On this week’s show we conclude our two-part feature celebrating Women’s History Month. Included are some of the finest musicians and singers in folk music who just happen to be women. We’ll hear Patty Griffin, Nina Simone, Kate Long, Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice, Anne Hills and many more. Part two of our celebration of women in folk … 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
Annie Staninec / “Willow on the Lake” / Annie Staninec / Self Produced
Patty Griffin / “Mama’s Worried” / Patty Griffin / Thirty Tigers
Nina Simone / “I Shall Be Released” / Nina Simone Sings Classics of the 60’s / RCA Legacy
Kia Kater / “Canyonland” / Grenades / Smithsonian Folkways

Joni Mitchell / “California” / Blue / Reprise
Lois Hornbostel w/ Jeff Furman / “Dubuque-Single Footin’ Horse-Spotted Pony” / American Fiddle Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer / Alarka
Kate Long / “Who’ll Watch the Homeplace” / Pieces of Heart / Edna
Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice / “Tear Down the Fences” / Tear Down the Fences / Kbell
Annie Staninec / “Mike’s Hoedown” / Annie Staninec / Self Produced

Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne / “Farewell Daddy Blues” / Never No More Blues / Ripple
Anne Hills / “The Things I Notice Now” / The Things I Notice Now / Appleseed
Geeshie Wiley / “Skinny Leg Blues” / The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of / Yazoo
Rhiannon Giddens / “The Angels Laid Him Away” / Freedom Highway / Nonesuch
Queen Ida / “La Bas Two Step” / Cooking with Queen Ida / GNP Crescendo
Tracy Nelson / “Going Back to Tennessee” / Poor Man’s Paradise / Columbia
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways