Folk Alley Radio Show #250403
This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes as we welcome in April with music from Simon & Garfunkel, Aubrey Haynie, and Johnny Cash. Plus, enjoy fresh tracks from Alison Brown & Steve Martin (featuring Tim O’Brien), Jake Xerxes Fussell, Special Consensus, and Andy Leftwich. We’ll also celebrate Kaia Kater’s recent Juno Award win and take a moment to remember the legendary John Prine.
In Hour Two, tune in for new releases from Jason Isbell, The Faux Paws, Watchhouse, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, and Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert—along with favorites from Patty Griffin, Hayes Carll, Rakish, Humbird, and Mavis Staples. All that, plus an excerpt from the latest Basic Folk interview with Loudon Wainwright III—and more.
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will – Sounds of Silence – CBS/Sony
Aubrey Haynie – April’s Reel – The Bluegrass Fiddle Album – Sugar Hill
Johnny Cash – When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s Forty Below) [Mono] – Orange Blossom Special – Sony
Alison Brown & Steve Martin (feat. Tim O’Brien) – 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back – [single] – Compass
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley – Friend of the Devil – The Country Blues – Compass Records
Kaia Kater – History in Motion – Strange Medicine – Free Dirt Records
Jake Blount – The Man Was Burning – The New Faith – Smithsonian Folkways
Jake Xerxes Fussell – Close My Eyes – [single] – Fat Possum Records
Viv & Riley – Kygers Hill – Imaginary People – Free Dirt Records
Mipso – Carolina Rolling By – Book of Fools – Mipso
Special Consensus – Been All Around This World (feat. Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams, Ashby Frank) – Been All Around This World – Compass Records
Andy Leftwich – Highland Rim – [single] – Mountain Home Music
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands (feat. Linda Ronstadt) – Pretty Bird – The Hazel and Alice Sessions – Spruce and Maple Music
Carsie Blanton – Fishin’ With You – [single] – Carsie Blanton
John Prine – When I Get To Heaven – The Tree of Forgiveness – Oh Boy / Thirty Tigers
Hour Two
Jason Isbell – Ride To Robert’s – Foxes in the Snow – Southeastern
Patty Griffin – Love Throw a Line – Impossible Dream – ATO/BMG
Hayes Carll – Love Is So Easy – Lovers and Leavers – Hwy 87 Records
The Faux Paws – Night – No Bad Ideas – Great Bear Records
Rakish – Now, O Now – Now, O Now – Top Floor Records
Loudon Wainwright III – Basic Folk Interview excerpt Loudon Wainwright III – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk
Loudon Wainwright III – Out of this World (live) (feat. Rufus Wainwright) – Loudon Live in London – The Last Music Company
Loudon Wainwright III – Dead Skunk – III – Sony
Watchhouse – Rituals – Rituals – Tiptoe Tiger Music
Humbird – 48 Hours – Pharmakon – Green Thumb
Olivia Ellen Lloyd – You – Do It Myself – Wright Lloyd Records
Oliver the Crow – Sam River – Oliver the Crow – Oliver the Crow
Donna the Buffalo – I Love My Tribe – Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday – Sugar Hill
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Whatcha Gonna Do About It – Volume 4 – Dead Reckoning
Mavis Staples – Fight – Your Good Fortune (EP) – ANTI
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