Podcast: Pioneering Women, part 1
Episode #16-37 | airing 9-14-16
Through the years female singers and songwriters have offered their unique perspective on the music and the times. In this first program we’ll hear classics from Sara and Maybelle Carter, Jean Ritchie, Odetta, Judy Collins and many more.
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Artist / “Title” / CD / Label
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Lauren Sheehan / “C Medley” / The Light Still Burns / Wilson River
Sara & Maybelle Carter / “Goin’ Home” / An Historic Reunion / Bear Family
Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger / “Where Have You Been My Good Old Man” / Fly Down Little Bird / Appleseed
Margaret MacArthur / “Crossett’s Catamount” / Vermont Heritage Songs / Self Produced
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / “West Virginia My Home” / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Rounder
Odetta / “Down on Me” / My Eyes Have Seen / Vanguard
Bernice Johnson Reagon / “Old Ship of Zion” / Give Your Hands to Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Fannie Lou Hamer / “This Little Light of Mine” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian Folkways
Lauren Sheehan / “Soldier’s Joy” / The Light Still Burns / Wilson River
Janis Ian / “Hair of Spun Gold” / The Essential Janis Ian / Columbia
Joni Mitchell / “That Song About the Midway” / Clouds / Reprise
Judy Collins / “Since You Asked” / Wildflowers / Elektra
Laura Nyro / “When I Was a Freeport and you were the Main Drag” / Christmas and the Beads of Sweat / Columbia
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)” / Raising Sand / Rounder
Emmylou Harris / “All My Tears” / Spyboy / Eminent
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways