Folk Alley Radio Show #240201
This week on Folk Alley, join host Elena See to kick off Black History Month with music by six pillars of early Black folk and blues music and modern artists they have influenced. Hear songs by Memphis Minnie, Lead Belly, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Sippie Wallace, and more.
In hour two, it’s new music from Sarah Jarosz, Brittney Spencer, Nina de Vitry, and John Leventhal; advance singles from forthcoming releases from Charley Crockett, John Smith, and Mountain Stage’s 40th Anniversary compilation. All this, plus favorites from Watchhouse (fka Mandolin Orange), Tim O’Brien, Birds of Chicago, Rose Cousins, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and much more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Memphis Minnie – I Got To Make A Change Blues – I Ain’t No Bad Girl – Portrait
Maria Muldaur – Me and My Chauffeur Blues – I’m A Woman – ShoutFact
Lucinda Williams – Nothing In Rambling (Live) – Lucinda Williams – Koch
Lead Belly – Rock Island Line – Classic Folk Music – Smithsonian Folkways
Jake Blount – Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Spider Tales – Free Dirt
Leon & Eric Bibb – Sylvie – A Family Affair – Manhaton
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Down By the Riverside – Gospel ‘N Soul Revival – Great American Music
Ruthie Foster – Up Above My Head – The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster – Blue Corn
Mississippi John Hurt – Candy Man – Today – Vanguard
Peter Case & Dave Alvin – Monday Morning Blues – Avalon Blues (A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt) – Vanguard
Taj Mahal – My Creole Belle – Avalon Blues (A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt) – Vanguard
Peter Keane – Nobody’s Dirty Business – Rural Electrification – Little Hat
Elizabeth Cotten – Freight Train (67 Folkways CD) – Classic Folk Music (compilation) – Smithsonian Folkways
Rhiannon Giddens – Shake Sugaree – Tomorrow is My Turn – Nonesuch Records
Sippie Wallace – You Got To Know How – Women Be Wise – Storyville
Bonnie Raitt – Women Be Wise – Bonnie Raitt – Warner Brothers
Hour Two
Sarah Jarosz – Days Can Turn Around – Polaroid Lovers – Rounder
Hawktail – Britt Guit – Unless – Padiddle Records
Mandolin Orange – Darling Girl – Exclusive Folk Alley in-studio recording – Folk Alley exclusive recording
Brittney Spencer – New To This Town – My Stupid Life – Elektra Records
Tim O’Brien – Hold to a Dream – Odd Man In – Sugar Hill
Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy – $10 Cowboy – Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers
Nina de Vitry – If We Didn’t Have the Night – [single] – Nina de Vitry
John Smith – The Living Kind – The Living Kind – Thirty Tigers/Commoner Records
Rose Cousins – Chosen – Natural Conclusion – Old Farm Pony Records
Birds of Chicago – Estrella Goodbye – Real Midnight – Five Head Entertainment
John Leventhal – The Only Ghost – Rumble Strip – Rumblestrip Records/Thirty Tigers
Martin Simpson – Ghost In The Pines – Righteousness & Humidity – Red House
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Ghost – When the Sun Goes Down – Dead Reckoning Records
Wilco (comp) – Space Oddity – Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers – Oh Boy
Western Centuries – Space Force (feat. Jim Lauderdale) – Call the Captain – Free Dirt
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