Sing Out! Radio Magazine

Stephen Wade and Ellis Paul have recently released new recordings focusing on their roles as storytellers. On this week’s program we'll hear some outstanding songs from some great artists who specialize in story songs. In addition to selections from those new recordings by Stephen and Ellis, we’ll listen to Dom Flemons, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Old Man Luedecke, John Roberts and Debra Cowan along with others. Pull up a chair and enjoy some great ballads and stories … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #19-51: Ballads and Stories Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Stephen Wade / “Hobart Smith's Wabash Blues” / Dancing in the Parlor / County Dom Flemons / “Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail” / Black Cowboys / Smithsonian Folkways Ramblin' Jack Elliot / “Railroad Bill” / Hard Travelin' / Fantasy Norman Blake / “The Fate of Oliver Curtis Perry” / Brushwood Songs and Stories / Plectrafone Dock Boggs / “Cole Younger” / Classic American Ballads / Smithsonian Folkways Ellis Paul / “The Storyteller's Suitcase” / The Storyteller's Suitcase / Rosella Jerry Jeff Walker / “Mr. Bojangles” / Five Years Gone / Atco Old Man Luedecke / “Machu Picchu” / My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs / Black Hen Stephen Wade / “Malvern Hill” / Dancing in the Parlor / County Stephen Wade / “Chicago” / A Storyteller's Story / Patuxent Larry Hanks / “The Ballad of Tom Joad” / The Last Wagon / Zippety Whippet John Roberts & Debra Cowan / “The Cornstalk” / Ballads Long and Short / Golden Hind Sheila Kay Adams & Jim Taylor / “Sherburne” / Christmas on the Mountain / Granny Dell Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways