It’s been a rough summer weather-wise for Northeast Pennsylvania where our program is produced, with lots of flooding and property damage. Across the US, as far as Hawaii, there have been serious weather disasters. For this week’s program, we’re sharing songs inspired by nature-born catastrophes. We’ll hear songs and tunes from Tom Rush, Trombone Shorty, Bob Franke and James McMurtry who lends us the title for the program “When the Lines Go Down.” Mother Nature fights back … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg & Edgar Meyer / “Why Don’t You Go Back in the Woods” / Skip,
              Hop & Wobble / Sugar Hill
Caroline Cotter / “Home on the River” / Home on the River / Self Produced
K C Groves / “Little Rain” / Happy Little Trees / Self Produced
Mudbone / “Muddy Water Blues” / Rivers / Last Honky Tonk
Tony Joe White / “Storm Comin’”/ Hoo Doo / Yep Roc

Johnny Cash / “Five Feet High and Risin” / Greatest Hits Vol.1 / Columbia
The Carter Family / “The Cyclone of Rye Cove” / In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain /
              Bear Family
Sam Kelly & the Lost Boys / “Crash on the Levee” / Pretty Peggy / Navigator
Trombone Shorty / “Hurricane Season” / Backatown / Verve Forecast
Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg & Edgar Meyer / “The Hymn of Ordinary Motion” / Skip,
              Hop & Wobble / Sugar Hill

James McMurtry / “Hurricane Party” / Just Us Kids / Lightning Rod
Susan J. Berman / “The Storm” / Nantucket Girl / Self Produced
Irma Thomas / “I Count the Tears” / After the Rain / Rounder
Tom Rush / “Wasn’t That A Mighty Storm” / Celebrates 50 Years of Music / Appleseed
Bob Franke / “The Great Storm is Over” / Fast Folk Music Magazine Vol.1 No.6 / Self Produced
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways