Folk Alley Radio Show #250529

This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes for new music from Caitlin Canty, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, Eliza Gilkyson, Cole Quest & the City Pickers, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, and banjoist Brad Kolodner. You’ll also hear favorites from The Suitcase Junket, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Brown, and Leyla McCalla—plus a special set inspired by lilacs!
In hour two, it’s more new music from I’m With Her, Willi Carlisle, Parker Millsap with Lockeland Strings, Kelsey Waldon, Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton, and Miko Marks; along with a Basic Folk interview segment with Morgan Toney, favorites from Elephant Revival, Norman Blake, Amos Lee, and more!
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Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
The Mammals – Lilac Breeze – Sunshiner – Humble Abode Music
Ruth Moody – The Spell of the Lilac Bloom – Wanderer – True North Records
John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band – All the Lilacs in Ohio – Leftover Feelings – New West Records
Caitlin Canty – Hotter Than Hell – Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove – Caitlin Canty
The Suitcase Junket – Twisted Fate – Make Time – Whistlepig Records
Taj Mahal + Keb’ Mo’ – My Darling My Dear – Room On The Porch – Concord Records
Bonnie Raitt – Marriage Made In Hollywood – Slipstream – Redwing Records
Cole Quest & the City Pickers – In Tall Buildings – Homegrown – Jalopy Records
Robert Ellis & Courtney Hartman – Up on the Hill Where They Do the Boogie – Dear John – Refuge Foundation for the Arts
John Hartford – Holding – Aereo-Plain – Rounder
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Imagine That – Volume 4 – Dead Reckoning Records
Brad Kolodner – Old Growth – Old Growth – Brad Kolodner
Leyla McCalla – Mesi Bondye – Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes – Music Maker Relief Foundation
Eliza Gilkyson – Times Like These – The Dark Ages – Realiza Records
Greg Brown – Eugene – The Evening Call – Red House
Hour Two
I’m With Her – Find My Way To You – Wild and Clear and Blue – I’m with Her/Rounder/Concord
Hawktail – The Tobogganist – Formations – Padiddle Records
Elephant Revival – Rogue River – These Changing Skies – Itz Evolving Records / Thirty Tigers
Willi Carlisle – Beeswing – Winged Victory – Signature Sounds
Richard Thompson – The Poor Ditching Boy – Henry The Human Fly – Hannibal
Morgan Toney – Basic Folk Interview excerpt with Morgan Toney – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk
Morgan Toney – Heal the Divide – Heal The Divide – Ishkode Records
Mumford & Sons – Caroline – Rushmere – GOTR/Glassnote
HEM – The Seed – Departure & Farewell – Waveland Records
Parker Millsap & Lockeland Strings – Running on Time – Parker Millsap & Lockeland Strings EP – Okrahoma Records
Kelsey Waldon – Tiger Lilies – Every Ghost – Oh Boy!
Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton – Give the Fiddler A Dram-Whistling Rufus-Ragtime Annie (live) – Live at the Legion – Reprise
Norman Blake – Randall Collins – Back Home in Sulphur Springs – Rounder
Miko Marks – Let The Music Get Down in Your Soul – [single] – Redtone Records
Amos Lee – Little Light – My New Moon – Dualtone
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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.