Each year we set aside a program to concentrate on acapella vocals. This edition of “Send the Band Home” features some glorious vocalists, including The Birmingham Sunlights, Frankie Armstrong and Friends, Stan Rogers, Kongero, Windborne, Finest Kind and many more. We’re giving the band the night off … 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
The Swingle Singers / “Country Dances” / Around the World / Erato
Pete Seeger / “My Father’s Mansion” / The Essential Pete Seeger / Vanguard
Deisus / “The Angels, Seeing the Entrance of the Most Pure Maiden“ / Russian Medieval Chant / Chandos
The Birmingham Sunlights / “Dig a Little Deeper” / For Old Time’s Sake / Flying Fish
Kenny Vance & the Planotones / “Diamonds And Pearls” / Soundtrack to the Doo Wop Era: A Kenny Vance
              Collection / Ace

Frankie Armstrong & Friends / “Earth, Air, Fire and Water”(Excerpt) / Cats of Coven Lawn / Self-produced
Bobby McFerrin / “Sunshine of Your Love” / Simple Pleasures / Blue Note
Stan Rogers / “Northwest Passage” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty’s Cove
The Swingle Singers / “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho” / Around the World / Erato

Peter Bellamy w/ Louis Killen / “The Shepherd of the Downs” / Both Sides Then / Topic
Kongero / “Kling Klang” / Live in Longueuil / Nordic Notes
Windborne / Which Side Are You On” /Revolutions / Wand’ring Feet

In Sweetest Union / “Windham” / In Sweetest Union / Community Music School of Santa Cruz
Joni Mitchell / “The Fiddle and the Drum” / Clouds / Reprise
Finest Kind / “The Times They Are A-Changin’” / Silks & Spices / Fallen Angle
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways