Folk Alley Radio Show #250508

**Audio coming soon!

This week on Folk Alley, we’re celebrating Moms in honor of Mothers Day! Tune in for songs from Brandi Carlile, Layla McCall, Lucy Kaplansky, John Gorka, Iris DeMent, Dolly Parton, Bill Withers, Lori McKenna, Sierra Hull, and more.

In hour two, hear from some of our favorite new releases with song from Hayes Carll, Leftover Salmon, Jason Carter & Micheal Cleveland, Mary Chapin Carpenter, along with favorites from Jeffrey Foucault, Leo Kottke, Kate Wolf, and Annabelle Chvostek and an interview excerpt from the latest Basic Folk podccast episode featuring Sara Watkins of I’m With Her.
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Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One

Brandi Carlile – The Mother – By the Way, I Forgive You – Elektra

Altan – Mother’s Delight – The Blue Idol – Narada

Lori McKenna – A Mother Never Rests – The Tree – CN Records/Thirty Tigers

Iris Dement – Mama’s Opry – Infamous Angel – Warner Bros

Leyla McCalla – Manman Mwen (My Mother) – Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes – Music Maker Relief Foundation

Lucy Kaplansky – Song For Molly – Every Single Day – RedHouse

John Gorka – Part of Your Own – Between Five and Seven – HighStreet

Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands – Just As I Am – Sussex

Sierra Hull – Spitfire – Tip Toe High Wire – Sierra Hull

Patty Griffin – Mary (live) – Concerts for a Landmine Free World – Vanguard

Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors – Coat of Many Colors – RCA Victor

Solas – Mom’s Jig – Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers – Shanachie

Susan McKeown, Cathie Ryan, Robin Spielberg – Mother of Mine – Mother: Songs Celebrating Mothers & Motherhood – North Star

HARP-Arlo Guthrie – Oh Mom – A Time To Sing – Appleseed

Grateful Dead – Mama Tried – Skull & Roses – Warner Bros

Hour Two

Jeffrey Foucault – Mayfly – Stripping Cane – Signature Sounds

Leo Kottke – A Trout Toward Noon – A Shout Toward Noon – Privatemus

Kate Wolf – Like A River (live) – An Evening In Austin – Kaleidosco

Hayes Carll – Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle) – We’re Only Human – Hwy 87 Records

Annabelle Chvostek – D’être humain (To Be Human) – String of Pearls – Annabelle Chvostek

Sara Watkins – Basic Folk Interview excerpt with Sara Watkins – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk

I’m With Her – Sisters of the Night Watch – Wild and Clear and Blue – I’m With Her/Rounder

Kelsey Waldon – Comanche – Every Ghost – Oh Boy!

Jackson Browne (David Lindley) – Mercury Blues – Love Is Strange – Inside

Leftover Salmon – Twisted Pine (feat. Del McCoury) – Let’s Party About It – Compass

Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland – Bluegrass In the Backwoods – Carter & Cleveland – Fiddle Man Records

Gillian Welch – Back Turn and Swing – Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 – Acony Records

Mary Chapin Carpenter – Bitter Ender – Personal History – Lambent Light Records

Bonny Light Horseman – Waiting and Waiting – Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free – Jagjaguwar

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