Linda Fahey

The Rogers sisters say this murder ballad both offers perspective on a character they introduced in an earlier song and reflects their own career challenges.

Folk Alley's Elena See and Linda Fahey share their takes on the best Americana, roots and folk records of the year.

The veteran folk singer-songwriter calls his new songs "ambitious and lush." Watch him play one, "The Deer On The Parkway," live for Folk Alley.

The singer-songwriter performs the politically charged title track from her forthcoming album, due in 2017, in a session recorded live for Folk Alley.

The singer-songwriter plays the socially conscious folk-rock song "Away We Go" with the Danish trio in a session recorded for Folk Alley.

Hear the rising young Appalachian singer-songwriter perform live from the Adirondack Mountains.

The San Francisco duo performs a song about real and metaphorical storms live for Folk Alley.

The two Americana singers tackle a sweet ballad from Carll's new album, Lovers And Leavers, at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida.

The folk group performs the title track and "thesis statement" of its new album for Folk Alley.

Minneapolis brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum say they "wandered into the world of music on accident and on purpose at the same time." They got their start singing around campfires, and around friends who encouraged them to start playing out. Eventually, they graduated to the dive bars of Minneapolis, ...

ANNA & ELIZABETH
Anna & Elizabeth

These simple, stripped-down, raw, traditional Appalachian ballads, hymns and story-songs are delivered with beautifully blended harmonies. Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle are on a mission to shine new light on old songs and pass the tradition to a new generation. This is pure ...

Singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon stopped by Folk Alley recently for a session taping at Beehive Productions. Joined by Steph Graham on bass, Gordon performed material from his latest album, Long Gone Time. About this song, "Following A Sign," he told us:

"This song is unusual for me, because I usually ...

Vermont native Matt Lorenz is the man behind the one-man band known as The Suitcase Junket. It's a project that evolved from his other "roots-rock/junk-folk" band, the trio Rusty Belle, in which he played alongside his sister, Kate Lorenz, and Zak Trojano. With 1950s amps and a guitar he'd salvaged ...

Charlie Parr, a self-taught roots musician, grew up in Austin, Minn. There, he became obsessed with Texas bluesmen Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin' Hopkins, whom he discovered in his dad's rich and eclectic record collection. From there, Parr made his way to the legendary West Bank of Minneapolis, where he spent ...

Amy Helm, daughter of The Band's Levon Helm, grew up surrounded by music. She played for a while in her dad's bands, she helped produce some of his most well-received recordings, including the Grammy-winning Dirt Farmer, and she's a founding member of the band ...

It's been quite a year for Vermont native Caitlin Canty. She released her breakout album Reckless Skyline in January, backed by an all-star "dream band" including Eric Heywood, Billy Conway and Jeffrey Foucault; made the big move from the Green Mountain State to Music City; and recently won ...

Mandolin Orange's Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz are known for their beautifully crafted songs, as well as for their straightforward yet elegant performances. After releasing their 2013 album This Side Of Jordan, they spent the majority of their time on the road, an experience that heavily influenced the ...

Martin Sexton says that when he sat down to produce his latest album, Mixtape Of The Open Road, he'd originally set out to record around a theme, like a "Nashville, 1972 album or a bluegrass record or a Zeppelin-esque rockin' CD." But the songs that were ...

The songs on The Steel Wheels' latest album, Leave Some Things Behind, revolve around themes of leaving and going. As the band's Trent Wagler describes, "Sometimes it's going away from something you really want to leave behind, and other times it's going toward whatever that dream is that pulls ...

Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys got their start in 2009 as a traditional bluegrass band in Lansing, Mich. Founding member Joshua Rilko describes the project as an "unofficial bluegrass thesis" to accompany his unofficial late-night studying of the genre.

These days, while still giving a nod to bluegrass and American ...