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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.

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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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