Music of the Nuclear Age; Songs in Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for August 8, 2026
Hour 1: Music of the Nuclear Age
“Music of the Nuclear Age” is a documentary produced by David King Dunaway (https://nuclearmusic.online/) and includes the following song excerpts:
1. “Leave the Atom Alone,” Josephine Premice
2. “Atomic Energy,” Sir Lancelot
3. “Talking Atom,” Sons of the Pioneers
4. “Jesus Hits like an Atom Bomb,” The Pilgrim Travelers
5. “I’m Going to Dig Myself a Hole,” Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
6. “A-Bomb Bop,” Mike Fern
7. “Love That Bomb,” Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts
8. “The Hydrogen Bomb,” Al Rodgers and His Rocky Mountain Boys
9. “When the Atom Bomb Fell,” Karl & Harty
10. “Duck and Cover,” Dick 2-ton Baker
11. “Fall-Out Shelter,” Mike and Bernie Winters
12. “Crawl Out the Fall Out,” Sheldon Alman
13. “Weapon of Prayer,” The Louvin Brothers
14. “Then We’ll Have Peace,” Pete Seeger
15. “Great Atomic Power,” The Louvin Brothers
16. “There’s a Power,” Buchanan Bros.
17. “Atom and Evil,” Golden Gate Quartet
18. “Relax and Take It Easy,” Tommy Duncan
19. “We’ll All Go Together When We Go,” Tom Lehrer
20. “We Almost Lost Detroit,” Gil Scott-Heron
21. “Karen Silkwood,” Pat DeCou and Tex LaMontan
22. “Overexposed,” Rick Kirby and the Vigilantes
23. “Plutonium,” Malvina Reynolds
24. “What Have They Done to the Rain,” Joan Baez
25. “Radiation Nation,” Pat DeCou and Tex LeMontan
26. “Chernobyl,” DJ Klippa
27. “Hanging Tree,” Pat DeCou and Tex LeMountan
28. “Fukushima,” Finn McGinn
29. “Fukushima,” A Small Spark Destroys a Forest
Closing
James Taylor, Jon Hall, the Doobie Brothers, “Power,” No Nukes, 5:23
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for August 8, 2026
Hour 2: Songs in Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
First Set
Sally Rogers, “Peace Round / Dead Girl of Hiroshima,” Generations, 5:25 Flying Fish
Pete Seeger, “Genbaku O Yurusumagi” (Never Again the A Bomb), We Shall Overcome, 2:30 Columbia
Boiled in Lead, “Brave Bombadier,” Orb, 2:49 Atomic Theory Records
Second Set
Mark Spoelstra, “Civil Defense Sign,” Best of Broadside, 3:47 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Tom Lehrer, “So Long Mom (A Song for World War III),” The Remains of Tom Lehrer, 2:18 Rhino
Randy Newman, “Political Science,” Sail Away, 2:04 Warner Records
Leon Rosselson, “Experts,” Nuclear Power? No Thanks, 4:25 The Plane Label
Pete Seeger, “What Did You Learn in School Today?,” We Shall Overcome, 1:55 Columbia
Third Set
Jim Page, “Hiroshina Nagasaki Russian Roulette,” Human Interesting, 4:09 (self-produced)
Jim Page, “Moron,” Human Interesting, 3:50 (self-produced)
Fourth Set
Jackson Browne & David Lindley, “Crow on the Cradle,” Love Is Strange, 5:40 Inside Recordings
Alison McMorland, “Sleep Well,” Nuclear Power? No Thanks, 2:30 The Plane Label
Joan Baez, “What Have They Done to the Rain?,” Live in Concert, 2:40 Vanguard
Lillie Palmer, “Insanity Street,” Legacy, 3:13 Windham Hill
Fifth Set
Eliza Gilkyson, “Requiem,” Paradise Hotel, 3:52 Red House Records