Folk Alley Radio Show #251016

This week on Folk Alley, it’s new music from Meredith Moon, Robert Plant & Suzi Dian, Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, along with a 60-year anniversary re-issue from Joan Baez’s best-selling’ album, ‘Farewell, Angelina’ and more 1965 classics. Plus, we lean into spooky sounds from Rosie Flores and the Talismen, Pat Donohue, and Lucinda Williams.

In hour two, it’s more new music from John Gorka and Flock of Dimes, an interview excerpt from the latest Basic Folk episode featuring David Wilcox, along with a set of autumnal songs from Bob Dylan, Frank Solivan, and Tom Waits, and more creepy tunes from Buddy & Julie Miller and The Decemberists.

Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One

Rosie Flores & The Talismen – Dracula’s Haunt – Impossible Frontiers – Mule Kick Records

Pat Donohue – Funeral March of the Marionettes (no intro) – 38th Kent St. Folk Festival – exclusive Folk Alley KSFF recording

Lucinda Williams – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone – Highway 20 Records (Thirty Tigers)

Meredith Moon – Lulu Gal – From Here To the Sea – Compass

Mama’s Broke – October’s Lament – Narrow Line – Free Dirt

Robert Plant with Suzi Dian – It’s A Beautiful Day Today – Saving Grace – Nonesuch

Devil In A Woodpile – Bron-Y-Aur Stomp – In Your Lonesome Town – Bloodshot

Led Zeppelin – The Battle of Evermore – Led Zeppelin IV – Atlantic

Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence – ‘Dat Ain’t Right – [single] – Bee & El / Warner

Silas Lowe – Brown Gravy Kitchen – Mirror Behind the Bar – Silas Lowe

Joan Baez – Ranger’s Command (Remastered 2025) – Farewell, Angelina (2025 Remaster) – Craft Recordings

Bert Jansch – Smokey River – Bert Jansch – Sanctuary/BMG

Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band – Jug Band Music – Jug Band Music – Vanguard

Joy Oladokun – I’d Miss the Birds – Observations From A Crowded Room – Republic

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Mellow Out (Demo) – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (10th Anniversary Edition) – Stax

Hour Two

Bob Dylan – Autumn Leaves – Shadows In the Night – Columbia

Frank Solivan – When the Leaves Turn Brown – Family, Friends & Heroes – Compass Records

Tom Waits – Last Leaf – Bad As Me – Anti

John Gorka – A Light Exists In Spring – Unentitled – Red House/Compass Records Group

Patty Larkin – Time Was/Solo Flight (live) – Live in the Square – Rounder

David Wilcox – Basic Folk Interview excerpt with David Wilcox – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk

David Wilcox – Infinity Pool – The View From the Edge – David Wilcox

Flock of Dimes – Long After Midnight – The Life You Save – Subpop

Iron & Wine – Each Coming Night – Our Endless Numbered Days – SubPop

Molly Tuttle – That’s Gonna Leave A Mark – So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Nonesuch

Carsie Blanton – My Good Friends – After the Revolution – Carsie Blanton

The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers – The Crane Wife – Capitol/Rough Trade

Buddy & Julie Miller – Feast of the Dead – Breakdown on 20th Ave. South – New West Records

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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.