Folk Alley Radio Show #260115
This week on the Folk Alley Radio Show, join Cindy Howes to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. Hear songs from Nina Simone, Richie Havens, Ruthie Foster, Mavis Staples and the Staple Singers, Odetta, Resistance Revival Chorus, Rhiannon Giddens, Patty Griffin, and more.
In hour two, enjoy new music from The Lowest Pair, Courtney Marie Andrews, Jenna Nicholls, and Carsie Blanton; along with a Basic Folk interview excerpt with Mary Chapin Carpenter, plus a birthday salute to Dolly Parton in honor of her 80th trip around the sun on January 19th.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew What It Feels To Be Free – Silk & Soul – RCA/Victor
Richie Havens – Freedom – Best Of – Rhino
Ruthie Foster – Woke Up This Mornin’ – Runaway Soul – Blue Corn
The Staple Singers – Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You Around – What the World Needs Now Is Love – Epic
Mavis Staples – Eyes On the Prize – We’ll Never Turn Back – ANTI
Odetta Jim – Crow Blues – Looking For a Home (Leadbelly Tribute) – M.C.
Kate Campbell – Greensboro – The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol.1) – Large River Music
Nanci Griffith – The Loving Kind – The Loving Kind – Rounder
Resistance Revival Chorus – Ella’s Song – This Joy – Righteous Babe Records
Rhiannon Giddens – I Shall Not Be Moved (with Francesco Turrisi) – They’re Calling Me Home – Nonesuch
Freedom Singers (comp) – This Little Light of Mine (live) – Freedom: Songs from the Heart of America – Sony
Pete Seeger – We Shall Overcome (live) – Greatest Hits – CBS/Sony
Eilen Jewell – How Long – Letters From Sinners & Strangers – Signature
Patty Griffin – Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) – Children Running Through – ATO
Hour Two
Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors – Coat of Many Colors – RCA Victor
Trio (Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton) – After The Gold Rush – Trio II – Asylum
Ana Egge – Wildflowers – Bright Shadow – Grace/Parkinsong
The Lowest Pair – The Uncertain Seas – Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be – Delicata Records
Eli West – Ever Lovin’ Need To Know – The Shape of a Sway – Tender & Mild
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Basic Folk Interview excerpt with Mary Chapin Carpenter – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Girl and Her Dog – Personal History – Lambent Light Records
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart – A Heart That Never Closes – Looking For The Thread – Lambent Light Records
Courtney Marie Andrews – Keeper – Valentine – Loose Future
Fruit Bats – Stuck In My Head – Again – Baby Man – Merge Records
John Craigie – Fire Season – I Swam Here – Zabriskie Point Records
Jenna Nicholls – Holy Moses – The Commuter – Royal Potato Family/The Orchard
Carsie Blanton – Little Flame – [single] – Carsie Blanton
Steve Earle – Christmas In Washington – El Corazon – Warner Bro
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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.
