Folk Alley Radio Show #210902

This week on Folk Alley, we celebrate Labor Day and honor the legendary songwriter/labor activist, Joe Hill with music from Joan Baez, Hazel Dickens, and Utah Phillips; new music from Sturgill Simpson, Della Mae, and Tré Burt; plus, we dig into our archives to re-present our Folk Alley Session with Gretchen Peters, recorded at the 2018 30A Songwriters Festival.

In hour two, more new music by The Fretless, the Faux Paws, Caroline Marie Brooks, Big Red Machine, Jason Eady, and Brandi Carlile; plus favorites from The Revelers, Joe Pug, Bon Iver, Amythyst Kiah, Allison Russell, and much more.

Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One:

Joan Baez – Joe Hill – One Day At A Time – Vanguard

Hazel Dickens (compilation) – The Rebel Girl – Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill – Smithsonian Folkways

Utah Phillips (compilation) – There Is Power In A Union – Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill – Smithsonian Folkways

Sturgill Simpson – Ol’ Dood (Part I) – The Ballad of Dood & Juanita – High Top Mountain

Sturgill Simpson – Juanita (feat. Willie Nelson) – The Ballad of Dood & Juanita – High Top Mountain

Gretchen Peters – Wichita – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Gretchen Peters – The Boy From Rye – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Gretchen Peters – Truck Stop Angel – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Gretchen Peters – Disappearing Act – Folk Alley Exclusive – Live from the 30A Songwriters Festival – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording

Tré Burt – Dixie Red – You, Yeah, You – Oh Boy Records

John Prine – Donald and Lydia – Great Days: The John Prine Anthology – Rhino Records

Della Mae – The Way It Was Before – Family Reunion – Della Mae

Mark Erelli – Wayside – For A Song – Hillbilly Pilgrim Music

Hour Two:

The Fretless – My Moon My Man – Open House – Birthday Cake Media

The Faux Paws – Guacmaster – The Faux Paws – Great Bear Records

The Revelers – Au Bout De La Riviére (At the End of the River) – At the End of the River – Revelers Records

Caroline Marie Brooks – Night Drive – Everything at the Same Time – Caroline Marie Brooks

Joe Pug – Long Midnight – The Flood In Color – Nation of Heat Records

Big Red Machine – Phoenix (feat. Fleet Foxes & Anais Mitchell) – How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? – Jagjaguwar

Bon Iver – Skinny Love – For Emma, Forever Ago – Jagjaguwar

Amythyst Kiah – Wild Turkey – Wary + Strange – Rounder Records

Allison Russell – Persephone – Outside Child – Fantasy Records

Jason Eady – Back to Normal – To The Passage Of Time – Old Guitar Records

Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley – The Fatal Shore – World Full of Blues – Compass Records

Sierra Hull – Middle of the Woods – 25 Trips – Rounder Records

Sera Cahoone – Time To Give – From Where I Started – Lady Muleskinner Records

Brandi Carlile – Right On Time (In Harmony) – [single] – Low Country Sound

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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.