Folk Alley Radio Show #260101

This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes for our first show of 2026, featuring music to welcome the new year from Over the Rhine, Al Petteway, and Arny Margaret. We’ll also spotlight exciting new debut albums from Mon Rovia and Kat Wallace, then take a deep dive into the vibrant Greenwich Village folk scene as it blossomed in the early 1960s. Enjoy debut and early recordings by artists who would go on to become folk icons—Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Fred Neil, Karen Dalton, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Eric Andersen, Judy Collins, and Koerner, Ray & Glover.

In hour two, it’s more songs from debut album by some of our favorite folk, roots, and bluegrass icons of the 70s, 80s, and 90s – including Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Tom Waitts, Kate Wolf, Alison Krauss, Lucinda Williams, Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch, and much more.

Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One

Over the Rhine – New Year’s Song – Blood Oranges In the Snow – Great Speckled Dog

Al Petteway – A New Dawn – Whispering Stones – Maggie’s Music

Arny Margret – Happy New Year – I Miss You, I Do – One Little Independent Records

Mon Rovîa – Whose Face Am I – Bloodlines – Nettwerk

Kat Wallace – matter of time – Grand Design – Lil Fish Records

Bob Dylan – Song To Woody – Bob Dylan – Sony

Bob Dylan – Talkin’ New York – Bob Dylan – Columbia

Joan Baez – Silver Dagger – Joan Baez – Vanguard

Dave Van Ronk – Duncan and Brady – Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Collection – Smithsonian Folkways

Vince Martin & Fred Neil – Morning Dew – Tear Down the Walls – Rhino/Warner

Richie Havens – Handsome Johnny – Best Of – Rhino

Phil Ochs – Power and the Glory – There But For Fortune – Elektra

Tom Paxton – The Last Thing On My Mind – The Best of Tom Paxton – Elektra

Ian & Sylvia – Rocks and Gravel – Ian & Sylvia – Vanguard

Patrick Sky – Rattlesnake Mountain – Patrick Sky – Vanguard Records/Welk Music Group

Koerner, Ray & Glover – Ramblin’ Blues – Blues, Rags, and Hollers – Red House Records

Hour Two

Bonnie Raitt – Mighty Tight Woman – Bonnie Raitt – Warner Bro

John Prine – Angel From Montgomery – John Prine – Atlantic

Steve Goodman – City Of New Orleans – Steve Goodman – Buddha

Tom Waits – Ol’ 55 – Closing Time – Elektra

Kate Wolf & the Wildwood Flower – Sitting On the Porch – Back Roads – Rhino Records

Lucinda Williams – Ramblin’ On My Mind – Ramblin’ – Smithsonian Folkways

Nanci Griffith – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret) – There’s A Light Beyond These Woods – Rounder

Alison Krauss – Too Late to Cry – Too Late to Cry – Rounder

Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ Bout A Revolution – Tracy Chapman – Elektra

Shawn Colvin – Shotgun Down the Avalanche – Steady On – CBS/Sony

Iris Dement – Let the Mystery Be – Infamous Angel – Rounder

Gillian Welch – Tear My Stillhouse Down – Revival – Almo

Patty Griffin – Mad Mission – Living With Ghosts – A&M

Brandi Carlile – What Can I Say – Brandi Carlile – Columbia

Rhiannon Giddens – Up Above My Head – Tomorrow is My Turn – Nonesuch 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.