With the month rapidly drawing to a conclusion, I thought it was about time to dust off a few songs that I been waiting to play all year – songs about “September.”

Yes, there are many songs that deal with the months of the year – where would we be without Al Jolson telling us about the virtues of “April Showers,” Scottish folksingers warning us about “October Winds,” Bruce Springsteen celebrating the “4th of July, Asbury Park,” or Natalie McMaster asking for help to “Get Me Through December.”  The months of the year present many topical opportunities for folk music radio hosts.

When it comes to September, our cup runneth over. It seems that the month has inspired many songwriters over the year and I could probably have done a full hour of songs that mention September. Maybe it is because it is a month of change – seasons, life styles, harvests, etc. I shared a handful of songs during the show.

Do you have suggestions for songs we could share about other months? Please leave a comment below, perhaps we can use them for future shows!

I also shared some selections from the newly released Phil Ochs 1973 concert CD, a live recording recently released and reviewed here on the Sing Out! website by Michael Tearson. Click HERE to read his review.  I heartily agree with this review!  This CD is a real gem!

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ARTIST Tune / Song
ALBUM   LABEL – Website
2PM
Theme: HARVEY REID “Dirty Dish Rag”
Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
KINGSTON TRIO “Try to Remember”
The Best of the New Kingston Trio 1968-1972 self – www.kingstontrio.com

WILLIE NELSON “September Song”
Stardust Columbia Legacy – www.legacyrecordings.com
DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER “September Sea”
Little Blue Egg Red House Records – www.redhouserecords.com
CHERYL WHEELER “75 Septembers”
Driving Home Rounder – www.rounder.com, www.cherylwheeler.com

HEATHER STYKA “These Northern Skies”
While This Planet Spins Beneath Our Feet Kite Stripe Records – www.heather.styka.com
JACK HARDY “Gretna Green”
The Cauldron   Prime CD – www.jackhardy.com
CONNOR GARVEY “Willow”
Before the Meteors Live in Bozeman Montana self – www.connorgarveysongs.com

ODETTA “Pastures of Plenty”
Ballads for Americans and Other American Ballads Vanguard – www.vanguardrecords.com
MARK ERELLI “Night Train”
Milltowns self – www.markerelli.com
TIM GRIMM “The Tree”
The Turning Point self – www.timgrimm.com

AARON NATHANS and MICHAEL G. RONDSTADT “Thirteen”
Crooked Fiddle self – www.michaelronstadt.com, www.aaronnathans.com
SHARON GOLDMAN “Silent Lessons”
Silent Lessons self – www.sharongoldmanmusic.com
VANCE GILBERT “First Ring”
BaD Dog Buffet Disismye Music – www.vancegilbert.com

3PM
JESSE WINCHESTER “Just So Much”
A Reasonable Amount of Trouble Appleseed Recordings – www.appleseedmusic.com

LUCY KAPLANSKY “Guinevere”
The Tide Red House Records – www.redhouserecords.com, www.lucykaplansky.com
DAVE ROWE “The Soldier”
All of the Dreams self – www.daverowemusic.com
CORINNE WEST “Lily Ann”
The Promise self – www.corinnewest.com

BELA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN “Pretty Polly”
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Rounder – www.rounder.com
EDIE CAREY & SARAH SAMPLE “All the Pretty Horses”
Til the Mornings: Lullabies and Songs of Comfort self – www.ediecarey.com
JOE CROOKSTON “Pretty Saro”
Georgia I’m Here self – www.joecrookston.com
THE GOODBYE GIRLS “Pretty Little Miss”
Going to Boston self – www.thegoodbyegirlsmusic.bandcamp.com/releases

DOC WATSON “Tennesse Stud”
Elementary Doctor Watson Tomato – Egge Company Ltd. – out of print
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III “I’m The Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World”
High Wide and Handsome 2nd Story Records – www.2ndstoryrecords.com, www.thecharliepooleproject.com
SPUYTEN DUYVIL “I’ll Fly Away”
Temptation self – www.spuytenduyvilmusic.com

ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS “Urge for Going”
Back 40 Red House Records – www.redhouserecords.com, www.robinandlinda.com
SHOOK TWINS “Holler it Down”
What We Do self – www.shooktwins.com
HALEY REARDON “Stand Together”
For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival self – www.loveofthemusic.com

4PM
PHIL OCHS “I’m Gonna Say it Now”
Live Again! Rockbeat Records – www.rockbeatrecords.com

PHIL OCHS “Power and the Glory”
Live Again! Rockbeat Records – www.rockbeatrecords.com
PHIL OCHS “Pleasures of the Harbor”
Live Again! Rockbeat Records – www.rockbeatrecords.com

DAVID ROVICS “Between You and That Harpoon”
If I Had a Hammer self – www.davidrovics.com
PAUL CLAYTON “The Greenland Whale Fisheries”
Whaling and Sailing Songs From the Days of Moby Dick Tradition – out of print
PAUL KAPLAN “Call Me the Whale”
The Folk Process Old Coat Music – www.paulkaplanmusic.com
FINEST KIND “No More Fish, No Fisherman”
Heart’s Delight self – www.ianrobb.com/finestkind

JAMES DURST “A Whaling Trilogy”
A Whaling Trilogy self – www.jamesdurst.com

ANNE HILLS “Rider on a Orphan Train”
Tracks Hand and Heart Music – www.annehills.com
DIANA JONES & JONATHAN BYRD “Orphan’s Home”
Radio Soul    self – www.jonathanbyrd.com, www.dianajonesmusic.com
THE CARTER FAMILY “The Poor Orphan Child”
The Carter Family 1928-1934 JSP Records – www.jsprecords.com

JOHN MCCUTCHEON “Harness Up the Day”
This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America self – www.folkmusic.com

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Ron Olesko
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