I Hear America Singing - Epic Songs

By Ross Burns

Published August 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM CDT

For this third weekend of August, Ross has reached back to 2016 for a classic episode featuring songs that take much longer than the usual two and a half to three-minute playing time to tell their story.

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING - EPIC SONGS

1. The Crawl by Bobby Bridger
2. Peter Kagan and the Wind by Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy
3. Texas Trilogy by Frummox
4. The City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman
5. Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie

I Hear America Singing

Ross Burns

A native of Austin, Texas, Ross grew up in the midst of the Urban Folk Revival of the 1950s and 60s. His first introduction to folk music was the Kingston Trio with their million selling albums. From there, he went forward, backwards and sideways collecting music all along the way. He is a retired librarian and a student of history.

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