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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