Folk music recorded by women spans traditional ballads to contemporary singer-songwriters, with pioneering voices, powerful storytelling and unique musical styles. On this episode, we’ll present music from Bonnie Raitt, Rachel Eddy, The Coon Creek Girls, Shemekia Copeland, Fiona Boyes, Tracy Nelson and more. An assortment of women and their music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.
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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
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Rachel Eddy / “Sarah Armstrong” / Hand on the Plow / Self-produced
Bonnie Raitt w/ Sippie Wallace / “Women Be Wise” / Collection / Warner Brothers
Frank & Allie Lee / “White Top Mountain” / Treat A Stranger Right / Bake Tone
The Coon Creek Girls / “Little Birdie” / Flowers in the Wildwood / Trikont
Pearl Hicks / “Pretty Polly” / On the Threshold of a Dream / Ballad
Ellen McIlwaine / “Can’t Find My Way Home” / Up from the Skies-The Polydor Years / Chronicles
Del Ray & the Blue Gators / “Nothin’ in Ramblin’” / The Best of Kicking Mule / Laserlight
Fiona Boyes / “Hokum Rag” / Blues in my Heart / Reference
Tracy Nelson / “Ramblin’ Man” / Deep Are the Roots / Wounded Bird
Rachel Eddy / “Valley Forge” / Hand on the Plow / Self-produced
The Horseflies / “Cluck Old Hen” / Until the Ocean / Pest Control
Strange Creek Singers / “Today Has Been a Lonesome Day” / Strange Creek Singers / Arhoolie
Emily Miller & Val Mindel / “My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You” / In the Valley / Yodel Ay Hee
Whitney Shay et. al. / “Love’s Creeping Up On You” / Blues Caravan 2020 / Ruf
Lisa Jeanette / “Our Face” / Jellyfish on the Moon / Self-produced
Shemekia Copeland / “Under My Thumb” / Uncivil War / Alligator
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
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