Folk Alley Radio Show #190711
This week on Folk Alley, we spotlight artists performing at this year’s FreshGrass Festival – coming up on September 20-22 at Mass MoCa in North Adams, Massachusetts – with music by Greensky Bluegrass, Calexico and Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird, Mavis Staples, festival Artist-in-Residence, Aoife O’Donovan, the Gibson Brothers, and more.
In hour two, new music from Keb’ Mo’, The Small Glories, and Our Native Daughters; a couple of exclusive Folk Alley Sessions recordings from Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter, Chastity Brown; plus favorites by Kate Wolf, Dave Alvin, Townes Van Zandt, and more.
PLAYLIST
Artist – Title – Album – Label
(Hour One)
Greensky Bluegrass – Do It Alone – All for Money – Big Blue Zoo (Thirty Tigers)
Calexico and Iron & Wine – Midnight Sun – Years to Burn – Sub Pop
Andrew Bird – Railroad Bill – Hands of Glory – Mon + Pop Music
Aoife O’Donovan – Lay My Burden Down – Folk Alley in-studio recording
Aoife O’Donovan – Stanley Park – In The Magic Hour – Yep Roc Records
Mavis Staples – Change – We Get By – Anti/Epitaph
Steep Canyon Rangers – Love Harder – Out in the Open – Ramseur Records
The Travelin’ McCourys – Cumberland Blues – The Travelin’ McCourys – McCoury Music
Jade Bird – Does Anybody Know – Jade Bird – Glassnote
Sam Amidon – My Old Friend – Bright Sunny South – Nonesuch
Balsam Range – Get Me Gone – Aeonic – Mountain Home Music
Alison Brown – Under the (Five) Wire – The Company You Keep – Compass Records
The Gibson Brothers – Homemade Wine – In the Ground – Rounder Records
Amy Helm – River of Love – This Too Shall Light – Yep Roc Records
The Mammals – Fork in the Road – Sunshiner – Humble Abode Music
(Hour Two)
Pieta Brown (feat. Amos Lee) – Do You Know? – Paradise Outlaw – Red House Records
Kittel & Co. – Pando – Whorls – Compass Records
Melissa Carper & Rebecca Patek – I Can’t Lose What I Don’t Have – Brand New Old-Time Songs – Melissa Carper & Rebecca Patek
Keb’ Mo’ – Ridin’ On A Train – Oklahoma – Concord Music Group
Miss Tess – Ride That Train – Baby, We All Know – Miss Tess Music
Dave Alvin – Blue Wing – King Of California – Hightone
Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is To Fly – Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971 – 1972 – Omnivore Records
Our Native Daughters (Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell) – I Knew I Could Fly – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways
Chastity Brown – Wake Up – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival
Chastity Brown – Carried Away-Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival
The Small Glories – Long Long Moon – Assiniboine and the Red – Red House Records
Bela Fleck – Reverie – Pieces – Rounder
Steve Earle & The Dukes – The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint – Guy – New West
Kate Wolf – The Redtail Hawk – Gold in California – Kaleidosco
John Gorka (compilation) – Sweet Love – Treasures Left Behind (Kate Wolf Tribute) – Red House Records
Folk Alley’s weekly, syndicated radio show is produced by Linda Fahey and Elena See with assistance by Redia Spada. The show is available for free to stations via PRX.org or directly from Folk Alley via Dropbox for non-PRX members. The Folk Alley Radio Show is presently carried on over 50 stations nationally.
