Folk Alley Radio Show #240215
Folk Alley’s celebration of Black History Month continues this week by spotlighting legends including Robert Johnson, Nina Simone, Sleepy John Estes, Jesse Fuller, The Staple Singers, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Blind Willie Johnson, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and artists they have influenced including Cassandra Wilson, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Hot Tuna, Rhiannon Giddens, Guy Davis, Amythyst Kiah, Bonnie Raitt, and much more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Robert Johnson – Crossroads – Martin Scorsese Presents the Best of the Blues – UTV Records
Cassandra Wilson – Come On In My Kitchen – Blue Light ‘Til Dawn – Blue Note
Crooked Still – Last Fair Deal Gone Down – Hop High – Footprint
Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew What It Feels To Be Free – Silk & Soul – RCA/Victor
Ollabelle – See Line Woman – Riverside Battle Songs – Verve
Sleepy John Estes – Milk Cow Blues – I Ain’t Gonna Be Worried No More, 1929-1941 – Yazoo
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Diving Duck Blues – TajMo – Concord Records
Jesse Fuller – Rockin’ Boogie (live) – Friends of Old Time Music – The Folk Arrival 1961-1965 – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Grateful Dead – Monkey and the Engineer – Reckoning – Arista
Hot Tuna – San Francisco Bay Blues – Live in Japan – Eagle Records
The Staple Singers – If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me) – Be What You Are – Stax
Rhiannon Giddens (with Bhi Bhiman) – Freedom Highway – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Walk On – Absolutely the Best – Fuel 2000
Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi – Hooray, Hooray These Women Are Killing Me (in-studio) – Folk Alley Sessions – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording
Hour Two
Muddy Waters – Put Me In Your Lay Away Plan – Folk Singer – MCA/Chess
Levon Helm – You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had – Electric Dirt – Vanguard
Son House – Death Letter Blues – Martin Scorsese Presents the Best of the Blues – UTV Records
Amythyst Kiah – Grinnin’ in Your Face – Dig – Amythyst Kiah
Corey Harris – Preaching Blues – Fish Ain’t Bitin’ – Alligator
Blind Willie Johnson – God Moves On the Water – Praise God I’m Satisfied – Yazoo
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi (compilation) – Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson – Alligator Records
Tom Waits (compilation) – The Soul of a Man – God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson – Alligator Records
Rosanne Cash – Motherless Children – The List – Manhattan Records
Taj Mahal – You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (live) – The Real Thing – Columbia
Blind Willie McTell – Kill It Kid – Atlanta Twelve String – Atlantic
Dave Alvin – Delia – Public Domain – Hightone
Precious Bryant – Broke and Ain’t Got A Dime – Fool Me Good – Terminus
Mississippi Fred McDowell – You Gotta Move – The Very Best Of Mississippi Fred McDowell – Shout Factory
Bonnie Raitt – The Kokomo Medley – Philadelphia Folk Festival – Sliced Brd
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