Folk Alley Radio Show #181213
This week on Folk Alley, in hour one, we get into the Christmas mood with music from The Mavericks, JD McPherson, Sultans of String, David Myles, The Sweetback Sisters, and Rodney Crowell. And, 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 more.
In hour two, we start digging in to our year-end favorites lists with picks from Folk Alley writer, Kelly McCartney and online 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.
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PLAYLIST
Artist – Title – Album – Label
Hour One:
JD McPherson – All the Gifts I Need – Socks – New West Records
Sultans of String – A Django Christmas – Christmas Caravan – McKhool
The Sweetback Sisters – The Twelve Days of Christmas – Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular – Signature Sounds
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo – Folk Alley Sessions – Folk Alley Exclusive
Davina & the Vagabonds (compilation) – Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) – Christmas On the Lam and Other Songs from the Season – Red House Records
Brandi Carlile – The Joke – By the Way, I Forgive You – Elektra
John Prine – Summer’s End – The Tree of Forgiveness – Oh Boy / Thirty Tigers
Mike Barnett (feat. Tony Trischka & Michael Daves) – Fox Chase – Portraits in Fiddles – Compass Records
Dom Flemons – Texas Easy Street – Black Cowboys – Smithsonian Folkways
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite – No Mercy In This Land – No Mercy In This Land – Anti
The Mavericks – I Have Wanted You (for Christmas) – Asylum Street Spankers – Zat you, Santa Claus? – A Christmas Spanking – Spanksalot
Rodney Crowell – Christmas Everywhere – Christmas Everywhere – New West Records
Alison Brown Quartet w/Joe Craven – Skating/Feliz Navidad – Evergreen
Beth Orton (compilation) – River – All Is Bright – exclusive Amazon.com
Hour Two:
Amy Ray – Sure Feels Good Anyway – Holler – Daemon Records/Compass
Kacey Musgraves – Space Cowboy – Golden Hour – MCA Nashville
Erin Rae – The Real Thing – Putting On Airs – Single Lock Records
Courtney Marie Andrews – Two Cold Nights in Buffalo – May Your Kindness Remain – Fat Possum/Mama Bird
Lucy Wainwright Roche (feat. Matthew Perryman Jones) – Quit With Me – Little Beast – Lucy Wainwright
Ana Egge – Girls, Girls, Girls – White Tiger – StorySound Records
Kaia Kater – Grenades – Grenades – Smithsonian Folkways
Jeffrey Foucault – War On the Radio – Blood Brothers – Blueblade Records
Darlingside – Extralife – Extralife – More Doug Records/Thirty
The Stray Birds – In My Time – Let It Pass – Yep Roc Records
The War and Treaty Love Like There’s No Tomorrow – Healing Tide – Strong World
Ray LaMontagne – Such a Simple Thing – Part of the Light – RCA
The Low Anthem – Give My Body Back – The Salt Doll Went To Measure the Depth of the Sea – Joyful Noise Recordings
Ben Howard – There’s Your Man – Noonday Dream – Republic
Joan Baez – The President Sang Amazing Grace – Whistle Down the Wind – Concord 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.
