The folk music community has encouraged rearrangements of songs and tunes beyond the folk music repertoire. On this week’s program, we’ll sample some wonderful “folk” renditions of songs by Elton John, James Taylor, The Beatles, Buddy Holly and many more. Pop gets folky … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

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

Tom Rush / “Something in the Way She Moves” / Circle Game / Elektra

Unicorn / “Country Road” / Electric Eden / Universal

Serene Green / “Bartender's Blues” / Have At It / Patunxent

Twisted Pine / “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” / Dreams / Signature Sounds

Carthy, Hardy, Farrell, Young / “Walking After Midnight” / Leylam / Hem Hem

Steeleye Span / “Rave On” / Rave On / Edsel

Bruce Cockburn / “Blind Willie” / Crowing Ignites / True North

The Cleverlys / “She's Not There” / Blue / Mountain Home

Michael Cleveland / “Tennessee Plates” / Tall Fiddler / Compass

Caleb Daugherty Band / “Riding My Thumb to Mexico” / Burnt the Sawmill Down / KDM

Rebekah Long / “Honky Cat” / Run Away / LUK

Shelly Posen / “Everydays” / The Old Song's Home / Well Done Music

Tom Rozum / “Love is a Lonely Street” / Jubilee / Dogtown

Asleep at the Wheel / “Big River” / New Routes / Thirty Tigers

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

This week on the program, we feature music from The Mountain State. West Virginia has a rich musical heritage of both traditional and contemporary styles. We'll hear music from Tim O’Brien, Hazel Dickens, Jerry Douglas, Melvin Wine, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller. Tune in to hear some great music from West Virginia … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

The Modock Rounders / “Rye Straw” / Home Music / Buffalo Skinner

Tim O'Brien / “Grandma's Hands” / Where the River Meets the Road / Howdy Skies

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

Russ Barenberg, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer / “Big Sciota” / Skip, Hop & Wobble / Sugar Hill

Kate Long / “Who'll Watch the Home Place” / Pieces of Heart / Edna

Heidi Muller & Bob Webb / “Elk River Blues-West Virginia Hills” / Seeing Things / Cascade

Bob Heyer / “Cherry River Line” / That Lonesome Road / Table Rock

Melvin Wine / “Yew Piney Mountain” / Classic Old-time Fiddle / Smithsonian Folkways

Dwight Diller / “Abe's Retreat” / Just Banjo '99 Yew Pine Mountain Music

The Modock Rounders / “Jimmy Johnson” / Home Music / Buffalo Skinner

Hazel Dickens / “West Virginia My Home” / Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People / Rounder

Kathy Mattea / “Pretty Bird” / Pretty Bird / Captain Potato

Andy FitzGibbon / “Shanghai” / The New Young Fogies Volume 1 / Self-produced

The Critten Hollow String Band / “Going to the West” / Cowboys and Indians / Yodel Ay Hee

Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “Fun's All Over” / Deep End Sessions Vol 2 / Deep End Sessions

Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice / “Too Late, Too Late” / Tear Down the Fences / Kbell

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

This week we're completing our two-week trip to Canada to escape the hot and humid summer in the Northeast. We'll hear more classic and recent music from Canadian artists. Included are Joni Mitchell, Stan Rogers, the Foghorn String Band, Bruce Cockburn, and Old Man Luedecke. Cooler days ahead … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Foghorn Stringband / “Jake's Got the Bellyache” / Rock Island Grange / Self-produced

Arianna Gillis / “Dirt Gets Dirty” / The Maze / Self Produced

Lucas Choi Zimbel / “This Backwards Town” / Tempered Tantrum / Self-produced

Buffy Sainte-Marie / “My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying” / Little Wheel Spin and Spin / Vanguard

Matt Andersen / “What Would Your Mama Say” / Halfway Home by Morning / True North

Steve Dawson / “Bentonia Blues” / Lucky Hand / Black Hen Music

Harp Dog Brown / “Buzzard Luck” / For Love & Money / Dog House

Foghorn Stringband / “Grigsby's Hornpipe” / Rock Island Grange / Self-produced

Stan Rogers / “The Mary Ellen Carter” / Between the Breaks Live / Fogarty's Cove

Old Man Luedecke / “Little Bird, Pete Seeger-Little Bird” / Live at the Chester Playhouse / True North

Joni Mitchell / “Chelsea Morning” / Clouds / Reprise

Bruce Cockburn / “All The Diamonds in the World” / Salt, Sun and Time / True North

Genevieve Racette / “Northern Star” / No Water, No Flowers / Self-produced

The Small Glories / “Sing” / Assiniboine & The Red / Red House

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

Summer has arrived in all its glory in Eastern Pennsylvania. If you've ever visited the region in the summer you probably remember the heat and humidity. Many families take trips to Canada to get away from the weather.

This week and next on the program we'll do just that and feature some recent and classic music from Canada. From Finest Kind, “The Maple Leaf Forever” … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Yves Lambert Trio / “Rag Reel” / Laissez Courit les Chiens / La Pruche Libre

Gordon Lightfoot / “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” / Sunday Concert / United Artists

Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling / “Nordic Love Songs” / Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling/ Leaf Music

Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards / “Hang On to the Day” / Live in Manitoba / Black Forest Sound

Blue Moon Marquee / “52nd Street Strut” / Bare Knuckles & Braun / Self-produced

Murray McLauchlin / “Swinging on a Star” / Songs from the Street / True North

Yves Lambert Trio / “Suite Pour Justin” / Laissez Courit les Chiens / La Pruche Libre

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

Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta / “Sunflower Delight” / Shorelines / Borealis

David Francey / “Holy Ground” / Empty Train / Laker

Finest Kind / “The Maple Leaf Forever” / Silks & Spices / Fallen Angle

The Wailin' Jennys / “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” / Fifteen / Red House

Genevieve Charbonneau / “No Other Time” / Heart is a Tower / Self-produced

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

This week on the program we continue our occasional series focusing on Earth's elements. We offered Water a few weeks ago and now we'll turn to another element. Be prepared, as we follow many different themes with Wind as an inspiration. We'll hear music from Mary McCaslin, Bob Dylan, Robin and Linda Williams, Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert, among others. The Wind blows free … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

The Sky Island Stringband / “Piney Hills” / Adventures in Old Cranberry / Bemlar

Mary McCaslin / “The Wayward Wind” / Old Friends / Philo

Kate MacLeod / “Sand in Breeze-Sunrise on the Colorado Plateau-Desert Rain / Deep in the Sound of Terra / Courier Music

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

Tim O'Brien Band / “Wind” / Tim O'Brien Band / Howdy Skies

Richard Withers & Mark Tamsula / “Wind that Shook the Barley-Silver Lake” / The Snowy Path / Snappin' Bug

Frank Sinatra / “The Summer Wind” / Strangers in the Night / Reprise

Stevie Wonder / “Blowin' in the Wind” / At the Close of a Century / Motown

The Sky Island Stringband / “Flying Cloud” / Adventures in Old Cranberry / Bemlar

The Byrds / “Hickory Wind” / Sweetheart of the Rodeo / Columbia

Robin & Linda Williams / “The Devil is a Mighty Wind” / Live in Holland / Strictly Country

Bob Dylan / “Idiot Wind” / Blood on the Tracks / Columbia

Donovan / “Catch the Wind” / What's Been Did and What's Been Hid / Castle

Reverand Freakchild / “Call Me the Breeze” / Road Dog Dharma / Floating Records

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

Summer vacation has arrived again. Unless your child has been designated for summer school (do they still do that?) or camp, they are home and looking for stuff to do. This time around we provide our annual program featuring songs that can be enjoyed by the whole family, and can become a fun part of road trips in the car or stays at the shore or the mountains. We'll hear great music from Greg Brown, Taj Mahal, Dave Fry, Ella Jenkins, Pete Seeger and others. A respite for kids and parents … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

The Beau Hunks / “Riding Along” / Play “Little Rascals” Music / Koch

Doc Watson / “Talkin' Guitar” / Songs for Little Pickers / Sugar Hill

Greg Brown / “Bath Tub Blues” / Bath Tub Blues / Red House

Suzy Bogguss / “Red River Valley” / American Folk Songbook / Loyal Dutchess

Ric Ocasek / “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” / Simply Mad About the Mouse / Columbia 

Kathy Kallick / “C-H-I-C-K-E-N” / Use a Napkin(Noy Your Mom) / Sugar Hill

Dave Fry / “Chicken Reel” / Shake It / Dave Fry Music

Elizabeth Mitchell / “Riding in my Car” / Classic Folk Songs for Kids / Smithsonian Folkways

Logan English / “I'll Write 'N Draw” / Woody Guthrie's Children's Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

David Holt / “The Cat Came Back” / I Got A Bullfrog / High Windy Audio

The Beau Hunks / “Beautiful Lady” / Play “Little Rascals” Music / Koch

Taj Mahal / “Fishing Blues” / Shake Sugaree / Music for Little People

Los Lobos w/ Lalo Guerrero / “La Bamba” / Papa's Dream / Music for Little People

The Hollow Trees / “What Do You Want on Your Taco” / Hello Friend / Self-produced

Pete Seeger / “Bought Me a Cat” / American Folk, Game & Activity Songs / Smithsonian Folkways

Ella Jenkins / “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” / 1 2 3s and A B Cs / Smithsonian Folkways

Carol Elizabeth Jones / “On Top of Old Smokey” / On Top of Old Smokey / Great Smoky Mts, Assoc.

Trout Fishing in America / “Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers” / Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers / Troutoones

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

Many places in the US are experiencing huge amounts of rainfall with flooding and other problems associated with this amount of moisture. This week on the program we'll honor them with songs about water, rain and floods. Music from Ramsey Lewis, Eva Cassidy, Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers, and lots more. Come wade in the water … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Ramsey Lewis Trio / “Wade in the Water” / Wade in the Water / Cadet

Tellico / “It's Just Rain” / Woven Waters / Organic

Betse & Clarke / “Rolling River” / River Still Rise / Smiling Violet

Dirk Powell / “Waterbound” / The Transatlantic Sessions Series Five, Vol. 2 / Whirlie

Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, Thom Jutz / “Down Along the River” / Riverland / Red Beet

Annie Staninec / “Willow on the Lake” / Annie Staninec / Self-produced

Gordon Lightfoot / “Early Morning Rain” / Gord's Gold / Warner Brothers

Squirrel Butter / “Muddy Creek” / Renderings / Self-produced

Eva Cassidy / “Wade in the Water” / Eva By Heart / Blix Street

Margo Murphy & John Roberts / “Sea Fever” / The Sea and the Sky / Rainmakers

Moira Smiley / “Bring Me Little Water Silvy” / Bring Me Little Water Silvy / Self-produced

Hot Tuna / “Water Song” / Burgers / Grunt

Incredible String Band / “The Water Song” / The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter / Elektra

Stan Rogers / “White Squall” / Very Best of Stan Rogers / Borealis

Sally Rogers / “Lovely Agnes” / The Circle of the Sun / Flying Fish

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

Juneteenth commemorates the 19th day in June, 1865, when Union General Gordon Grainger announced General Order No.3, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas. Celebrations began immediately, but eventually took a back seat to the civil rights movement in the 1960s. With the advent of Black Lives Matter new emphasis has been placed on the holiday, which we celebrate on this week's Magazine. We'll hear music from Reggie Harris, Eric Bibb, Robert Finley, Our Native Daughters, Sweet Honey in the Rock and many more. Tune in for a celebration of Juneteenth … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Michael J. Miles / “Mississippi Overture” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on Red

Eric Bibb / “Drinkin' Gourd” / Jericho Road / Stony Plain

Champion Jack Dupree / “I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia” / Classic Protest Songs Smithsonian-Folkways

The Clara Ward Singers / “Twelve Gates to the City” / Meetin' Tonight / Vanguard

Robert Finley / “Sharecropper's Son” / Sharecropper's Son / Easy Eye Sound

Lurie Bell & the Bell Dynasty / “What My Momma Told Me” / Tribute to Carey Bell / Delnark

Leyla McCalla / “As I Grow Older-Dreamer” / Vari-Colored Songs / Smithsonian-Folkways

Allison Russell / “Hy-Brasil” / Outside Child” / Fantasy

Reggie Harris / “Standing in Freedom's Name” / On Solid Ground / Self-produced

Michael J. Miles / “Mississippi Rising” / Mississippi River Suite / Right Turn on Red

Our Native Daughters / “Moon Meets the Sun” / Songs of Our Native Daughters / Smithsonian Folkways

Rhiannon Giddens / “I Shall Not Be Moved” / They're Calling Me Home / Nonesuch

Sweet Honey in the Rock / “Oh, Sankofa” / #Love in Evolution / Appleseed

Eric Bibb / “This Land is Your Land” / Migration Blues / Stony Plain

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

On the program this time around we continue our two-part feature, It Takes Two. We've got classic and recent music from duos including Cathy Barton & Dave Para, Jim Hurst & Missy Raines, Ordinary Elephant, Rising Appalachia, The Kennedys and many more. Pairing up the musicians … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Cathy Barton & Dave Para / “Pretty Betty Martin-Chinquapin Hunting” / Carp Fishing in Missouri Roustabout

The Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers / “Borrowed Time” / Don't Think About Tomorrow Tonight / Self- produced

Blake & O'Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / Shanachie

Bear & Robert / “Half Moon Over Memphis” / Hearts in Blues / Blue Chihuahua 

Jim Hurst & Missy Raines / “Cincinnati at Night” / Synergy / Pinecastle

Ordinary Elephant / “I Come From” / Honest / Self-produced

Rising Appalachia / “Harmonize” / Leylines / Self-produced

The Maes / “Half Moon Bay” / The Maes / Self-produced

Cathy Barton & Dave Para / “Superfly” / Carp Fishing in Missouri / Roustabout

Simon & Garfunkle / “Homeward Bound” / Live From New York City, 1967 / Columbia-Legacy

Doc & Merle Watson / “Windy and Warm” / Picking the Blues / Flying Fish

Gillian Welch / “Scarlet Town” / The Harrow and the Harvest / Acony

The Kennedys / “Southern Jumbo” / West / Self-produced 

Courtney Hartman & Taylor Ashton / “Loving Hands” / Been on Your Side / Free Dirt

Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert / “Bells & Clover” / When the Sun Goes Down / Dead Reckoning

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

The duo is one of the most durable combinations in folk music. This week we begin a two-part feature: It Takes Two. We'll sample recent and classic music from duos including The Everly Brothers, Alison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, The Small Glories, and Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen. Music in pairs … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Milnes & Hammond / “Camp Chase-Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On” / Hell Up Coal Holler / Shanachie

Small Glories / “Winnipeg” / Assiniboine & Red / Red House

Mike Compton & David Grier / “Bye Bye Blue” / Climbing the Walls / Rounder

Richard Ruane & Beth Duquette / “Ellie Brown” / Notch Road / Riptone

Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / “Green Valley Waltz” / Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves Free Dirt 

Brian O Headra & Fiona MacKenzie / “Maria” / Tir / Anam

Lena Willemark & Ale Moller / “Batsman-Turklaten” / Nordan / ECM

Kevin Burke & Micheal O' Domhnaill / “The Pigeon on the Gate-Lafferty's Reel-Matt Peoples Reel” / Promenade / Mulligan

Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen / “Now He's Sorry He Spoke” / Never Grow Up / Flying Fish

Milnes & Hammond / “Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone” / Hell Up Coal Holler / Shanachie

Lark and the Loon / “Pack Your Suitcase” / 2 / Self Produced

Colvin & Earle / “Come What May” / Colvin & Earle / Fantasy

The Everly Brothers / “When Will I Be Loved” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear Family

Robin & Linda Williams / “The Perfect Country Song” / In the Company of Strangers / Sugar Hill

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur / “Diamond Joe” / Penny's Farm / Kingswood

Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen / “Snow Plow” / Push Record-The Banff Sessions / Borealis

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