Sing Out! Radio Magazine

2020 has been a tough year. Not just the pandemic, but the ensuing economic downturn and level of unemployment that continues to rise. With the Labor Day holiday approaching, it seems to be the right time to dedicate two programs to the workers of America. This first installment is devoted to “The Working Life” with songs from Si Kahn, Peggy Seeger, Pete Sutherland, Kate Campbell, Merle Haggard and many more. Celebrating work … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #20-35: Labor Day, Pt.1 (The Working Life) Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Erwin Helfer / “Stop Time Boogie” / 8 Hands On 88 Keys / The Sirens Merle Haggard / “Workin' Man Blues” / Live at Billy Bob's Texas / Smith Music Group James Carter & the Prisoners / “Po' Lazarus” / O Brother, Where Art Thou / Lost Highway Peggy Seeger / “Gonna Be An Engineer” / Three Score and Ten / Appleseed Eric Bogle / “Lockeeper” / At This Stage / Greentrax Stan Rogers / “Make and Break Harbour” / Fogarty's Cove / Borealis Detroit Junior / “Ella” / 8 Hands On 88 Keys / The Sirens Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers / “Aragon Mill” / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Pete Sutherland / “When My Grandmother Worked At The Mill” / A Clayfoot's Tale / Epact Richard Ruane & Beth Duquette / “Stuffing Clams in Exeter” / Notch Road / Riptone Shelley Posen / “Night Nurse” / Ontario Moon / Well Done Kate Campbell / “Rosa's Coronas-Lanterns in the Levee” / Two Nights in Texas / Large River Joe Jencks / “Third Shift” / The Forgotten / Turtle Bear Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways