Folk Alley Radio Show #210107
This week on Folk Alley, Elena See pays tribute to the great Tony Rice who passed away on Christmas Day; blues from Ma Rainey, Odetta, and Holmes Brothers; plus new music from Barry Gibb with Jason Isbell, Humbird, the Onlies, Sturgill Simpson and more.
In hour two, more new music by Wes Corbett, Taylor Ashton, Justin Moses, Amy Ray, and Steve Earle as he pays tribute to his late son, J.T.; a classic from Nina Simone; plus favorites by Laura Love, Éilís Kennedy, Cahalen Morrison, and much more.
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Hour One:
Tony Rice – Church Street Blues – Church Street Blues – Sugar Hill
Norman Blake, Tony Rice – Texas Gales – Rounder Guitar – Rounder
Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, & Tony Rice – Shady Grove – The Pizza Tapes – AcousticDisc
Molly Tuttle – Good Enough – Rise (EP) – Molly Tuttle Music
Tony Trischka (Chris Eldridge) – Say Goodbye (for KM) – Great Big World – Rounder
Ma Rainey – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ma Rainey – Milestone
Ma Rainey – Prove It On Me – Ma Rainey – Milestone
Odetta – New Orleans (House of Rising Sun) – Looking For a Home (Leadbelly Tribute) – M.C. Records
The Holmes Brothers – Shine – Simple Truths – Alligator
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite – Love and Trust – No Mercy In This Land – Anti
Barry Gibb – Words Of A Fool (feat. Jason Isbell) – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 – Capitol
Sturgill Simpson – Brace for Impact (Live a Little) – Cuttin’ Grass (Vol. 2): The Cowboy Arms Sessions – High Top Mountain
Humbird – Deep Pool – [single] – Humbird
The Onlies – A Few More Years Shall Roll – The Onlies – The Onlies
Jeff Tweedy – Guess Again – Love Is the King – dBpm Records
Hour Two:
Joy Kills Sorrow – All the Buildings – Darkness Sure Becomes This City – Signature Sounds
Wes Corbett – Sweet Simone – Cascade – Padiddle Records
Taylor Ashton – Alex – Romanticize [EP] – Signature Sounds
Steve Earle – Champagne Corolla – J.T. – New West
Justin Townes Earle – Kids In the Streets – Kids in the Street – New West Records
Éilís Kennedy – A Sailors Trade – So Ends This Day – Éilís Kennedy
We Banjo 3 – Tell Me Why (Gather the Good) – Gather the Good – We Banjo 3
JigJam – Someday – Phoenix – JigJam Records
Amy Ray – Tear It Down – [single] – Daemon Records
Nina Simone – Backlash Blues – Nina Simone Sings the Blues – RCA/Victor
Justin Moses – Between the Lightning and the Thunder (feat. Dan Tyminski) – Fall Like Rain – Mountain Fever Records
Quiles & Cloud – Black Sky Lightning – Beyond the Rain – Compass Records
Laura Love – Angry Days – NeGrass – Octoroon
Tim O’Brien – On the Outside Looking In – Traveler – Sugar Hill
Cahalen Morrison – Young Jamie Foyers – Wealth of Sorrow – Cahalen Morrison
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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 60 stations nationally.