This week on the program, we feature music from The Mountain State. West Virginia has a rich musical heritage of both traditional and contemporary styles. We’ll hear music from Tim O’Brien, Hazel Dickens, Jerry Douglas, Melvin Wine, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller. Tune in to hear some great music from West Virginia … 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
The Modock Rounders / “Rye Straw” / Home Music / Buffalo Skinner
Tim O’Brien / “Grandma’s Hands” / Where the River Meets the Road / Howdy Skies
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore / “Love Runner” / Love Runner / Remington Road
Russ Barenberg, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer / “Big Sciota” / Skip, Hop & Wobble / Sugar Hill

Kate Long / “Who’ll Watch the Home Place” / Pieces of Heart / Edna
Heidi Muller & Bob Webb / “Elk River Blues-West Virginia Hills” / Seeing Things / Cascade
Bob Heyer / “Cherry River Line” / That Lonesome Road / Table Rock
Melvin Wine / “Yew Piney Mountain” / Classic Old-time Fiddle / Smithsonian Folkways
Dwight Diller / “Abe’s Retreat” / Just Banjo ’99 Yew Pine Mountain Music
The Modock Rounders / “Jimmy Johnson” / Home Music / Buffalo Skinner

Hazel Dickens / “West Virginia My Home” / Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People / Rounder
Kathy Mattea / “Pretty Bird” / Pretty Bird / Captain Potato
Andy FitzGibbon / “Shanghai” / The New Young Fogies Volume 1 / Self Produced
The Critten Hollow String Band / “Going to the West” / Cowboys and Indians / Yodel Ay Hee

Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “Fun’s All Over” / Deep End Sessions Vol 2 / Deep End Sessions
Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice / “Too Late, Too Late” / Tear Down the Fences / Kbell
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways