Fiona Ritchie's selections this week include traditional broadsheet ballads and music hall choruses from artists like Dolores Keane, Mick Moloney, and Battlefield Band.
Slingshot is a project by NPR Music to highlight emerging artists. Bedouine was born in Allepo, Syria, and has moved around a lot, but her music is rooted in the country folk rock of the 60s and 70s.