Folk Alley Radio Show #181122
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 favorites from Gordon Lightfoot in honor of his 80th Birthday, Joe Pug, Kacey Musgraves and more.
In hour two, new music from Lula Wiles, Seth Lakeman, and a set from Donna the Buffalo’s new album, ‘Dance In The Street’; well hear the latest from Tobias the Owl; plus favorites from Jeffrey Martin, Greg Brown, Ruth Moody, Neko Case, kd Lang and Laura Veirs, and more.
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PLAYLIST
Artist – Title – Album – Label
Hour One:
The Mavericks – Christmas Time Is (Coming ‘Round Again) – Hey! Merry Christmas! – Mono Mundo
Sam Bush (compilation) – Let It Snow – A Very Special Acoustic Christmas – Lost Highway
The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Band – Lights of Chanukah – A Fiddler’s Holiday
Gordon Lightfoot – I’m Not Sayin’ – Lightfoot! (LP) – UnitedArt
Watkins Family Hour – Early Morning Rain – Watkins Family Hour – Family Hour Records
Gretchen Peters – Wichita – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive
Gretchen Peters – The Boy From Rye – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive
Gretchen Peters – Truck Stop Angel – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive
Gretchen Peters – Disappearing Act – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive
Joe Pug – Burn and Shine – Windfall – Lightning Rod Records
Kacey Musgraves – Butterflies – Golden Hour – MCA Nashville
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – The Life You Chose (live) – Live from the Ryman – Southeastern Records
Langhorne Slim – Life Is Confusing – Lost at Vol. 1 – Dualtone Music Group
Hour Two:
Donna the Buffalo – Dance In the Street – Dance In the Street – Donna the Buffalo
Donna the Buffalo – Motor – Dance In the Street – Donna the Buffalo
Amy Ray – Dadgum Down – Holler – Daemon Records/Compass
Hudna – Kaynasma – Kaynasma – Gateway Music
Jeffrey Martin – Poor Man – One Go Around – Fluff & Gravy
Lula Wiles – Love Gone Wrong – What Will We Do – Smithsonian Folkways
The Stray Birds – Dream In Blue – The Stray Birds – self
Greg Brown – Cold & Dark & Wet – The Evening Call – Red House
Ruth Moody – Cold Outside – The Garden – Red House Records
Seth Lakeman – Dig New Ground – The Well Worn Path – Cooking Vinyl
Martin Simpson – There’s a Great Change – A Closer Walk With Thee – GourdMusic
Steeleye Span – Dogs and Ferrets – Commoners Crown – BGO
Neko Case, kd lang and Laura Veirs – Atomic Numbers – case/lang/veirs – Anti/Epitaph
Tobias the Owl – Spirals of the Dawn (ft. Ben Harper) – A Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes – Megaforce 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.