Sunday, March 20, 2016

Mostly Folk Playlist, March 20, 2016

 Host: Terry Hayden

The theme for today is classic folk  musicians.  The musicians featured today were born between 1888 and 1935, except in the final song, Pete Seeger is joined by Lorre Wyatt, who was born in the 1940's.

Darling Daisies | The Carter Family | Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings - 1934
Home in Tennessee | The Carter Family | Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings – 1934
Alabama Bound | Lead Belly | Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Lead Belly | Lead Belly Sings for Children
Jesus Christ | Woody Guthrie | My Dusty Road
My Little Seed | Woody Guthrie | Selections from the Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
Shenandoah | Paul Robeson | Paul Robeson Sings Ol Man River
Joe Hill | Paul Robeson | Live at Carnegie Hall
The John B. Sails (Sloop John B) | Cisco Houston | Hard Travelin’
Trouble in Mind | Cisco Houston | Cisco Houston: Greatest Recordings
Praying on the Old Camp Ground | Mississippi John Hurt | The Blind Side of the Blues
You Are My Sunshine | Mississippi John Hurt | Blues Essentials
Freight Train | Elizabeth Cotten | The Classic Railroad Songs
Home Sweet Home | Elizabeth Cotten | Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3 When I’m Gone
Little Boxes | Malvina Reynolds | Best of Broadside 1962-1988
What Have They Done to the Rain | Malvina Reynolds | Best of Broadside 1962-1988
John Henry | Josh White | American Folk-o-logy, Volume 2
Careless Love | Josh White | The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1947
One I Love | Jean Ritchie | Mountain Hearth and Home
Fiddle-I-Fee | Jean Ritchie | Children’s Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains
Daniel Prayed | Doc Watkson, Fred Price, and Clint Howard | Lost Newport Treasures Never Before Released Performances from 1968, 1969, and 1970
Keep on the Sunny Side | Doc Watson | Memories
This Little Light of Mine | Odetta  | Gonna Let It Shine
If I Had a Hammer | Odetta | Live
Sowing on the Mountain | Ramblin’ Jack Elliott | The Essential Jack Elliott
Guabi Guabi | Ramblin’ Jack Elliott | A Beginner’s Guide to Roots Singers
Which Side Are You On | The Almanac Singers | Talking Union
We Shall Not Be Moved | The Almanac Singers | Talking Union
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine | The Weavers | Best of the Vanguard Years
When the Saints Go Marching In | The Weavers | Best of the Vanguard Years
Sail Away Ladies | The New Lost City Ramblers | New Lost City Ramblers Volume 5
Free Little Bird | The New Lost City Ramblers | There Ain’t No Way Out
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | Johnny Cash | American VI Ain’t No Grave
Satisfied Mind | Johnny Cash | American VI Ain’t No Grave
Gonna Be an Engineer | Peggy Seeger | Best of Broadside 1962-1988
Sing About These Hard Times | Peggy Seeger | Sowing the Seeds: The Tenth Anniversary
A Toast to the Times | Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt | A More Perfect Union