Folk Alley Radio Show

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.

This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes as we share new music from Jobi Riccio, Brent Cobb, Bella White, and Chris Pierce. We honor the late Dave Carter and celebrate birthdays of Emily Saliers and Rufus Wainwright. 

This week on Folk Alley we're celebrating the Father of American Folk Music and the many projects his daughter Nora Guthrie has spearheaded over the decades to share unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyrics with a wider audience. Hear from Billy Bragg & Wilco, Wenzel, The Klezmatics, Jonatha Brooks, Jackson Browne, and The Dropkick Murphys; plus, a belated happy birthday to Arlo Guthrie.

This week on the Folk Alley Radio Show, we're honoring the outlaws and outcasts for America's 250th. We'll hear from important voices that often go unheard. We'll take a trip across the land via bus, car, and train. Songs from Lizzie No, Aoife O'Donovan, Simon & Garfunkel, and more.

Our friends to the North are celebrating Canada Day on July 1—and this week on Folk Alley, we're joining the celebration with a tribute to the rich tradition of Canadian folk, roots, and Canadiana music. Tune in to hear timeless songs from legends like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Ferron, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Stan Rogers, and Ian & Sylvia, alongside some of our favorite contemporary voices including William Prince, Morgan Toney, Rose Cousins, David Francey, Pharis & Jason Romero, and many more!

This week on Folk Alley we celebrate LGBQAI+ Pride as Cindy Howes shares songs that explore and uplift queer culture in the roots music world. We're playing tracks from Indigo Girls, Brandi Carlile, Joy Oladokun, Jake Blount, Cheryl Wheeler, Rufus Wainwright, and more.

This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes for a special show dedicated to dads of folk, roots, and Americana music and their musical kids. Hear songs from “the Father of Folk,” Woody Guthrie along with Arlo and Sarah Lee Guthrie, Greg Brown and daughters Pieta, Constie, and Zoe, Loudon Wainwright III and Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Johnny and Rosanne Cash, The Thompsons, Darrell and Wayne Scott, Bob and Jakob Dylan, The McCourys, Levon and Amy Helm, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes for songs to welcome in June from The Decemberists, The Fretless, and The Mammals, along with new music from Dervish with Iron & Wine, Ken Pomeroy, Renée Fleming with Béla Fleck, and Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band, favorites from Randy Newman and Sierra Ferrell, and some news about Bruce Cockburn too.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes for a dive into new early summer releases from Allison Russell, Samuel Smith, Alela Diane, Pharis & Jason Romero, and Jesse Welles, along with a new single from Brandi Carlile, favorites from The Wood Brothers, Eliza Gilkyson, Sturgill Simpson, and much more.