We traveled back to West Virginia for the Memorial Day weekend and to celebrate my birthday. We had a wonderful time and on this program we’ll sample some of my favorite artists and music from West Virginia. We’ll hear Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Tim O’Brien, Kathy Mattea and many more. We’ll take a trip to The Mountain State … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Ben Townsend and Friends / “Roaring River” / Deep End Sessions Vol. III / Deep End Sessions
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / “West Virginia My Home” / Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard / Rounder
The Sky Island Stringband / “Cranberry Rock” / Adventures in Old Cranberry / Bemlar
Costa & Campbell / “Sweet Bunch of Daisies – Rise When the Rooster Crows” / with Amazing Jim Lloyd
              / Eastwood
Daniel Koulack & Karrnnel Sawitsky / “Groundhog” / Songs from the South – Tunes from the North
              / Self Produced

John Lilly / “Whodunit” / Last Chance to Dance / Self Produced
Oscar Wright / “Elkhorn Ridge” / Fifty Years of County Records / County
Long Point String Band / “Piney Woods” / Piney Woods / Self Produced
Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “Fun’s All Over” / Deep End Session Vol. II / Deep End Sessions
Ben Townsend and Friends / “The Gooson Quadrile” / Deep End Session Vol. III / Deep End Sessions

Tim O’Brien / “Get Out There and Dance” / Chameleon / Howdy Skies-Proper
Billy Edd Wheeler / “Coal Tatoo” / Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back / Kapp
Kathy Mattea / “A Far Cry” / Calling Me Home / Sugar Hill
Todd Burge / “Time to Waste Time” / Imitation Life / Bunj Jam
Gandydancer / “Boozefighters” / The Appalachians / Dualtone
Dan Cunningham / “Deep River Blues” / Simple Gifts / Pickndawg
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways