Folk Alley Radio Show

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for an exciting new collaboration between Väsen & Hawktail. You'll also hear fresh tracks from Willie Watson, Jeffrey Foucault, Laura Marling, and The Steeldrivers, who pay tribute to the late David Olney. Plus, new music from The Cactus Blossoms, Amy Helm, Sierra Hull, Ruthie Foster, Ben Sollee, and Jontavious Willis. And don't miss favorites from The Small Glories, Sturgill Simpson, Sean Rowe, Caitlin Canty, The Wood Brothers, Bela Fleck, Tray Wellington, and more!

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See as we welcome September with songs from James Taylor and Frazey Ford. You’ll also hear new music from Guy Davis, Aoife O'Donovan & Hawktail, Steve Forbert, Amos Lee, Dan Tyminski (recorded live at the Ryman), Caleb Caudle, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, The Steep Canyon Rangers, and Rose Cousins. Plus, enjoy an interview excerpt from the latest Basic Folk podcast featuring Jeffrey Foucault, along with favorites from Joy Oladokun, Emmylou Harris, Greg Brown, Muddy Waters, and more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for a celebration of the unofficial end of summer. We'll explore the history behind Labor Day and the music inspired by the labor movement. Enjoy songs from Pete Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Joan Baez, Utah Phillips, Hazel Dickens, Rosalie Sorrels, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Laurie Lewis with Alice Gerrard, Tracy Chapman, Della Mae, and Sweet Honey In the Rock. Plus, hear more songs for the end of summer from Lucy Kaplansky and Guy Clark, new music from Jerry Douglas, Guy Davis, and Rakish, and an interview excerpt with the de Vitry siblings: Maya, Lyle, and Nina, and more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, it’s all about collaboration. Join Elena See for some of our favorite musical collabs with songs from I’m With Her, Our Native Daughters, Cry Cry Cry, Red Horse, Greg Brown & Bill Morrissey, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, John Prine & Iris DeMent, Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Del & Dawg, Neko Case, kd lang, & Laura Veirs, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for new music from Twisted Pine, Väsen & Hawktail, Yasmin Williams, Jeffrey Foucault, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Willie Watson, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Johnny Blue Skies, The Cactus Blossoms, Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters, and Kacey Musgraves; a classic from Gillian Welch; plus, favorites from Darlingside, Punch Brothers, Kris Delmhorst, Waxahatchee, Laurie Lewis, and Mighty Poplar; plus, the latest Basic Folk interview excerpt featuring Anna Tivel & Jeffrey Martin; and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley join Elena See for another special throwback show - this time going back 60 years! Hear music from 1964 by Muddy Waters, Doc Watson, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Sam Cooke, Phil Ochs, Dave Van Ronk, Odetta, Koerner, Ray and Glover, Pete Seeger, Simon & Garfunkel, Donovan, The Holy Modal Rounders, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for our annual 50 year throwback show. Hear the sounds of 1974 featuring music by John Denver, Dolly Parton, Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Taj Mahal, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jorma Kaukonen, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Doc & Merle Watson, Joni Mitchell, Richard & Linda Thompson, Grateful Dead, Bert Jansch, Gordon Lightfoot, Janis Ian, Randy Newman, Jesse Winchester, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See as we remember the great Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Happy Traum, and Tom Prasada-Rao; plus, hear new music from Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Watchhouse frontman, Andrew Marlin, The Decemberists, Billy Strings, Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson), Melissa Carper, Josh Morningstar, Rose Cousins, The Fretless, and AJ Lee & Blue Summit; an interview excerpt from the latest Basic Folk podcast episode featuring Peggy Seeger in conversation with Dawn Landes; favorites from Della Mae, Tim O'Brien, and Anais Mitchell; and, we'll share some exciting news about Bonnie Raitt and The Grateful Dead too.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for new summer releases from banjoist, Tray Wellington, Bonny Light Horseman, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Rhiannon Giddens from 'Petty Country (A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty)', Bill Taylor from 'Silver Bullet Bluegrass', the bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger,’ The Decemberists, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, and the Del McCoury Band; plus, hear advance singles from Amy Helm's forthcoming September release, 'Silver City' and Caleb Caludle's forthcoming August release; an excerpt from the latest Basic Folk interview with Ana Egg; more favorites from Margo Cilker, Joan Shelley, Waxahatchee, Tre Burt, and Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert; and a classic from Norman Blake too.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley we're celebrating the Father of American Folk Music, Woody Guthrie, and the many projects his daughter Nora Guthrie 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.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to celebrate folk/r&b/gospel icon, Mavis Staples in honor of her 85th birthday (7/10); plus, hear new music from Valerie June featuring Carla Thomas and the Stax Music Academy, Joachim Cooder, Jim Lauderdale, Rebecca Frazier, Bonny Light Horseman, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Jensen McRae, Melissa Carper, and Steve Earle; a special previously unreleased version of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" by the late Justin Townes Earle; an advanced single from the forthcoming album by Willie Watson-his first of all-original songs; an excerpt from the latest Basic Folk podcast featuring Chris Smither and Peter Mulvey; and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on the Folk Alley Radio Show, join Elena See for a sampler of Folk Alley Favorite Albums and Songs of 2024 (so far). Hear The Tennessee Freedom Singers, New Dangerfield, Cedric Burnside, Waxahatchee, Melissa Carper, The Mavericks, Sierra Ferrell, and Anna Tivel. There's new music from Mavis Staples, Maya de Vitry, Jake Xeres Fussell, Linda Thompson featuring son, Teddy Thompson, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, and Jeffrey Foucault, from his forthcoming September release, 'The Universal Fire'; plus classics from Joni Mitchell; favorites from Lucinda Williams and Kate & Anna McGarrigle; and more.