John McCutcheon
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Biography
[Edit]Known best for his prolific work in the field of children's music, John McCutcheon has consistently produced both quality children's albums and folk albums since the early '70s. McCutcheon is first and foremost an instrumentalist. Like thousands of others in the '60s, McCutcheon, a Wisconsin native, taught himself how to play a mail-order guitar and joined the local folk scene. His interest became more serious, however, when he sought to find the roots of this music. McCutcheon headed for Appalachia and learned from some of the legendary greats of traditional folk music. Along the way, he became adept at a multitude of instruments, including fiddle, banjo, guitar, autoharp, jaw harp, and especially the hammered dulcimer. McCutcheon is considered one of the undisputed masters on the hammered dulcimer and adapts much of his music around the instrument.
As a new father, McCutcheon found most children's music "unmusical and condescending." In 1983, he sought to remedy the situation with his first release for Rounder, Howjadoo. McCutcheon thought that Howjadoo would be the only children's record he would make. But the critical acclaim for Howjadoo was such that several other children's albums followed. McCutcheon's 1988 release Mail Myself to You featured several songs by classic folk composers such as Woody Guthrie and Malvina Reynolds. In the hands of McCutcheon, these old songs gained new luster. Family Garden followed in 1993, with several original tunes including the evocative "Baseball on the Block." McCutcheon also turned to producing and, on the Rounder label, encouraged other folk and world musicians to address children as an audience. He created the 1992 Rounder release Rainbow Sign to benefit the Grassroots Leadership, a community-building non-profit organization in the South. In 1997, McCutcheon produced two storytelling compilations to again benefit the Grassroots Leadership.
McCutcheon started a new series of children's albums in 1995 with the release of Summersongs. The album featured several tunes about the daily life of kids, with songs like "Power Mower" and "Haircut." Later that same year, Rounder released the second album in the series, Wintersongs. Again, the recording featured several cuts about the common joys of winter, including "Soup" and "Hot Chocolate." The most popular song on the album, however, was the easily imagined "Tommy Don't Lick That Pipe," written by McCutcheon and his longtime friend Si Kahn. Wintersongs was nominated for a Grammy in 1996. Storied Ground followed three years later. The time between albums reinvigorated the singer/songwriter, and in 2001 he followed it up with Supper's on the Table... Filled with more socially conscious lyrics, the album had the look and feel of an old-time folk record. The next year, a more contemporary-minded McCutcheon put out The Greatest Story Never Told on Red House Records.
It was four years before McCutcheon released another full-length album. 2006's Mightier Than the Sword was a literary effort, featuring collaborations with contemporary poets and fiction writers such as Wendell Berry, Rita Dove, and Barbara Kingsolver. McCutcheon also came out with a children's audio book that year called Christmas in the Trenches, which went on to garner a Grammy nomination in the children's spoken word category. Hail to the Chief! and Stand Up!: Broadsides for Our Times came out the following year. ~ P.J. Swift, Rovi
Title: Barefoot Boy with Boots On
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: Live at Wolf Trap
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Wintersongs
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Springsongs
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumnsongs
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: This Land: Woody Guthrie's America
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Welcome the Traveler Home: the Winfield Songs
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Stand Up! Broadsides for Our Times
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Mightier Than the Sword
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Acoustic
Title: Fine Time at Our House
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Step By Step: Hammer Dulcimer Duets, Trios, and Quartets
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Winter Solstice
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: House, Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: To Everyone In All The World: A Celebration Of Pete Seeger
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Country, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Summersongs
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: Signs of the Times
Artist: John McCutcheon, Si Kahn
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Between the Eclipse
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Water from Another Time - A Retrospective
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Step By Step - Hammer Dulcimer Duets, Trios, and Quartets
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Sprout Wings and Fly
Artist: John McCutcheon
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Doing Our Job: John McCutcheon and Tom Chapin Live in Concert
Artist: John McCutcheon, Tom Chapin
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Kids, Folk
Title: Doing Our Job (Live)
Artist: John McCutcheon, Tom Chapin
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Collections
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: La Grande Guerra (i canti, le storie e le voci) Vol.2
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Love & Peace: Greatest Hits for Kids
Genre: Kids
Title: The Rounder Records Story
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Rainbow Sign
Genre: Kids
Title: The Silverwolf Homeless Project
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: cELLAbration
Genre: Pop
Title: The Real Music Box ~ 25 Years Of Rounder Records (CD1)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Velocity Recordings Volume Four 2020
Genre: Trance
Title: Start A New Day: Trance Mix (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Trance
Title: Velocity Recordings Volume Ten
Genre: Uplifting House
Title: Ultimate Kids Halloween 2023
Genre: Electronica, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Girls Won't Leave The Boys Alone
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Featuring albums
Title: Seeds: the Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone
Artist: Cherish The Ladies
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: Raise the Roof - a Retrospective: Live from the Barns At Wolf Trap
Artist: Wolf Trap
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: A Child's Celebration Of Song
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Gospel, Christian Rock, Country, Christian Country Music, Pop, Kids, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Volume 3
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, World Music, Country, Progressive Country , Kids, Indie, Folk
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Artist: Dear Jean: Artist Celebrate Jean Ritchie Various
Genre:
Title: Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War
Artist: Songs Of The Spanish Civil War
Genre:
Title: One Land, One Heart
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Velocity Recordings: Volume One
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Velocity Recordings: Volume Two
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop