Folk Alley Radio Show: For Dolly
We are handing the first hour over to Dolly Parton on the Folk Alley Radio Show this week. We’re highlighting some of our favorite covers, collaborations, and duets featuring America’s sweetheart as we come together to grieve and remember.
Hour two observes Labor Day through the union, worker, equality, and protest songs that have empowered generations.
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Artist – Song – Album – Label
Hour One: Dolly Parton Tribute
Dolly Parton – “Coat of Many Colors” – ‘Coat of Many Colors’ – RCA Victor
Rhiannon Giddens – “Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind” – ‘Tomorrow is My Turn’ – Nonesuch Records
Kenny Rogers – “Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Dolly Parton)” – ‘Life is Like a Song’ – UMG Recordings
Dolly Parton – “Shine” – ‘Little Sparrow’ – Sugar Hill
Norah Jones, Dolly Parton – “Creepin’ In” – ‘Feels Like Home’ – BlueNote
Alison Krauss – “9 to 5” – ‘Dolly Parton Tribute: Just Because I’m a Woman’ – Sugar Hill
Lula Wiles – “The Pain of Loving You” – ‘What Will We Do’ – Smithsonian Folkways
Dolly Parton (comp) – “The Last Thing On My Mind” – ‘I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson At 100’ – FLI Records
Beyonce – “Jolene” – ‘Cowboy Carter’ – Columbia Records
Dolly Parton – “Dumb Blonde” – ‘Hello, I’m Dolly’ – Sony Music
Ana Egge – “Wildflowers” – ‘Bright Shadow’ – Grace/Parkinsong
Dolly Parton & Family – “Smoky Mountain DNA” – ‘Smoky Mountain DNA’ – Owepar Records
Emmylou Harris – “Gold (feat. Dolly Parton)” – ‘All I Intended To Be’ – Nonesuch
Linda Ronstadt – “I Will Always Love You” – ‘Prisoner in Disguise’ – Asylum Records
Trio (Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton) – “After The Gold Rush” – ‘Trio II (Two)’ – Asylum
Trio (Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton) – “Farther Along” – ‘Trio’ – Warner Records
Hour Two
Pete Seeger – “Solidarity Forever” – ‘If I Had A Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle’ – Smithsonian Folkways
Natalie Merchant – “Which Side Are You On?” – ‘SEEDS:Songs of Pete Seeger Vol 3’ – Appleseed
Joan Baez – “Joe Hill” – ‘One Day At A Time’ – Vanguard
Utah Phillips (compilation) – “There Is Power In A Union” – ‘Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill 990’ – Smithsonian Folkways
Hazel Dickens (compilation) – “The Rebel Girl” – ‘Don’t Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill 990’ – Smithsonian Folkways
Rosalie Sorrels – “I Am A Union Woman” – ‘The Long Memory’ – Red House Records
Old Crow Medicine Show – “Union Maid” – ‘Big Iron World’ – Nettwerk
Billy Bragg & Wilco – “Union Prayer” – ‘Mermaid Avenue III’ – Nonesuch
Valerie June – “Workin’ Woman Blues” – ‘Pushin’ Against a Stone’ – Sunday Best Recordings
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands (feat. Alice Gerrard) – “Working Girl Blues” – ‘The Hazel and Alice Sessions’ – Spruce and Maple Music
Tracy Chapman – “Woman’s Work” – ‘Matters of the Heart’ – Elektra
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch – “Everybodys Workin For the Man Again” – ‘You Can’t Save Everybody’ – Compass
Della Mae – “Sixteen Tons” – ‘The Butcher Shoppe (EP)’ – Rounder Records
Sweet Honey In the Rock – “More Than A Paycheck” – ‘Breaths’ – Flying Fish
Hard Working Americans – “Mr. President Have Pity On the Working Man” – ‘Hard Working Americans’ – Melvin Records/Thirty
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