You voted, and the results are in! Hundreds of Folk Alley listeners from around the world weighed in to select the Top 25 Favorite Albums of 2025, celebrating the year’s best in folk, roots, Americana, and more.
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Though Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series began in 1991 and has now embraced well over 50 discs, it is only now, with its 18th volume, that it is getting around to the first chapter of its subject’s story. And what a chapter it is. Granted, the period covered by Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series, […]
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Lonnie Mack – Live From Louisville 1992 This set features 7 exciting tracks by the pioneering blues/rock guitarist Lonnie Mack (1941-2016) & though it’s not one of the best live production recordings, it was authorized for release by his estate. Several indeed possess some of his finest guitar solos, so a little tolerance is required […]
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Kathryn Ryan Kathryn Ryan Originally from Wisconsin and now residing in Colorado, singer-songwriter Kathryn Ryan introduced her debut eponymous album not long ago, on Philville Records. This collection masterfully fuses folk, country, and classical influences, delivering deeply emotional music that explores themes of sorrow, forgiveness, and personal growth. A trained cellist, Ryan brings her expertise […]
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As part of Zac Brown’s Sphere show is imagery that some are characterizing as Satanic to the point where a legitimate moral panic has set in with scores of news articles and Christian exposé’s about it.
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Megan Moroney absolutely loves this Brad Paisley album. Watch her fangirl over one of her favorite country singers in the video below.
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Raul Malo, frontman and founder of the genre-crossing roots-rock band The Mavericks passed away on Monday at the age of 60. For the last year and a half, the smooth-voiced tenor battled colon cancer that metastasized into leptomeningeal disease (wherein the cancer spreads into the fluid surrounding the brain and