This week we present an encore of Under the Covers: classic performances of songs not written by the performer. There was a time when the occupation of songwriter did not automatically include singer in the description. Usually a songwriter wrote the song and then it was performed by a singer. This began to change in the 1950s and singer-songwriters became common in the 1960s. As songwriters began to perform their own compositions, the era of the Brill Building was coming to a close.We’ll hear Bob Dylan, The Flatlanders, Los Lobos, Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy and many others. Under the Covers, 2022 … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Christopher O’Riley / “Pink Moon” / Second Grace: The Music of Nick Drake / World Village
Art of Time Ensemble / “The Boy in the Bubble” / Ain’t Got Long / Art of Time Recordings
Solo Razafindrakoto / “Crosstown Traffic” / Solodeguitare / Rough Trade
Fraser & DeBolt / “Don’t Let Me Down” / Fraser & Debolt w/ Ian Guenther / Columbia
Dori Freeman / “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” / Letters Never Read / Blue Hens

Liz Simmons / “Night in the City” / Poets / Self Produced
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy / “Devoted to You” / What the Brothers Sang / Palace
Tim O’Brien / “The Same Boat, Brother” / He Walked On / Howdy Skies
Loudon Wainwright III / “How I Love You (I’m Tellin’ the Birds, Tellin’ the Bees) / I’d Rather Lead A Band
              / Thirty Tigers
Christopher O’Riley / “Northern Sky” / Second Grace: The Music of Nick Drake / World Village

Los Lobos / “Sail On, Sailor” / Native Sons / New West
The Flatlanders / “She Belongs to Me” / Treasure of Luck / Thirty Tigers
Bill Frisell / “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” / Ghost Town / Nonesuch
Bob Dylan / “Can’t Help Falling in Love” / 1970 / Columbia
Special Consensus / “Sweet Home Chicago” / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways