Hear the Best New Folk Music with Fresh Cuts Friday
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In the meantime, check out some of the best new music we’ve been listening to this week.
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Miko Marks, “Let the Music Get Down in Your Soul”
“Let The Music Get Down in Your Soul,” Miko Marks’ latest single, was originally released in 1979 by gospel great Rance Allen of The Rance Allen Group, and is one of Marks’ favorites. “When I was around 16 years old in Detroit, Michigan, I was lucky enough to perform with him in a gospel play called ‘Mama Don’t,’” she recalls. “This was one of my rare stage performances at that time, and to be able to sing with one of the greats in gospel music is a priceless memory. It reminds me of how music has, and always will be, a healer. As we navigate uncertainty and these tumultuous times in our country, I hope this song can be a sweet respite for the listener to retreat and find a little joy.”
Sister Sadie, “I Wish it Would Rain” (feat. Steve Earle)
Bluegrass sextet Sister Sadie have a new album on the way with All Will be Well (out 6/27). Their cover of Nanci Griffith’s “I Wish it Would Rain” is a standout performance featuring Steve Earle on harmony vocals.
Brad Kolodner, “Old Growth”
Folk Alley host Brad Kolodner is about to release his latest, Old Growth, a collection of instrumental pieces played on the fretless gourd banjo. Brad shares about the title track “The single is an original tune I composed mere days before the recording session after a brisk winter walk in the woods along the tranquil, mist-covered waters of the Big Gunpowder River in northern Baltimore County, a place that always bring me calm amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life.”
Kelsey Waldon, “Tiger Lilies”
Kentucky singer-songwriter’s Kelsey Waldon sixth studio album Every Ghost (out 6/20) features the song “Tiger Lilies.” The song is inspired by Waldon’s late grandmother — a spirited matriarch and avid gardener. “She had a dramatic display of tiger lilies in her yard,” Waldon shares. “Even after she moved, she took them with her. I dug up a bunch, and now they’re in my own yard. It’s a way to keep her spirit alive — just like those flowers, traditions keep growing.”
