Folk Alley Radio Show #251113
This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes as we kick off the end-of-year award season with a spotlight on the recently announced 2026 Grammy Award nominations for Best Folk, Bluegrass, and Americana Albums. Hear from I’m With Her, Jesse Welles, Jon Batiste, Sierra Hull, Jason Isbell, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson, Larkin Poe, and other nominees.
In hour two, enjoy new music from Jeff Tweedy, Fruit Bats, Mavis Staples, and Mon Rovia, along with favorites from John Craigie, Our Native Daughters, and Patti Smith. Plus, catch a Basic Folk excerpt with Frazey Ford, celebrate Neil Young in honor of his 80th birthday, and more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue – Wild and Clear and Blue – Rounder
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – Marching Jaybird – What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow – Nonesuch
Patty Griffin – Back at the Start – Crown of Roses – PGM Recordings
Jesse Welles – War Isn’t Murder (Live 4-18-2024) – Under the Powerlines (Live April 2024 – September 2024) – Jesse Wells
Jason Isbell – Ride To Robert’s – Foxes in the Snow – Southeastern
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Richmond On the James – Arcadia – Down The Road Records
Sierra Hull – Spitfire – Tip Toe High Wire – Sierra Hull
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland – With A Vamp In the Middle – Carter & Cleveland – FiddleMan Records
The SteelDrivers – Outrun – Outrun – Sun Label
Billy Strings – Gild the Lily – Highway Prayers – Reprise Records
Jon Batiste – Big Money – Big Money – Verve
Larkin Poe – Little Bit (Unplugged) – An Acoustic Companion Vol II – Tricki-Woo Records
Molly Tuttle – The Highway Knows – So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Nonesuch
Willie Nelson – Lost Cause – Last Leaf On the Tree – Sony Music
Hour Two
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio (live) – 4 Way Street (live) – Atlantic
K.D. Lang – Helpless – Hymns Of The 49th Parallel – Nonesuch
Caitlin Canty – Unknown Legend – Reckless Skyline – Caitlin Canty
Jeff Tweedy – Out In the Dark – Twilight Override – DBPM Records
Fruit Bats – Let You People Down – Baby Man – Merge Records
Frazey Ford – Basic Folk Interview excerpt with Frazey Ford – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk
Frazey Ford – Crazy Love – Indian Ocean (Deluxe Edition) – Nettwerk
John Craigie – Nomads – Asterisk the Universe – Zabriskie Point Records (Thirty Tigers)
The Faux Paws – Riverdog – No Bad Ideas – Great Bear Records
The Lumineers – Same Old Song – Automatic – Dualtone
Mavis Staples – Human Mind – Sad and Beautiful World – ANTI
Our Native Daughters – You’re Not Alone – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Mon Rovîa – Heavy Foot – [single] – Nettwerk
Patti Smith – Peaceable Kingdom – Trampin’ – Sony/Columbia
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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.
