We lost a great musician on Christmas Day when Tony Rice passed at the age of 69. His friend Ricky Skaggs described Tony as “the single most influential acoustic guitar player in the last 50 years.” This week’s show, we’ll pay tribute by sharing some great recordings featuring Tony, as well as some selections from players who were inspired by him. We'll hear Bryan Sutton, Molly Tuttle and David Grier … and we’ll also hear some players who inspired Tony, including Doc Watson, Clarence White and Maybelle Carter. Farewell to Tony Rice … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-04: Tony Rice, RIP

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

The Bluegrass Album Band / “Foggy Mountain Rock” / Sweet Sunny South / Rounder

The Tony Rice Unit / “Jerusalem Ridge” / Unit of Measure / Rounder

Tony Rice / “Go My Way” / Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder

The Tony Rice Unit / “My Favorite Things” / Backwaters / Rounder

The Kentucky Colonels / “Beaumont Rag” / Long Journey Home / Vanguard

The Kentucky Colonels / “Nine Pound Hammer” / Appalachian Swing / EMI

Clarence White / “Alabama Jubilee” / Flatpick / Sierra

Doc & Merle Watson / “Texas Gales” / Ballads from Deep Gap / Vanguard

Doc Watson / “Black Mountain Rag” / Live at Club 47 / Yep Roc

David Grisman / “Minor Swing” / Hot Dawg / A+M

Norman Blake / “The Old Brown Case” / The Fields of November / Flying Fish

Maybelle Carter / “Wildwood Flower” / Wildwood Pickin' / Vanguard

Mark O'Connor / “Dixie Breakdown” / Retrospective / Rounder

Molly Tuttle / “Take the Journey” / When You're Ready / Compass

David Grier / “Billy in the Lowground” / Ways of the World / Dreadnaught

Bryan Sutton / “Ragtime Annie” / Not Too Far From the Tree / Sugar Hill

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

This week,we conclude our survey of the best of 2020’s folk music releases. We feature great music from Adam Hurt, The Onlies, Ben Reel, Brennen Leigh, Loudon Wainwright III, Mipso and many more. Despite the pandemic and quarantine it was a fine year. 2020, it’s a wrap … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-03: Best of 2020 Pt.3

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Adam Hurt / “Back Step Cindy” / Back to the Earth / Ubiquitone

Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton / “The Blue Ridge Mountain Blues” / Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton / Smithsonian Folkways

The Piros / “Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm” / Brandywine Ridge / Self Produced

Jake Blount / “Roustabout” / Spider Tales / Free Dirt

The Onlies / “Going Across the Sea” / The Onlies / Self Produced

Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder / “Thief” / Trouble in Time / Self Produced

Ben Reel / “Tough People” / The Nashville Calling / B.Reel

Brennen Leigh / “Don't You Know I'm from Here” / Prairie Love Letter / Self Produced

Maya De Vitry / “Bread for the Circus” / How to Break a Fall / Self Produced

Adam Hurt / “Kentucky Winder” / Back to the Earth / Ubiquitone

Norah Jones / “I'm Alive” / Pick Me Up Off the Floor / BlueNote

Jules Shear / “Smart” / Slower / Funzalo

Loudon Wainwright III / “I'm Going to Give it to Mary with Love” / I'd Rather Lead A Band / Search Party-Thirty Tigers

Chris Smither / “Let It Go” / More From the Levee / Signature Sounds

Mipso / “Hourglass” / Mipso / Rounder

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

This week, we continue with our survey of the best folk music releases of 2020. It's been a surprisingly good year. Featured is music from Chris Flegg, Logan Ledger, Raye Zaragoza, Katy Moffatt, Shemekia Copeland and many more. Continuing our celebration of 2020 folk … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-02: Best of 2020 Pt.2

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Chris Flegg / “Market Street Rag” / Twenty's Plenty / Self Produced

Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche / “I Can Still Hear You” / I Can Still Hear You / Story Sound

Logan Ledger / “Starlight” / Logan Ledger / Rounder

Raye Zaragoza / “Red” / Woman in Color / Rebel River

Sam Bush / “On the Road” / On the Road: A Tribute to John Hartford / Lo Hi

Matt Combs et al / “Tennessee Politics” / The John Hartford Fiddle Project Vol.1 / StuffWorks

Thom Jutz / “Hartford's Bend” / To Live in Two Worlds Volume 1 / Mountain Home

Chris Flegg / “Chasinb Cuckoos” / Twenty's Plenty / Self Produced

John Stewart / “Mother Country” / Old Forgotten Alters / Omnivore

Katy Moffatt / “Walkin' on the Moon” / Chrysalis / Sunset Blvd

Bob Frank / “New York City” / Within a Few Degrees / Light in the Attic

New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers / “Pony Blues” / Vol.1 / Stony Plain

Shemekia Copeland / “Walk Until I Ride” / Uncivil War / Alligator

Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters / “I Shall Not Be Moved” / Rise Up / Stony Plain

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

For the next two episodes of the program, we’ll survey of some of the finest music released in 2020. It was a truly unique year for the recording industry. There were many homemade recordings released during the quarantine periods and many artists had to postpone touring putting their projects on hold.

That said there was much to like in the music released over the past year, and we'll hear some of the best, including selections from Will Hoge, George Mann, Claudia Schmidt, Appalachian Roadshow, Carla Ulbrich and many more. Celebrating the last year … this week (and next) on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-01: Best of 2020 Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Damia Timoner / “Operator” / Jerry's Smilin' / ZOHO

Will Hoge / “Midway Motel” / Tiny Little Movies / Thirty Tigers

Susan Pepper / “Be Here Now” / The Prettiest Bird / Ballad

Hannah Harris / “My Cousin the Dancer-A Pleasant Surprise” / Tea for Tunes / Self Produced

Appalachian Road Show / “Goin' Across the Mountain” / Tribulation / Billy Blue

Samoa Wilson with the Jim Kweskin Band / “Our Love is Here to Stay” / I Just Want to be Horizontal /Kingswood

Bob Dylan / “My Own Version of You” / Rough and Rowdy Ways / Columbia

Damia Timoner / “Brown-Eyed Women” / Jerry's Smilin' / ZOHO

Carla Ulbrich / “Germs Germs Germs” / Inside Jokes / Romantic Devil

John McCutcheon / “Sheltered in Place” / Cabin Fever / Appalsongs

Vance Gilbert / “Another Good Day Above Ground” / Good Good Man / Disismye Music

George Mann / “Pass it Along” / The Coronavirus Sessions / Running Scared

Scott Cook / “Rollin' to You” / Tangle of Souls / Self Produced

Claudia Schmidt / “Eastern Shore” / Slow Steady Heart / Self Produced

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

2020 has been a year like no other. Everyone is glad to see 2021 arrive. For this week’s program, we celebrate the coming 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 & T'witch, Kate Taylor and many more. Let’s all celebrate the passage of time … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-53: Farewell 2020

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Winter arrived last week in Eastern Pennsylvania with a dusting of snow and colder than average temperatures. This week on the program, we note the change of season with music from Peter Mayer, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Fred Gosbee. The Sweetback Sisters, Peter Ostroushko and many more. Winter's Coming In … this week on Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-52: Winter's Coming In

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Phil Passen / “On a Cold Winter's Day-Cold Froty Morning” / Cold Frosty Morning / Philbar

Eli Lev & Megan Leigh / “The Longest Night of the Year” / The Longest Night of the Year Vol. 2 / Hudson Harding

Peter Mayer / “The Longest Night” / Midwinter / Blue Boat

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason / “A Rovin' On A Winter's Night” / The Pleasures of Winter / Fiddle & Dance

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

Ramblin' Jack Elliot / “Introduction to Don't Think Twice It's Alright” / Tales from the Tavern Volume One / Tales from the Tavern

Ramblin Jack Elliot / “Don't Think Twice It's Alright” / Tales from the Tavern Volume One / Tales from the Tavern

Mae Robertson / “Every December Sky” / December Sky / LyricPartners

Sheila Kay Adams & Jim Taylor / “Frosty Morn” / Christmas on the Mountain / PearlMae and Granny Dell Records

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

The Sweetback Sisters / “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” / Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular Signature Sounds

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

Peter Ostroushko / “Horizontal Hold” / Blue Mesa / Red House

Anne & Pete Sibley / “Winter on the Great Divide” / Winter on the Great Divide / Self Produced

Tony Elman / “Winter Creek” / Winter Creek / Acorn

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

In folk and country music much attention is give to brother duets such as the Everlys and the Delmores, but less mention is made of sister sibling harmony. This week on the program, we’ll focus on those 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 many more. It’s sisterly harmonies … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-51: Musical Sisters

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Matt Brown / “Taylor Girls” / My Native Home / 5-String

Donna & Roni Stoneman / “May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister” / The Legend Continues / Patuxent

Cassie and Maggie / “Hangman” / The Willow Collection / Self Produced

The Roches / “Hammond Song” / Maggie Roche: Where Do I Come From / Storysound

Alaisdair Fraser & Natalie Haas w/ Brittany Haas / “The Pinacree Ferryman” / Highlander's Farewell / Culburnie

The Henry Girls / “Reason to Believe” / Louder than Words / Beste Unterhaltung

The Boswell Sisters / “Rock and Roll” / That's How Rhythm Was Born / Columbia Legacy

Matt Brown w/ Brittany Haas / “Carroll County Blues” / My Native Home / 5-String

Lily May & Rosie Ledford / “White Oak Mountain” / Legends of Old-Time Music / County

The Vogts Sisters / “Prove Me Wrong” / Broken Ties / Self Produced

Mike, Peggy & Penny Seeger / “Old Ground Hog” / Animal Folk Songs for Children / Rounder

The Quebe Sisters / “Bluegrass in the Backwoods” / The Quebe Sisters / Self Produced

Shirley & Dolly Collins / “Spencer the Rover” / The Sweet Primroses / Topic

Kate & Anna McGarrigle / “Talk to Me of Mendocino” / Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Hannibal

Sharon Shannon w/ Mary Shannon / “The Ivory and the Quill” / Each Little Thing / Green Linnet

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

This week, we conclude our two-part feature “Send the Singer Home” with more great instrumental recordings. We’ll hear Bruce Cockburn, The Acousticats, Sharon Isbin, Brass Lassie, and many more. So, strike up the band one more time … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-50: Send the Singer Home, Pt.2

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Bruce Cockburn / “Sweetness And Light” / Crowing Ignites / True North

Maire Ni Chathasaigh – Chris Newman / “Molly St. George” / Fire Wire / Old Bridge

The Acousticats / “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” / The Cat's Meow / Ranch

Jim Campilongo & Honeyfingers / “She's A Woman” / Last Night, This Morning / Blue Hen

Bill Evans / “Mother Nature's Son” / Native & Fine

Bill Evans / “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” / Native & Fine

Bill Evans / “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” / Native & Fine

Bill Evans / “A Hard Day's Night” / In Good Company / Native & Fine

Bruce Cockburn / “Pibroch: The Wind in the Valley” / Crowing Ignites / True North

Brass Lassie / “The Crown Knot” / Brass Lassie / Self Produced

Jerry Miller / “Moon Fallin'” / New Road Under My Wheels / Signature Sounds

Sharon Isbin-Amjad Ali Khan / “Love Avalanche-Raga Mishra Bhairav” / Strings for Peace / Zoho

The Horseflies / “John Brown's Dream” / Two Traditions / Self Produced

Leo Kottke / “Bean Time” / Greenhouse / Capitol-One Way

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

There are many singer-songwriters on the folk music scene … and many singer-songwriter recordings, both great and less so. What there is not an abundance of are great instrumental recordings. It takes great talent and compositional ability to construct a fine instrumental and recording. The project must be a cohesive creation, and not just a series of jams. For the next two weeks, we’ll feature some of the best of those instrumental outings … this week featuring music from Russ Barenberg, Richard Thompson, The Rebirth Brass Band, Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen, along with a few surprises. There are no words … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-49: Send the Singer Home, Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Russ Barenberg / “Little Monk” / When At Last / Compass

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / “Keeping Up With Christine” / Ports of Call / Culburnie

Joel Mabus / “Ukulele Scrabble” / Ukulele Crimes / Fossil

Rebirth Brass Band / “You Move Ya Lose” / Rollin' / Rounder

Don Pedi / “Walking in the Parlor” / Little Songs from The Southern Mountains / Walnut Mountain

Bill Frisell / “Surfer Girl” / Guitar in the Space Age / Okeh

Richard Thompson / “Rockin' in Rhythm” / Strict Tempo / Carthage

Russ Barenberg / “On Milo's Back” / When At Last / Compass

Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen / “Playing with a Full Deck” / Cross the Water / Sleepy Creek

Davey Graham / “The Road to Lisdoonvarna (Jig & Reel)” / The Complete Guitarist / Stefan Grosman's Guitar Workshop

Chris Thile / “Panhandle Rag” / Leading Off / Sugar Hill

Flaco & Max / “Fiesta alegre” / Legends & Legacies / Smithsonian Folkways

Fleetwood Mac / “Albatross” / The Pious Bird of Good Omen / Columbia

Al Di Meola / “I'll Follow the Sun” / Across the Universe / Ear Music

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

This year's holiday season will be like no other since the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. Families have been instructed to avoid large gatherings, and as we move into December many celebrations will become virtual. That said, we’re continuing our tradition of focusing this seasonal program on songs about travel and food. We'll hear music from Gillian Welch, Joel Mabus, Tom Rush, The Good Ol' Persons, Tony Joe White and many more. Remembering the traditions of Thanksgiving … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-48: Songs About Travel & Food

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Jabbour, Perlman & Watson / “Turkey in the Straw” / You Can't Beat the Classics / Self Produced

Simon & Garfunkle / “Homeward Bound” / Live frm New York City 1967 / Columbia

The Henry Girls / “Kitchen Set” / Dawn / Self Produced

Gillian Welch / “Wichita” / Boots No.1 / Acony

Joel Mabus / “Bubba's 3 B's” / Rhyme Scheme / Fossil

Peter Cooper / “Train to Birmingham” / The Lloyd Green Album / Red Beet

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

Claftin & Grace / “In the Kitchen” / Walk It With You / Self Produced

Tim O'Brien / “Forty Nine Keep on Talkin'” / Traveler / Sugar Hill

High Fidelity / “Turkey in the Straw” / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel

Tom Rush / “On the Road Again” / Take A Little Walk With Me / Elektra

Tony Joe White / “Polk Salad Annie” / Black and White / Warner Brothers

Selena Rosanbalm / “The Old House” / Selena Rosanbalm / Self Produced

Good 'Ol Persons / “Rutabaga Boogie” / Folk Music-The Bay Years Vol.1 / Bay

James Taylor / “Sweet Baby James” / Sweet Baby James / Warner Brothers

Joe Craven / “Hot Turkey” / Camptown / Acorn

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