Folk Alley Radio Show #250918

This week, we spotlight the winners and honorees of this year’s Americana Music Association Honors and Award show that recently took place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Hear from 2X Artist of Year, Sierra Ferrell, Album of the Year winner, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats, Duo/Group of the Year, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, and more.
In hour two, hear new music from Lori McKenna with Medium Build, Jake Blount, Dean Johnson, Molly Tuttle, Caroline Spence, and Hayes Carll, along with favorites from Mark Erelli, Rhiannon Giddens, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Jorma Kaukonen, and much more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming – Trail of Flowers – Rounder Records
The Mavericks – Moon & Stars (feat. Sierra Ferrell) – Moon & Stars – Mono Mundo Recordings/Thirty Tigers
Benjamin Tod – One Last Time (feat. Sierra Ferrell) – Shooting Star – Benjamin Tod
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Heartless – South of Here – Stax Records
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Get Used to the Night – South of Here – Stax Records
I’m With Her – Ancient Light – Wild and Clear and Blue – I’m with Her/Rounder/Concord
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Empty Trainload of Sky – Woodland – Acony
Mighty Poplar – A Distant Land to Roam – Mighty Poplar – Free Dirt Records
Alex Hargreaves (comp) – Fiddle Patch (live) – 2006 Grand Master Fiddle Championship – 2011 Grand Master Fiddle Championship
Billy Strings – Seven Weeks in County – Highway Prayers – Reprise Records
MJ Lenderman – Joker Lips – Manning Fireworks – Anti
Waxahatchee – Right Back To It (feat. MJ Lenderman) – Tigers Blood – Anti
Darrell Scott – You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive – Aloha from Nashville – Sugar Hill
Darrell Scott – Willow Creek – A Crooked Road – Full Light Records
The McCrary Sisters – Run On (featuring Allen McCrary) – [single] – The McCrary Sisters
Hour Two
Lori McKenna – Tied To You (feat. Medium Build) – [single] – CN Records
Mark Erelli – Sense of Wonder – Lay Your Darkness Down – Mark Erelli/Soundly Music
Jake Blount (compilation) – House Carpenter – Long Journey Home: A Century After the 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers – Appalseed Productions
Brad Kolodner – Red Prairie Dawn – Old Growth – Brad Kolodner
Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi – I’m On My Way – There Is No Other – Nonesuch
Caroline Spence – Where the Time Goes – Heart Go Wild – Tone Tree Music
Sandy Denny – Who Knows Where the Time Goes – Sandy Denny And The Strawbs – Hannibal
Dean Johnson – Death of the Party – I Hope We Can Still Be Friends – Saddle Creek
Rainbow Girls – Down Home Girl – Give the People What They Want – Rainbow Girls
Danny Barnes – Cat to the Rat – Got Myself Together (10 Years Late) – Eight 30 Records
Molly Tuttle – The Highway Knows – So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Nonesuch
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Cumbé – Mettavolution – ATO
Jorma Kaukonen – Nashville Blues – River of Time – Red House
Hayes Carll – Good People (Thank Me) – We’re Only Human – Hwy 87 Records
Sturgill Simpson – A Little Light – Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions) – High Top Mountain (Thirty Tigers)
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