Sing Out! Radio Magazine

The United States has traditionally been a safe haven for refugees the world over. Lately, our polititians have tried to alter that concept and the Covid pandemic has heightened the rhetoric on both sides of the issue. On this week’s show, we'll examine the subject of refugees and immigration in song. We'll hear selections from Darrell Scott, Diana Jones, Windborne, Michael Kiwanuka, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Noel Paul Stookey and many more. The refugee experience … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-31: The Refugee Experience

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways 

Sultans of String / “Refuge” / Refuge / Self Produced

Darrell Scott / “American Tune” / Modern Hymns / Appleseed-Full Light

Diana Jones / “Song to a Refugee” / Song to a Refugee / Goldmine

Oliver Schroer / “The Morning Star” / Hymns and Hers / Borealis

Windborne / “The Terror Time” / Recollections and Revolutions / Wand'ring Feet

Barbara Dane / “Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” / Classic Folk Music / Smithsonian Folkways

Si Kahn / “Companera” / Companion / Appleseed

Joan Baez / “I Shall Be Released” / Any Day Now / Vanguard

Sultans of String / “El Bint El Shalabeya” / Refuge / Self Produced

Murray McLauchlan / “Lying By the Sea (for Alan Kurdi)” / Hourglass / True North

Michael Kiwanuka / “Rule the World” / Love & Hate / Interscope

Maria Dunn / “Malala” / Gathering / Distant Whisper

Sweet Honey in the Rock / “We have Come this Far by Faith” / #LoveInEvolution / Appleseed 

Noel Paul Stookey / “America, The Beautiful” / Just Causes / Neworld

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways