Folk Songs About Newspapers and Magazines

[played 2009]
David Francey \ Paper Boy \ Far End Of Summer \ Laker
Rebel Voices \ The Media \ A Little Look Around \ Self

[played 2006]
Hank Cramer\ The Streets of London\ Songs from Maurie's Porch\ Ferryboat
Ellis Paul & Vance Gilbert\ The Only Way\ Side of the Road\ Rounder
Tom Paxton\ Modern Maturity\ Live for the Record\ Sugar Hill

[also good]
Flatt & Scruggs\ Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy\ 1948 - 1959\ Bear Family
Chris Stuart ­ Jimmie Brown Revisited
The Greenbriar Boys\ We Need A Lot More Jesus\ Best of the Vanguard Years\ Vanguard
John Prine\ Dear Abby (live)\ Great Days\ Rhino

[List compiled by John Weingart, WPRB.]
Robert Bobby-They Couldn't Say It If It Wasn't True
Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples-Gonna Change My Way of Thinking (Intro)
Jacqueline Levy-Cosmopolitan
Phil Ochs-Outside of a Small Circle of Friends

Bob Dylan-Talkin NY
Short Sisters-Waiting
Paul Geremia ­ Truth is in the Streets
Beatles-Day In The Life
Dr. Hook ­ Cover of Rolling Stone
Ralph McTell ­ Streets of London
Truth is in the Streets-Paul Geremia
Tabloid Reporter-Peter Bruntwell
They Spelled My Name Wrong-Loudon Wainwright
How Old Are You-Loudon Wainwright
If the Shoe Fits-Leon Russell
Shane and Dixie-Richard Thompson
Vultures-John McCutcheon
"Jez Lowe-"Northern Echoes" which is the local newspaper in Horden-
Peterlee.
Jez Lowe- Mike Neville Says It So It Must Be True. Mike Neville was a
famous newscaster in the North of England, who used his regular northern
accent in presenting the news rather than using the Oxford King's English
Jez Lowe-These Coal Town Days. This song was commissioned by the BBC to
accompany the announcement that Thatcher was closing down all the coal
mines and steel mills."