Folk Alley Radio Show #260326

This week on Folk Alley, we celebrate the arrival of spring with songs inspired by the season from Gillian Welch, David Francey, Sierra Hull, Tom Waits, Anjimile, Greg Brown, John Gorka, Richard Shindell, and more.

In hour two, hear new music from Rodney Crowell with Emmylou Harris & Lera Lynn, The Milk Carton Kids, Andrew Bird, Tinariwen, and Gipsy Kings. Plus, a Basic Folk interview excerpt with Joe Henry and Mark Erelli—and a tribute to the late bluesman Paul Geremia.

Artist-Song-Album-Label

Hour One

Gillian Welch – Winter’s Come and Gone – Hell Among the Yearlings – ALM Sounds

David Francey – Red-Winged Blackbird – Torn Screen Door – Laker Music

Sierra Hull – Redbird – Tip Toe High Wire – Sierra Hull

Stephanie Davis – Crocus In The Snow – Crocus In The Snow – Recluse

The Early Mays – Red Bud – The Early Mays – The Early Mays

Pentangle – Springtime Promises – Basket Of Light – Shanchie

Ottmar Liebert with Luna Negra – Spring Rain – La Semana – SpiralSub

T Sisters – Seduction of Spring – Kindred Lines – Spruce and Maple Music

Catherine Maclellan – Winter Spring – The Raven’s Sun

Tom Waits – You Can Never Hold Back Spring – Orphans (Bawlers) – ANTI

Greg Brown – Spring Wind – Dream Café – Red House

Anjimile – Ever New – [single] – Psychic Hotline

John Gorka – A Light Exists In Spring – Unentitled – Red House/Compass Records Group

Richard Shindell – Spring – Somewhere Near Paterson – SignatureS

Hour Two

Paul Geremia – Slidell Blues – I Really Don’t Mind Livin’ – Flying Fish

Paul Geremia – Something’s Gotta Be Arranged (live) – Live At Caffè Lena : Music From America’s Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013 – Tompkins Square

Rodney Crowell – Go Light A Candle (feat. Emmylou Harris & Lera Lynn) – [single] – New West

Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington (comp) – Callie Rose – Rebuilding – Fat Possum

The Milk Carton Kids – Blue Water – Lost Cause Lover Fool – Far Cry Records

Joe Henry & Mark Erelli – Basic Folk Interview excerpt with Joe Henry & Mark Erelli – Basic Folk interview excerpt – Basic Folk

Mark Erelli – Weary Traveler – Spring Green – Mark Erelli

Joe Henry – Bloom – The Gospel According To Water – earMUSIC

Andrew Bird – Need Someone – [single] – Wegwam Music/Loma Vista Recordings

Josienne Clarke – Words Were Never the Answer – Onliness (songs of solitude and singularity) – Corduroy Punk Records

Tinariwen – Sagherat Assani (feat. Sulafa Elyas) – Hoggar – Wedge

Gipsy Kings – Historia – Historia – Cooking Vinyl

The Head and the Heart – Lost in My Mind (DEMO) – The Head And The Heart (15th Anniversary Edition) – Verve Forecast

Brandi Carlile – Hard Way Home – Bear Creek – Columbia

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