Folk Alley Radio Show – 3 Folk Jakes, Happy Birthday Keb’ Mo’ – and more!
This week, we’ll say happy birthday to Keb’ Mo’, check out new music from three different folky Jakes, explore the origins of Valerie June’s new song, and give a preview of Cape Breton’s Celtic Colours International Festival.
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Artist – Song – Album – Label
~Hour One~
Mary Jane Lamond – “Seinn O” – ‘Suas e!’ – A&M
Liz Carroll – “The Golden Legs” – ‘Lost in the Loop’ – GLCD
Dave Gunning – “Vincent Coleman” – ‘Field Notes’ – Wee House of Music
Còig – “Home From the Forest” – ‘Ashlar’ – Còig Music
Laura Cortese – “Face the Rain” – ‘Lucky Water’ – Compass
Keb’ Mo’ – “Fussing and Fighting” – ‘The Breakdown’ – Concord Records
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – “All Around the World” – ‘TajMo’ – Concord Records
Jake Bugg – “Alamo” – ‘Never Can Tell’ – Lovebugg Recording
Jake Xerxes Fussell – “Every Time I Go to Town” – ‘The Old Beloved Path’ – Fat Possum Records
Jake Blount – “Shady Grove” – ‘Single-Footing Horse’ – Jake Blount
Valerie June – “Smokestack” – ‘Brighter Blue EP’ – Concord
Howlin’ Wolf – “Smokestack Lightnin'” – ‘His Best’ – MCA/Chess
Odetta – “In The Pines” – ‘Looking For a Home (Leadbelly Tribute)’ – M.C.
Janis Joplin – “Mercedes Benz” – ‘Pearl’ – Columbia
Nat Myers – “Louisville Blues” – ‘[single]’ – Nat Myers
~ Hour Two ~
Gillian Welch – “Orphan Girl” – ‘Revival’ – ALMO
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – “What We Had” – ‘Woodland’ – Acony
Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch – “I’ll Fly Away” – ‘O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack’ – Mercury
Kelly Hunt – “Dreamer” – ‘Requiem for a Sleepless Night’ – Compass Records
Trampled By Turtles – “Are You Behind the Shining Star?” – ‘Wild Animals’ – BanjoDad Records
Denitia – “Texas Angel” – ‘Country Road’ – Texas Angel
Los Lobos – “Jamaica, Say You Will” – ‘Native Sons’ – New West Records
Muireann Bradley – “Dancing On My Grave” – ‘Blackwood Pew EP’ – Fontana Records/Verve
Bryan Sutton/Doc Watson – “Whiskey Before Breakfast” – ‘Not Too Far From the Tree’ – Sugar Hill
The Kennedys – “Like An Angel” – ‘Smoketree’ – The Kennedys
Nickel Creek – “Somebody More Like You” – ‘Why Should The Fire Die?’ – Sugarhill
Mr. Sun – “Oatmeal” – ‘The Idea Guys’ – Adhyâropa Records
Eilen Jewell – “It’s Your Voodoo Working” – ‘Down Hearted Blues’ – Signature Sounds
Dolly Parton (comp) – “Bound to Ride (feat. The First Ladies of Bluegrass)” – ‘Where The Soul Never Dies: Celebrating 80 Years of The Stanley Brothers’ – Compass
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – “My Cabin in Caroline” – ‘The Vintage Years’ – COLUMBIA
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The show is available for free to stations via PRX.org or directly from Folk Alley via Dropbox for non-PRX members.
