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 doorbells and threw dried corn. This week we’ll listen to some of my favorite music which reminds me of those late October nights full of tomfoolery. We’ll hear Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Archie Fisher, Dave Fry and many more. So, turn down the lights, light a candle or two and enjoy Halloween … 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
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