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
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