Someone once said that the four most beautiful words in the English language are “Pitchers and catchers report!” Whether you buy into that or not, it’s getting to be the time of year for the annual baseball program. We hope you’ll enjoy songs from Greg Brown, Chuck Brodsky, John McCutcheon, Danielle Miraglia, Steve Goodman, and others, including Humphrey Bogart! A classic episode about hope springing eternal … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.
LISTEN:
Artist/”Song”/CD/Label
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
Folkways
Garrison Keillor / “Walt Whitman Quote” / Baseball A Film by Ken Burns / Elektra Nonesuch
Jacqueline Schawb / “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” / Baseball A film by Ken Burns / Elektra Nonesuch
Matt Watroba / “They Used to Play Baseball Here” / Shine Right Through the Dark / Yellow Room
George Winston / “Snow on the Ball Field” / Diamond Cuts: 7th Inning Stretch /
Hungry for Music
Greg Brown / “Laughing River” / Dream Cafe / Red House
Bob Edwards / “The Outfield (a poem by Edward E. Nixon)” / Diamond Cuts: Grand Slam Vol. IV
Hungry for Music
Chuck Brodsky / “Letters in the Dirt” / Letters in the Dirt / Red House
Craig Bickhardt / “The Real Game” / Live at the Sellersville Theater / Stone Barn
Danielle Miraglia / “Heat of the Win” / Glory Junkies / Self-produced
Branford Marsalis & Bruce Hornsby / “The Star Spangled Banner” / Baseball A Film by Ken Burns /
Elektra Nonesuch
Humphrey Bogart / “Bogie on Baseball” / Baseball’s Greatest Hits Let’s Play II / Rhino
Antonio Andrade / “Something Happened” / Something Happened / Self-produced
John McCutcheon / “Baseball on the Block” / Sermon on the Mound / Appalsongs
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun / “Three Strikes and You’re Out” / Diamond Cuts: Grand Slam Vol.IV /
Hungry for Music
John Gorka / “Branching Out” / Before Beginning / Red House
Steve Goodman / “Go Cubs Go!” / Chicago Cubs Greatest Hits / Marguee
Steve Goodman / “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request” / Baseball’s Greatest Hits / Rhino
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
Folkways
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