Folk Alley Radio Show #250306
This week on Folk Alley, we’re excited to welcome Cindy Howes as our new weekly host! Tune in for new music from Jason Isbell, The Lonesome Ace Stringband, Kris Delmhorst, Rose Cousins, Arny Margret, Morgan Toney, and Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson, along with favorites from William Prince, Bruce Cockburn, and Taj Mahal. We’ll also share a set of Irish music to get you ready for St. Patrick’s Day.
In hour two, we’ll highlight the winners and honorees of the 2025 International Folk Music Awards, including Crys Matthews, Susan Werner, Dan Navarro & Janiva Magness, and the Indigo Girls. Plus, don’t miss new music from Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland, Loudon Wainwright III, and Waxahatchee, as well as an excerpt from a Basic Folk interview with Sierra Hull.
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Jason Isbell – Bury Me – Foxes in the Snow – Southeastern
Lonesome Ace Stringband – Elk River Blues – [single] – The Lonesome Ace Stringband
William Prince – Always Have What We Had – Reliever – Glassnote Records
Kris Delmhorst – Something To Show – Ghosts in the Garden – Kris Delmhorst
Rose Cousins – I Believe in Love (and it’s very hard) – Conditions Of Love – Vol 1 – Nettwerk
Solas – Tell God and the Devil (feat. Moira Smiley) (live) – Live – Seamus Egan
Altan – Liostail me le Sairsint – Donegal – Compass Records
Planxty – Follow Me Up To Carlow – Planxty – Shanachie
Dervish – Passage West (feat. Indigo Girls) – The Great Irish Songbook Chapter 2: Poets and Storytellers – Down The Road
We Banjo 3 – Hummingbird – Open The Road – We Banjo 3
Arny Margret – I Miss You, I Do – I Miss You, I Do – One Little Independent Records
Morgan Toney – Golden Regalia – Heal The Divide – Ishkode Records
Bruce Cockburn – Happy Good Morning Blues – High Winds White Sky – Rounder
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – Hook and Line – What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow – Nonesuch Records
Taj Mahal – Lovin’ in my Baby’s Eyes – Phantom Blues – Privatemusic
Hour Two
Crys Matthews – Waking Up the Dead – Reclamation – Crys Matthews
Susan Werner – Halfway To Houston – Halfway To Houston – Sleeve Dog Records
Dan Navarro & Janiva Magness – 20 Dollar Bill (for George Floyd) – [single]
Indigo Girls – Land of Canaan – ndigo Girls – Epic
Indigo Girls – Fly Away – Despite Our Differences – Hollywood
Sierra Hull – Basic Folk Interview excerpt Sierra Hull – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk
Sierra Hull – Boom – Tip Toe High Wire – Sierra Hull
Waxahatchee – Mud – [single] – ANTI
Anais Mitchell – Morning Glory – Anais Mitchell – BMG
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland – With A Vamp In the Middle – Carter & Cleveland – Fiddleman Records
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman – The Sweet Sunny South – Bare Bones (The Duo Recordings) – 2024 Acoustic Disc
Loudon Wainwright III – Primrose Hill (live) – Loudon Live in London – The Last Music Company
Steve Earle & The Dukes and Dutchesses – Invisible – The Low Highway – New West Records
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Folk Alley’s weekly, syndicated radio show is produced by Linda Fahey and host Cindy Howes. 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.
