Folk Alley Radio Show

This week on Folk Alley, it's another great hour celebrating Black History Month and honoring legendary artists who have influenced so much of our contemporary folk, roots, and Americana music. Hear from Muddy Waters, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, and Mississippi Fred McDowell. In hour two, it's new music by The Cactus Blossom, Good Morning Bedlam, the Infamous Stringdusters, Caroline Spence, Oumou Sangaré, Brad Barr, and Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert. All this in addition to favorites from Them Coulee Boys, Spell Songs, and Peter Mulvey. Join Elena See, this week!

This week on Folk Alley, our celebration of Black History Month continues by exploring music by legends Robert Johnson, Nina Simone, Sleepy John Estes, Jesse Fuller, The Staple Singers, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. Plus, new music in hour two by Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, River Whyless, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and Abigail Lapell; plus favorites from Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Iris Dement, Sam Bush, The Small Glories, and much more!

This week on Folk Alley, celebrate Black History Month with music by six pillars of early Black folk music and artists they have influenced. Hear songs by Memphis Minnie, Lead Belly, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Sippie Wallace, and more.

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for new music from Anaïs Mitchell, The Whitmore Sisters, Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz, The Cactus Blossoms, Basia Bulat, Janis Ian, Aoife O'Donovan, Maya de Vitry, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and Keb' Mo'; favorites from John Gorka, Harvey Reid, Elephant Revival, Habib Koite, Chastity Brown, Layla McCalla, Yola, and Bonnie Raitt; plus a few listener requests, and much more!

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for new music by Keb' Mo', Drew & Ellie Holcomb, Eric Brace and Last Train Home, Maya de Vitry, Aoife O'Donovan, Jake Xerxes Fussell, The Punch Brothers, and The Whitmore Sisters; classics from John Hartford, Townes Van Zandt, and James Taylor; plus favorites from Mandolin Orange (now Watchhouse), Hawktail, Rosanne Cash, Mipso, Joy Oladokun, Tré Burt, and much more.

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights with music by Nina Simone, Odetta, Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin, and Rhiannon Giddens. We remember Prince Edward Island banjoist Koady Chaisson of The East Pointers; and more new music by Eliza Gilkyson, Moira Smiley with Piers Faccini, Seth Lakeman, Buffalo Rose with Tom Paxton, Pat Byrne, and more.

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to welcome in a fresh new year with fresh new music. Hear the latest from Eliza Gilkyson, Drew & Ellie Holcomb, Aoife O'Donovan, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Punch Brothers, Jamestown Revival, Spell Songs, Rakish, and The Pine Hearts; plus favorites from The Decemberists, Bill Morrissey, The War and Treaty, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mavis Staples, and much more.

This week on Folk Alley, we dig into folk music by artists from the great state on Maine. You'll hear from Patty Griffin, Slaid Cleaves, Ellis Paul, Lula Wiles, Gordon Bok, David Mallett, and we'll remember the great David Surette. In hour two, it's new music for a new year from Eliza Gilkyson, Jamestown Revival, Aoife O'Donovan, Punch Brothers, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Cactus Blossoms, and Anais Mitchell; plus faves from Tim O'Brien, Daniel Rodriguez, Tony Rice, and much more!

This week on Folk Alley, Elena See closes out 2021 with an all-request show. Hear listener-requests from Vermont, Oregon, Texas, Alaska, New York, England, and more with music by Eileen Ivers, The Chieftains w/ Jackson Browne, David Wilcox, Dan Berggren, Bill Staines, Harriet Rose & Matt Peach, Greg Brown, and John Prine. All this, plus we say happy birthday to the great Jorma Kaukonen and Odetta, and we'll hear songs from the results of Folk Alley's Best of 2021 Listener Poll!

'Tis the season for great music! And this week, with the holiday right around the corner, join Elena See for the pre-Christmas edition of Folk Alley. Hear seasonal favorites from Josh Ritter, Leon Redbone, Keb' Mo', Slaid Cleaves, Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks, JD McPherson, Christine Lavin, Raul Malo, Bob Dylan, The Roches; plus we remember the great New England folk singer, Bill Staines, and more.

This week on Folk Alley we look back on and celebrate Folk Alley's favorite music of 2021 includng songs by Joy Oladokun, Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny, Annabelle Chvostek, Watchhouse, Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno, Eli West, Anna Tivel, Adia Victoria, Jeffrey Martin, Chris Pierce, Amy Helm, and so much more!

This week on Folk Alley, 'tis the season for Holiday music and 'Best of' lists. Join Elena See for new holiday sounds from Amanda Shires, Hiss Golden Messenger, Lori McKenna, and Catherine MacLellan; plus we dig into some of our favorite music and new discoveries of 2021 with music by Corey Harris, The Faux Paws, Rosier, Miko Marks & the Resurrectors, Yasmin Williams, and much more!