When I was a kid, except for my birthday and Christmas, Halloween was my favorite holiday. It was the day when my friends and I could freely wander the neighborhood, playing pranks that seem tame today. We soaped car windows, threw toilet paper, rang door bells and threw dried corn. On this week’s show we’ll hear some of my favorites that remind me of those late October nights full of tom foolery. We’ll hear from Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Archie Fisher, Dave Fry and many more. So turn down the lights and light a candle or two … 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
Betse Ellis / “Queen of the Earth and Child of the Skies” / High Moon Order / Free Dirt
Archie Fisher / “Witch of the West-Mer-Lands” / The Man With a Rhyme / Folk-Legacy
Bruce Molsky / “Flannery’s Dream” / Warring Cats / Tree Frog
Mustard’s Retreat / “Suppose You Met a Witch” / A Good Place to Be / Yellow Room

Dave Fry / “Giant” / Troubadour / Self Produced
Lankum / “Drinking Song from The Tomb” / Cold Old Fire / Self Produced
Pete Sutherland / “Old Smokey” / Mountain Hornpipe / Epact
James Leva / “Queen of the Earth, Child of the Skies” / Memory Theater / Copper Creek

Fairport Convention / “Tam Lin” / Liege and Lief / Island
Touchstone / “Susannah Martin” / The New Land / Green Linnet
Steeleye Span / “Long Lankin” / Commoners Crown / BGO
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways