Folk Alley Radio Show #210114
This week on Folk Alley, we honor the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement with music by Nina Simone, Odetta, Our Native Daughters, Resistance Revival Chorus, Rhiannon Giddens, Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin, Pete Seeger, and more.
In hour two, new music from Barry Gibb (feat. Dolly Parton), Evie Ladin Band, The Bright Siders, Dave Alvin, Sadie Gustafson-Zook, and Jeffrey Foucault; favorites from Cinder Well, Joan Shelley, Kaia Kater, Offa Rex; and more.
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Hour One:
Old Crow Medicine Show – Motel in Memphis – Tennessee Pusher – Nettwerk
Nina Simone – Why? (The King of Love is Dead) – Nuff Said! – BMG
Odetta – Jim Crow Blues – Looking For a Home (Leadbelly Tribute) – M.C. Records
Kate Campbell – Greensboro – The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol.1) – Large River Music
Our Native Daughters – Quasheba, Quasheba – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Resistance Revival Chorus – Ella’s Song – This Joy – Righteous Babe Records
Rhiannon Giddens – Birmingham Sunday – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch
Eilen Jewell – How Long – Letters From Sinners & Strangers – Signature Sounds
Son House – This Little Light of Mine – Delta Blues and Spirituals – Capitol
Mavis Staples – This Little Light – We’ll Never Turn Back – ANTI
Mavis Staples – Eyes On the Prize – We’ll Never Turn Back – ANTI
Pete Seeger – We Shall Overcome (live) – Greatest Hits – CBS/Sony
Patty Griffin – Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) – Children Running Through – ATO
Hour Two:
Barry Gibb – Words (feat. Dolly Parton) – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1 – Columbia
Evie Ladin Band – Polly Put the Kettle On/Lonesome John – Playing Our Hand [EP] – Evil Diane Music
Bonny Light Horseman – Buzzin’ Fly – [single] – 37d03d
Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts – The Queen of Hearts – Nonesuch
Cinder Well – Wandering Boy – No Summer – Free Dirt
Joan Shelley – Coming Down For You – Like the River Loves the Sea – No Quarter Records
The Bright Siders – The Song about Songs (feat. The War and Treaty) – A Mind of Your Own – Smithsonian Folkways
Punch Brothers – It’s All Part of the Plan – All Ashore – Nonesuch Records
Kaia Kater – The Right One – Grenades – Smithsonian Folkways
Dave Alvin – Inside – From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings – Yep Roc Records
Stefan Grossman – Lottie’s Blues – Yazoo Basin Boogie – Shanachie
Sadie Gustafson-Zook – Everyone – Vol. 1 [EP] – Sadie Gustafson-Zook
Jeffrey Foucault – Here Comes Rainer – Deadstock: Uncollected Recordings 2005 – 2020 – Blueblade Records
Kris Delmhorst – The Horses – Long Day In the Milky Way – Big Bean Music
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