This week on Folk Alley, in honor of Women’s History Month, we celebrate legendary and iconic women of folk, country, and roots music whose voices have shaped the sound and spirit of these genres—and continue to inspire artists today. Hear from trailblazers like Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Odetta, Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Maddy Prior, Sandy Denny, and many more extraordinary women whose influence remains indelible.
Artist-Song-Album-Label
Hour One
Joan Baez – Silver Dagger – Joan Baez – Vanguard
Joni Mitchell – A Case of You – Blue – Reprise
Odetta – It’s A Mighty World – It’s A Mighty World – RCA/Victor
Judy Collins – Someday Soon – Who Knows Where the Time Goes – Elektra
Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe – Ode to Billie Joe – Capitol
Nina Simone – Backlash Blues – Nina Simone Sings the Blues – RCA/Victor
The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There – Be Altitude: Respect Yourself – Stax
Linda Ronstadt – Willin’ – Heart Like A Wheel – Capitol
Dolly Parton – Jolene – Jolene – Sony
Emmylou Harris – Where Will I Be – Wrecking Ball – Elektra
Bonnie Raitt – Mighty Tight Woman – Bonnie Raitt – Warner Bros
Karen Dalton – Something on Your Mind (Alternative Take) – In My Own Time (50th Anniversary Edition) – Light in the Attic
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard – Let Me Fall – Sing Me Back Home-The DC Tapes 1965-1969 – Free Dirt
Steeleye Span – The Blacksmith – Hark! The Village Wait – Shanachie
Sandy Denny – Blackwaterside – The North Star Grassman and The Ravens – Island
Hour Two
The Roches – Mr. Sellack – The Roches – Warner Bros
Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move – Tapestry – Ode
Kate Wolf – Across the Great Divide – Gold In California – Kaleidosco
Rosalie Sorrels – I Think of You – If I Could Be the Rain – Folk-Legacy Records
Nanci Griffith – Once in a Very Blue Moon – Once in a Very Blue Moon – Rounder
Alison Krauss – On the Borderline – Too Late to Cry – Rounder
Lucinda Williams – Big Red Sun Blues – Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams Music/Thirty Tigers
The Chicks – Let ‘Er Rip – Wide Open Spaces – Monument/Sony Music
Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ Bout A Revolution – Tracy Chapman – Elektra
Indigo Girls – Land of Canaan – Indigo Girls – Epic
Shawn Colvin – Ricochet in Time – Steady On – CBS/Sony
Iris Dement – Our Town – Infamous Angel – Warner Bros
Mary Chapin Carpenter – I Am A Town – Come On, Come On – CBS/Sony
Gillian Welch – Acony Bell – Revival – Almo
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