Folk Alley Radio Show #250220
This week on Folk Alley we’re wrapping up Black History Month by celebrating more pillars of folk and blues alongside some of the contemporary artists they influenced. Hear from Robert Johnson, Nina Simone, Sleepy John Estes, Jesse Fuller, Staple Singers, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and more.
In hour two, it’s all about new releases. Hear the latest from Jason Isbell, The Devil Makes Three, Mdou Moctar, Them Coulee Boys, Chatham Rabbits, The Travelin’ McCourys, and power trio Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart. Plus, favorites from Bruce Cockburn, John Fullbright, Spell Songs, Iris Dement, and John Prine.
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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
Jason Isbell – Foxes In the Snow – Foxes in the Snow – Southeastern
Bruce Cockburn (comp) – Foxglove – Six Strings North of the Border – Borealis
The Devil Makes Three – Spirits – Spirits – New West
Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice (Injustice Version) – Tears of Injustice – Matador Records
John Fullbright – Justice (live) – Live at the Blue Door – Blue Door Records
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart – Looking For The Thread – Looking For The Thread – Lambent Light Records
Spell Songs – Bramble (feat Karine Polwart) – Spell Songs II: Let The Light In – Quercus Records
Them Coulee Boys – I Am Not Sad – No Fun In the Chrysalis – Some Fun Records
Chatham Rabbits – Collateral Damage – Be Real With Me – Chatham Rabbits
The Travelin’ McCourys – Daydreamer – [single] – McCoury Music
The Gibson Brothers – Ring the Bell – Ring the Bell – Compass Records
Iris DeMent – The Sacred Now – Workin’ On A World – Songs of Iris
John Prine – Lake Marie – Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings – Oh Boy
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