Folk Songs About The Moon

The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the fall equinox.

[list from Paul Hartman]
"Rising for the Moon" - Fairport Convention
"Bad Moon Rising/Bad Moon Rising Reel" - Battlefield Band (or Creedence/John Fogarty without the reel)
"Man in the Moon" - Coyote Grace
"Bright Moon" - David Woodhead's Confabulation
"Last Alaska Moon" - Livingson Taylor
"Red Moon Rising" - Moreland & Arbuckle
"Grandmother Moon" - Drew Nelson
"Yellow Butter Moon" - Doug Spears
"Drawing Down the Moon" - Alison Brown
"Moon Gone Down" - The Gourds
"Whisper of the Moon" - Little Johnny England
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" - Bill Monroe
"Unfamiliar Moon" - Vance Gilbert
"Mrs. Crawford/Over the Moon Among the Heather/Kiss the Lass Ye Like the Best/Uist Lasses/Sir David Davidson of Cantry/Celtic Ceilidh" - Jerry Holland
"Full Moon, Baby" - Putnam Smith
"Pink Moon" - Nick Drake
"Back to the Moon" - Kate Campbell
"Moon Comin' Over the Hill" - Tab Benoit
"Kiko & the Lavender Moon" - Los Lobos
"The Moon & St. Christopher" - Mary Chapin Carpenter (also Mary Black)

[Moon Landing]
"Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins," from The Byrds' THE BALLAD OF EASY RIDER.
John Stewart, "Armstrong"
Steve Gillette's "Mr. O'Reilly," which he recorded with Cindy Mangsen on their CD "Being There."
Tom Russell's Walkin' On the Moon
Nanci Griffith - Armstrong
Billy Bragg "The Space Race is Over"
Debbie Cassell "The Day They Walked on the Moon"

Jory Nash - Fly Me to the Moon
Eliza Gilkyson \ Walking on the Moon (Tom Russell song)
Tamara Lewis\ Strawberry Moon\ Long Time, No See\ Self
The Roches\ Moonswept\ Moonswept\ 429
Jeanie Stahl\ It's Only A Paper Moon\ Mysteries\ Daring
Gene Autry - I'm Getting a Moon's Eye View of the World
Tom Russell - Strawberry Moon 
Hank Williams' "Howlin' at the Moon"
"Calling the Moon" by Dar Williams or Richard Shindell
"I See The Moon" recorded by Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers
on their "While We Live" CD.
Moonglow: Hot Soup
December Moon: Rachel Bissex (I know...wrong month, but it's a gorgeous song.
Harvest Moon: Mustard's Retreat (MR7)
I Saw Your Face in the Moon - Mac Wiseman / Roland White
"Moonlight Ain't No Use To Me" - Greg Scott 
Ring Around the Moon - Another Greg Brown song, recorded by Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
Chuck Pyle's "Affected by the Moon"
Andrew McKnight's "I Can't Understand the Moon"
Red Harvest Moon by Chris Rosser
Shine on Harvest Moon?  Leon Redbone's version is nice.
Bill Davies, Lone Ranger in the Moon
Greg Brown - Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon (covered by Lui Collins and others)
Greg Brown or Cindy Mangsen, "Ring around The Moon"

Here are some moon songs on Appleseed releases:
  "Looking for the Moon" ­ Tom Paxton (on CD of the same title)
  “Silvery Moon” ­ Aoife Clancy (on CD of the same title)
  “Ramadan Moon” ­ David Lewis (on “For Now” CD)

coyote love song by k.d. lang
midnight moonlight..by Peter Rowan and many others
blue moon of kentucky--bill monroe
howling at the moon--sam bush
Luckenbach moon-jerry Jeff walker/Hondo crouch

Look At The Moon, Carol McComb, Little Bit of Heaven
Cindy Kallet\ Take Me To The Moon\ Cindy Kallet 2\ Folk-Legacy
Christine Lavin - Planet X \ Shinging My Flashlight on the Moon - Shanachie
Tom Paxton:  Looking for the Moon / LOOKING FOR THE MOON / Appleseed
Bill Staines:  Neath the Moon and the Morning Star / GOING TO THE WEST / Red House
Men Who Walked on the Moon \ MARK STEPAKOFF \ Amateur Hour \ Self
Dog on the Moon \ GARY NOVIKOFF \ To Touch the Stars \ Prometheus Music
Writing Songs on the Moon \ JAIME MICHAELS \ Wicked Dreams Second Chances \ Self
Beer Cans on the Moon \ ED SANDERS & THE HEMPTONES \ Same \ Reprise
"Dog on the Moon," Garry Novikoff, TO TOUCH THE STARS (VA) (Prometheus)
"I'd Like To Visit the Moon," the Chenille Sisters, 1-2-3 FOR KIDS (Red House)
If We Had No Moon / Christine Lavin / To Touch the Stars (VA)
The Raisin Pickers/ What a Little Moonlight Can Do/ Drivin'   Flying Raven
Neil Young/ Harvest Moon/ Harvest Moon   Reprise
Nanci Griffith/ Once in a Very Blue Moon/ Once in a Very Blue Moon   Philo
James Keelaghan/ Sweet Grass Moon/ A Recent Future   Green Linnet

Additional song suggestions? Email Richard Gillmann


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