Folk Alley Radio Show #211007
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Singer/songwriter/storyteller/ and mentor John Prine would’ve turned 75 on October 10th this year. This week, in hour one of Folk Alley, we celebrate the life and music of John Prine with his songs and more performances by many who regarded him as their musical hero.
In hour two, it’s time to kick off the spooky season with music for Halloween; plus, new music from Dar Williams, Robin & Linda Williams, Queen Esther, Dustbowl Revival, and Billy Stings, who recently won the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA). Guitar Player and Entertainer of the Year Award; we’ll hear from the recent inductee into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame; and much more!
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One:
John Prine – It’s a Big Old Goofy World (Live) – Great Days: The John Prine Anthology – Rhino
John Prine – Jesus the Missing Years (Live) – Live on Tour – Oh Boy Records
Tyler Childers – Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 [comp] – Oh Boy Records
Sturgill Simpson – Paradise – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 [comp] – Oh Boy Records
The Avett Brothers – Spanish Pipedream – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 1 [comp] – Oh Boy Records
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Hello In There – All the Good Times Are Past & Gone – Acony
Steve Goodman – Souvenirs (feat. John Prine) – Affordable Art – Red PJ
Kurt Vile – How Lucky (feat. John Prine) – Speed, Sound, Lonely KV [EP] – Matador Records
Nanci Griffith – Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (live) – Winter Marquee – Rounder
John Prine (feat. Iris DeMent) – In Spite Of Ourselves – In Spite Of Ourselves – Oh Boy Records
John Prine (feat. Iris DeMent) – Let’s Invite Them Over – In Spite Of Ourselves – Oh Boy Records
Buddy Miller & Friends (feat. Brandi Carlile & the Lone Bellow) – Angel From Montgomery – Cayamo Sessions at Sea – New West Records
Brandi Carlile (compilation) – I Remember Everything – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 [comp] – Oh Boy Records
Hour Two:
Langhorne Slim – Zombie – Lost at Last Vol.1 – Dualtone Music Group
Riders in the Sky – Ghost Train – Ridin’ the Tweetsie Railroad – MusicWagon
The Wainwright Sisters – Long Lankin – Songs in the Dark – Pias America
Dar Williams – Let the Wind Blow – I’ll Meet You Here – Renew Records
The Accidentals – Night Train – Time Out Session 1 [EP] – The Accidentals
Billy Strings – Know It All – Renewal – Rounder
Billy Strings – Secrets – Renewal – Rounder
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Lay My Burden Down – Paper Airplane – Rounder
Roni Stoneman (compilation) – Lonesome Road Blues – Classic Banjo – Smithsonian Folkways
Lynn Morris – It Rains Everywhere I Go – Mama’s Hand – Rounder
Robin & Linda Williams – Leaving Home – A Better Day A-Coming – Oakenwold Recordings
Joe Crookston – Miner In the Mourning – Georgia I’m Here – Milagrito Records
Queen Esther – The Whiskey Wouldn’t Let Me Pray – Gild The Black Lily – Queen Esther
Dustbowl Revival – The Exception (feat. The Secret Sisters) – [single] – Thirty Tigers
Courtney Hartman & Taylor Ashton – Dead To Me – Been On Your Side – Free Dirt Records
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Folk Alley’s weekly, syndicated radio show is produced by 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.
