Folk Alley Radio Show #241219
This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See as we celebrate the December holiday season and the arrival of winter. Enjoy festive music from Josh Ritter, Bill Staines, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, David Grisman, and David Francey. Plus, holiday favorites for Christmastime and Hanukkah from JD McPherson, Sierra Ferrell, Joni Mitchell, David Myles, Kacey Musgraves with Willie Nelson, Leon Redbone, Indigo Girls, Béla Fleck, The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Band, Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks, Joy Clark, The Sweetback Sisters, Woody Phillips, Los Lobos, Dolly Parton, and much more!
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Josh Ritter – Wintertime (The Snow is Coming Down) – Acoustic Christmas (compilation) – Amazon Music
Bill Staines – Winter – Tracks and Trails – Philo
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum – Wintergrace – Signature Sounds 1999 Collection – Signature
David Grisman – Winter Wonderland – Acoustic Christmas – Rounder
David Francey – A Winter Night – Skating Rink – Laker
JD McPherson – Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights) – (digital single) – Rounder/Concord Music
Edward Gerhard – O Tannenbaum – Christmas – Virtue
Sufjan Stevens – Put the Lights on the Tree – Hark! Christmas Singalong Vol. 2 – AsthmaticK
Sierra Ferrell – Rocking Around the Xmas Tree – [single] – Rounder Records
Joni Mitchell – River – Blue – Reprise
Andrew Bird – Skating – HARK! – Wegawan Music
David Myles – Sleigh Ride – It’s Christmas – Little Tiny Records
Indigo Girls – Happy Joyous Hanukkah – Holly Happy Days – Vanguard Records
Béla Fleck and The Flecktones – The Hanukkah Waltz – Jingle All The Way – Rounder
The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Band – Lights of Chanukah – A Fiddler’s Holiday – Swinging Door Music
Kacey Musgraves (feat. Willie Nelson) – A Willie Nice Christmas – A Very Kacey Christmas – Mercury Records
Dave Hull & Kari Larsen – The Chipmunk Song – The Goose Is Getting Fat – Arabica
Leon Redbone – Let it Snow – Christmas Island – August
Hour Two
The Mavericks – Christmas Time Is (Coming ‘Round Again) – Hey! Merry Christmas! – Mono Mundo Recordings/Thirty Tigers
Raul Malo – Santa Claus is Back in Town – Marshmallow World & Other Holiday Favorites – New Door
Joy Clark – Gumbo Christmas – [single] – Righteous Babe
Jo-EL Sonnier – Jingle Bells – Cajun Christmas – Green Hill
Beausoleil (compilation) – Papa St. Nick – Christmas Gumbo – Flambeau
Asylum Street Spankers – Zat you, Santa Claus? – A Christmas Spanking – Spanksalot
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks – Santa’s Workshop – Crazy For Christmas – Surfdog
David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo – It’s Christmas – Little Tiny Records
Bob Dylan – Must Be Santa – Christmas in the Heart – Columbia
The Sweetback Sisters – The Christmas Boogie – Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular – Signature Sounds
The Sweetback Sisters – The Twelve Days of Christmas – Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular – Signature Sounds
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas From the Family (live) – Live At The Ryman – Koch
Woody Phillips – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – A Toolbox Christmas – GourdMusic
Los Lobos – Feliz Navidad (Merry Christmas) – Llegó Navidad (Christmas Is Here) – Rhino/Warner
Dolly Parton – Holly Jolly Christmas – A Holly Dolly Christmas – 12 Tone Music
Lucinda Williams (compilation) – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – All Is Bright – exclusive Amazon.com collection
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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.
