Sing Out! Radio Magazine

On the next three episodes of the program we'll sample the best recordings of 2021, focusing first on bluegrass and old-time music. Included on the program are Anya Hinkle, Bela Fleck, Norman Blake, Nora Brown and many more. The best releases of 2021, part one ... this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

Episode #21-52: Best of 2021 Pt.1 Bluegrass and Old-Time

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

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

Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fine Times at Our House” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-Produced

Colebrook Road / “Mountainside” / Hindsight is 2020 / Mountain Fever

Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell / “Fiddle Medley” / Grit & Polish / Patuxent

The Larry McPeake Tribute Band / “Rebecca” / Larry's Songbook / Patuxent

J.P. Harris' Dreadful Wind and Rain / “Last Chance” / Don't You Marry No Railroad Man / Free Dirt

Anya Hinkle / “I Belong to the Band” / Eden and Her Borderlands / Organic

Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius / “Come When Mama Calls” / April in Your Eyes-A Tribute to John Lilly/ 

Diamond Ranch

Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus / “Yell in the Shoats” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / Dittyville

Norman Blake / “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” / Day by Day / Smithsonian Folkways-Plectrafone

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / “Between the Lines” / Roundtable / Billy Blue

Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-Produced

James Stephens / “Lady Hamilton” / How I Hear It / Rebel

Five Mile Mountain Road / “Wild Bill Jones” / Swingbilly Swagger / Patuxent

Nora Brown / “Wedding Dress” / Sidetrack My Engine / Jalopy

Single Girl Married Girl / “Walking on Water” / Three Generations of Leaving / More Songs

Bela Fleck / “This Old Road” / My Bluegrass Heart / BMG Renew

Adeline / “Shelvin' Rock” / Adeline / Owl

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