Courtney Marie Andrews joined Cindy Howes for a Guest DJ set on Folk Alley. Andrews released her latest album May Your Kindness Remain in March of 2018. The Americana singer-songwriter writer brings to mind the lonesome qualities of Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt with an emotional, dynamic musical landscape.
Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian claw hammer banjoist and songwriter Kaia Kater joined Cindy Howes as Guest DJ on Folk Alley to celebrate the release of her third album, Grenades, out now on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Kater speaks about her new album’s themes which involved digging into her family’s history. Her father, originally from the island of Grenada, arrived in Canada as a teen refuge. The album also marks the first where Kater wrote all the tracks on the record.
Jon Farmer, the winner of the inaugural Folk Alliance International Gene Shay Folk DJ scholarship and host of Georgian Bay Roots in Owen Sound, Ontario joins Folk Alley host, Cindy Howes for a guest DJ hour. Jon spins tunes by many of his favorite artists from Canada and talks about his experience attending the Folk Alliance International (FAI) Conference in Kansas City, Missouri for the first time in 2018.
Jeffrey Foucault played Guest DJ with Cindy Howes on July 19. Listen again as he plays songs by musicians who contributed to his new record, Blood Brothers, like Milk Carton Kids, Pieta Brown, Tift Merritt, and Laurie Sargent. He also shared music and stories from tour mates Dusty Heart and Zak Trajano.
