John McCutcheon

John McCutcheon
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About the artist

John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer. His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe. His twenty-four recordings have garnered every imaginable honor, including five Grammy nominations. He has produced over twenty albums of other artists, from traditional fiddlers to contemporary singer-songwriters to educational and documentary works.

Top songs

  1. Christmas In The Trenches
  2. Reel a Bouche
  3. Know When to Move
  4. Rambling Irishman
  5. Wind that Shakes the Barley, Morpeth's Rant, Staten Island
  6. How Can I Keep from Singing?
  7. Water From Another Time
  8. Skip to My Lou
  9. The Great Storm Is Over
  10. Erev Shel Shoshanim
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  1. Step By Step
  2. All God's Critters
  3. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
  4. Kindergarten Wall
  5. Cut The Cake
  6. Caught in the Crossfire
  7. Leviathan
  8. For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  9. Howjadoo
  10. Mail Myself To You
  11. Ghosts of the Good Old Days
  12. Rubber Blubber Whale
  13. Huron Carol
  14. No Mas!
  15. Willie's Waltz
  16. Streets of Sarajevo
  17. Star In The East
  18. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
  19. Detroit, December
  20. Talking Union
  21. Little Pink
  22. Used to Be
  23. Happy Adoption Day
  24. Ashcroft's Army
  25. The Red Corvette
  26. Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter
  27. Jericho
  28. Who'll Rock the Cradle
  29. If I Were a Featherbed
  30. Back Side Of Albany/Cooley's Reel
  31. Calling All The Children Home
  32. Yesterday's Fools
  33. Who Will Sing for Me?
  34. Erev Shel Shoshanium
  35. Planxty George Brabazon
  36. One Strong Arm
  37. Duct Tape
  38. Featherbed
  39. Not in My Name
  40. Hail to the Chief
  41. Babylon Is Fallen
  42. Greatest Story Never Told
  43. Christmas Day Ida Moarnin/Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella (trad.)
  44. Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring
  45. April Fool
  46. Take Back the Night
  47. Loggerman's Breakdown/Dulcimer Reel
  48. Boys in Green
  49. Soup
  50. Carter Store Medley: Wildwood Flower, Red Wing, Wake Up Susan, Temperance Reel
  51. Dallas Rag
  52. Huron Carol (trad.)
  53. Follow the Light
  54. John Henry
  55. Cup Of Coffee
  56. Room Here For Another
  57. Sly Old Crow/Old Blair Store
  58. Monkeys
  59. Christmas Day Ida Moarnin / Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella
  60. Well May the World Go (feat. Hot Rize)
  61. Let's Pretend
  62. Tender Shepherd
  63. Immigrant
  64. Our Flag Was Still There
  65. Last First Kiss
  66. The List
  67. Sculley's Reel/Morrison's Jig
  68. I Am Here
  69. Dead Man Walking
  70. Somos El Barco
  71. Every Bush and Tree
  72. Greensleeves
  73. Old Christmas Morning/Breaking Up Christmas
  74. Homecoming Time
  75. Not Me
  76. Mending Fences
  77. Barnyard Dance
  78. Dancing in the Street
  79. Wild Rose Of The Mountain/Wild Rose Of The Mountain
  80. Down in Yon Forest / New Year's Eve
  81. Over In The Meadow
  82. Sly Old Crow - Old Blair Store
  83. When I Grow Up
  84. Children of Abraham
  85. Extend a Hand
  86. Down In Yon Forest/New Year's Eve
  87. Turn Around
  88. Black Sea
  89. Claudette Colvin Goes to Work
  90. Barbershop

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