This week on the program we continue with our occasional record review feature. Janis Ian has announced that “The Light at the End of the Line” is her final studio recording, and she is now no longer touring. The CD was 15 years in the making and it is just lovely. We’ll talk about the recording, and listen to three selections. Surrounding her work will be some of today’s finest songwriters who just happen to be women. We’ll hear Joan Shelley, Aiofe O’Donovan, Eliza Gilkyson, Ani Di Franco and many more. Janis Ian and the Women … 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
Tracy Dares / “Old Grey Goose” / Crooked Lake / Groundswell
Donna Herula / “Bang at the Door” / Bang at the Door / Self-produced
Eliza Gilkyson / “Buffalo Gals Redux” / Songs from the River Wind / Howlin’ Dog
Claudia Schmidt / “Bend in the River” / Big Earful / Red House
Dori Freeman / “Ten Thousand Roses” / Ten Thousand Roses / Blue Hen

Aoife O’Donovan / “Age of Apathy” / Age of Apatha / Yep Roc
Kate MacLeod / “The Train Across the Great Salt Lake” / Uranium Maiden / Self-produced
Alice Di Micele / “Every Seed” / Every Seed We Plant / Alice Otter
Tracy Dares / “C Group” / Crooked Lake / Groundswell

Janis Ian / “I’m Still Standing” / The Light at the End of the Line / Rude Girl
Janis Ian / “Swannanoa” / The Light at the End of the Line / Rude Girl
Janis Ian / “The Light at the End of the Line” / The Light at the End of the Line / Rude Girl

Ani Di Franco / “Station Identification” / Revolutionary Love / Righteous Babe
Joan Shelley / “Brighter Than the Blues” / Over and Even / No Quarter
Kate Campbell / “Long Slow Train” / Damn Sure Blue / Large River
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways