The acoustic form of the blues has never been as popular as it is today, perhaps as a reaction to the pandemic or maybe just as a style of music which is ideal for a single musician. We’ll feature music from Eric Bibb, Rory Block, Happy Traum, Lauren Sheehan and others. There’s “room to move” … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Mary Flower / “Ragtag Rag” / When My Bluebird Sings / Bluesette
Eric Bibb / “Bayou Belle” / Deeper In The Well / Stony Plain
Lil’ Son Jackson / “Gambling Blues” / Texas Blues-The Gold Star Sessions / Arhoolie
Louis Armstrong / “Tin Roof Blues” / The Essential Louis Armstrong / Verve
Sippie Wallace / “Special Delivery Blues” / The Blues-A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers / Sony

The Even Dozen Jug Band / “Come On In” / Jug Band Songs of the Southern Mountains / Essential
Happy Traum / “Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)” / Just For the Love of It / Lark’s Nest
John Mayall / “Room to Move” / The Turning Point / Polydor
Mary Flower / “Humbug Creek” / When My Bluebird Sings / Bluesette

Jimmy Thackery & John Mooney / “Jitterbug Swing” / Sideways in Paradise / Blind Pig
Stephen Stills / “Black Queen” / Stephen Stills / Atlantic
Lauren Sheehan / “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate” / The Light Still Burns / Wilson River

Rory Block-Stefan Grossman / “Walking Blues” / Country Blues Guitar / Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop
David Hamburger / “Pennsylvania Station Blues” / Pennsylvania Station Blues / Lounge Side
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways