Folk Alley Radio Show #210819

This week on Folk Alley, we remember the great folk and country singer/songwriter, Nanci Griffith who passed away on Aug. 13 with excerpts from an exclusive ‘Live from Folk Alley’ concert recording from 2008; plus new music from Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Amos Lee, Brad Kolodner, and Asleep at the Wheel as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary. All this plus favorites by Bonny Light Horseman, Heidi Talbot, Willie Nelson w/ Emmylou Harris, and more.

In hour two, more new music from Della Mae, Béla Fleck, The Lumineers, Aaron Burdett, Gurrumul, Dar Williams, Carrie Newcomer, Ben Harper & Ziggy Marley, and Jimmy Cliff; plus favorites from Cole Quest & The City Pickers, Gregory Alan Isakov, Kacey Musgraves, Jason Isbell, and more.

Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One:

Nanci Griffith – Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (live w/ welcoming remarks) – 42nd Kent State Folk Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Nanci Griffith – Listen to The Radio (live w/ intro) – 42nd Kent State Folk Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Nanci Griffith – Ford Econoline(live w/ intro) – 42nd Kent State Folk Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Nanci Griffith – Flyer (live w/ intro) – 42nd Kent State Folk Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Watchhouse – Wondrous Love – Watchhouse – Tiptoe Tiger Music

Bonny Light Horseman – Green Rocky Road – [single] – 37d03d

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Can’t Let Go – Raise The Roof – Rounder

Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel – Car Wheels On a Gravel Road – Mercury

Blaze Foley – Cold, Cold World – Sittin’ By the Road – Lost Art Records

Amos Lee – Worry No More – [single] – Dualtone

Brad Kolodner – Catalpa Hop – Chimney Swifts – Fenchurch Music

Heidi Talbot – Will I Ever Get to Sleep? – Angels Without Wings – Compass Records

Asleep at the Wheel – Half A Hundred Years – Half A Hundred Years – Home Records

Willie Nelson (feat. Emmylou Harris) – Dry Lightning – To All the Girls… – Sony Legacy

Hour Two:

Della Mae – Ride Away – Family Reunion – Della Mae

Béla Fleck – Wheels Up (feat. Sierra Hull & Molly Tuttle) – My Bluegrass Heart – Renew Records / BMG

Cole Quest and The City Pickers – The Bitcoin Gambler – Self [En]Titled – Omnivore Records

The Lumineers – Caves – Amerikinda: 20 Years of Dualtone – Dualtone Music Group

Gregory Alan Isakov – Raising Cain – That Sea, The Gambler – Gregory Alan Isakov

Aaron Burdett – Rockefeller – Dream Rich, Dirt Poor – Organic Records

Kacey Musgraves – My House – Same Trailer Different Park – Mercury Records

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Last of My Kind – The Nashville Sound – Southeastern Records (Thirty Tigers)

Gurrumul – Wiyathul (Longing For Place) [acoustic] – The Gurrumul Story – Decca

Emily Wurramara – Lady Blue – Milyakburra – Wantok Musik

Dar Williams – You Give It All Away – I’ll Meet You Here – Renew Records

Cry, Cry, Cry (Lucy Kaplansky, Dar Williams, Richard Shindell) – Northern Cross – Cry Cry Cry – Razor&Tie

Carrie Newcomer – On the Day You Were Born – Until Now – Available Light Records

Ben Harper and Ziggy Marley – Spin It Faster – [single] – Mad Bunny Records

Jimmy Cliff – Human Touch – [single] – UMG Recordings

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Folk Alley’s weekly, syndicated radio show is produced by music director Linda Fahey and host 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 60 stations nationally.