On American Pastimes we spend some time with bards of the civil rights era, California folk icon Jim Ringer, Redding native and National Fiddle Champion Megan Lynch, and the 1925 rooftop recordings of country singer Kelly Harrell. Betwixt and between there's more olt-tyme and contemporary string bands than you can count!
February 17, 2026 American Pastimes
- 7:30pm Sweet Georgia Brown by Blake, Burns, Bush Clements, Holland, Taylor on Blake, Burns, Bush, Clements, Holland, Taylor (Rounder)
- 7:33pm I'm Going To Get My Baby Out Of Jail by Bernice Johnson Reagon & Len Chandler on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- 7:38pm Oh Freedom ! by Pete Seeger on Live At Carnegie Hall (Jasnet Records)
- 7:41pm The Cities Are Burning by Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- 7:45pm Burn, Baby, Burn by Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- 7:51pm Carry It On by The Broadside Singers with Len Chandler on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine ((C) 2000 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- 7:54pm Freedom Riders by Phil Ochs on The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- 7:56pm Time Is Running Out by Wendy Smith on Bluegrass & More, Vol. 5 (Ling Music Group)
- 7:59pm My Father’s Mansion’s Many Rooms by Pete Seeger on Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- 8:01pm by on ( )
- 8:03pm Catch 23 by The 23 String Band on Catch 23 (The 23 String Band)
- 8:07pm by on ( )
- 8:08pm California Joe by Jim Ringer on Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go (Folk-Legacy Records)
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- 8:20pm Walking The Blues by Appalachian Express on Walking The Blues (Rebel Records Llc)
- 8:23pm Weep And Cry by Appalachian Express on Walking The Blues (Rebel Records Llc)
- 8:25pm by on ( )
- 8:25pm Wind and Rain by American Patchwork Quartet Feat. clay ross, falguni shah, clarence penn & yasushi nakamura on American Patchwork Quartet (2024 Carolina Jasmine, Inc.)
- 8:29pm Lil' Liza Jane by After Jack on ECHO (Travianna Records)
- 8:32pm Old Jimmy Sutton (Porch & Square Dance) by Elizabeth LaPrelle/Asa Nelson on The Mountain Minor (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (ALT452 Productions)
- 8:36pm In the Country by Annie Lou on Tried and True ( )
- 8:39pm Are You Leaving For The Country by Karen Dalton on In My Own Time - iTunes Exclusive (Light In The Attic)
- 8:42pm Blue Eyed Ella by Kelly Harrell on Music from the Land of the Sky ( Rivermont)
- 8:46pm I'm Going Back to North Carolina by Kelly Harrell on Music from the Land of the Sky ( Rivermont)
- 8:49pm Peg and Awl by Kelly Harrell on Music from the Land of the Sky ( Rivermont)
- 8:53pm The Wreck of the Southern Old 97 by Kelly Harrell on Music from the Land of the Sky ( Rivermont)
- 9:01pm Methodist Preacher by Butch Baldassari on Old Town (Rebel Records Llc)
- 9:03pm Double Crown by Susto String Band on Unknown ( Unknown)
- 9:06pm Seminole Wind by Susto String Band on Unknown ( Unknown)
- 9:13pm Stumptown Stomp by Adam Hurt & Megan Lynch on Inside Out (Fiddlestar)
- 9:15pm Fort Worth Rag by Megan Lynch Chowning on Gathers No Moss (Fiddlestar)
- 9:18pm East Tennessee Blues by Adam Hurt & Megan Lynch on Inside Out (Fiddlestar)
- 9:20pm Peacock Rag by Megan Lynch Chowning on Gathers No Moss (Fiddlestar)
- 9:25pm Lonesome side of town by The Greencards on Viridian (Dualtone Music Group)
- 9:28pm Who Knows by The Greencards on Viridian (Dualtone Music Group)
- 9:34pm Go Dig My Grave by Dale Ann Bradley and Alison Brown on Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie (Jean Ritchie Trust)
- 9:38pm Sally Johnson by Mark O'Connor on Heroes (Warner Nashville)
- 9:43pm Sing Anything by Big Possum Stringband on Big Possum Stringband (Big Possum Stringband)
- 9:46pm Ways of the World by Bucksnort Barn Dance Band on Unknown ( Unknown)
- 9:49pm Bath County Boy (Live) by Cornmaiz String Band on CornMaiz String Band (CornMaiz String Band)
- 9:52pm Do What You Please by The Barefoot Movement on Figures of the Year (The Barefoot Movement)
- 9:56pm Rambling, Gambling Willie by The Lonely Heartstring Band on Deep Waters (New Rounder)
- 9:59pm Dance All Night by Corn Potato String Band on Unknown ( Unknown )
