It’s the start of the Labor Day weekend and this show offers a mix of old classic and contemporary compositions about working people, unions and the day’s economic climate.
- Artist, "Title", Album, Label
- Etta Baker, “John Henry”, One-Dime Blues, Rounder
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- Bud Billings & Carson Robison, “Poor Man’s Heaven”, Poor Man’s Heaven, RCA Bluebird
- Bob Miller, “The Rich Man And The Poor Man”, Poor Man’s Heaven, RCA Bluebird
- Geoff Bartley, “I’ve Endured”, “Everything’s 4 Sale”, Mercy For The Dispossessed, Magic Crow Records
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- Almanac Singers, “Talking Union”, Classic Labor Songs, Smithsonian Folkways
- Paul Robeson, “Joe Hill”, Classic Labor Songs, Smithsonian Folkways
- John McCutcheon, “1913 Massacre”, “Deportees”, This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America, Appalsongs
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- Wilmoth Houdini, “Poor But Ambitious”, Poor Man’s Heaven, RCA Bluebird
- Uncle Dave Macon, “All In Down And Out Blues”, Poor Man’s Heaven, RCA Bluebird
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- New Harmony Sisterhood Band, “Union Maid”, Classic Labor Songs, Smithsonian Folkways
- Joe Uehlein, “Hold The Fort”, Classic Labor Songs, Smithsonian Folkways
- Rita Ruby, “Aragon Mill”, Songbook: Volume One/Old Town School Of Folk Music, Bloodshot
- Scott Besaw, “Nine Pound Hammer”, Volume Three/Old Town School Of Folk Music, Bloodshot
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- Steve Quelet, “Dance Of The Robots”, Dance Of The Robots, Independent
- Paul Sachs, “Poor Man’s Out”, “Great Gatsby Days”, Oil Town, Independent
- Emma’s Revolution, “Taxed Enough Already?”, Revolutions Per Minute, Moving Forward Music
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- Joel Rafael, “America Come Home”, America Come Home, Inside Recordings
- John McCutcheon, “This Land Is Your Land”, This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America, Appalsongs
- Geoff Bartley, “Mercy For The Dispossessed”, Mercy For The Dispossessed, Black Crow Records
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