The duo is one of the most durable combinations in folk music. This week we begin a two-part feature: It Takes Two. We’ll sample recent and classic music from duos including The Everly Brothers, Alison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, The Small Glories, and Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen. Music in pairs … 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
Milnes & Hammond / “Camp Chase-Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On” / Hell Up Coal Holler / Shanachie
Small Glories / “Winnipeg” / Assiniboine & Red / Red House
Mike Compton & David Grier / “Bye Bye Blue” / Climbing the Walls / Rounder
Richard Ruane & Beth Duquette / “Ellie Brown” / Notch Road / Riptone
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves / “Green Valley Waltz” / Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
               / Free Dirt
Brian O Headra & Fiona MacKenzie / “Maria” / Tir / Anam
Lena Willemark & Ale Moller / “Batsman-Turklaten” / Nordan / ECM
Kevin Burke & Micheal O’ Domhnaill / “The Pigeon on the Gate-Lafferty’s Reel-Matt Peoples Reel” /
              Promenade / Mulligan
Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen / “Now He’s Sorry He Spoke” / Never Grow Up / Flying Fish
Milnes & Hammond / “Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone” / Hell Up Coal Holler / Shanachie

Lark and the Loon / “Pack Your Suitcase” / 2 / Self-produced
Colvin & Earle / “Come What May” / Colvin & Earle / Fantasy
The Everly Brothers / “When Will I Be Loved” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear Family
Robin & Linda Williams / “The Perfect Country Song” / In the Company of Strangers / Sugar Hill

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur / “Diamond Joe” / Penny’s Farm / Kingswood
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen / “Snow Plow” / Push Record-The Banff Sessions / Borealis
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways