It’s that time of year, once again, when houses are decorated with Jack ’O Lanterns, corn stalks and scarecrows and other accouterments of the Halloween season. Kids dressed in a wide variety of costumes, both homemade and store-bought, get ready to go from house to house yelling trick or treat collecting candy from their neighbors … so this week we’ll focus on some classic songs and tunes for this spooky season from Ale Möller, Steeleye Span, Claudia Schmidt, Robin and Linda Williams, and many more. Get ready to get scared … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine!

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Ale Möller / “Heaven and Earth” / The Horse and the Crane / Northside
John Roberts & Tony Barrand / “The Dreadful Ghost” / Dark Ships in the Forest /
              Folk Legacy
3hattrio / “Mojave” / Solitaire / Okehdokee
Steeleye Span / “Long Lankin” / Commoners Crown / BGO

Mike Craver / “The Ghost in the Theater”/ Bosh & Moonshine / Sapsucker
Heidi Muller & Bob Webb / “Ghost Stories” / Seeing Things / Self Produced
Bruce Cockburn / “Deja Vu” / Night Vision / True North
Ale Moller / “Rose Halling” / The Horse and the Crane / Northside

Claudia Schmidt / “Vampire” / Midwestern Heart / Flying Fish
Robin & Linda Williams / “Murders on the Cumberland Plateau” / In The Jailhouse Now / CMH
Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church / “Idumea” / Cold Mountain Soundtrack / DMZ-Columbia

Tony Joe White / “The Gift” / Hoodoo / Swamp Records
Dirk Powell / “Ride with the Devil” / Hand Me Down / Rounder
Lutz Kirchoff / “Francois Dufaut-Suite in A minor-Courante” / Lute Music for Witches
              and Alchemists / Sony
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways