Appleseed RecordingsNewly recorded tracks by Bruce Springsteen and Donovan are among the 57 tunes featured on a new compilation celebrating the 21st anniversary of the folk label Appleseed Recordings that will be released on October 19.
Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches is a three-disc set made up mainly of tracks from the label’s archives, along with nine previously unreleased songs. Among them are Springsteen’s rendition of the late Pete Seeger‘s classic “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)” and Donovan’s version of the traditional tune “Wild Mountain Thyme,” which also has been covered by The Byrds and Joan Baez.
Other previously unreleased tracks on the album include recordings by late folk singers John Stewart and Jesse Winchester.
The compilation also includes Springsteen’s version of the spiritual “We Shall Overcome,” as well as songs featuring Baez, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Al Stewart, Jonathan Edwards, Levon Helm, Arlo Guthrie and David Bromberg.
The collection’s three discs are themed to correspond with the three philosophies to which Appleseed Recordings is devoted. Disc one is titled “Let the Truth Be Told,” disc two is called “The Wisdom Keepers” and disc three is titled “Keeping the Songs Alive.”
Here’s the full track list of the Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches compilation:
Disc One: Let the Truth Be Told
“Oh Sacred World” — Pete Seeger
“If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)” — Bruce Springsteen*
“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” — Tom Morello*
“Well May the World Go” — Tim Robbins*
“I Wish the Wars Were All Over” — Joan Baez
“Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)” — Pete Seeger with Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle and Anne Hills
“Across the Border” — Tom Russell*
“Love in the Time of Gaza” — Johnny Clegg
“Scared of Guns (Amended)” — John Wesley Harding (with Corporal Quorum)*
“Second Line Blues” — Sweet Honey in the Rock
“Needle of Death” — Anne Hills*
“There Is No Good Reason” — Natalie Merchant & Friends
“Give Me Back My Country” — The Kennedys
“Blessed Be the Nation” — Studs Terkel
“This Land Is Your Land” — Tom Morello
“We Shall Overcome” — Bruce Springsteen
“Dr. King on Violence” — Pete Seeger
Disc Two: The Wisdom Keepers
“Get It Right One Day” — Jesse Winchester*
“Poorman’s Sunshine” — Donovan
“Land of the North Wind” — Dick Gaughan
“Follow that Road” — Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
“Katherine of Oregon” — Al Stewart
“Surrounded” — Jonathan Edwards
“Kisses Sweeter than Wine” — Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt
“Jump Back in the Ditch” — Angel Band
“Gonna Go Crazy” — Eric Andersen
“What I Know” — Tom Rush
“IDK, But I’m LOL” — Sweet Honey in the Rock
“Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman (Thank You)” — Lizzie West & the White Buffalo
“Stepstone” — Joel Rafael Band with Jackson Browne, Jimmy LaFave and Arlo Guthrie
“Looking for the Moon” — Tom Paxton
“Somos El Barco/We Are the Boat” — Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt with Emmylou Harris
“There Is Love (Wedding Song)” — John Stewart*
“Sham-a-Ling-Dong-Ding” — Jesse Winchester
“When I’m Gone” — Dick Gaughan
Disc Three: Keeping the Songs Alive
“The Water Is Wide” — John Gorka
“Bring It with You When You Come” — David Bromberg with Levon Helm
“Roving Gambler” — Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
“Careless Love” — Tim Eriksen
“Wild Mountain Thyme” — Donovan*
“John Riley” — Roger McGuinn with Judy Collins
“Canadee-I-O” — John Wesley Harding
“Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep” — Bernice Johnson Reagon with Kim & Reggie Harris
“Going Across the Mountain” — Pete Seeger
“Tom Dooley” — Frank Proffitt
“Asturias” — Guardabarranco
“El Quinto Regimiento” — Lila Downs
“Are You Sleepin’, Maggie?” — Aoife Clancy
“Mrs. Poer, or, The Concerto” — Alec Stone Sweet
“Sow ‘Em on the Mountain” — Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin
“Little Birdie” — Steve Young
“Cindy” — Mike Seeger and Peggy Seeger
“Sanalwami” — Sharon Katz & the Peace Train
“Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning” — Danny Glover and Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr.
“Wade in the Water” — Kim and Reggie Harris
“Bay of Mexico” — John Stewart & Darwin’s Army
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone” — Tommy Sands with Dolores Keane and Vedran Smailovic
* = exclusive new song.
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