There's Folk Music in Mining

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Hosted by: 
Will Selzer
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
Pastures of Plenty
Air date: 
Wed, 05/10/2023 - 5:30am to 7:00am
Niinety minutes of folk music.

Pastures of Plenty on May 10th features a few songs about coal mining and manual labor from Glenn Yarbrough, Tennessee Ernie Ford,  and especially songwriter Merle Travis.  Other artists in today’s program include Odetta, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Tim O’Brien, Delta Reign and my favorite - Flatt & Scruggs "Til the End of the World Rolls Round".  Please join me for the program.  Thanks for listening to folk music on your community radio station KBOO.   Will

My Photo:  Jack the Cat Always Listens

 

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Bobby Bare
    Song
    The Living Legend
    Album
    Twistable Turntable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
    Label
  • Time
    5:33
    Artist
    Odetta
    Song
    He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
    Album
    The Greatest Stars of Folk Music
    Label
    Legacy International
  • Time
    5:35
    Artist
    Ramblin' Jack Elliott
    Song
    Sowing On The Mountain
    Album
    The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
    Label
    Vanguard
  • Time
    5:37
    Artist
    Glenn Yarbrough
    Song
    Dark As a Dungeon
    Album
    The Greatest Stars of Folk Music
    Label
    Legacy International
  • Time
    5:40
    Artist
    Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Song
    Sixteen Tons
    Album
    Capitol Collectors Series: Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Label
    Capitol Nashville
  • Time
    5:42
    Artist
    Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
    Song
    Come All You Coal Miners
    Album
    Echo In the Valley
    Label
    New Rounder
  • Time
    5:46
    Artist
    Merle Travis
    Song
    John Henry
    Album
    The Merle Travis Story - 24 Greatest Hits
    Label
    CMH Records
  • Time
    5:49
    Artist
    The Lonely Heartstring Band
    Song
    If I Had a Hammer
    Album
    Deep Waters
    Label
    New Rounder
  • Time
    5:53
    Artist
    Rosanne Cash
    Song
    Particle and Wave
    Album
    She Remembers Everything
    Label
  • Time
    5:55
    Artist
    Harpeth Rising
    Song
    Early Riser
    Album
    Against All Tides
    Label
    Harpeth Rising
  • Time
    5:59
    Artist
    Vivian & Riley
    Song
    Biding All My Time
    Album
    Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno
    Label
    Free Dirt Records
  • Time
    6:02
    Artist
    Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs & Alison Krauss
    Song
    The Storms Are On the Ocean
    Album
    The Three Pickers
    Label
    New Rounder
  • Time
    6:06
    Artist
    Johnny Gimble
    Song
    Darling Nellie Gray
    Album
    The Texas Fiddle Collection
    Label
    CMH Records
  • Time
    6:09
    Artist
    Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
    Song
    Small Town Hero
    Album
    Small Town Heroes
    Label
    Bell Buckle Records
  • Time
    6:12
    Artist
    Tim O'Brien
    Song
    That's How Every Empire Falls
    Album
    He Walked On
    Label
    Howdy Skies Music
  • Time
    6:16
    Artist
    The Carter Family
    Song
    Don't Forget This Song
    Album
    Across Generations
    Label
    Reviver Legacy
  • Time
    6:19
    Artist
    Nefesh Mountain
    Song
    Somewhere On This Mountain (feat. Jerry Douglas)
    Album
    Songs For the Sparrows
    Label
    Eden Sky Records
  • Time
    6:25
    Artist
    The Infamous Stringdusters
    Song
    Won't Be Long (feat. Sarah Jarosz)
    Album
    Ladies & Gentlemen
    Label
    Compass Records
  • Time
    6:28
    Artist
    Sam Bush
    Song
    In Tall Buildings
    Album
    Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    6:31
    Artist
    Melissa Carper & Rebecca Patek
    Song
    Old Sweet Home
    Album
    Brand New Old-Time Songs
    Label
    Melissa Carper & Rebecca Patek
  • Time
    6:34
    Artist
    House of Hamill
    Song
    Ladder to the Sun
    Album
    Folk Hero
    Label
    House of Hamill
  • Time
    6:38
    Artist
    Delta Reign
    Song
    Wayfarin'
    Album
    Calm Before the Storm
    Label
    Mountain Fever Records
  • Time
    6:41
    Artist
    Flatt & Scruggs
    Song
    Til the End of the World Rolls Round
    Album
    The Essential
    Label
    Columbia Nashville Legacy
  • Time
    6:44
    Artist
    Hot Club of Cowtown
    Song
    Back in Your Own Backyard
    Album
    Rendezvous in Rhythm
    Label
    Gold Strike
  • Time
    6:47
    Artist
    The Kindreds
    Song
    Checkin' Out
    Album
    Checkin' Out
    Label
    The Kindreds
  • Time
    6:49
    Artist
    Doc Watson
    Song
    I Was a Stranger (Live)
    Album
    The Essential Doc Watson (Live)
    Label
  • Time
    6:52
    Artist
    Doc & Merle Watson
    Song
    Thoughts of Never
    Album
    Remembering Merle
    Label
    Sugar Hill Records

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