Folk Alley (Folk)

On October's Alleycast, we'll hear Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with Eilen Jewell, and our in-studio session with Jessica Lea Mayfield. Plus, we'll hear a sample of music from our Halloween Scream Stream, the Open Mic sounds of Scott & Michelle Dalziel, and hear about Fotheringay, a band fronted by Sandy Denny that made just one highly regarded album in 1970. Over thirty-five years later, the band's second album has finally been released. We'll hear from guitarist Jerry Donahue...

On The Alleycast for September 2008, we feature our exclusive concert recordings from David Francey and Harry Manx from Folk Alley's 5th Anniversary Concert. Plus, we'll hear a segment from our interview with bluegrass musician Rhonda Vincent, and hear from September's featured Open Mic artist Peggy Lynn. Download The Alleycast today!

The Alleycast for August features Folk Alley's exclusive in-studio session recording with legendary musicians Janis Ian. Plus, we hear the sounds of this month's featured Open Mic artist, The Honeydew Drops. We'll also listen to Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with David Bromberg and hear about Robbie Basho - a mystic guitar player who highly influenced John Fahey, Leo Kottke and William Ackerman. Download The Alleycast today!

The Alleycast for July feature's Folk Alley's exclusive in studio session recording with Jorma Kaukonen, plus our exclusive Live From Folk Alley concert with Mountain Heart. We also listen to the featured Open Mic artist for July, Carla Ulbrich, from Somerset, New Jersey. To end the episode this month, we'll hear about Sammy Walker. After being discovered by Phil Ochs, Sammy made four records in the 70s ? two for Smithsonian Folkways, and two for Warner Brothers. Skip ahead to 2008 and Sammy...

The Alleycast for June features Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording from The McDades, plus our special interview with the Everybodyfields. Also featured is Folk Alley's Open Mic artist of the month, Frankylou. Plus, we present a special interview with Ruthann Friedman, she made one record back in 1969 called "Constant Companion." Over thirty years later, she's recording and performing again. Download The Alleycast today!

Download the Alleycast for May to hear Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with Punch Brothers and our in-studio recording with Ray Bonneville. We'll also hear Folk Alley's featured Open Mic artist for May, Mattie Speece and Pat Villines. Plus, you'll hear a story on the obscure group Subway ? a duo who only released one record in 1971. Download the Alleycast today.

Download the Alleycast for April to hear Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with Bill Evans' Soulgrass concert featuring Sam Bush. You'll also hear Folk Alley's exclusive in-studio session recording with Diana Jones and Dave Cousins from Strawbs. Plus, the sweet sounds of The Starlings ? Folk Alley's featured Open Mic artist for April. Download the Alleycast today.

Download the Alleycast for March to hear Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording from The Infamous Stringdusters and our special in-studio recording with The Waybacks. Also featured is a montage of songs from our Irish Music Stream and music from March's Featured Open Mic artist Daniel. Plus, you'll hear a story about the often forgotten music of Duncan Browne. Download the Alleycast today.

On February's Alleycast, we'll listen to music from Malinky?s exclusive Live From Folk Alley concert recording, along with our in-studio session with David Wilcox. We hear the Open Mic sounds of Ember, Ashley Brooke Toussant, and Rick Spreitzer. Plus, we'll get a montage of songs featured in our Love and Alt-Love side streams and hear the obscure sounds of Synanthesia ? a band that made only one record in 1969. Download the Alleycast today!!

Download this episode of the Alleycast to to hear Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with the jazz, swing, fiddle sounds of Elana James. Plus, we'll hear Folk Alley's in-studio session recording with Grada. We also listen to a special montage of the best Folk of 2007, Open Mic artists and the often forgotten sounds of Karen Dalton ? who only released two albums in the late 60s and early 70s. Download the Alleycast today.

The Alleycast for December features Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with Arlo Guthrie plus our in-studio session recording with The Polyjesters. Open Mic artists Mat D. and Fallen Ivory are featured on this episode, along with a special montage of Holiday favorites. We'll also feature the work and story of the mysterious Jandek ? a musician who has released 51 records with virtually no information known about him. Download The Alleycast today.

On the Alleycast for November, tune in to hear Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with Nickel Creek from Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. We'll also check out Folk Alley's recent in-studio session recording with Eliza Gilkyson and Nina Gerber. Open Mic artists shine in this episode too with songs from Green Tea, and Mark Steven Brocke. Plus, we'll hear the often forgotten sounds of Marc Brierley. He released only two records in 1968 and 1969. We caught up with him from his home in...

On the October Alleycast, we celebrate the spooky season with Halloween songs from three Open Mic participants. We'll also hear Folk Alley's exclusive concert with the Duhks and our interview with Laurie Lewis, along with a montage of Halloween songs featured in Folk Alley's special 5-hour Halloween stream of music. Plus, we'll examine the band Comus, one of the strangest, scariest, and weirdest acoustic bands to ever grace the grooves of vinyl. They released a seminal and sincerely scary...

On this Alleycast, we feature many of the interviews conducted at Cropredy 2007 with Dave Pegg and Chris Leslie from Fairport Convention, plus the young sounds of Kerfuffle. We also listen to a Folk Alley exclusive recording with Peggy Seeger and get an update from F.J. McMahon. We reported on his only album in 1969 called ?Spirit of the Golden Juice? in the August Alleycast. For this month, hear our exclusive interview with a F.J. about his record, why he decided to re-release it on CD, and...

On the Alleycast for August: John Cowan?Live in the Folk Alley Studio. Lisa Schneckenburger?Live in-studio performance. Carrie Rodriguez and her Live From Folk Alley concert recording. Three Open Mic songs from Jay Stapley, Diana Tyler, and Lara Herscovitch. Plus, the extremely obscure F.J. McMahon. Download the Alleycast today!

On July?s Episode of the Alleycast, hear Folk Alley?s exclusive Lucy Kaplansky concert recording. Plus Open Mic artists Wil Maring, The Possum Trot Orchestra and Tracy Newman. Also featured are the obscure sounds of Linda Perhacs and Fairport Convention?s exclusive Folk Alley in-studio performance and interview. Download the Alleycast today.

On this episode of the Alleycast we feature our exclusive Live From Folk Alley concert recordings with Antje Duvekot and The Greencards. We?ll also listen to Open Mic artists Chris Castle and Wil Maring?along with an interesting Open Mic collaboration between Bob McCarthy and Jenifer Sherrill. Singer songwriter Susan Werner recently stopped by the Folk Alley studios to play us some songs and speak with Jim Blum. We?ll feature Susan?s official Folk Alley session of this Alleycast along with...

The Alleycast for May features Folk Alley?s coverage of MerleFest 2007 with interviews from The Duhks, Crooked Still, Abigail Washburn, and The Infamous Stringdusters. Also included is Folk Alley?s exclusive concert with Robin & Linda Williams recorded and mixed by Folk Alley contributing producer Jimmie Wilson. We?ll listen to May?s Open Mic featured artist of the month Jennifer Sherrill and hear the often forgotten sounds of English songwriter Vashti Bunyan. Download the May Alleycast today.

On the AlleyCast for April: Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with Eric Bibb recorded in February of 2007. We'll hear a portion Folk Alley's interview with Suzzy Roche about The Roches' new record Moonswept. Also, three songs posted on Open Mic from Bob McCarthy, Sharla June and Jennifer Sherill. Plus, the obscure sounds of Heron, a band from the early 70's that recorded their albums outside, in open fields. Download the AlleyCast today.

The March AlleyCast features Folk Alley's exclusive concert recording with Iris Dement from January of 2007. To celebrate the Irish spirit of March, we present a special Irish Celtic montage featuring music from Folk Alley's special Irish/Celtic music stream. We'll listen to a segment from Folk Alley's exclusive interview with Eric Bibb about his new album Diamond Days. We also listen to three Open Mic songs about whiskey from Circled By Hounds, Bob McCarthy, and Ron Trueman-Border. Plus, we...

February's Alleycast features Folk Alley's exclusive concert recordings with Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet from the 40th Kent State Folk Festival. Also featured is Folk Alley's interview with Arlo Guthrie, conducted at the 2006 Folk Alliance Conference in Austin, TX. Three Canadian Open Mic artists are also on February's Alleycast including Andrea Curry, Blu Hopkins, and David Whitaker. Plus, we'll listen to the often forgotten sounds of Judee Sill.

January's Alleycast looks back on the year 2006 with a montage featuring the best Folk Music of last year as we stroll out the new "Best of 2006 Music Stream"--5 hours of the best Folk of 2006. We'll also listen to a sample of Folk Alley's special interview with Loreena McKennitt about her new album An Ancient Muse. Open Mic artists Andy Hurlbut, Tom Fairnie, and Ember are also featured on this episode of the Alleycast, along with a ten minute segment from our exclusive "Live From Folk Alley"...