Folk Alley Radio Show #190103
This week on Folk Alley, we look back on some of the Best Trad Albums of 2018 with music by Dom Flemons, Anna & Elizabeth, Genticorum, Evie Ladin, and Belen Escobedo; and we ring in the new year with brand new songs from Pierce Pettis, J.S. Ondara, and The Mammals. All this, plus favorites from Samantha Fish, Birds of Chicago, more.
In hour two, more new music to start the year with songs The Outside Track, Maya de Vitry, Donna the Buffalo, and Lula Wiles; an exclusive Folk Alley Session recording with North Carolina-based quintet, Mipso; plus some favorites from Jon Stickley Trio, River Whyless, Dead Horses, Amy Helm, and more.
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PLAYLIST
Artist – Title – Album – Label
Hour One:
The Decemberists – January Hymn – The King Is Dead – Capitol
John Whelan – Reels:January’s Journey Medley – Flirting with the Edge – Narada
Joan Baez – Whistle Down the Wind – Whistle Down the Wind – Razor & Tie/Concord
The Mammals – I’m Ready For the Industrial Revolution To Be Over – [single] – Humble Abode Music
The Mammals – Old Days – [single] – Humble Abode Music
Anna & Elizabeth – Ripest of Apples – Invisible Comes To Us – Smithsonian Folkways
Dom Flemons – Steel Pony Blues – Black Cowboys – Smithsonian Folkways
Genticorum – Voici le temps – Avant l’orage – Genticorum
Evie Ladin (feat. Suzy Thompson) – Spring’s All Muddy and the Pond’s All Dry – Riding the Rooster – Evil Diane Records
Belen Escobedo – Flor de Capomo – Panfilo’s Güera – Spring Fed Records
Pierce Pettis – Wouldn’t Change It for the World – Father’s Son – Compass
Grace Pettis – Little Blue Bird – Two Birds – Blue Rock Artists
J.S. Ondara – Saying Goodbye – Tales of America – Verve Forecast
Birds of Chicago – Estrella Goodbye – Real Midnight – Five Head Entertainment
Samantha Fish – Gone For Good – Belle of the West – Ruf Records
Hour Two:
Lula Wiles – The Pain of Loving You – What Will We Do – Smithsonian Folkways
Jon Stickley Trio – The High Road – Lost At Last – Jon Stickley
Donna the Buffalo – Look Both Ways – Dance In the Street – Donna the Buffalo
Mipso – Pay In Full – Folk Alley Sessions – Folk Alley Exclusive
River Whyless – Sailing Away – We Are the Light – Roll Call Records
The Outside Track – Sweet Lover of Mine – Rise Up – Lorimer Records
The Barr Brothers – Little Lover – Sleeping Operator – Secret City Records
Dead Horses – Turntable – My Mother the Moon – Dead Horses
10 String Symphony – I Can’t Have You Anymore – Generation Frustration – Tasty Note Records
Amy Helm – River of Love – This Too Shall Light – Yep Roc
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Hey Mama – Tearing at the Seams – Stax/Concord
Maya de Vitry – What the Moon Said – Adaptations – Mad Maker Studio
Childsplay – Lovely Annie (feat. Karan Casey) – The Bloom of Youth – Childsplay
The Alt – Going For A Soldier Jenny / The Chandelier – The Alt – Under the Arch Records
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