Sing Out! Radio Magazine

Women have always played an important role through the century-plus history of American old-time music, though to today where their influence is a key component to the genre. On this week’s show, we’ll survey the contributions of important female players from the earliest musicians through to today’s talented players. We’ll hear music from Sara and Maybelle Carter, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Rachel Eddy, Laurel Premo and many others. Spotlight on the women of old-time music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #20-13: Women in Old-Time Music Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Reed Island Rounders / “Jenny on the Railroad” / Hand Me Downs / Burning Wolf Moonshine Kate / “My Man's a Jolly Railroad Man” / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont Lily May Ledford / “Wild Bill Jones” / Legends of Old-Time Music / County Samantha Bumgarner & Eva Davis / “Big Eyed Rabbit” / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont Sara & Maybelle Carter / “I'm Leaving You” / Close to Home / Smithsonian Folkways Any Old Time String Band / “Dear Companion” / I Bid You Goodnight / Arhoolie Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / “Will You Miss Me” / Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 / Free Dirt The Highwoods Stringband / “You Ain't Talkin' to Me” / Feed Your Babies / Rounders-Jenny Reed Island Rounders / “Maysville” / Hand Me Downs / Burning Wolf Sheila Kay Adams / “Drunken Hiccups” / All the Other Fine Things / Granny Dell Rachel Eddy / “Walk Along John to Kansas” / Nothin' But Corn / Self Produced Critten Hollow String Band / “Cowboy's Wife's Lament” / Cowboys and Indians / Yodel-Ay-Hee Laurel Premo / “The Original Grey Eagle” / The Iron Trios / Self Produced Anna & Elizabeth / “Little Black Train” / Anna & Elizabeth / Free Dirt Brittany Haas / “Smith's Reel” / Brittany Haas / Ook Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways