Folk Alley Radio Show #241205
This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for a cozy mix of songs for December, featuring The Henry Girls and Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, along with new music from Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart. Celebrate Tom Waits’ 75th birthday with a special salute, and revisit some Folk Alley favorites from 2024, including Anna Tivel, Bonny Light Horseman, The Decemberists, Joy Oladokun, and more.
In hour two, continue the celebration with classics honoring December birthdays from Ralph McTell, Anna McGarrigle, and Byrds co-founder Chris Hillman. Enjoy new music from Michaela Anne, a timeless track from Nick Drake, an interview excerpt with Dave Simonett of Trampled By Turtles from the latest Basic Folk podcast, and more Folk Alley favorites from 2024.
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
The Henry Girls – December Moon – December Moon – The Henry Girls
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum – If We Make it Through December – Winter’s Grace – Signature
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart – Hold Everything – Looking For The Thread – Lambent Light Records
Spell Songs – Jay (feat. Seckou Keita) – Spell Songs II: Let The Light In – Quercus Records
Anna Tivel – Disposable Camera – Living Thing – Fluff & Gravy
Bonny Light Horseman – Old Dutch – Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free – Jagjaguwar
The Decemberists – Oh No! – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again – Yabb Records
Joy Oladokun – I’d Miss the Birds – Observations From A Crowded Room – Republic
Tom Waits – San Diego Serenade – The Heart of Saturday Night – Asylum
Aimee Mann (comp) – Hold On – Come On Up To the House: Women Sing Waits – Dualtone
The Devil Makes Three – Come On Up To the House – Redemption & Ruin – New West Records
Eilen Jewell – Fist City – Butcher Holler – Signature Sounds
Loretta Lynn – Everything It Takes (feat. Elvis Costello) – Full Circle – Sony Legacy/Loretta Lynn
Hour Two
Ralph McTell – Streets Of London – Spiral Staircase – Transatlantic
Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Heartbeats Accelerating – Heartbeats Accelerating – PrivateMusic
Chris Hillman – Eight Miles High – The Other Side – SOV
Michaela Anne – Just More Love – [single] – Michaela Anne
The High Hawks – This Is What Love Feels Like – Mother Nature’s Show – LoHi Records
Dave Simonett (Trampled By Turtles) – Basic Folk Interview excerpt David Simonett (Trampled By Turtles) – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk
Trampled by Turtles – Out of Time (feat. LeAnn Rimes) – Always Here, Always Now – Banjodad
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Heartless – South of Here – Stax Records
Nick Drake – One of These Things First – Bryter Layter – Hannibal
AJ Lee & Blue Summit – Hillside – City of Glass – Signature Sounds
David Grisman & Jerry Garcia – Grateful Dawg – Grisman and Garcia – AcouDisc
Billy Strings – Hellbender (live) – Live Vol. 1 – Reprise
Melissa Carper – Lucky Five – Borned In Ya – Mae Music/Thirty Tigers
Johnny Blue Skies – Mint Tea – Passage du Desir – High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers
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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.
