Coal
Tom Paxton – There Goes The Mountain
I figured this song would go along with the map I just posted on Surface Mines for Coal in Pennsylvania. https://andyarthur.org/google-maps-coal-strip-mines-in-penna.html
Tom Paxton – Dogs At Midnight
Tom Paxton's 1970 classic about Black Lung Disease that coal miners once got frequently and is now becoming more common once again with mountain top and strip mining.
Phil Ochs – Hazard, Kentucky – YouTube
I was listening to the Embedded Podcast interviewing folks from coal country, thinking of this Phil Ochs song about Hazard, Kentucky.
How mountaintop mining affects life and landscape in West Virginia
Tom Paxton ‘Dogs at Midnight’
Seems like an appropriate song with today's news on Black Lung Disease making a come back...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrishamby/black-lung-disease-surges-to-new-highs-research-shows#ulc9hm