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Songs for the Seasons

Here are a few songs that are appropriate for the beginning of the four seasons of the year:

  • Seasons
    • Rebecca Frazier “Boarding Windows in Paradise” (no label)
  • Seasons of My Heart
    • Del McCoury “Blue Side of Town” (Rounder)

SPRING

  • Ah Spring
    • Chris Thile “Stealing Second” (Sugar Hill)
  • Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green
    • Country Gentlemen “Sit Down, Young Stranger” (Sugar Hill)
  • Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime
    • Jeannette Williams “Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime” (Doobie Shea)
  • Fare Thee Well Cold Winter
    • Jody Stecher w/ Mile Twelve “Instant Lonesome and the Twinkle Brigade” (Don Giovanni)
  • Five More Winters to Come
    • Tammy Rogers and Thomm Jutz “Surely Will Be Singing” (Mountain Fever)
  • Little Annie (When the Springtime Comes Again)
    • Recorded by many bluegrass artists — The Lilly Brothers, Jim Rooney, the Johnson Mountain Boys, Longview, Laurie Lewis, Tim O’Brien to name a few.
  • Spring
    • Clay Hess “Rain” (Kang)
  • Spring Break
    • Pete Wernick “On a Roll” (Sugar Hill)
  • Spring Is In the Air
    • Lindley Creek “Whispers in the Wind” (Pinecastle)
  • Spring Will Bring the Flowers
    • Balsam Range “Last Train to Kitty Hawk” (Mountain Home)
  • Springtime
    • Kenny Baker “Spider Bit the Baby” (County)
  • Springtime and Roses
    • Rambler’s Choice “Sounds of the Mountain” (Rebel)
  • Springtime in Dear Old Dixie
    • Reno and Smiley “Stonewall’s Brigade” (Gusto)
  • Springtime in Glory
    • The Johnson Mountain Boys “The Stained Glass Hour” (Rounder)
  • Springtime in Old Tennessee
    • Troy Engle “Southern Skies” (no label)
  • Virginia in the Springtime
    • Flashback “Blues Around My Cabin” (Pinecastle)
  • Winter’s Come and Gone
    • Kenny and Amanda Smith “Slowly But Surely” (Farmboy)
    • Dailey & Vincent “Brothers from Different Mothers” (Rounder)
    • John Reischman & the Jaybirds (self-titled album, Copper Creek)

SUMMER

  • Blackberry Summer
    • Dale Ann Bradley “Dale Ann Bradley” (Pinecastle)
  • Long Hot Summer
    • Mike Garris “It’s Been a Long Time Coming” (no label)
  • Long Hot Summer Day
    • John Hartford “Mark Twang” (Flying Fish)
    • Sara Watkins “Sara Watkins” (Nonesuch)
  • Longest Day of the Year
    • Kathy Kallick Band “Foxhounds” (Live Oak)
  • Long Summer
    • The Steep Canyon Rangers “Radio” (Rounder)
  • Middle of August
    • Kenny and Amanda Smith (single/Farm Boy)
  • Summer Solstice
    • Slavek Hanslik & Bela Fleck “Summer Solstice” (Sierra)
  • Summertime
    • Gold Heart “Places I’ve Been” (Mountain Fever)
  • Whole Lot of Layin’ Around
    • Chris Roberts (single)

FALL

  • Autumn Fell
    • Authentic Unlimited “Authentic Unlimited” (Billy Blue)
  • Autumn Leaves
    • Donna Hughes “Hellos, Goodbyes and Butterflies” (Rounder)
    • Wilson Banjo Co. “Six Degrees of Separation” (Pinecastle)
  • Autumn Leaves Don’t Fall
    • Thomas Cassell “The Never Ending Years” (Mountain Fever)
  • Autumn’s Not That Cold
    • Flashback “Foxhounds and Fiddles” (Pinecastle)
  • Bring Back Yesterday
    • Bobby Osborne (The song begins with “I always hate to see the start of Autumn”) “60th Anniversary” (Rural Rhythm)
  • Colors and Crossroads
    • Sideline “Colors and Crossroads” (Mountain Fever)
  • Fall in Tennessee
    • Authentic Unlimited (2023 single/Billy Blue)
  • Fall of the Year
    • The Goodwin Brothers “If You Hadn’t Noticed” (Pinecastle)
  • Fallen Leaves
    • Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass “Traveling Light” (Rebel)
  • Leaves Fall
    • Chris Thile “Stealing Second” (Sugar Hill)
  • The Fall
    • Circuit Riders “Let the Ride Begin” (Pinecastle)
  • The Fall is a Lonesome Time for Me
    • Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass “Live at Vanderbilt” (RCA Victor)
  • The First Days of Fall
    • Tim O’Brien “When No One’s Around” (Sugar Hill)
  • Now the Summer’s Gone
    • Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers “Another Day from Life” (Rebel)
  • October Fall
    • The Alex Leach Band “I’m the Happiest When I’m Moving” (Mountain Home)
  • Old Home Place
    • The Dillards “Back Porch Bluegrass” (Elektra) “The cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise …”
    • J. D. Crowe & The New South “J. D. Crowe & The New South” (Rounder)
  • The Summer’s Come and Gone
    • Jimmy Martin (Bear Family box set)
  • Summertime is Past and Gone
    • Bill Monroe (Bear Family box set)
  • When Fall Comes to New England
    • Kristin Scott Benson “Stringworks” (Mountain Home) Claire Lynch, lead vocal
  • When Carolina Comes Home Again
    • Jim Lauderdale “When Carolina Comes Home Again” (Yep Roc) Opens with “Summer is over; frost in the field …”
  • When Those Golden Leaves Begin to Fall
    • Bill Monroe (Bear Family box set)
    • Ray Edwards “A Golden Anniversary Celebration” (Pinecastle) Bradley Walker, lead vocal
    • Jimmy Heffernan with Joe Diffie (single/no label)
  • Yellow Leaves of Autumn
    • Full Cord “Cambium” (Dark Shadow)

WINTER

  • Come Some Winter Morning
    • Irene Kelley with the Kruger Brothers (single/IRK Records)
  • Frozen in Time
    • Stephen & Jana Mougin (single/Dark Shadow)
  • I’m Here to Remind You (That Winter is Warm)
    • Jim Lauderdale “When Carolina Comes Home Again” (Yep Roc)
  • It Sure Gets Cold This Time of Year
    • Ralph Stanley II “Pretty Girls, City Lights” (Rebel)
  • Old Man Winter
    • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver “Roundtable” (Billy Blue)
  • Song for a Winter’s Night
    • Tony Rice “Me and My Guitar” and “Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot” (Rounder)
    • Sideline “Front and Center” (Mountain Home)
    • Sawmill Road “Fire on the Kettle” (no label)
  • The Fallen Snow
    • David Parmley and Continental Divide “Pathway of Time” (Pinecastle)
  • The Winter Wind
    • Edgar Loudermilk featuring Jeff Autry “Lonesome Riverboat Blues” (Rural Rhythm)
  • Whatever Winter Brings
    • Donna Ulisse “Breakin’ Easy” (Mountain Home)
  • When Fall’s Comin’ Down
    • Del McCoury Band “The Company We Keep” (McCoury Music)
  • Winter Season
    • Indigo Roots Band/self-titled album