Folk Alley Radio Show #230330
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This week on Folk Alley, our celebration of spring continues with an hour that’s for the birds – songs about and inspired by our feathered friends. Hear music by the late David Olney, The Wailin’ Jennys, Laurie Lewis, Karine Polwart, Mollie O’Brien, Greg Brown, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Jeff Tweedy, and more.
In hour two, hear song from new spring release by Nickel Creek, Dom Flemons, Ethan Setiawan, and Eric Bibb. New advance singles from the forthcoming albums by Robert Earl Keen and members of the NC band, Mipso – Libby Rodenbough and Joseph Terrell; plus favorites from Rose Cousins, Mark Erelli, the Resistance Revival Chorus featuring Valerie June, and more.
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One:
Dave Alvin – Rio Grande – Ashgrove – YepRoc
David Olney – Birds – Migration – Loudhouse
The Wailin’ Jennys – Swallow – Firecracker – RedHouse
Spell Songs – St Kilda Wren (feat. Julie Fowlis) – Spell Songs II: Let The Light In – Quercus
Laurie Lewis – The Wood Thrush’s Song – Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals – Rounder
Karine Polwart – Follow the Heron – Threshold – W2 Music/Borealis Records
Simon & Garfunkel (live) – Sparrow – Live From New York City 1967 – Colum/Lega
Mollie O’Brien – Lark in the Morning – Tell It True – Sugar Hill
Greg Brown – Whippoorwill – The Evening Call – Red House
The Weepies – Hummingbird – Be My Thrill – Nettwerk
Kate Wolf – The Redtail Hawk – Gold In California – Kaleidosco
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers – Rare Bird Alert – Rare Bird Alert – Rounder
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – I Go Like the Raven – Drum Hat Buddah – Philo
Willie Watson – The Cuckoo Bird – Folksinger Vol. 2 – Acony Records
Steve Goodman – Red Red Robin – Artistic Hair – Red Pajama Records
Jeff Tweedy – A Robin or a Wren – Love Is the King – dBpm Records
Hour Two:
Nickel Creek – Holding Pattern – Celebrants – Thirty Tigers
Ethan Setiawan – Uncrossed – Gambit – Adhyâropa Records
The Onlies – Going Across the Sea – The Onlies – The Onlies
Dom Flemons – Big Money Blues – Traveling Wildfire – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Tom Rush – Turn Your Money Green – Take A Little Walk With Me – Elektra
Joseph Terrell – Cast Iron Kettle – Good For Nothing Howl – Sleepy Cat Records
Libby Rodenbough – Make Light – Between the Blades – Sleepy Cat Records
Mipso – Hallelujah – Coming Down The Mountain – Mipso
Luke Laird, Lori McKenna, and Barry Dean – Girl Crush – The Songwriter Tapes, Vol. 2 – CN Records
Mark Erelli – You’re Gonna Wanna Remember This – Lay Your Darkness Down – Mark Erelli/Soundly Music
Eric Bibb – The Ballad of John Howard Griffin – Ridin’ – Stony Plain Records
Etta Baker – Knoxville Rag – One Dime Blues – Rounder
Resistance Revival Chorus – Reason I Sing (feat. Valerie June) – This Joy – Righteous Babe
Rose Cousins – The Benefits of Being Alone – Bravado – Outside Music
Robert Earl Keen – Western Chill – Western Chill – Scriptorium Rex
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