This week we complete our two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and sea shanties. We'll hear from Waterson-Carthy, John Roberts, Alan Carr, The Fisherman's Friends, Cyrill Tawney, Sally Rogers and many more.

“Way haul away” … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

NE Music Collection / “Staten Island Hornpipe” / The Wing in the Rigging / MFSL

JIIG / “The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite” / JIIG / Fallen Angle

Allan Carr / “The Bonny Ship the Diamond” / Songs of Northeast Scotland / Self-produced

Euphonia / “Boatman's Dance-Chinquapin Hunting” / The Old Jawbone / Self-produced

Sally Rogers / “Lovely Agnes” / The Unclaimed Pint / Flying Fish

Kitty Donohoe / “Leaving the Land-Ships Are Sailing” / The Fisherman's Daughter / Roheen

Stan Rogers / “White Squall” / Best of Stan Rogers / Fogarty's Cove

Molly's Revenge / “The Northern Shore” / Western Shore / Molri

NE Music Collection / “Strike the Bell” / The Wind in the Rigging / MFSL

The Fishermen's Friends / “John Kanaka” / One and All / Island

John Smith / “Lord Franklin” / Hummingbird / Commoner

Aly Bain-Ale Moller-Bruce Molsky / “Lament for a Sailor Who Fell From the Mast-Up da Stroods” / Meeting Point / Whirlie

Cyril Tawney / “Chicken on a Raft” / Navy Cuts / ADA

Simpson-Cutting Kerr / “Some Old Salty” / Murmurs / Topic

John Roberts / “Farewell Nancy” / Sea Fever / Golden Hind

Waterson-Carthy / “Goodbye Fare You Well” / Fishes and Fine Yellow Sand / Topic

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

There has been a resurgence of interest in maritime songs and shanties since a TikTok video took the world by storm a while back. This week on the Magazine we begin a two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and shanties. We'll hear music from The Fisherman's Friends, Hauler, Jimmy Rankin, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and of course, Stan Rogers. We'll haul away boys … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Donogh Hennessey / “Hornpipe:Home By the Fire” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie

The Fisherman's Friends / “Keep Hauling” /Music from the Movie Fisherman's Friends / Island

Hauler / “Whalebone” / Hauler / Self-produced

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem / “Haul Away Joe” / In Person at Carnegie Hall / Columbia

Great Big Sea / “Ferryland Sealer” / Turn / Sire

Bett Padgett / “Carrol M. Deering” / Hatteras: if a Lighthouse Could Speak.../ Ceilidh's Music

McKasson & McDonald / “Bay of Biscay” / Harbour / Self-produced

Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd & Chorus / “Blood-Red Roses” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways

John Doyle / “Reels:The Gooseberry Bush-The Sailor's Return” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie

Jimmy Rankin / “Haul Away the Whale” / Moving East / True North

Lou Killen / “The Flying Cloud” / Blow the Man Down / Topic

Various / “Sitting in the Stern of a Boat” / Lewis & Clark Original Soundtrack / RCA

Stan Rogers / “Northwest Passage” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty's Cove

Morrigan / “Bully in the Alley” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways

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

This week on the podcast we celebrate the 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 & Twitch, Kate Taylor and many more. “Celebrate kith and kin, far away and near” … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

This week on the Magazine 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.

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

Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / “Cold Frosty Morning” / Winter's Grace / Signature Sounds

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

The Lark and The Loon / “Snowflakes and Lamplight” / 2 / Self-produced

Social Band / “Winter Fields, Woods and Air” / Deep Midwinter / Self-produced

Bruce Cockburn / “High Winds White Sky” / High Winds White Sky / East Side Digital

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

Lissa Schneckenburger / “Young Charlotte” / Song / Footprint

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

Jesse Palidofsky / “Dancing Toward the Light (Solstice Song)” / Dancing Toward the Light / Azalea City

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

Fotheringay / “Winter Winds” / Fotheringay / Fledg'ling

Commoner's Choir / “Come On In from the Cold” / Untied Kingdom / No Masters

John Gorka / “Holed Up in Mason City” / Bright Side of Town / Red House

The Clair Lynch Band / “Snow Day” / Holiday / Thrill Hill

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

Winter is arriving across the land as we move toward the new year. We note the change of season with music from Peter Mayer, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Fred Gosbee. The Sweetback Sisters, Peter Ostroushko and many more. Short days and long nights … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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

Far away places with strange-sounding names have lured travelers to journey away from home, over and over again. We'll listen to some traveling music from Roy Book Binder, Dave Fry, Tom Rush, and Steve Goodman among many others. Put on your travelin' shoes, we're on the road again … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Victor Furtado / “Rattletrap” / Dellorto Island / Patuxent

The Route 66 Orchestra / “The Theme from Route 66” / The Songs of Route 66 / Lazy SOB

Roy Book Binder / “Gonna Get Myself a Motorhome” / Bookeroo / Rounder

Dave Fry / “Rosie is a Friend of Mine” / Troubadour / Dave Fry Music

The Highwoods Stringband / “Lee Highway Blues” / Feed Your Babies Onions / Rounder

Bob Dylan / “Walkin' Down the Line” / The Wimark Demos: 1962-1964 / Columbia

Brandi Clark / “Bad Car” / Your Life is a Record / Warner Records

Canned Heat / “On the Road Again” / Canned Heat Cookbook / Fuel

Simon & Garfunkle / “Homeward Bound” / Live 1969 / Columbia-Legacy

Victor Furtado / “Rusty” / Dellorto Island / Patuxent

Tom Rush / “On the Road Again” / Take a Little Walk with Me / Elektra

Grisman, Hartford & Seeger / “Maybelline” / Retrograss / Acoustic Disc

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

David Bromberg Band / “Big Road” / Big Road / Red House

Steve Goodman / “Six Hours Ahead of the Sun” / Somebody Else's Troubles / Buddah

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

In folk and country music, it's the brother duets that usually get lots of attention. Think the Everly Brothers and the Delmore Brothers, for example. We'll give the sister musicians their due this week, and hear from Roni and Donna Stoneman, Lily May and Rosie Ledford, the Quebe Sisters, the Boswell Sisters, and lots of others. Sisters, sisters … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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 time on the podcast we focus on songs about travel and food, in keeping with many family plans at this time of year. We'll hear music from Gillian Welch, Joel Mabus, Tom Rush, The Good Ol' Persons, Tony Joe White and many others. On the road again … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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 from 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

We'll continue with Part 2 with some instrumental selections that are well-thought out and varied. Among others, we'll listen to The Acousticats, Bruce Cockburn, The Horseflies and Leo Kottke. Vocals not necessary … 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

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”

 “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away”

 “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”

 “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

It sometimes seems that there's not an abundance of great instrumental recordings around today. It takes quite a bit more talent and compositional ability to construct a recording that's varied and interesting; the project should be a cohesive creation and not just a series of jams. We'll share some tunes from Richard Thompson, The Rebirth Brass Band, Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen along with a few surprises. Send the singer home … this week (and next) on The Sing Out! 

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