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.
