Well, we’re a bit more than halfway through hurricane season, and as expected, it’s been quite extreme with the combination of wildfires in the west and extreme heat in the Midwest. Flooding has occurred at my home area in the Northeast, as it has on the Gulf Coast: we’ve had quite a time!
On this week’s show we’re sharing songs that focus on natural disasters. Included is music from The Duhks, The Bucking Mules, Jennifer Johnson, Tony Joe White, John McCutcheon, and many more. Weather extremes … 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
Grey Larsen & Malcolm Dalglish / “Thunderhead” / Thunderhead / Flying Fish
The Duhks / “Mighty Storm” / Fast Paced World / Sugar Hill
Ben Townsend & Friends / “Roaring River” / Deep End Sessions Vol.3 / Deep End Sessions
Olabelle & David Reed / “Boats Up the River” / Third Annual Farewell Reunion / Rounder
David Grier / “Eye of the Hurricane” / Lone Soldier / Rounder

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen / “Tide and the River Rising” / A Sense of Place / Redwing
The Bucking Mules / “Fire On the Mountain” / Smoke Behind the Clouds / Free Dirt
Jennifer Johnson / “Ready for the Storm” / My Secret Garden / Self Produced
Grey Larsen & Malcolm Dalglish / “The Stormy Night-Glen Helen” / Thunderhead / Flying Fish

Tim O’Brien Band / “Wind” / Tim O’Brien Band / Howdy Skies
Rob Lutes / “Lightning” / Come Around / Lucky Bear
Tony Joe White / “The Flood” / Hoodoo / Yep Roc-Swamp
Red State Ramblers / “Katrina” / Made in the Shade / Sugar Hill
John McCutcheon / “The Great Storm is Over” / Water from Another Time / Rounder
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways