Folk Alley Radio Show #201203
This week on Folk Alley, it’s that time of year to look back on the “best of the best” of the year as Elena See shares her top 10 list of 2020 with music by Ondara, Steep Canyon Rangers, Gretchen Peters, Jake Blount, and more; plus we remember the late Hal Ketchum; and some “LaFavorite” friends pay tribute to the great Jimmy LaFave with new songs; and more.
In hour two, we’ll hear a new holiday tune from Grant-Lee Phillips; more new music by Mick Flannery and Anaïs Mitchell, Bonny Light Horseman, Anjimile, Swamp Dogg, Kelsey Waldon, and the Resistance Revival Chorus; plus faves Margo Price, Josh Ritter, Tom Waits, John Hiatt, and more.
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Hour One:
Hal Ketchum – Sweet Loreen – I’m the Troubadour – Music Road Records
Ben Harper – Paris – Winter Is For Lovers – ANTI
Sturgill Simpson – Long White Line – Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions) – High Top Mountain (Thirty Tigers)
LaFavorites – Floating On A Song – [single] – Lafavorites
LaFavorites – Back Home Again – [single] – Lafavorites
Ondara – Mr. Landlord – Folk N’ Roll Vol 1: Tales of Isolation – Verve Forecast
Steep Canyon Rangers – Honey On My Tongue – Arm In Arm – Yep Roc
Kyshona Armstrong – We the People – Listen – Kyshona Armstrong/Tone Tree Music
Gretchen Peters – Wish I Was – The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury – Scarlet Letter Records
Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton – Corrina – Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton – Smithsonian Folkways
Jake Blount – Move, Daniel – Spider Tales – Free Dirt
Sierra Hull – 25 Trips – 25 Trips – Rounder Records
The Wood Brothers – Little Bit Sweet – Kingdom In My Mind – Honey Jar Records
S.G. Goodman – Space and Time – Old Time Feeling – Verve Forecast
Hour Two:
Grant-Lee Phillips – Winterglow – Yuletide – YepRoc
Brother Mule: Ben Winship & Brian Wicklund – Old Man Winter-Shadows on the Mount-Big Twang – Snake River
Josh Ritter – Wintertime (The Snow is Coming Down) – Acoustic Christmas (compilation) – Amazon Music
Mick Flannery & Anaïs Mitchell – Minnesota – [single] – Rosaleen Records
Bonny Light Horseman – Clementine – [single] – 37d03d
Anjimile – Not Another Word – Giver Taker – Anjimile
Twisted Pine – I Miss Talking – Twisted Pine – Signature Sounds
Swamp Dogg – Memories (with John Prine) – Sorry You Couldn’t Make It – Joyful Noise
Tom Waits – Old Shoes (And Picture Postcards) – Closing Time – Elektra
Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started – That’s How Rumors Get Started – Loma Viista Recordings
John Hiatt – Cry Love (Live) – The Best Of Sessions At West 54th – Columbia/Legacy
Kelsey Waldon – Mississippi Goddam (feat. Kyshona Armstrong & Adia Victoria) – They’ll Never Keep Us Down – Oh Boy Records
Resistance Revival Chorus – Everybody Deserves To Be Free (feat. Deva Mahal) – This Joy – Righteous Babe Records
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