Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad [CD]

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad [CD]

Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad is a 2016 album by Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, recorded while the pair travelled across America by train.

The album gathers railroad songs made famous by Hank Williams, Lead Belly, The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Glen Campbell, Gordon Lightfoot and others, played on acoustic guitars with the two voices in harmony.

This edition is a CD in a digipak.

Format: CD, Digipak

Track Listing

1. Rock Island Line
2. The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
3. The Midnight Special
4. Railroad Bill
5. Lonesome Whistle
6. K C Moan
7. Waiting for a Train
8. In the Pines
9. Gentle on My Mind
10. Hobo’s Lullaby
11. Railroading on the Great Divide
12. John Henry
13. Early Morning Rain

Genre: Folk, Americana.