Hear the Best New Folk Music with Fresh Cuts Friday
January has been relatively quiet thus far in terms of new releases, but there is a lot coming our way at the end of the month—and even more in February and March. We’ve got a steaming buffet of new tunes to share, to help get your year off to a good start.
As usual, you can hear the best new music every Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Eastern, 11:00 a.m. Pacific brought to you by DJ Cindy Howes on Folk Alley, the app, and your smart speaker…(Alexa, play Folk Alley!) If you can’t make it, don’t sweat it—you can tune into the Fresh Cuts stream anytime, in all those same places.
And, to hear hours of the newest releases, check out the Fresh Cuts stream anytime.
Now, for a sampling:
Eva Cassidy – “Tall Trees in Georgia”
To celebrate Cassidy’s 60th birthday, a new album celebrating the late singer pairs her vocals with arrangements from the London Symphony Orchestra. The disc, I Can Only Be Me, is due March 3.
Mile Twelve – “Take Me as I Am”
This new song from Mile Twelve’s forthcoming Close Enough to Hear album (due Feb. 3) reimagines the fate—and life choices—of Odysseus in Homer’s telling of the ancient story.
Last October, Margo Price released a memoir that has been garnering plenty of attention for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter. She follows it closely with a new album, Strays, which she wrote over the course of six days while eating psychedelic mushrooms in a South Carolina cottage.
A newly compiled posthumous album by Ali Farka Toure was announced recently, and is due for release on March 10. It includes fellow Malian Oumou Sangare on three tracks and was co-produced by Toure’s son Vieux Farka Toure.
This track hails from French Celtic band Doolin’s forthcoming Circus Boy album, which is due March 3 on Compass Records.
