Folk Alley Radio Show #231207
This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for some December holiday favorites to help get us in the spirit…or not. Hear an exclusive track by Slaid Cleaves from our archives, and more from Gangstagrass, Indigo Girls, Béla Fleck, and Jay Ungar & Molly Mason. Plus, we’ll hear selections from the results of our Best of 2023 Listener Poll! (See who made this list!)
In hour two, hear the latest from Guy Forsyth; more songs for the season from Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Over the Rhine, Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn, and Beth // James; we remember Shane MacGowan of the Pogues who passed away on November 30; plus, favorites from Blaze Foley, Elephant Revival, David Surrette, Seamus Egan with Moira Smiley & Kaia Kater, and more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Slaid Cleaves – Mr. Grinch – Exclusive Folk Alley Recording – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording
Gangstagrass – Christmachannukwanzaramadanamasmukkarborday – Sugarplums and Whiskey – Rench Audio
Indigo Girls – Happy Joyous Hanukkah – Holly Happy Days – Vanguard Records
Béla Fleck and The Flecktones – The Hanukkah Waltz – Jingle All The Way – Rounder Records
The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Band – Lights of Chanukah – A Fiddler’s Holiday – Swinging Door
Bruce Cockburn – On A Roll – O Sun O Moon – High Romance Music/True North
Eilen Jewell – Winnemucca – Get Behind the Wheel – Signature Sounds
Joy Clark – Guest – [single] – Righteous Babe
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Strawberry Woman – Weathervanes – Southeastern Records
Aoife O’Donovan – Galahad (acoustic) – Age of Apathy Solo Sessions – YepRoc
Willie Nelson – Still Is Still Moving to Me – Bluegrass – Legacy
Bob Dylan – Make You Feel My Love (take 1) – Fragments-Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) – Columbia Records
Joni Mitchell – You Turn Me On I’m a Radio (with Neil Young & The Stray Gators) – Archives – Vol. 3 The Asylum Years (1972-1975) – Rhino
Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now (live) – At Newport – Rhino Entertainment
Hour Two
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum – If We Make it Through December – Winter’s Grace – Signature
James Hill & Anne Davison – Ode to a Frozen Boot – True Love Don’t Weep – Borealis Records
Over the Rhine – Snowbirds – Blood Oranges In the Snow – Great Speckled Dog
Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn – Cocktails with Santa – A Christmas Card from Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn – Sweetwater Music
Beth // James – Marfa Christmas Lights – Christmas at the Burchills – Beth // James
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York – If I Should Fall from Grace with God – Islands
The Pogues – Dirty Old Town – Rum Sodomy & the Lash – Warner
Seamus Egan and Moira Smiley – Watch the Stars (feat. Kaia Kater) – Good Winter – TLH
Elephant Revival – Birds and Stars – These Changing Skies – Itz Evolving Records / Thirty Tigers
Guy Forsyth – Rolling Blackout Blues – Rider [EP] – Small and Nimble Records
David Surette – Cold Rain – Sun Dog – Madrina Music
Blaze Foley – Cold, Cold World – Sittin’ By the Road – Lost Art Records
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding – Christmas On A Greyhound Bus – Organic Records
John Lennon – Imagine (live) – Acoustic – Capitol
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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 70 stations nationally.
