Folk Alley Radio Show #260129
This week on Folk Alley, we celebrate the winners of this year’s International Folk Music Awards, presented January 21 in New Orleans. Hear music from Carsie Blanton, I’m With Her, Crys Matthews, and The Baltic Sisters, along with new releases from Steve Poltz, Ye Vagabonds, and Emily Scott Robinson, plus a classic from John Prine and more.
In hour two, enjoy a previously unreleased track from the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ ‘Genuine Nego Jig’ (15th Anniversary Edition), alongside more highlights from recent releases by Eric Bibb and Mavis Staples. You’ll also hear advance singles from upcoming albums by The Milk Carton Kids, Iron & Wine, and Jeffrey Martin, along with favorites from Joy Oladokun, Rosanne Cash, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and more.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
I’m With Her – Wild and Clear and Blue – Wild and Clear and Blue – I’m with Her/Rounder/Concord
I’m With Her – Standing On the Fault Line – Wild and Clear and Blue – I’m with Her/Rounder/Concord
Carsie Blanton – Little Flame – [single] – Carsie Blanton
Crys Matthews – Sleeves Up – [single] – Crys Matthews
The Baltic Sisters – Sese sodu sadina – Värav Vārti Vartai – CPL Music
Steve Poltz – Love a Little Bigger – Joyride – Red House Records
John Prine – The Sins of Memphisto – Great Days: The John Prine Anthology – Rhino Records
Joachim Cooder – Rabbit In the Pea Patch – Over That Road I’m Bound: The Songs of Uncle Dave Macon – Nonesuch
Darrell Scott – Won’t You Come And Sing For Me – I’ll Meet You In A Song – Here Records
Eliza Gilkyson – World Keeps on Singing – Home – Realiza Records/Amplified
Ye Vagabonds – Danny – All Tied Together – River Lea (Rough Trade)
John Doyle – Jack Dolan – Wayward Son – Compass
First Aid Kit – Fallen Snow – Palomino – Columbia Records
Emily Scott Robinson – Hymn for the Unholy – Appalachia – Oh Boy Records
Hour Two
Eric Bibb – This One Don’t – One Mississippi – Repute Records
New Dangerfield – Dangerfield Newby – [single] – Free Dirt Records
Mavis Staples – We’ve Got To Have Peace – Sad and Beautiful World – ANTI
The Milk Carton Kids – A Friend Like You – Lost Cause Lover Fool – Far Cry/Thirty Tigers
Joy Oladokun – Friends (feat Mt. Joy) – Proof of Life – Amigo Records, Verve Forecast, Republic
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Here Rattler – Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniv Edition) – Nonesuch
Rosanne Cash – Girl from the North Country – The List – Manhattan Records
Levon Helm – When I Go Away – Electric Dirt – Vanguard
Iron & Wine – In Your Ocean – Hen’s Teeth – SubPop
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Little Black Star – Look Out Mama – Born To Win Records
Jeffrey Martin – Garden (live) – Alive July 25, 2025 – Fluff & Gravy
Pharis & Jason Romero – Pale Morning – Tell ‘Em You Were Gold – Smithsonian Folkways
Western Centuries – Space Force (feat. Jim Lauderdale) – Call the Captain – Free Dirt
LSMR (Louise Støjberg & Martin Rauff) – Trim Your Wick – Appetite for Distraction – GO’ Danish Folk Music
The Pogues – Greenland Whale Fisheries – Red Roses For Me (Expanded Edition) – Warner Music UK
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