For the next couple of weeks we’ll note the celebration of Black History Month with some selections from past and current legends of African American music. Included are Kim and Reggie Harris, The Mississippi Sheiks, DeFord Bailey, The Earl White String Band, and lots of others. Jug Bands, Stompers, Sheiks, and even some Strugglers … 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
Earl White Stringband / “Pineywoods” / Earl White Stringband / Self-produced
Kim & Reggie Harris / “All My Relations” / In the Heat of the Summer / Folk Era
Habib Koite & Eric Bibb / “On My Way to Bamako” / Brothers in Bamako / Stony Plain
Cheik Hamala Diabate and Bob Carlin / “Boudafo” / From Mali to America / 5 String

John Jackson / “Truckin’ Little Baby” / Rappahannock Blues / Smithsonian Folkways
Pink Anderson / “Meet Me at the Bottom” / Carolina Medicine Show Hokum and Blues with
              Baby Tate / Folkways
De Ford Bailey / “Davidson County Blues” / Harmonica Blues / Yazoo
Big Bill Broonzy / “Mississippi River Blues” / The Young Big Bill Broonzy / Yazoo
Earl White Stringband / “Big Indian Creek” / Earl White Stringband / Self-produced

Mobile Strugglers / “Fattenin’ Frogs” / Alabama: Black Country Dance Bands (1924-1949) / Document
Tennessee Chocolate Drops / “Vine Street Drag” / Before the Blues Vol.2 / Yazoo
Cannon’s Jug Stompers / “Bring it with You When You Come” / The Complete Works 1927-1930 / Yazoo
Mississippi Sheiks / “She’s Crazy About her Lovin’” / Stop and Listen / Yazoo

Washington Phillips / “What are They Doing in Heaven Today” / And His Manzarene Dreama / Dust to Digital
Blind Willie Johnson / “You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond” / Praise God I’m Satisfyed / Yazoo
Lead Belly / “Duncan and Brady” / Classic American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways