Folk Songs About Rain

April showers bring May flowers. In our area, we celebrate the Seatle Rainfall Festival, Jan. 1 - Dec. 31.

[rain]
Alison Krauss and Union Station\ Rain Please Go Away\ Lonely Runs Both Ways\ Rounder
Pat Donohue\ Risin' River\ Profile\ Bluesky
The Duhks\ Out of the Rain\ Migrations\ Sugar Hill
Del Rey\ When the Levee Breaks\ When the Levee Breaks\ Hobemian
Kam & MacDonald - Walking in Rainy Days - Unbroken Chain
David Kleiner \ Right About the Rain \ This Human Heart
Alison Krauss & Union Station\ Rain Please Go Away\ Lonely Runs Both Ways\ Rounder

From Paul Rutter:
Rain on the Roof/Dale Ann Bradley (Old Southern Porches) Pinecastle
All Day Rain/Greg Brown (Down In There) Red House
The Creek/Lui Collins (Closer) Waterbug
The Garden Song/David Mallett (David Mallett) North Road
Red, Red Robin/Lui Collins (Closer) Waterbug
One Raindrop/Kieran Kane (Shadows On the Ground) Dead Reckoning
A Little Rain Will Do/Greg Jacobs (South of Muskogee Town) Binky
Rhythm of the Rain/Jo Ann Smith (Rhythm of the Rain) Smith
Give Us A Little Rain/Ricky Skaggs (Ancient Tones) Skaggs
Looks Like Rain/Front Porch Stringband (Lines & Traces) Rebel
Since The Rain/Ian Tyson (I Outgrew The Wagon) Stony Plain
There Shall Come Soft Rains/Utah Phillips (I've Got To Know) Daemon
Falling Rain/Neville Brothers (Brother's Keeper) A&M
Rain Just Falls/Jimmie D. Gilmore (Don't Look For a Heartache) Hightone
Fall Down As The Rain/Joe Crookston (Fall Down As The Rain) Milagrito
Can You Hear The Rain/Tony Furtado (Roll My Blues Away) Rounder
It's Great When It Rains/Chuck Suchy (Dakota Breezes) Flying Fish

Additional song suggestions? Email Richard Gillmann


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