Folk Alley Radio Show

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for a look at some of the history behind Labor Day and songs that came from the labor movement from Pete Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Joan Baez, Utah Phillips, Hazel Dickens, Rosalie Sorrels, Billy Bragg & Wilco, and Laurie Lewis with Alice Gerrard; new music from Corey Ledet, Old Crow Medicine Show with Mavis Staples, and Buffalo Nichols; an advance single from Jeffrey Martin's forthcoming November release; two tracks from the upcoming Nanci Griffith tribute compilation from Emmylou Harris and John Prine & Kelsey Waldon; plus favorites from Guy Clark, Loudon Wainwright III, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for new music from Gregory Alan Isakov, Lost Patterns, Mapache, Bahamas, the Clements Brothers, Mipso, and East Nash Grass; advance singles from forthcoming fall releases by Lindsay Lou and Tré Burt; classics from Maria Muldaur and the the Smithsonian Folkways collection: 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971'; we dig into our Folk Alley Sessions archives with exclusive performances by Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert; plus, songs for the "super blue moon" from Neko Case, kd lang, and Laura Veirs, Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, and Nanci Griffith; favorites from Guy Clark, Darrell Scott, Mollie O'Brien, Gillian Welch, and more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to remember the late Robbie Robertson; new sounds from Rhiannon Giddens with Jason Isbell, Raye Zaragoza, Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz, Carrie Newcomer, Birds of Play, Della Mae, Buffalo Nichols, Darrell Scott, Nina de Vitry, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and Steep Canyon Rangers; plus, favorites from John Renbourn, Pentangle, Keb' Mo', William Prince, Hot Rize, Chastity Brown, Lucinda Williams, Jordan Tice, and much 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, Del & Dawg, Neko Case, kd lang, & Laura Veirs, Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to celebrate the music of the late great Jerry Garcia; plus, songs for the dog days of summer with music by Cephas & Wiggins, Steve Dawson, and Jorma Kaukonen; new music from Taylor Ashton, Jonah Kagen, Molly Tuttle, The Arcadian Wild, Josh Ritter and Aoife O'Donovan, Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz with Cara Dillon, The Henry Girls, Phoebe Hunt, and Nat Myers; favorites from Taj Mahal, Leo Kottle & Mike Gordon, Bonny Light Horseman, Grada, Natalie Merchant, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for new music by the great Lori McKenna, Joanna Sternberg, The Arcadian Wild, Eliza Gilkyson, Phoebe Hunt, The Nields, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and Darlingside; advance singles from the forthcoming albums by Chris Pierce, George Jackson's Local Trio, David Wilcox, Viv & Riley, East Nash Grass, and Anna Tivel; plus favorites from John Gorka, Annabelle Chvostek, Miko Marks & the Resurrectors, Joan Shelley, Doc Watson, Kate Wolf, Greg Brown, Jeffrey Foucault, and more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for new music from Rufus Wainwright in celebration of his 50th birthday (7/22); we'll say happy birthday to Emily Saliers and Alison Krauss too, and remember the late great Steve Goodman on what would've been his 75th. Plus, there's more new music from Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman, Lori McKenna, Rhiannon Giddens, Margo Cilker, Teddy Thompson, Ben Harper, First Aid Kit, Jason Isbell, Adeem the Artist, and Miles Miller. All this, plus favorites from The Revelers, Jake Blount, Sturgill Simpson, and Samantha Crain.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, it's our annual 50 year throwback show! Hear the best of the best from 1973, with music from Jim Croce, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Maria Muldaur, Jackson Browne, John Martyn, Planxty, and Jerry Jeff Walker; plus, in hour two, the '73 favorites keep coming with music by The Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Taj Mahal, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Judee Sill, Arlo Guthrie, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to celebrate Woody and Arlo Guthrie’s July birthdays; plus music by Anna Tivel, Joan Shelley, Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings, and The Brother Brothers cover of a James Taylor classic. All this and favorites from Jeffrey Martin, John Gorka, Chris Smither, The Early Mays, Kyshona, Peter Rowan, The Horse Flies, Norman Blake, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, celebrate Canada Day with exclusive Folk Alley in-studio recordings by The Small Glories, André Brunet, and Kaia Kater, plus, a set from the new Special Consensus album, 'Great Blue North'. Hear new music by Caitlin Canty, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, Robinson & Rohe, Tré Burt, Eliza Gilkyson, Brennen Leigh, Chris Pierce, and Old Crow Medicine Show, in addition to favorites from Jordan Tice, Donna the Buffalo, Ani DiFranco, Peter Mulvey & SistaStrings, and more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for songs to welcome in the official start of summer from The Mavericks and Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson; new advance singles from forthcoming albums by Allison Russell and Buffalo Nichols; plus a deep dive into Folk Alley's picks for Best Folk, Roots, and Americana Music of 2023 (so far) with songs from Eric Bibb, Annie Bartholomew, Caitlin Canty, William Prince, Joy Oladokun, Mark Erelli, Natalie Merchant, Mighty Poplar, The Wood Brothers, Tinariwen, and much more.

{The audio for this episode is no longer available.} This week on Folk Alley, in honor of Father's Day join Elena See for a celebration of musical dads and their musical kids. You'll hear from Woody, Arlo, and Sarah Lee Guthrie, Greg Brown and daughters, Pieta, Zoe, and Constie, Richard Thompson, plus daughter Kami and son Teddy, Wayne and Darrell Scott, Bob and Jakob Dylan, Del McCoury and sons Ronnie and Ro, Martin and Eliza Carthy; Levon and Amy Helm, Steve Earle pays tribute to his late son J.T., much more.