Folk Alley Radio Show #211021

This week on Folk Alley we remember to great Paddy Moloney – founder of the legendary Irish group, The Chieftains – who passed away on October 11; more music from Ireland by Cathy Jordan & Seamie O’Dowd and Dave Curley; some spooky tunes for Halloween from Gabrielle Louise, Buddy & Julie Miller, and Gretchen Peters; plus new music from Sean McConnell, Jamestown Revival, and more.

In hour two, an advance single from John Mellencamp’s forthcoming 2022 release featuring Bruce Springsteen; more new music from Jordan Tice, Margo Cilker, Buffalo Nichols, and Billy Strings; plus favorites from Taj Mahal, Anjimile, Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi, Jeffrey Martin, and much more.

Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One:

The Chieftains – Morning Dew/Women of Ireland – The Wide World Over – RCA

The Chieftains (feat. Decemberists) – When The Ship Comes In – Voice of Ages – Hear Music

The Chieftains (feat. Bonnie Raitt) – A Stor Mo Chroi – Tears of Stone – RCA

Cathy Jordan and Seamie O’Dowd (compilation) – I Am Of Ireland – I Am Of Ireland – Merrow

Dave Curley (compilation) – He Tells of the Perfect Beauty (feat. Cillian Vallely, Colin Farrell, Trevor Hutchinson) – I Am of Ireland – Yeats In Song – Merrow

Gabrielle Louise – The Graveyard Ballet – If the Static Clears – Gabrielle Louise

Buddy & Julie Miller – Feast of the Dead – Breakdown on 20th Ave. South – New West

John Jorgenson Quintet – Ghost Dance – Ultraspontane – John Jorgenson Quintet

Gretchen Peters – The Cruel Mother – [single] – Scarlet Letter

Sean McConnell – The 13th Apostle (feat. The Wood Brothers) – A Horrible Beautiful Dream – Soundly

Martin Sexton – Black Sheep – Black Sheep – Kitchen Table

Darrin Bradbury – Nothing Much – Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs – Epitaph/ANTI

Jamestown Revival – Young Man – Young Man – Jamestown Revival Recordings/Thirty Tigers

Robert Ellis – Drivin’ – Robert Ellis – New West

Hour Two:

John Mellencamp – Wasted Days (feat. Bruce Springsteen) – [single] – Republic

Jordan Tice – Breaking Through – Yesteryears [EP] – Padiddle

Sarah Jarosz – Early Morning Light – Undercurrent – Sugar Hill

Sierra Hull – Escape – 25 Trips – Rounder

Justin Moses – My Baby’s Gone (feat. Del McCoury) – Fall Like Rain – Mountain Fever

Margo Cilker – That River – Pohorylle – Fluff and Gravy

Sera Cahoone – Only One – From Where I Started – Lady Muleskinner

Jeffrey Martin – I Know What I Know – [single] – Fluff and Gravy

Buffalo Nichols – These Things – Buffalo Nichols – Fat Possum

Taj Mahal – Corinna – Natch’l Blues – Columbia

Anjimile – Maker – Giver Taker – Anjimile

Rhiannon Giddens – Niwel Goes to Town (with Francesco Turrisi) – They’re Calling Me Home – Nonesuch

Jake Blount – Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Spider Tales – Free Dirt

Billy Strings – The Fire On My Tongue – Renewal – Rounder

Mandolin Orange – Waltz About Whiskey – This Side of Jordan – Yep Roc

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