The winter season is upon us. For this week’s show, we’re highlighting music about this wondrous time of the year. Included will be songs and tunes from Kenny Jackson, Maddy Prior, The Sky Island String Band, Metamora, The Early Mays and many more. So throw another log on the fire and tune in … 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
Kenny Jackson / “The Shortest Day-Set the Log Alight” / The Shortest Day / Crow Hill Music
Maddy Prior / “Long Shadows” / Year / Park
Anna & Elizabeth / “Green Icy Mountain” / Sun to Sun / Free Dirt
The Sky Island Stringband / “The Old She-Possum Skating on the Ice” / Adventures in
              Old Cranberry / Bemlar

Noel Paul Stookey / “Cabin Fever Waltz” / Somethin’ Special / New World
Adam Hurt / “Snowdrop” / Artifacts / Ubiquitone
Malcolm Dalglish-Grey Larsen & Pete Sutherland Metamora / “Old Man Winter” /
              The Great Road / Sugar Hill
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert / “Cold Air” / The Ledges / Dead Reckoning
Kenny Jackson / “The Wind On Crow Hill” / The Shortest Day / Crow Hill Music

Bruce Cockburn / “High Winds White Sky” / High Winds White Sky / ESD
The Early Mays / “Narrows of the Year” / Chase the Sun / Bird on the Wing Records
Banjo Mechanics / “Twenty Below Waltz” / Luck of the Beanrow / Self Produced
Rod MacDonald / “Coming of the Snow” / When October Goes / Philo
Claudia Russell & Bruce Kaplan / “Winter Garden” / Lovers Tree / Radio Rhythm Records
Eden MacAdam-Somer & Larry Unger / “Icestorm” / Notorious / Black Socks
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways