Folk Alley Radio Show #231228
This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See to say “so long” to 2023 and welcome in the new year with music from Over the Rhine, Elizabeth Cotten, Amanda Shires, Zoe Mulford, Laura Cortese and Slaid Cleaves; plus, new music from Muireann Bradley and the Rainbow Girls; and a celebration of some late December birthdays with music from Suzy Bogguss, John Hartford, Odetta, and John Denver.
In hour two, hear from this year’s Steve Martin Banjo Prize winners: the late “Duke of Drive” Terry Baucom and 4-string banjoist, Cynthia Sayer; new music from the East Pointers, Miko Marks with Melissa Carper, Alisa Amador, and Julian Lage; plus we remember some music icons we lost in 2023.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Over the Rhine – New Year’s Song – Blood Oranges In the Snow – Great Speckled Dog
Elizabeth Cotton – New Year’s Eve – Vol. 3 – When I’m Gone – Smithsonian Folkways
Amanda Shires – What Are You Doing New Years Eve? – For Christmas – Silver Knife Records
Zoe Mulford (comp) – Welcome In Another Year – Hudson Harding Sampler I – HudsonHard
Laura Cortese – New Year’s Day – [single] – Compass
Slaid Cleaves – One Good Year – Broke Down – Philo
Odetta – It’s A Mighty World – It’s A Mighty World – RCA/Victor
John Denver – Rocky Mountain High – Rocky Mountain High – RCA
John Hartford – Big Rock Candy Mountain (live) – Down From The Mountain – LostHiway
Suzy Bogguss – Sunday Birmingham – [single] – Royal Dutchess Records
Rainbow Girls – No Limits – Welcome to Whatever – Rainbow Girls
Laura Veirs – Rocks of Time – Phone Orphans – Raven Marching Band
Muireann Bradley – Candyman – I Kept These Old Blues – Tompkins Square
Jorma Kaukonen – I Am the Light of This World – Quah – RelixRecor
Reverend Gary Davis – Let Us Get Together Right Down Here – Harlem Street Singer – Prestige/Bluesville
Hour Two
Terry Baucom – What’ll I Do (feat. Sam Bush) – Never Thought of Looking Back – John Boy & Billy, Inc.
Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive – Fourth and Goal – Never Thought of Looking Back – Dualtone
Cynthia Sayer – You Talk Too Much – Joyride – Plunk
Cynthia Sayer – Ella Miriam’s Blues – Joyride – Plunk
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers – Caroline – The Long Awaited Album – Rounder
The East Pointers – We Will Meet Again (feat Rose Cousins) – Safe In Sound – The East Pointers
Julian Lage – Omission – [single] – Blue Note Records
Alisa Amador – Quedar – [single] – Thirty Tigers
Miko Marks – Water to Wine (feat. Melissa Carper) – [single] – Redtone Records
Melissa Carper – Ain’t A Day Goes By – Ramblin’ Soul – Mae Music
Crosby, Stills and Nash – Guinnevere – Crosby, Stills and Nash – Atlantic
Gordon Lightfoot – Summer Side of Life – Summer Side of Life – Reprise Records
Jimmy Buffett – Cinco de Mayo in Memphis – Take the Weather With You – Mailboat Records
The Band – The Weight – Music from Big Pink – 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 68 stations nationally.
