This week we’ll focus our attention on young folks playing old-time and traditional music. Just a few years ago, players of traditional music were mostly older, but today many of the best have come out of academic and workshop experiences and are playing some of the most vibrant and exciting renditions of classic songs and tunes. Many of these musicians are likely to invent new songs and tunes, or set traditional ones in new ways. We’ll hear The Big Possum Stringband, Victor Furtado, Molly Tuttle, Anna & Elizabeth and lots of others. Everything old gets new again … 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
Big Possum String Band /”Hell Amongst the Yearlings” / Big Possum Stringband / Self-produced
Molly Tuttle / “Take the Journey” / When You’re Ready / Compass
Jake Blount w/ Tatiana Hargreaves / “Wiley Lawes” / Reparations / Self-produced
The Early Risers / “This Changes Everything” / Making Life Sweet / Itchy Sabot
Carolina Blue / “Longing for Home” / I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Pinecastle

Laurel Premo / “The Brushy Fork of John’s Creek” / The Iron Trios / Self-produced
Anna & Elizabeth / “Little Black Train” / Anna & Elizabeth / Free Dirt
Liz Davis Maxfield / “Pretty Saro+Maggie’s Beau” / Big Fiddle / Self-produced
Big Possum Stringband / “Blue Goose” / Big Possum Stringband / Self-produced

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters / “I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham” / Minding the Gap / Tree Frog
Kaia Kater / “White” / Nine Pin / Kingswood
Serene Green / “Hop Bottom” / Have At It / Patuxent
Charm City Junction / “I’ve Got a Woman” / Charm City Junction / Patuxent
Victor Furtado / “Clifftop Belle” / Dellorto Island / Patuxent
Brian Vollmer / “Birchfield’s Sally Ann” / Old Time Music Party / Patuxent
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways