Folk Alley Radio Show #240829

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for the unofficial end of summer and a look at some of the history behind Labor Day and music that came from the labor movement. Hear songs from Pete Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Joan Baez, Utah Phillips, Hazel Dickens, Rosalie Sorrels, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Laurie Lewis with Alice Gerrard, Tracy Chapman, Della Mae, Sweet Honey In the Rock, and more.

In hour two, hear more songs for the end of summer from Lucy Kaplansky, Pat Donohue, and Guy Clark; new music from Jerry Douglas, Guy Davis, Billy Strings, and Rakish; an interview excerpt from the latest Basic Folk podcast featuring the de Vitry siblings: Maya, Lyle, and Nina; plus, favorites from John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, and more.

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Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One

Pete Seeger – Solidarity Forever – If I Had A Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle – Smithsonian Folkways

Natalie Merchant – Which Side Are You On? – SEEDS:Songs of Pete Seeger Vol 3 – Appleseed

Joan Baez – Joe Hill – One Day At A Time – Vanguard

Utah Phillips (compilation) – There Is Power In A Union – Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill – Smithsonian Folkways

Hazel Dickens (compilation) – The Rebel Girl – Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill – Smithsonian Folkways

Rosalie Sorrels – I Am A Union Woman – The Long Memory – Red House Records

Old Crow Medicine Show – Union Maid – Big Iron World – Nettwerk

Billy Bragg & Wilco – Union Prayer – Mermaid Avenue III – Nonesuch

Valerie June – Workin’ Woman Blues – Pushin’ Against a Stone – Sunday Best Recordings

Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands (feat. Alice Gerrard) – Working Girl Blues – The Hazel and Alice Sessions – Spruce and Maple Music

Tracy Chapman – Woman’s Work – Matters of the Heart – Elektra

Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch – Everybodys Workin For the Man Again – You Can’t Save Everybody – Compass

Della Mae – Sixteen Tons – The Butcher Shoppe (EP) – Rounder Records

Sweet Honey In the Rock – More Than A Paycheck – Breaths – FlyingFish

Hard Working Americans – Mr. President Have Pity On the Working Man – Hard Working Americans – Melvin Records/Thirty Tigers

Hour Two

Lucy Kaplansky – The Last Days of Summer – The Last Days of Summer – Lucy Kaplansky

Pat Donohue – Summer’s End – Backroads – Bluesky

Guy Clark – Homegrown Tomatoes (live) – Songs and Stories – Dualtone

Jerry Douglas – Something You Got – The Set – Nolivan Records

John Prine – You Got Gold (live) – Live on Tour – Oh Boy

Maya, Nina, and Lyle de Vitry – Basic Folk Interview excerpt Cindy Howes with Maya, Nina, and Lyle de Vitry – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk

Nina de Vitry – If We Didn’t Have Night – [single] – Nina de Vitry

Lyle de Vitry – The Wild – Door Within a Dream – Lyle de Vitry Music

Maya de Vitry – Nothing Else Matters – The Only Moment – Mad Maker Studio

Guy Davis – Kokomo Alley – The Legend of Sugarbelly – M.C. Records

Bonnie Raitt – Write Me A Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues – Takin’ My Time – Warner Bro

Billy Strings – Leadfoot – Highway Prayers – Reprise Records

Jordan Tice – Salad Days – Long Story – Patuxent

Rakish – Lonely Hotel Room – Now, O Now – Rakish

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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.