Sing Out! Radio Magazine

There has been a steep decline in union representation across the US over the past few decades. This makes Labor Day more important than ever as we celebrate leaders who helped organize and provide for a better standard of living for the American worker. On this week’s program, we’ll hear music that has been used over the years to excite the labor force: Paul Robeson, The Seattle Labor Chorus, Hazel Dickens, Florence Reese, Joe Glazer and many more. A reminder of the significance of workers … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #19-35: Labor Day 2019 Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Joel Mabus / “Speed the Plow” / Golden Willow Tree / Fossil James Carter & the Prisoners / “Po' Lazarus” / Oh Brother / Lost Highway Seattle Labor Chorus / “There is Power in the Union” / Songs of Working People / Self Produced Paul Robeson / “Joe Hill” / Classic Labor Songs” / Smithsonian Folkways John McCutcheon / “Joe Hill's Last Will” / Joe Hill's Last Will / Appalseed Pete Sutherland / “When My Grandmother Worked at the Mill” / A Clayfoot's Tale / Epact John O'Connor / “The Triangle Fire” / We Ain't Gonna Give it Back / Self Produced The Byrds / “Deportee” / Ballad of Easy Rider / Columbia Hazel Dickens / “Coal Tatoo” / Coal Mining Women / Rounder Joel Mabus / “The Last of June” / Golden Willow Tree / Fossil Florence Reece-The Almanac Singers / “Which Side Are You On?” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian Folkways Vivian Nesbit & John Dillon / “Stitch and Sew” / Mother Jones in Heaven / Self Produced Linda Allen / “The Glass Ceiling” / Singing the News / October Rose Peggy Seeger / “I Want to be an Engineer” / Period Pieces / Tradition New Lost City Ramblers / “Join the CIO” / Songs frm the Depression / Folkways Joe Glaser / “Solidarity Forever” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian Folkways Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways