Well, the holiday season is just about over, and this week we’ll hear music for the new year, 2020. Whew! Hard to believe! I hope y’all had a great holiday season. We'll hear music for the First Day from The Copper Ponies, Martin & Eliza Carthy, Finest Kind, Sneak’s Noyse, John McCutcheon and The Tannahill Weavers, and many more. New Year’s music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-01: Happy New Year 2020!

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Russ Rentler / “Auld Lang Syne” / Still Yulin' Around / Self Produced

Herdman-Hills-Mangsen / “At the Turning of the Year” / At the Turning of the Year / Hand & Heart

The Copper Ponies / “It's A New Year Now” / Ring Them Bells / Hudson Harding

The Yellow Room Gang / “Coming of the Dawn” / Happy New Day / Self Produced

The Gathering / “First Day of the Year” / The Gathering / Sycamore Road

The Paul Winter Consort / “Tomorrow is my Dancing Day” / Wintersongs / Living Music

Martin & Eliza Carthy / “Blackwell Merry Night” / The Moral of the Elephant / Topic

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys / “Party at the Holiday” / Party at the Holiday / Valcour

Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadiens / “Auld Lang Syne” / Seasonal Selection Box Vol.1 / Document

Finest Kind / “Bring the New Year In” / I Am Christmas / Fallen Angle

The Monks / “Year's End Waltz” / Ragged and Righteous / Yodel Ay Hee

Nowell Sing We Clear / “Carol for New Year's Day” / The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear / Front Hall

John McCutcheon / “Down in Yon Forest-New Year's Eve” / Winter Solstice / Rounder

The Tannahill Weavers / “Auld Lang Syne” / IV / Green Linnet

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

The Winter Solstice arrived on December 21st, and this week’s program is a welcome to the Winter season with some wonderful music focusing on this special time of the year. We’ll hear from Gordon Lightfoot, The Early Mays, Honor Finnegan, Fred Gosbee, Herdman-Hills-Mangsen, The Silent Winters and Reid Jamieson. Music for a season of ice and snow … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-52: Welcome Winter

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Katie LaRay Waldren / “Cold Frosty Morning” / Cold Frosty Morning / Native Ground

Kieran Kan & Rayna Gellert / “Cold Air” / Ledges / Dead Reckoning

Gordon Lightfoot / “Song for a Winter's Night” / The Way I Feel / United Artists

Pierce Pettis / “In the Bleak Midwinter” / Winter Solstice III / Windham Hill

The Early Mays / “Narrows of the Year” / Chase the Sun / Bird on the Wing

Honor Finnegan / “Snow Day” / Just One Angel v2.0 / Yellow Tail

Social Band / “When the Snows of Winter Fall” / Deep Midwinter / Self Released

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

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

Atwater Donnelly / “Cold Frosty Morning-Growling Old Man Growling Old Woman” / When Winter Calls / Rabbit Island

Herdman-Hills-Mangsen / “More Wood” / Voices of Winter / Gadfly

Herdman-Hills-Mangsen / “Solstice Round” / At the Turning of the Year / Hand & Heart

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

John Reischman & the Jaybirds / “While Roving on a Winter's Night” / On a Winter's Night / Corvus

Silent Winters / “Winter Wonderland” / Christmas Morning / Fallen Tree

Reid Jamieson / The Coldest Night of the Year” / Songs for a Winter's Night / Self Produced

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

Stephen Wade and Ellis Paul have recently released new recordings focusing on their roles as storytellers. On this week’s program we'll hear some outstanding songs from some great artists who specialize in story songs. In addition to selections from those new recordings by Stephen and Ellis, we’ll listen to Dom Flemons, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Old Man Luedecke, John Roberts and Debra Cowan along with others. Pull up a chair and enjoy some great ballads and stories … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-51: Ballads and Stories

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Stephen Wade / “Hobart Smith's Wabash Blues” / Dancing in the Parlor / County

Dom Flemons / “Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail” / Black Cowboys / Smithsonian Folkways

Ramblin' Jack Elliot / “Railroad Bill” / Hard Travelin' / Fantasy

Norman Blake / “The Fate of Oliver Curtis Perry” / Brushwood Songs and Stories / Plectrafone

Dock Boggs / “Cole Younger” / Classic American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways

Ellis Paul / “The Storyteller's Suitcase” / The Storyteller's Suitcase / Rosella

Jerry Jeff Walker / “Mr. Bojangles” / Five Years Gone / Atco

Old Man Luedecke / “Machu Picchu” / My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs / Black Hen

Stephen Wade / “Malvern Hill” / Dancing in the Parlor / County

Stephen Wade / “Chicago” / A Storyteller's Story / Patuxent

Larry Hanks / “The Ballad of Tom Joad” / The Last Wagon / Zippety Whippet

John Roberts & Debra Cowan / “The Cornstalk” / Ballads Long and Short / Golden Hind

Sheila Kay Adams & Jim Taylor / “Sherburne” / Christmas on the Mountain / Granny Dell

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

On this week’s show, we’ll wrap up our two-week blues festival. We’ll check out tunes from Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Al Basile, Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, The Mysix and more. Celebrating the blues, again … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-50: The Blues Pt. 2

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters / “Backstroke” / Spread the Love / Stony Plain

The Nick Moss Band / “312 Blood” / Lucky Guy / Alligator

Al Basile / “Five Roads” / Hot House / Sweetspot

Deanna Bogart / “Baby You Got What it Takes” / Real Time / Blind Pig

Muddy Waters / “I Can't Be Satisfied” / The Aristocrat Blues Story / One Day

Rory Block / “Panama Limited” / Keepin' Outta Trouble / Stony Plain

Arlen Roth & Friends / “You Really Got a Hold On Me” / Slide Guitar Summit / Aquinnah

Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters / “Chitlins Con Carne” / Spread the Love / Stony Plain

The Mystix / Midnight in Mississippi” / Live-Rhythm and Roots / Self Produced

Steve Howe and the Mighty Men / “I Know You Rider” / Yes, I Believe I Will / Out of the Past

Bumper Jacksons / “Dirt Road Blues” / I Never Met a Stranger / Self Produced

Rick Estrin & the Nightcats / “House of Grease” / Contemporary / Alligator

Mike Zito & Friends / “Reelin' and Rockin'” / Rock & Roll-A Tribute to Chuck Berry / Ruf

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

We’ll be focusing on the blues for the next two episodes of the show. This week, we'll feature classic tunes from Franks Stokes, Mose Allison and the Mississippi Sheiks, as well as contemporary tunes from Coco Montoya, The Nighthawks, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers and more. Catching the blues … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-49: The Blues Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways Duke Robillard / “Zot” / Swing / Rounder

Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters / “Baby How Long” / Beyond the Blue Door / Stony Plain

Mose Allison / “Parchman Farm” / Local Color / Real Gone

Coco Montoya / “Lights are On but Nobody's Home” / Coming in Hot / Alligator

Frank Stokes / “I Got Mine” / Protobilly / JSP

Jim Kweskin / “You're Gonna Quit Me Baby” / Unjugged / Hornbeam

Mississippi Sheiks / “Things About Comin' My Way” / Best of the Mississippi Sheiks / Columbia Legacy

Duke Robillard / “Stitt's Bit” / Swing / Rounder

The Nighthawks / “When I Go Away” / All You Gotta Do / Eller Soul

Tracy Nelson / “Whatever I Am You Made Me” / Poor Man's Paradise / Columbia

Tommy Castro & the Painkillers / “All About the Cash” / Method to my Madness / Alligator

Maria Muldaur / “Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul” / Maria Muldaur and her Garden of Joy / Stony Plain

Hot Tuna / “Vicksburg Stomp” / Steady as She Goes” Red House

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

With the upcoming holiday season upon us, it’s the time of year for our annual “Food, Family and Travel” edition of the show. We’ll hear some tasty music from Tim O’Brien, Guy Clark, Judy Collins, Susan Werner and many more. It's great to download and play on that trip to your grandmother’s for Thanksgiving or during the feast. Over the river and through the woods … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-48: Food, Family & Travel 2019

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Squirrel Butter / “Onion Tops & Turnip Greens” / Renderings / Self Produced

Leah Larson / “A Little Ways Down the Road” / Long Journey / Self Produced

Darrell Scott / “Family Tree” / Family Tree / Sugar Hill

Guy Clark / “Homegrown Tomatoes” / Songs and Stories / Dualtone

Betse & Clark / “Arkansas Traveler” / River Still Rise” / Smiling Violet

Tim O'Brien / “Megna's” / Chameleon / Howdy Skies-Proper

Grey Larsen / “The Gathering” / The Gathering / Sugar Hill

Dori Freeman / “I'll Be Coming Home” / Every Single Star / Blue Hen

Squirrel Butter / “Plum Butter” / Renderings / Self Produced

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

The Blackflies / “Reggae Poutine” / Poutine / Self Produced

Gathering Sparks / “Let My Love Open the Door” / All That's Real / Borealis

Jane Rothfield / “Off the Griddle” / Out of Thin Air / iFiddle

Susan Werner / “The Night I Ate New Orleans” / Nola / Self Produced

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

Bobby Troup / “Route 66” / The Songs of Route 66 / Lazy SOB

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

On this week’s show, we'll focus our attention on young folks playing Old-Time and Traditional Music. Just a few years ago, players of traditional music were a bit long in the tooth … but today many of the best have come out of academic and workshop experiences, and are playing some of the most vibrant and exciting renditions of new and classic songs and tunes. We’ll hear The Big Possum Stringband, Victor Furtado, Molly Tuttle, Anna & Elizabeth and many more. It’s Young Traditionalists … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-47: Young Traditionalists

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Big Possum String Band /”Hell Amongst the Yearlings” / Big Possum Stringband / Self Produced

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

Jake Blount w/ Tatiana Hargreaves / “Wiley Lawes'” / Reparations / Self Produced

The Early Risers / “This Changes Everything” / Making Life Sweet / Itchy Sabot

Carolina Blue / “Longing for Home” / I Hear Bluegrass Calloing Me / Pinecastle

Laurel Premo / “The Brushy Fork of John's Creek” / The Iron Trios / Self Produced

Anna & Elizabeth / “Little Black Train” / Anna & Elizabeth / Free Dirt

Liz Davis Maxfield / “Pretty Saro+Maggie's Beau” / Big Fiddle / Self Produced

Big Possum Stringband / “Blue Goose” / Big Possum Stringband / Self Produced

Molsky's Mountain Drifters / “I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham” / Minding the Gap / Tree Frog

Kaia Kater / “White” / Nine Pin / Kingswood

Serene Green / “Hop Bottom” / Have At It / Patuxent

Charm City Junction / “I've Got a Woman” / Charm City Junction / Patuxent

Victor Furtado / “Clifftop Belle” / Dellorto Island / Patuxent

Brian Vollmer / “Birchfield's Sally Ann” / Old Time Music Party / Patuxent

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

On this week’s show, we’ll complete our two-part feature on train songs.

We’ll listen to new and classic music from Norman Blake, Kate Campbell, Jim Kweskin, Jimmie Rodgers, Asleep at the Wheel, and, of course, Steve Goodman. Hear that train a-comin’ … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-46: Ride That Train Pt.2

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / “Roscoe” / Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / Old Time Tiki Parlour

Norman Blake / “Last Train from Poor Valley” / Fields of November / Flying Fish

Merle Haggard / “The Silver Ghost” / My Love Affair with Trains / BGO

Frank Lee / “Reuben's Train” / Gourdhead / Self Produced

Jim Kweskin / “The Wreck of the Number 9” / Unjugged / Hornbeam

Grant Dermody / “Morning Train” / My Dony / Self

Courtney Marie Andrews / “Downtown Train” / Come On Up to the House / Dualtone

Kate Campbell / “Long Slow Train” / Damn Sure Blue / Large River

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / “Going Up to Hamburg” / Mike Bryant & Paul Brown / Old Time Tiki Parlour

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

Nashville Bluegrass Band / “The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home” / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder

Jimmie Rodgers / “Waiting for a Train” / RCA Legacy The Essential / RCA

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcaster w/ David Bromberg / “It Takes A Lot to Lugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” Beyond the Blue Door / Stony Plain

Johnny Cash / “Hey Porter” / The Total Johnny Cash Sun Collection / Curb

Asleep at the Wheel / “Choo, Choo Ch' Boogie” / Asleep at the Wheel / BGO

V. L.Sutphin / “Last Train Blues” / Close to Home / Rounder

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

This week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine, I’m glad to be back from my medical leave. I’ll begin my return with a two-part series featuring railroading songs. Inspiration for this first installment was the new CD from the great old-time revivalist Riley Baugus, “Little Black Train's a Comin’.”

Along with music from Riley, we’ll hear new and classic tunes from Tom Rush, Grayson & Whitter, The Delmore Brothers, Mollie O’Brien & Rich More and the new Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Traveling Thru featuring Johnny Cash. All aboard … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-46: Ride That Train Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Merle Travis / “Blue Smoke” / The Merle Travis Guitar / Raven

Riley Baugus / “Reuben's Train” / Little Black Train's A Comin' / Old Garden

Tom Rush / “Panama Limited” / Tom Rush / Elektra

Jean Ritchie / “The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore” / High Hills and Mountains / Greenhays

Sara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family

Grayson & Whitter / “Train 45” / The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter / County

Merle Travis / “Cannonball Stomp” / Walkin' the Strings / Raven

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

Robin & Linda Williams / “Pan American Boogie” / Live in Holland / Strictly Country

Marty Stuart / “Long Train Gone” / Busy Bee Cafe / Sugar Hill

Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore / “Train Home” / Love Runner / Remington Road

Jerry Jeff Walker / “Tracks Run Through the City” / Five Years Gone / Elektra

Art Theime / “The Hobo's Last Ride” / Singing Through the Hard Times / Righteous Babe

Riley Baugus / “Train on the Island” / Little Black Train's A Comin' / Old Garden

Bob Dylan / “Mystery Train-This Train is Bound for Glory / Travelin' Thru / Columbia Legacy

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

The calendar may say it’s Autumn, but in many locations around the nation, the season is still stuck on Summer. On this week’s show, we anticipate the change with some great music about the Fall. We’ll hear music from Eva Cassidy, Ian & Sylvia, Michael Cooney, Sally Rogers, The Empty Pockets and many more. Welcome Autumn 2019 … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #19-39: Welcome Autumn 2019

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

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

Eva Cassidy / “Autumn Leaves” / Songbird / Blix Street

Ian & Sylvia / “Four Strong Winds” / The Lost Tapes / Stoney Plain

Maria Chabot / “When Summer Fades” / The Other Side / Self Produced

Joel Mabus / “Crooked November” / Rhyme Schemes / Fossil

Michael Cooney / “Apple Pickers Reel” / The Cheese Stands Alone / Folk Legacy

Traffic / “John Barleycorn Must Die” / John Barleycorn Must Die / Island

Rose Sheehan / “Somewhere Along the Road” / Keep On Moving Forward / Adelphi

Sally Rogers / “Fall is Here” / In the Circle of the Sun / Flying Fish

Danny Knicely & Jack Dunlop / “ Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Chop, Shred & Split / Self Produced

The Empty Pockets / “Deerfield” / Tanglewoods / Self Produced

Fairport Convention / “The Hiring Fair” / Gladys Leap / Varrick

Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen / “October Song” / Cross the Water / Sleepy Creek

Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Rocky Beaches” / Otter Creek / Fenchurch

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