Folk Alley Radio Show #200625
This week on Folk Alley, we revisit “Folk Alley’s 100 Most Essential Folk Songs,” compiled from a survey of our listeners in 2010. Hear favorites from Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Donovan, and Joni Mitchell; then see how Folk Alley listeners voted as we count down the top ten most essential folk songs.
In hour two, new music from Freddie & Francine, Sunny War, Steve Earle, and Lori McKenna; we’ll hear the last song John Prine recorded before his passing; an exclusive Folk Alley recording of Brown Bird from the 2012 Green River Festival; and favorites from Eric Bibb & Maria Muldaur, William Prince, Kaia Kater, The Band, and more.
{The audio for this episode is no longer available.}
PLAYLIST
Artist – Title – Album – Label
Hour One:
John Denver – Leaving on a Jet Plane – Rhymes & Reason – BMG
Donovan – Catch The Wind – The Real Donovan – PYE
Phil Ochs – There But For Fortune – There But For Fortune – Elektra
Joan Baez – Diamonds and Rust – Diamonds and Rust – A & M
Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now – Both Sides Now – Reprise
Tom Paxton – The Last Thing On My Mind – The Best of Tom Paxton – Elektra
Ian and Sylvia – Four Strong Winds – Greatest Hits – Vanguard
Pete Seeger – We Shall Overcome (live) – Greatest Hits – CBS/Sony
Leonard Cohen – Suzanne – The Best Of – CK
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain – Lightfoot! (LP) – United/Art
Kingston Trio – Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Anthology
Pete Seeger – If I Had a Hammer – Sing-A-Long – Smithsonia
Steve Goodman – City Of New Orleans – Steve Goodman
Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind – Greatest Hits – Columbia
Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land – Save Our History: Save Our Sounds
Hour Two:
John Prine – The Bottomless Lake (live) – In Person & On Stage (Live) – Oh Boy
John Prine – I Remember Everything – [single] – Oh Boy / Thirty Tigers
Lori McKenna – Good Fight – The Balladeer – CN Records/Thirty Tigers
Leo Kottke – Part Two – Guitar Music – Chrysalis
Eric Bibb & Maria Muldaur – Good Stuff – Sisters & Brothers – Telarc Blues
Steve Earle – Time Like These – [single] – New West
Eliza Gilkyson (compilation) – Before the Deluge – Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne – Music Road Records
Sunny War – She Just Don’t Care – Can I Sit With You? [EP] – Harlan Steinberger
Tré Burt – Undead God of War – Caught It From the Rye – Oh Boy Records
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – Glassnote Records
Pokey LaFarge – Bluebird – Rock Bottom Rhapsody- New West
Brown Bird – Iblis – Folk Alley Sessions at the 2012 Green River Festival – Folk Alley exclusive recording
Kaia Kater – West Virginia Boys – Sorrow Bound – Kingswood Records
Freddie & Francine – I Just Wanna Listen To The Band Play – I Am Afraid To Die! – Freddie & Francine
The Band – Rag Mama Rag- The Band – Capitol
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Folk Alley’s weekly, syndicated radio show is produced by Linda Fahey and Elena See. 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.
