The next two programs “Gotcha Covered” will feature musicians performing cover tunes. I’ve looked for unusual or especially fine renditions of well known tunes. This week we’ll hear songs from the R&B catalog, the Beatles, Paul Simon and a set … Continue reading →
The next two programs “Gotcha Covered” will feature musicians performing cover tunes. I’ve looked for unusual or especially fine renditions of well known tunes. This week we’ll hear songs from the R&B catalog, the Beatles, Paul Simon and a set … Continue reading →
Jean Ritchie is a musical treasure. Compass Records will shortly release Dear Jean a collection of artists performing selections from Jean’s repertoire of collected and composed tunes. That CD is the inspiration for this week’s program. I submit some of … Continue reading →
West Virginia is rich in traditional music. I have traveled to Elkins each Summer for the past 28 years to the Augusta Workshops. In turn I have become very fond of the music of the Mountain State. Here are a … Continue reading →
Accordions and squeezeboxes from around the world. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1433.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of … Continue reading →
A mix of Honky Tonk classics new and old. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1432.mp3 To subscribe via iTunes, click . | To listen using Stitcher, click . Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / … Continue reading →
This week we complete our two part feature Hopelessly Midwestern focusing on the musical diversity in America’s Heartland. Not all great music happens in the Northeast or West Coast. The Midwest has a sound all its own. LISTEN: https://singout.org/audio/sorm/sorm1431.mp3 To … Continue reading →
There is lots of great music that happens in America’s Heartland. This week The Sing Out! Radio Magazine we use Joel Mabus’ classic tune Hopelessly Midwestern as a guide as we begin a two part feature focusing on musicians from … Continue reading →
Paul McCartney wrote a light ditty about silly love songs but for my money I’d rather hear a great story song or better yet a wonderful storyteller. This week’s edition of The Sing Out! Radio Magazine “Storytime” features some great … Continue reading →
“It Don’t Mean a Thing…” Folk music players have been intrigued by Swing Music for many years. This week we’ll hear some of the very best classic Swing recordings by Count Basie, Bennie Goodman, The Boswell Sisters and Django Reinhardt. … Continue reading →
