Folk Alley Radio Show #250515

Join Cindy Howes this week as we dive into some recent spring releases, including a couple of Hank Williams covers from Kacey Musgraves and Muireann Bradley, along with a lost Bruce Springsteen album, and new music from Eliza Gilkyson, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, Lonesome Ace Stringband, and Peggy Seeger—who shares her wish to meet Paul Simon. Plus, favorites from Yasmin Williams with Darlingside, the Resistance Revival Chorus, Morgan Toney, Rose Cousins, and much more!
Artist – Title – Album – Label
Hour One
Eliza Gilkyson – Impossible Dream – The Dark Ages – Realiza Records
Yasmin Williams – Virga (feat. Darlingside) – Acadia – Nonesuch
Resistance Revival Chorus – Reason I Sing (feat. Valerie June) – This Joy – Righteous Babe
Kacey Musgraves – Lost Highway – [single] – Lost Highway Records
Muireann Bradley – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – [single] – Muireann Bradley/Universal
Bruce Springsteen – Faithless – Tracks II: The Lost Albums, Faithless – Columbia
Aimee Mann – Simple Fix – Mental Illness – Super Ego Records
Morgan Toney – Hold My Reservation – Heal The Divide – Ishkode Records
Rose Cousins – K’s Waltz – Conditions Of Love-Vol 1 – Nettwerk Records
Peggy Seeger – I Want to Meet Paul Simon – Teleology – Red Grape Music
Paul Simon – Proof – The Rhythm of The Saints – Warner Bros.
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – I Can’t Wait – Volume 4 – Dead Reckoning Records
The Lonesome Ace Stringband – Carpet Beetle – [single] – The Lonesome Ace Stringband
David Francey (In-Studio) – A Star Above – Folk Alley exclusive recording Folk Alliance 2013 – Folk Alley Sessions
Hour Two
Graham Sharp – A Good Year – How Did We Do It – Enchanted Bard
Lucinda Williams – Crescent City – Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams Music/Thirty Tigers
The Revelers – Pendant je suis loin de toi (While I Am Far From You) – At the End of the River – Revelers Records
Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder – I See You Mama – [single] – Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder
Brandi Carlile – Mama Werewolf – In These Silent Days – Low Country Sound
Kris Delmhorst – Basic Folk Interview excerpt with Kris Delmhorst – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk
Kris Delmhorst – Something To Show – Ghosts in the Garden – Kris Delmhorst
The Bones of J.R. Jones – Car Crash – Radio Waves – Tone Tree Music
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Babe I Know (feat. Lucius) – Tearing at the Seams – Stax/Concord
Olive Klug – Taking Punches from the Breeze – Lost Dog – Signature Sounds
Naomi Westwater – Bulbs – Cycle & Change – WSTWTR
William Prince – Bloom – Earthly Days – Glassnote Records
The Lumineers – Flowers In Your Hair – The Lumineers – Dualtone Music Group
The Seldom Scene – Walkin’ Down the Line – Remains to Be Scene – Smithsonian Folkways
Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (live) – Live at the Legion – Reprise
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