Folk Alley Radio Show #251218
This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes for a look back at the year in music, featuring the songs that received the most airplay on Folk Alley. Hear music from Jesse Welles, Rose Cousins, Eliza Gilkyson, Jason Isbell, Morgan Toney, and Mdou Moctar—plus more of Folk Alley’s picks for Best of 2025 including William Prince, Kathleen Edwards, Robert Plant, Hayes Carll, Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton, and much more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Jesse Welles – Horses – Middle – Jesse Welles
Arny Margret – Happy New Year – I Miss You, I Do – One Little Independent Records
Rose Cousins – K’s Waltz – Conditions Of Love – Vol 1 – Nettwerk Records
Denison Witmer – Focus Ring (feat. Sufjan Stevens) – Anything At All – Asthmatic Kitty Records
Joel Timmons – The Swimming Song – Psychedelic Surf Country – Joel Timmons
Sierra Hull – Boom – Tip Toe High Wire – Sierra Hull
Kora Feder – Rambling Man – Some Kind of Truth – Kora Feder
Eliza Gilkyson – Dark Night of the Soul – The Dark Ages – Realiza Records
Mon Rovîa – Rust – Act 4: Atonement [EP] – Nettwerk
Morgan Toney – Golden Regalia – Heal The Divide – Ishkode Records
Jason Isbell – Bury Me – Foxes in the Snow – Southeastern
Anna B Savage – Lighthouse – You & I are Earth – City Slang
Samantha Crain – Ridin’ Out the Storm – Gumshoe – Real Kind
Mdou Moctar – Takoba (Injustice Version) – Tears of Injustice – Matador Records
Hour Two
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Our Home (feat. Tim O’Brien) – The Purple Bird – No Quarter Records
Olivia Ellen Lloyd – Do It Myself – Do It Myself – Wright Lloyd Records
The Barr Brothers – English Harbour (feat. Jim James) – Let It Hiss – Secret City Records
William Prince – On Rolls the Wheel – Further From the Country – Six Shooter Records
Kathleen Edwards – Billionaire – Billionaire – Dualtone
Robert Plant with Suzi Dian – As I Roved Out – Saving Grace – Nonesuch
I’m With Her – Ancient Light – Wild and Clear and Blue – I’m with Her/Rounder/Concord
Hayes Carll – Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle) – We’re Only Human – Hwy 87 Records
Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton – Nashville Blues (live) – Live at the Legion – Reprise
The Onlies – Roll On Buddy – You Climb The Mountain – The Onlies
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – Marching Jaybird – What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow – Nonesuch Records
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland – Outrun the Rain – Carter & Cleveland – Fiddle Man Records
Watchhouse – All Around You – Rituals – Tiptoe Tiger Music
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – I Can’t Wait – Volume 4 – Dead Reckoning Records
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