Under the Covers 2021
Episode #21-34 | airing 08-25-21
There was a time when the occupation of songwriter did not automatically include singer in the description. Generally, a songwriter wrote the song and it was performed by a singer. This began to change in the 1950s, and truly became the practice in the 1960s. Songwriters began to perform their own compositions, the era of the Brill Building was beginning to end. On this week’s show, we present classic performances of songs not written by the performer. We’ll hear covers by Bob Dylan, The Flatlanders, Los Lobos, Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy and many more. Cover songs … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.
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Artist / “Title” / CD / Label
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
Folkways
Christopher O’Riley / “Pink Moon” / Second Grace: The Music of Nick Drake / World Village
Art of Time Ensemble / “The Boy in the Bubble” / Ain’t Got Long / Art of Time Recordings
Solo Razafindrakoto / “Crosstown Traffic” / Solodeguitare / Rough Trade
Fraser & DeBolt / “Don’t Let Me Down” / Fraser & Debolt w/ Ian Guenther / Columbia
Dori Freeman / “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” / Letters Never Read / Blue Hens
Liz Simmons / “Night in the City” / Poets / Self Produced
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy / “Devoted to You” / What the Brothers Sang / Palace
Tim O’Brien / “The Same Boat, Brother” / He Walked On / Howdy Skies
Loudon Wainwright III / “How I Love You (I’m Tellin’ the Birds, Tellin’ the Bees) / I’d Rather Lead A Band / Thirty Tigers
Christopher O’Riley / “Northern Sky” / Second Grace: The Music of Nick Drake / World Village
Los Lobos / “Sail On, Sailor” / Native Sons / New West
The Flatlanders / “She Belongs to Me” / Treasure of Luck / Thirty Tigers
Bill Frisell / “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” / Ghost Town / Nonesuch
Bob Dylan / “Can’t Help Falling in Love” / 1970 / Columbia
Special Consensus / “Sweet Home Chicago” / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
Smithsonian Folkways