This week we revisit Old-Time Sweethearts, Volume 1 & 2 on the Dittyville label. The recording project grew from the isolation of pandemic times, and features music made by musicians from the same household. There are great old-time duets from Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, Audrey & Bruce Molsky and others. Erynn Marshall and Rachel Eddy produced the set. We’ll also scatter in recordings by The Blue Sky Boys, Robin & Linda Williams, and Ken & Brad Kolodner. Join us for some great old-time music … 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
Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Shakin’ Down the Acorns” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-produced
Carl Jones & Erynn Marshall / “I Need You” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / Dittyville
Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Wild Bill Jones” / Stony Run / Fenchurch
The Blue Sky Boys / “Katy Dear” / Are You From Dixie / RCA-BMG
Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / “Flop Eared Mule” / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grant Central

Robin & Linda Williams / “High Atmosphere” / Sugar for Sugar / Sugar Hill
Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “West Virginia Polka” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / Dittyville
Frank & Allie Lee / “You Are My Flower” / Treat a Stranger Right / Bake Tone
John Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “You Ever Heard Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon
              Floor / Spring Fed
John Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring Fed
Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-Produced

Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small / “Sunny Side of Life” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / Dittyville
The Everly Brothers / “Down in the Willow Garden” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear Family
Blake & O’Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / Shanachie
Brother Boys / “Band Box” / Presley’s Grocery / Sugar Hill

Erynn Marshall, Carl Jones, Rachel Eddy & Em Hammonds / “She Was Bold and Daring” / Old-Time
              Sweethearts Vol.1 / Dittyville
Sara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family
The Horsenecks / “Melvin Wine’s Uncle Pen” / Started Out in Town / Old-Time Tiki Parlour
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways