Folk Alley Radio Show #251113

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This week on Folk Alley, join Cindy Howes as we kick off the end-of-year award season with a spotlight on the newly announced 2026 Grammy Award nominations for Best Folk, Bluegrass, and Americana Albums, featuring music from I’m With Her, Jesse Welles, Jon Batiste, Sierra Hull, Jason Isbell, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson, Larkin Poe, and other nominees. In hour two, enjoy new music from Jeff Tweedy, Fruit Bats, Mavis Staples, and Mon Rovia, along with favorites from John Craigie, Our Native Daughters, and Patti Smith, plus a Basic Folk excerpt with Frazey Ford and a celebration of Neil Young in honor of his 80th birthday.

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Texas State Trooper Sent Home From Texas A&M Game After Altercation With South Carolina Player

Texas State Trooper Sent Home From Texas A&M Game After Altercation With South Carolina Player

Not a great look for the trooper. This SEC matchup between Texas A&M and South Carolina is already turning into a contender for game of the year, and as I’m writing this there are still 11 minutes left in the game. The Gamecocks came out and absolutely stunned #3 ranked A&M in the first half of the game, going into the locker room at halftime with a 30-3 lead. But the Aggies rebounded in the second half, and just scored […]

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“Our Folk Hero Has Departed This World”: Alt-Country Legend Todd Snider Dead at 59

AUSTIN, TEXAS – AUGUST 29: Todd Snider performs in concert, opening for Robert Earl Keen at ACL Live on August 29, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
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Todd Snider, who helped shape the Americana sound in the early 2000s, died at 59 this week. Read more about his story here.

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