Folk Alley Radio Show #251106
This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes for fresh new sounds from Greensky Bluegrass, Caroline Spence, Ana Egge, Anna Tivel, and Todd Snider, along with favorites from Elephant Revival, Leftover Salmon, and Hayes Carll, plus happy birthday shout-outs to Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell. We also take time to remember the Scottish folk legend Archie Fisher.
In hour two, enjoy more new music from Brandi Carlile, Mavis Staples, Larkin Poe, and Flock of Dimes, along with a previously unreleased Tom Petty cover by Emmylou Harris, an advance single from Lucinda Williams’ forthcoming 2026 album, ‘World’s Gone Wrong’, and much more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Archie Fisher – Witch of the West-Mer-Lands – The Man with a Rhyme – Smithsonian Folkways
Stan Rogers- Dark Eyed Molly – Turnaround – Fogarty’s
Tannahill Weavers – The Final Trawl – Dancing Feet – GreenLinne
Joni Mitchell – Raised On Robbery – Court and Spark – Elektra/Asylum Records
Bonnie Raitt – Walking Blues – Bonnie Raitt – Warner Bro
Greensky Bluegrass – Old Barns – XXV – Big Blue Zoo Records/Thirty Tigers
Elephant Revival – Drop – Break In the Clouds – Ruff Shod
Leftover Salmon – Liza – Aquatic Hitchhiker – LoS Records
Caroline Spence – Effortless – Heart Go Wild – Tone Tree Music
Hayes Carll – Love Is So Easy – Lovers and Leavers – Hwy 87 Records
Ana Egge – Frogs of Portland – [single] – Grace Records
Blind Pilot – Pocket Knife – In The Shadow Of The Holy Mountain – ATO
Anna Tivel – Airplane to Nowhere – Animal Poem – Fluff & Gravy Records
Todd Snider – While We Still Have a Chance – High, Lonesome and Then Some – Aimless Records
John Prine – Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You – Great Days: The John Prine Anthology – Rhino Records
Hour Two
Brandi Carlile – Human – Returning To Myself – Interscope / Lost Highway
SistaStrings – Shea Butter Dreams – Lift [EP] – Magik Family Records
Mavis Staples – Beautiful Strangers – Sad and Beautiful World – ANTI
Kevin Morby – Valley – Sundowner – Dead Ocean
Emmylou Harris – My Songbird (live) – Spyboy – Eminent Records
Emmylou Harris – Thing About You (live) – Spyboy (2025 reissue) – New West Records
David Rawlings – Midnight Train – Poor David’s Almanack – Acony Records
Bonny Light Horseman – Mountain Rain – Bonny Light Horseman – 37d03d
Larkin Poe – You Are the River (Unplugged) – An Acoustic Companion Vol II – Tricki-Woo
Lucinda Williams – The World’s Gone Wrong – World’s Gone Wrong – Highway 20 Records
Steve Earle – Halo ‘Round the Moon – Transcendental Blues – E-Squared
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Alibi – The Past Is Still Alive – Nonesuch
Flock of Dimes – Afraid – The Life You Save – Subpop
Mon Rovîa – Rust – Act 4: Atonement [EP] – Nettwerk
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