Under the Covers
Episode #23-20 | airing 05-17-23
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 became the norm in the 1960s. Songwriters began to perform their own compositions, and the era of the Brill Building was coming to a close.
This week we present classic performances of songs not written by the performer. We’ll hear covers by Bob Dylan, The Flatlanders, Los Lobos, Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy and lots more. Under the covers … 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
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