Folk Alley Radio Show #260212
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This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes to celebrate of Black History Month as we spotlight legends Robert Johnson, Nina Simone, Sleepy John Estes, Jesse Fuller, The Staple Singers, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and contemporary artists they have influenced including Cassandra Wilson, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Hot Tuna, Rhiannon Giddens, Guy Davis, and more.
In hour two, enjoy new music from Ye Vagabonds, Jesse Appelman, Aysanabee, Mon Rovîa, Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, Laurie Lewis, along with many other faves.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Robert Johnson – Crossroads – Martin Scorsese Presents the Best of the Blues – UTV Records
Cassandra Wilson – Come On In My Kitchen – Blue Light ‘Til Dawn – Blue Note
Crooked Still – Last Fair Deal Gone Down – Hop High – Footprint
Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew What It Feels To Be Free – Silk & Soul – RCA/Victor
Ollabelle – See Line Woman – Riverside Battle Songs – Verve
Sleepy John Estes – Milk Cow Blues – I Ain’t Gonna Be Worried No More, 1929-1941 – Yazoo
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Diving Duck Blues – TajMo – Concord Records
Jesse Fuller – Rockin’ Boogie (live) – Friends of Old Time Music-The Folk Arrival 1961-1965 – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Grateful Dead – Monkey and the Engineer – Reckoning – Arista
Hot Tuna – San Francisco Bay Blues – Live in Japan – Eagle Records
The Staple Singers – If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me) – Be What You Are – Stax
Rhiannon Giddens (with Bhi Bhiman) – Freedom Highway – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Walk On (live) – Lightnin’ Sonny &_Brownie – Society Records
Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi – Hooray, Hooray These Women Are Killing Me (in-studio) – Folk Alley Sessions – Folk Alley Exclusive Recording
Hour Two
Ye Vagabonds – Cuckoo Storm – All Tied Together – River Lea (Rough Trade)
Jesse Appelman – Liminal Criminal – Where We Go – Jesse Appelman
Gillian Welch – Go On Downtown (Revival outtake) – Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg – Acony Records
Aysanabee – Dream Catcher (Acoustic) – Timelines [EP] – Ishkode Records
Morgan Toney – Pjila’si Piskwa – Heal the Divide – Ishkode Records
Mon Rovîa – Field Song. – Bloodline – Nettwerk
Peter One – Birds Go Die Out of Sight (Don’t Go Home) (feat Allison Russell) – Come Back to Me – Verve Forecast
Big Harp – I Got An Itch – Runs to Blue – Saddle Creek
Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence – The Way I Remember You – Havin’ a Talk – Bee & El/Warner
Watchhouse – Shape – Rituals – Tiptoe Tiger Music
Clay Street Unit – Drive – Sin & Squalor – Leo33
The East Pointers – Rafters – Schoonertown – The East Pointers/Nettwerk
The Foghorn Stringband – Stillhouse – Devil In the Seat – Foghorn Music
Laurie Lewis – Fair and Tender Ladies – O California! – Spruce and Maple Music
Molsky’s Mountain Drifters – There’s A Bright Side Somewhere – Closing the Gap – Tree Fog Music
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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 74 stations nationally.
