This week on Folk Alley, we celebrate the late, great Odetta on her birthday (December 31, 1930); a preview of some 2019 releases we're particularly excited about, including new music by The Lonely Heartstring Band, Maya de Vitry, J.S. Ondara, Yola, Peter Mulvey, and Yola; plus favorites from Rhiannon Giddens, Joy Kills Sorrow, Infamous Stringdusters, Eva Cassidy, and more.
This week on Folk Alley, Elena See digs in to her Best of 2018 list. Find out who made her top 10 folk, roots, and Americana albums of the year. Plus an exclusive Folk Alley in-studio session with the North Carolina indie-Americana band, Mipso; and we share the artists who topped Folk Alley's Listener Poll for Best Albums of the Year.
This week on Folk Alley, we get into the Christmas mood with music from The Mavericks, JD McPherson, and Rodney Crowell. We'll hear from some Grammy Award nominees in the Folk and Americana categories with music by Brandi Carlile, John Prine, Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, and we start digging in to our Year-End Favorites lists with picks from Folk Alley writer, Kelly McCartney and FA host, Cindy Howes' Best of 2018 lists including music by Courtney Marie Andrew, Lucy Wainwright Roche, John Prine, Kaia Kater, Ana Egge, Darlingside, The Low Anthem, and much more.
This week on Folk Alley, new music from Donna the Buffalo, Greensky Bluegrass, and Seth Lakeman. We'll revisit one of our favorite Folk Alley Sessions of the year featuring Anna & Elizabeth, performing songs from their 2018 release, 'The Invisible Comes To Us'; more exclusive recordings from our friends at Beehive Productions featuring The Wild Goats, Jefferson Hamer, and The Crimson Ragdolls; all this, plus we'll celebrate some of the winners of the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards, and more
This week on Folk Alley, an encore broadcast of a show first hear last December with music for the season from Darrell Scott and Over The Rhine; a set from Mike Barnett's 'Portraits in Fiddles' (feat. Tim O'Brien & Bobby Hicks); a bit of Irish folk from Cara Dillon and John Doyle; plus favorites from Boubacar Traoré, Leyla McCalla, Steep Canyon Rangers, John Hartford, and more.
This week on Folk Alley, we get into the holiday spirit with music from The Mavericks, Sam Bush, and The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Band; an encore presentation of our exclusive Folk Alley Session with Gretchen Peters from the 30A Songwriters Festival; we'll hear from Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit's new live album, 'Live from the Ryman'; plus more new music by Lula Wiles, Seth Lakeman, and Donna the Buffalo; and favorites from Gordon Lightfoot in honor of his 80th Birthday, Joe Pug, Kacey Musgraves and more.
This week on Folk Alley, new music from Rachel Baiman, Hayes Carll, Missy Raines, Mandolin Orange, and Amos Lee; a set featuring The Earls of Leicester and the bluegrass pioneers who influenced them; a set from Crooked Still's 2006 recording, 'Shaken By a Low Sound' just released for the first time on vinyl; and favorites from William Prince, Kacey Musgraves, Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, Cory Chisel & Adriel Denae, and more.
This week on Folk Alley, an exclusive Session recording from the 2018 30A Songwriters Festival featuring up-and-coming singer-songwriter Lilly Winwood; new music from Rachel Baiman, The Lone Bellow, Rosanne Cash, The Jellyman's Daughter, and Kaia Kater; plus favorites from Blind Faith, Darlingside, Mipso, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and more.
This week on Folk Alley, we celebrate Joni Mitchell's 75th Birthday with a set from her early work; new music from Kaia Kater, Rachel Baiman, The Lone Bellow, Rosanne Cash, The Brother Brothers, and Bob Dylan's 'More Blood, More Tracks'; an advance track from Anna Tivel's upcoming album, 'The Question' due out in early 2019; a set from our friends at Beehive Productions featuring recordings from the 2018 Vinegrass Music Festival with Barnstar!, Damn Tall Buildings, Honeysuckle; plus favorites from Trampled By Turtles, The Dead Tongues, and more.
This week on Folk Alley, it's our Halloween special with bone-chilling tunes and spooky favorites from Bob Weir, Paul Simon, Lenore, and Riders in the Sky; we'll hear a set of creepy tunes from Rayna Gellert's, 'Old Light: Songs from My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds' and one from Leonard Cohen's final work, 'You Want It Darker'; all this plus a set from Rosanne and Johnny Cash; and favorites from Syd Barrett, Shirley Collins, The Jellyman's Daughter, and more.
This week on Folk Alley, some spooky tunes to kick off the Halloween season with music by the Dave Rawlings Machine and Langhorne Slim; new music from Gregory Alan Isakov, Lucy Kaplansky, J.P. Harris, and Willie Nelson; a 2'fer from Missy Raines' new work, 'Royal Traveller'; and a powerful and poignant song addressing gun violence written by Mark Erelli featuring Rosanne Cash, Lori McKenna, Anais Mitchell, etc. All this, plus favorites from Case/lang/Veirs, Martin Sexton, Mavis Staples, and more.
This week on Folk Alley, new music from The Brother Brothers, Amy Ray, Rachel Sumner, Hot Rize, Kaia Kater, Ray Bonneville, and Lucy Kaplansky; a set featuring NC duo Mandolin Orange including an advance track from their upcoming release, 'Tides of A Teardrop'; also something new from the Bay-area singer/songwriter, Forest Sun; and music from Lucy Wainwright Roche's new album, 'Little Beast.' All this plus favorites from Zubot & Dawson, Lula Wiles, Steve Earle & The Dukes and Dutchesses, and more.
