This is the time of the year for family vacations, so we’ll feature some traveling music from Tim O’Brien, Tony Trischka, Kate Campbell, Rory Block and Steve Goodman. Destinations and modes of transportation blend together … 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
Merle Travis / “Cannonball Stomp” / Walkin’ the Strings / Raven
Tim O’Brien / “Forty Nine Keep on Talkin’” / Traveler / Sugar Hill
Sarah Alden / “Come Take a Trip on my Airship”/ Sarah Alden / Self-produced
Tony Trischka / “Promontary Point” / Great Big World / Rounder
Scott Ainslie / “Terraplane Blues” / Terraplane / Cattail

Steve Goodman / “City of New Orleans” / Steve Goodman / Buddah
Kate Campbell / “See Rock City” / The Portable Kate Campbell / Campadre
The Byrds / “Gunga Din” / The Ballad of Easy Rider / CBS
Vassar Clements / “Westport Drive” / Grass Routes / Rounder
Merle Travis / “On a Bicycle Built for Two” / Walkin’ the Strings / Raven

Rory Block / “New Frisco Train” / Keepin’ Out of Trouble / Stony Plain
Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks / “Coast to Coast” / Where’s the Money? / MCA
Ordinary Elephant / “Railroad Man” / Before I Go / Self-released

Dillard & Clark / “Train Leaves Here this Morning” / The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark / A+M
Blue Velvet Band / “Hitch Hiker” / Sweet Moments with the Blue Velvet Band / Warner Brothers
Arlen Roth w/ Johnny Winter / “Rocket 88” / Slide Guitar Summit / Aquinnah
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways