsonian FolkwaysAllison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / “Beaufort County Jail” / Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / Free DirtThe Gilded Bats / “Cumberland Gap” / The Gilded Bats / Self ProducedGailanne Amundsen / “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” / You've Been a Friend to Me / Dirty FeetAll Day Breakfast Stringband / “Half Irish” / Shanghai / Self ProducedCarla Gover / “Sweet Fern” / Hush My Restless Soul / June AppalPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week we focus on traditional music masters – both instrumentalists and singers – who have inspired the next generations of young tradition bearers. We'll hear from Dwight Diller, Mike Seeger, Val Mindel & Emily Miller, Alice Gerrard, Norman Blake and many more. It's traditional music mentors … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Episode #21-48: Paying It ForwardHost: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysOld Buck / “Mike in the Wilderness” / Old Buck / Tin HaloDwight Diller / “Waynesboro” / W Va Mountain Music:Harvest / Yew PineMike Seeger / “Little Birdie” / Southern Banjo Sounds / Smithsonian FolkwaysAny Old Time Stringband / “Turkey Buzzard-Chinquapin Hunting” / I Bid You Goodnight / ArhoolieVal Mindel & Emily Miller / “Gone Home” / Close to Home / Yodel-Ay-HeeMarcus Martin / “Gray Eagle” / When I Get My New House Done / University of North CarolinaTommy Jarrell / “John Brown's Dream” / Legends of Old-Time Music / CountyTommy Jarrell / “Greasy String” / Legends of Old-Time Music / CountyJimmy Triplett / “Piney Woods” / Natural History / BemlarOld Buck / “Highlander's Farewell” / Old Buck / Tin HaloCraver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry / “Sally Ann” / You've Been a Friend to Me / BarkerPete Sutherland / “Pioneer Children Sang as they Walked-ye ke ke” / Streak O' Lean / EpactAlice Gerrard / “Wild Hog in the Woods” / Big Bend Killing / Great Smoky Mountains AssociationDon Pedi / “Old Black Cat Couldn't Catch a Rat” / Short Time Here / Walnust Mountain The Pilot Mountain Bobcats / “Sugar Hill” / Dance By the Light of the Moon / Yodel-Ay-HeeNorman Blake / “Whistling Rufus” / Green Light on the Southern / PlectraphonePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week on the program we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. We have a great deal to be thankful for this year with the Covid vaccinations and boosters allowing us to travel and gather safely with family and friends. We'll hear songs from Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Tim O'Brien, Guy Clark, Maria Sangiolo, Darrell Scott and many more. Let's all be thankful for the return of Thanksgiving and celebrate it in the traditional way … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-47: Songs About Food, Travel and FamilyHost: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysGrey Larsen / “The Gathering” / The Gathering / Sugar HillJay Ungar & Molly Mason / “Bound for Another Harvest Home” / Harvest Home / AngelTim O'Brien / “Megna's” / Chameleon / Howdy Skies-ProperThe Hillbenders / “Planes, Trains & Automibles” / The Hillbenders / CompassSally Rogers / “Thanksgiving Eve” / In the Circle of the Sun / Flying FishGuy Clark / “Texas Cookin'” / Texas Cookin' / Sugar Hill Michael Cooney / “Squalor” / Together Again / Cove HavenGrey Larsen / “The Gathering” / The Gathering / Sugar HillJudy Collins / “Someday Soon” / Who Knows Where the Time Goes / ElektraGarrison Keillor / “My Minnesota Home” / When I Get Home / High BridgeMaria Sangiolo / “Farmer's Market A to Z” / Planting Seeds / Raging RiverDarrell Scott / “Family Tree” / Family Tree / Sugar Hill Kate Campbell / “When You Come Back Home” / Damn Sure Blue / Large RiverOld Man Luedecke / “Big Group Breakfast” / Proof of Love / Black HenPete 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 focusing on music from California. We'll hear David Grisman, The Blue Flame Stringband, Los Lobos, Cyrus Clark, The Dos Valley Trio, Laurie Lewis and many more. Tune in for some great music from the Golden State … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Episode #21-46: The Golden State, Pt.2Host: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysDavid Grisman / “Dawg's Bull” / Hot Dawg / A+MEuphonia / “The Old Man at the Mill-Polly Put the Kettle On” / The Old Jawbone / Self ProducedJesse Colin Young / “Lovely Day” / Together / RacoonBlue Flame Stringband / “Eunice Two-Step” / Blue Flame Stringband / 14 CarrotThe Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / “Buy For Me the Rain” / The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / LibertyMariachi Reyna de Los Angeles / “Popurri de Chihuaha” / Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles / Smithsonian FolkwaysLos Lobos / “Love Special Delivery” / Native Sons / New WestJimmy Webb / “Campo De Encino” / Letters / Warner BrothersDavid Grisman / “Janice” / Hot Dawg / A+MCyrus Clarke / “The Road to Ensenada” / Calsong / RanchMary McCaslin / “San Bernadino Waltz” / Things We Said Today / PhiloRick Nelson / “California” / Rick Sings Nelson / BGODos Valley Trio / “Crockett's Reel” / Jewels of the San Joaquin / Mt. WowLaurie Lewis / “Val's Cabin” / True Stories / RounderThe Stairwell Sisters / “Rock Andy” / The Stairwell Sisters / Yodel-Ay-HeePete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This week on the program we travel to “The Golden State” and listen to some great artists from California. Our feature recording is “The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes.” (Alan recorded a great deal of traditional based and blues artists in the 1960s California folk music scene.) We'll hear from Dr. Humbead's New Tranquility String Band, Dad Crockett and Frank Hicks, Laurie Lewis and Molly Tuttle, The Bluegrass Cardinals, The Highwoods String Band, Tom Carter & Tom Sauber, Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin and many more. So travel with us to the Golden State … this week (and next) on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-45: The Golden State Pt.1Host: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysTom Carter & Tom Sauber / “Old Time Fire on the Mountain” / Trade Your Headache for a Smile / Tiki ParlourJoni Mitchell / “California” / Blue / RepriseKilby Snow / “All My Friends Gonna Be Strangers” / The Village Out West / Smithsonian FolkwaysMolly Tuttle and Laurie Lewis / “You Are My Flower” / and Laurie Lewis / Spruce and MapleChris Hillman / “New Old John Robertson” / Bidin' My Time / RounderThe Byrds / “Goin' Back” / The Notorious Byrd Brothers / ColumbiaSarah Elizabeth Campbell / “Geraldine & Ruthie Mae” / A Little Tenderness / KaleidoscopeThe Bluegrass Cardinals / “Girl at the Crossroads Bar” / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Copper CreekDr. Humbead's New Tranquilty String Band / “Milwaukee Blues” / The Village Out West / SmithsonianFolkwaysTom Carter & Tom Sauber / “Salt River” / Trade Your Headache for a Smile / Tiki ParlourThe Highwoods String Band / “Dance All Night” / Live / MudthumperThe Hillbillies from Mars / “North Carolina Breakdown” / The Hillbillies from Mars / Self ReleasedDad Crockett & Frank Hicks / “Hoop-e-Kack” / The Village Out West / Smithsonian FolkwaysJody Stecher & Kate Brislin / “The Orphan Child” / A Song That Will Linger / RounderClaudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan / “Lover's Tree” / Lover's Tree / Radio RhythmAllsorts Orchestra / “Geese Honking” / Skillet Licorice / Tiki ParlourClarence White / “Never Ending Love” / Silver Meteor / SierraPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways