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This time around we share more fine finger-style music, with great players including Doc Watson, John Fahey, and Leo Kottke. We’ll also present some songs that use fine guitar playing to frame classic lyrics. Listen for lots more examples of fingers moving with grace and rhythm … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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Fingerstyle guitar is one of the most personal of styles and we’ll hear some great players the next two weeks. A couple of recordings served as inspiration for these episodes of The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Awhile back, Tompkins Square released a collection of demos and outtakes from the great guitarist Duck Baker on a recording called Les Blues Du Richmond, with a wide variety...

When we think of swing music, visions of Big Bands from the 1930s and 1940s usually come to mind. Although most of the Big Bands are gone, the musical style is still very much in vogue. This week we’ll listen to swing music (and its relative, boogie woogie) in many settings, old and new. We’ll include Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, The Boswell Sisters, Ry Cooder, The Boulder ...

This week we conclude our birthday celebration for Pete Seeger with a survey of more recent interpretations of some of Pete’s best songs and some newer recordings by Pete. We’ll hear Judy Collins, John McCutcheon, The Malvinas. Dave Fry and others. Revisiting our tribute to Pete Seeger in the 1960s and beyond in a classic encore episode … this week on The Sing Out Radio Magazine...