Folk Alley Radio Show #181025
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.
In hour two, we continue the howling-horrors with tracks from Sarah Jarosz, Ralph Stanley, Tom Waits, Tim O’Brien, Bronwynne Brent. A bit of the witches brew from Donovan and The Incredible String Band; plus a visit from the Devil featuring Kasey Chambers, Bob Brozman, Solas; and favorites of the season by Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and more.
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PLAYLIST
Artist – Title – Album – Label
Hour One:
Rayna Gellert – The Cruel Mother – Old Light: Songs from My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds – StorySound Records
Rayna Gellert – The Fatal Flower Garden – Old Light: Songs from My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds – StorySound Records
Bob Weir – Ghost Towns – Blue Mountain – Columbia Legacy
Matt The Electrician – Ghost Story – Accidental Thief – Self
Riders in the Sky – Ghost Train – Ridin’ the Tweetsie Railroad – MusicWagon
Rosanne Cash – Long Black Veil – The List – Manhattan Records
Johnny Cash – Ain’t No Grave – American VI: Ain’t No Grave – Columbia
Lenore – Ether’s Arms – Lenore – Lenore
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker – You Want It Darker – Sony/Columbia
Syd Barrett – Golden Hair – The Madcap Laughs – Capital
Paul Simon – The Werewolf – Stranger To Stranger – Concord records
John Jorgenson Quintet – Ghost Dance – Ultraspontane – Self
Pat Donohue – You Haunt Me – Nobody’s Fault – Bluesky Records
Shirley Collins – Cruel Lincoln – Lodestar – Domino
The Jellyman’s Daughter – Darling Corey – The Jellyman’s Daughter – The Jellyman’s Daughter
Hour Two:
Ralph Stanley – O Death – O Brother Where Art Thou – Mercury
Tom Waits – Dead and Lovely – Real Gone – Anti
Tim O’Brien – He Had a Long Chain On – And the O’Boys – Sugar Hill
Bronwynne Brent – Devil Again – Stardust – Bronwynne Brent
Donovan – Season of the Witch – Donovan’s Greatest Hits – Epic
The Incredible String Band – Witches Hat – The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter – Hannibal
Kasey Chambers – The Devil’s Wheel – Dragonfly – Essence Group
Bob Brozman – Devil’s Slide – Devil’s Slide – Rounder
Solas – The Unquiet Grave – Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers – Shanachie
Sarah Jarosz – Shankill Butchers – Song Up In Her Head – Sugar Hill
Ben Caplan – Deliver Me – Birds With Broken Wings – Coalition Music
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale – Vampire Girl – Buddy and Jim – New West Records
Buffy Sainte-Marie – The Vampire – Illuminations – Vangard
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires – The Nashville Sound – Southeastern Records
Folk Alley’s weekly, syndicated radio show is produced by Linda Fahey and Elena See with assistance by Jon Nungesser. The show is available for free to stations via PRX.org or directly from WKSU via FTP for non-PRX members. The Folk Alley Radio Show is presently carried on over 50 stations nationally.
