Folk Alley Radio Show #250828
This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes as we mark the unofficial end of summer with a look at the history behind Labor Day and the music of the labor movement. You’ll hear songs from Pete Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Joan Baez, Utah Phillips, Hazel Dickens, Rosalie Sorrels, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Laurie Lewis with Alice Gerrard, Tracy Chapman, Della Mae, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and more.
In hour two, enjoy fresh new tracks from Jesse Welles, Margo Price, Peter Rowan, Alexa Rose, Ethan Setiawan, Fruit Bats, blues great Rory Block, and Mister Romantic (aka John C. Reilly), along with a seasonal favorites from Lucy Kaplansky, Guy Clark, and more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Pete Seeger – Solidarity Forever – If I Had A Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle – Smithsonian Folkways
Natalie Merchant – Which Side Are You On? – SEEDS:Songs of Pete Seeger Vol 3 – Appleseed
Joan Baez – Joe Hill – One Day At A Time – Vanguard
Utah Phillips (compilation) – There Is Power In A Union – Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill – Smithsonian Folkways
Hazel Dickens (compilation) – The Rebel Girl – Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill – Smithsonian Folkways
Rosalie Sorrels – I Am A Union Woman – The Long Memory – Red House Records
Old Crow Medicine Show – Union Maid – Big Iron World – Nettwerk
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Union Prayer – Mermaid Avenue III – Nonesuch
Valerie June – Workin’ Woman Blues – Pushin’ Against a Stone – Sunday Best Recordings
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands (feat. Alice Gerrard) – Working Girl Blues – The Hazel and Alice Sessions – Spruce and Maple Music
Tracy Chapman – Woman’s Work – Matters of the Heart – Elektra
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch – Everybodys Workin For the Man Again – You Can’t Save Everybody – Compass
Della Mae – Sixteen Tons – The Butcher Shoppe (EP) – Rounder Records
Sweet Honey In the Rock – More Than A Paycheck – Breaths – FlyingFish
Hard Working Americans – Mr. President Have Pity On the Working Man – Hard Working Americans – Melvin Records/Thirty Tigers
Hour Two
Lucy Kaplansky – The Last Days of Summer – The Last Days of Summer – Lucy Kaplansky
Pat Donohue – Summer’s End – Backroads – Bluesky
Guy Clark – Homegrown Tomatoes (live) – Songs and Stories – Dualtone
Rory Block – Me and My Chauffeur Blues – Heavy On the Blues – M.C. Records
Memphis Minnie – You Need A Friend – I Ain’t No Bad Girl – Portrait
Jesse Welles – The Great Caucasian God – Devil’s Den – Jesse Welles
Margo Price – Don’t Wake Me Up (feat. Jesse Welles) – Hard Headed Woman – Loma Vista
Peter Rowan – Free Mexican Airforce – Tales of the Free Mexican Airforce – Peter Rowan
Old and in the Way – Midnight Moonlight – Old and In the Way – Ryko
Alexa Rose – Where the Magic Lives – Atmosphere – First City Artists
Ethan Setiawan – Mount Holly – Encyclopedia Mandolinnica – Adhyaropa Records
Fruit Bats – Stuck In My Head Again – Baby Man – Merge Records
Mister Romantic (John C. Reilly) – I’ll Be Seeing You – What’s Not To Love? – Eternal Magic
Watkins Family Hour – Keep It Clean – Brother Sister – Family Hour Records (Thirty Tigers)
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