Folk Alley Radio Show #250417
This week on Folk Alley, we’re celebrating Earth Day with songs rooted in nature and a deep love for our planet. Enjoy music from Pete Seeger, The Mammals, Tom Rush, Joni Mitchell, Neko Case, Steve Forbert, John Prine, The High Hawks, Kacey Musgraves, and more.
In hour two, we continue our celebration of the natural world with songs for Arbor Day (April 25). Tune in for music from Nomos, Baka Beyond, Kate Wolf, Ben Winship, Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky, Molly Tuttle, Adia Victoria, Laurie Lewis, a classic from Odetta, a favorite from John Gorka, and much more.
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Tom Rush – Mother Earth – The Very Best of Tom Rush – Columbia
Neko Case – Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth – Middle Cyclone – ANTI-
Steve Forbert – Good Planets are Hard to Find (live) – 11/07 41st Kent St. Folk Festival – Exclusive Folk Alley recording
Pete Seeger – Garbage – Pete – LivingMusic
Pete Seeger – My Dirty Stream (The Hudson River Song) – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
The Mammals – I’m Ready For the Industrial Revolution To Be Over – [single] – Humble Abode
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi – Ladies of the Canyon – Reprise
John Prine – Paradise – John Prine – Atlantic
Cosy Sheridan(comp) – Don’t Go In The Water – The Women of Kerrville Vol. 2 – Silverwolf
Beatles – Mother Nature’s Son – The White Album – Capital
The High Hawks – Mother Nature’s Show – Mother Nature’s Show – LoHi Records
Cat Stevens – Where Do the Children Play? – Tea For The Tillerman – A & M
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys – Dear Earth/Querida Tierra – Folk Alley exclusive in-studio session – Exclusive Folk Alley Sessions recording
Kacey Musgraves – Oh, What A World – Golden Hour – MCA Nashville
Jonathan Edwards – This Island Earth – One Day Closer – RisingRecs
Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Love Earth – World Record – Reprise
Hour Two
Nomos – I Love the Trees – Set You Free – Green Linnet
Baka Beyond – Spirit of the Forest – Spirit of the Forest – Hannibal
Kate Wolf & the Wildwood Flower – The Lilac & The Apple – Lines On the Paper – Rhino
Ben Winship – Cherry Tree – Acorns – Snake River
Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky – Peach Tree Blues – Digging In John’s Backyard – Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky
Laurie Lewis – Trees – Trees – Spruce and Maple Music
The Bee Eaters – The Tree Climber – The Bee Eaters – unsigned
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Crooked Tree – Crooked Tree – Nonesuch Records
Odetta – In The Pines – Looking For a Home (Leadbelly Tribute) – M.C.
Adia Victoria – Magnolia Blues – A Southern Gothic – Canvasback
Spell Songs – Oak (feat Kris Drever & Seckou Keita) – Spell Songs II: Let The Light In – Quercus
Darrell Scott – Willow Creek – A Crooked Road – Full Light Records
Heidi Talbot – Music Tree – In Love + Light – Compass
Lori McKenna – The Tree – The Tree – CN Records/Thirty Tigers
John Gorka – Branching Out – I Know – Red House
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