This week on the program, we continue our occasional feature focusing on Earth’s elements. We focused on “Water” a few weeks ago, and this week we’ll feature songs about “Wind,” following many different themes in songs that use the mighty forces of moving air as inspiration. We’ll hear music from Mary McCaslin, Bob Dylan, Robin & Linda Williams, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert and many more. The answer, my friends … 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 Sky Island Stringband / “Piney Hills” / Adventures in Old Cranberry / Bemlar
Mary McCaslin / “The Wayward Wind” / Old Friends / Philo
Kate MacLeod / “Sand in Breeze-Sunrise on the Colorado Plateau-Desert Rain / Deep in the
              Sound of Terra / Courier Music
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert / “Cold Air” / The Ledges / Dead Reckoning

Tim O’Brien Band / “Wind” / Tim O’Brien Band / Howdy Skies
Richard Withers & Mark Tamsula / “Wind that Shook the Barley-Silver Lake” / The Snowy Path /
              Snappin’ Bug
Frank Sinatra / “The Summer Wind” / Strangers in the Night / Reprise
Stevie Wonder / “Blowin’ in the Wind” / At the Close of a Century / Motown
The Sky Island Stringband / “Flying Cloud” / Adventures in Old Cranberry / Bemlar

The Byrds / “Hickory Wind” / Sweetheart of the Rodeo / Columbia
Robin & Linda Williams / “The Devil is a Mighty Wind” / Live in Holland / Strictly Country
Bob Dylan / “Idiot Wind” / Blood on the Tracks / Columbia

Donovan / “Catch the Wind” / What’s Been Did and What’s Been Hid / Castle
Reverand Freakchild / “Call Me the Breeze” / Road Dog Dharma / Floating Records
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways