Folk Alley Radio Show #230601

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to welcome in June with music by The Decemberists, The Fretless, and JigJam; brand new music from Rodney Crowell, Natalie & Brittany Haas, Annie Bartholomew, and Caitlin Canty; Mary Gauthier helps us kick off our Pride Month celebration; plus a favorite from Wilco, and an exclusive Folk Alley in-studio from Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer.

In hour two, more new music from Special Consensus paying tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot, Brennen Leigh, Ben Harper, Natalie Merchant, Lori McKenna, and Loudon Wainwright III; plus favorites from Watchhouse, Lunasa, Karan Casey, Richard Shindell, and much more.

Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One:

The Decemberists – June Hymn – The King Is Dead – Capitol

The Fretless – June Tune – The Fretless – The Fretless

JigJam – June Apple – Phoenix – JigJam Records

Rodney Crowell – Loving You Is The Only Way To Fly – The Chicago Sessions – New West

Tweedy – Flowering – Sukierae – dBpm Records

Mary Gauthier – Drag Queens In Limousines – Drag Queens In Limousines – The Black Records

Lucinda Williams – Changed the Locks – Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams Music/Thirty Tigers

Nanci Griffith(live) – More Than a Whisper – One Fair Summer Evening – MCA

Rickie Lee Jones – Satellites – Flying Cowboys – Geffen/UMG

Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer (In-Studio) – Geordie – Folk Alley exclusive in-studio session – Folk Alliance 2013

Natalie and Brittany Haas -The Volunteer – HAAS – Padiddle

Caitlin Canty – The Odds of Getting Even – Quiet Flame – Caitlin Canty

Annie Bartholomew – Mountain Dove Song – Sisters of White Chapel – Muskeg Collection

Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison – Leavin’ – Cheater’s Game – Premium Records

Hour Two:

Special Consensus – Alberta Bound – Great Blue North – Compass Records

Rose Cousins – If You Could Read My Mind – Stray Birds (EP)

Harry Manx – Bend in the Water – Beautiful (Gordon Lightfoot Tribute) – Borealis

Brennen Leigh – Running Out Of Hope, Arkansas – Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet – Signature Sounds

Brennen Leigh – In Texas with a Band (feat Asleep at the Wheel) – Obsessed with the West – Signature Sounds

Ben Harper – Love After Love – Wide Open Light – Chrysalis Records

Watchhouse – Wondrous Love – Watchhouse – Tiptoe Tiger Music

Natalie Merchant – Eye of the Storm – Keep Your Courage – Nonesuch

Lunasa – Island Paddy – The Kinnitty Sessions – Compass

Karan Casey – When the Moon Gets Tangled – Nine Apples of Gold – Vertical Records

Lori McKenna – Killing Me (feat Hilary Lindsey) – 1988 – CN Records

Richard Shindell (live) – Are You Happy Now? (live) – Courier – Signature

Mary Chapin Carpenter – Don’t Need Much To Be Happy – Ashes and Roses – ZOE

Loudon Wainwright III – Just Like Buster Keaton – [single] – Storysound Records

Loudon Wainwright III – Dead Skunk – Album III – Sony

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