Folk Alley Radio Show

This week on the Folk Alley Radio Show we'll dedicate the first half of the show to John Prine who would have been 80 years old this year. Also: new music from Miko Marks, Suitcase Junket, and Hermanos Gutiérrez, and songs from Great Lake Swimmers and Paul Simon.

This week, we'll say happy birthday to Keb' Mo', check out new music from three different folky Jakes, explore the origins of Valerie June's new song, and give a preview of Cape Breton's Celtic Colours International Festival.

This week on the Folk Alley Radio Show, we'll hear the winners of this year's 25th annual Americanafest awards: album, duo, emerging act, song, and instrumentalist of the year.

We're going to explore three different methods of transportation that appear often in folk songs: cars, trains, and horses. Could have done full hours of each of these, but we get it all in one: Rolling Stones, Billy Strings, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens.

We'll do a set for the celestial skies inspired by the new Humbird. New music from Miko Marks that might blow your roof off. Also new Mary Gauthier, Jayhawks alongside classics from Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Taj Mahal.

We are handing the first hour over to Dolly Parton on the Folk Alley Radio Show this week. We're highlighting some of our favorite covers, collaborations, and duets featuring America's sweetheart as we come together to grieve and remember. Hour two observes Labor Day through the union, worker, equality, and protest songs that have empowered generations.

We have lots of new music on the Folk Alley Radio Show this week! We'll hear a previously unreleased John Prine song, new Buddy Miller, latest from William Prince featuring Nathaniel Rateliff, Hiss Golden Messenger, and new Phoebe Bridgers. 

On this week's Folk Alley Radio Show, we hear new songs from Sierra Ferrell, Rhiannon Giddens, Creekbed Carter Hogan, Laura Cortese, a birthday set for Eliza Gilkyson, and a new collaboration between Steve Earle and Los Lobos.

Cindy Howes got carried away and put together a set around the number one. We have the new Kaïa Kater featuring Rose Cousins, an Irish tune from Solas, the new Margo Cilker, and a little birthday tribute to David Crosby.

This week, Folk Alley is paying tribute to, and processing the enormous and tragic loss of, Irish songwriter Glen Ha

It's our annual 50-year throwback show. We'll do Joan, Joni, Janis, and Taj, also some jamgrass music from that year, and we'll see what all the Canadians were up to in 1976.

It's our annual 60-year throwback show—this time throwing it back to 1966. Lots of musicians surprisingly released two albums that year: Bob Dylan, Lovin' Spoonful, Pete Seeger, Simon and Garfunkel.