Folk Alley Radio Show #201210
This week on Folk Alley, we celebrate Hanukkah with music by Finest Kind, Watkins Family Hour, and Loudon Wainwright III; a new song for the holidays by Mark Erelli; and we do the deep dive in the Best of 2020 with Folk Alley’s staff, hosts, and writers favorite albums and songs of the year. Plus, the results of our Best of 2020 Listener Poll are in! Tune in to find out who made our lists!
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Hour One:
Finest Kind – On Chanukah – [single] – Finest Kind
Watkins Family Hour – Hanukkah Dance – Hanukkah+ – Verve
Loudon Wainwright III – Eight Nights a Week – Hanukkah+ – Verve
Mark Erelli – Not Quite Christmas – [single] – Soundly Music
Dave Hull & Kari Larsen – Christmas is Coming – The Goose Is Getting Fat – Arabica
Heather Masse (compilation) – Mittens – Christmas On the Lam and Other Songs from the Season – Red House Records
Molly Tuttle – She’s a Rainbow – …but i’d rather be with you – Compass Records
Indigo Girls – When We Were Writers – Look Long – Rounder
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Only Children – Reunions – Southeastern Records
Emma Swift – Queen Jane Approximately – Blonde on the Tracks – Tiny Ghost Records
John Prine – I Remember Everything – [single] – Oh Boy
Sierra Hull – Middle of the Woods – 25 Trips – Rounder Records
William Prince – Wasted – Reliever – Glassnote Records
Rose Cousins – The Agreement – Bravado – Outside Music
Cinder Well – Old Enough – No Summer – Free Dirt
Bonny Light Horseman – Jane Jane – Bonny Light Horseman – 37d03d
Hour Two:
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards – Treat You Better – Bitter Better – Compass Records
Taylor Ashton – Nicole – The Romantic – Signature Sounds
Lori McKenna – The Balladeer – The Balladeer – CN Records/Thirty Tigers
Anjimile – Maker – Giver Taker – Anjimile
Raye Zaragoza – They Say – Woman In Color – Rebel River Records
Della Mae – Headlight – Headlight – Rounder Records
Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal – Crawl Into the Promised Land – [single] – Blue Note
Seamus Egan – B Bump Bounce – Early Bright – THL Records
Daniel Rodriguez – As I Am – Sojourn of a Burning Sun – Renew Records
Jordan Tice – Walkin’ – Motivational Speakeasy – Jordan Tice
Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche – I Think I Am A Soul – I Can Still Hear You – StorySound Records
Eliza Gilkyson – Promises To Keep – 2020 – Red House Records
The Onlies – Diamond Joe – The Onlies – The Onlies
Dirk Powell – I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly – When I Wait For You – Compass Records
Resistance Revival Chorus – Everybody Deserves To Be Free (feat. Deva Mahal) – This Joy – Righteous Babe Records
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