Folk Espresso - Farm Life

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Jonathan Lay
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Folk Espresso
Air date: 
Mon, 07/14/2025 - 5:30am to 7:00am
(Image of a modern farm, with grain ready for harvest)

The berries are ripe, the apples are growing, the hay is mowed and baled, and the wheat is ripening. There is hard work, grief, joy, and satisfaction in the work of farming. This episode of Folk Espresso, Farm Life, is a gathering of songs and tunes of farm life.

Artists in this episode include: Los Texmaniacs; John Hartford; Natalie Merchant; Tim Readman; Kevin Burke; Johnny Collins; Solas; The Rankin Family; Jack Armstrong's Barnstormer's Band; Ethan Daniel Davidson; Sue Songer, Clyde Curley, and Betsy Branch; Stan Rogers; Joel Mabus; John McCutcheon; Maria Fairchild; Lui Collins; The Watersons; Mark Graham; Liz Carroll; Deadwood Revival; Bing Bang Boys; Cascadia Folk Quartet.

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Music
Genre(s): 
Folk

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:32
    Artist
    John McCutcheon
    Song
    Ask Any Farmer
    Album
    What It's Like
    Label
    New Rounder
  • Time
    5:38
    Artist
    Mark Graham
    Song
    Speed the Plow
    Album
    Inner Life
    Label
    mark graham
  • Time
    5:40
    Artist
    Deadwood Revival
    Song
    The Farmer Is the Man
    Album
    This Old World
    Label
    Deadwood Revival
  • Time
    5:45
    Artist
    Joel Mabus
    Song
    Liza Jane - WLS & Prairie Farmer
    Album
    The Banjo Monologues
    Label
    Fossil Records
  • Time
    5:54
    Artist
    The Watersons
    Song
    Country Life
    Album
    For Pence and Spicy Ale
    Label
    Shanachie
  • Time
    5:55
    Artist
    Stan Rogers
    Song
    Field Behind the Plow
    Album
    Home In Halifax
    Label
    Borealis Records
  • Time
    6:00
    Artist
    Sue Songer, Clyde Curley, and Betsy Branch
    Song
    Moses, Hoe the Corn
    Album
    A Portland Play Along Selection
    Label
  • Time
    6:02
    Artist
    Tim Readman
    Song
    John Barleycorn
    Album
    Out of the Green
    Label
    Big City
  • Time
    6:06
    Artist
    Bing Bang Boys
    Song
    Got the Farmland Blues
    Album
    I'm Feeling Good
    Label
    Rubinchik Recordings
  • Time
    6:10
    Artist
    Kevin Burke
    Song
    Barn Dances
    Album
    Open House
    Label
    Green Linnet
  • Time
    6:12
    Artist
    Los Texmaniacs
    Song
    Deportee (feat. Lyle Lovett)
    Album
    Cruzando Borders
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    6:17
    Artist
    Natalie Merchant
    Song
    Down on Penny's Farm
    Album
    The House Carpenter's Daughter
    Label
    Myth America Records
  • Time
    6:21
    Artist
    Lui Collins
    Song
    Bee Song
    Album
    Waterbug Anthology Nine
    Label
    Waterbug
  • Time
    6:24
    Artist
    The Rankin Family
    Song
    Mull River Shuffle
    Album
    North Country
    Label
    EMI Canada
  • Time
    6:29
    Artist
    Solas
    Song
    Pastures of Plenty
    Album
    Reunion: A Decade of Solas
    Label
    Compass Records
  • Time
    6:33
    Artist
    Maria Fairchild
    Song
    Rye Straw
    Album
    Who Will go With Me?
    Label
    Indi
  • Time
    6:36
    Artist
    Los Texmaniacs
    Song
    Across the Borderline (feat. Rick Fuentes)
    Album
    Cruzando Borders
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    6:41
    Artist
    Cascadia Folk Quartet
    Song
    Barnyard Dance
    Album
    Cascadia Folk Quartet (1996)
    Label
    Cascadia Folk Productions
  • Time
    6:44
    Artist
    John Hartford
    Song
    Green Corn
    Album
    Hamilton Ironworks
    Label
    New Rounder
  • Time
    6:47
    Artist
    Ethan Daniel Davidson
    Song
    Malheur Cattle Ranch Blues
    Album
    Alaska 11 North
    Label
  • Time
    6:53
    Artist
    Johnny Collins
    Song
    All Among the Barley
    Album
    Free & Easy
    Label
    Fellside Recordings Ltd
  • Time
    6:56
    Artist
    Liz Carroll
    Song
    The Tractor Driver / A Tune for the Girls
    Album
    Lake Effect
    Label
    Green Linnet
  • Time
    6:59
    Artist
    Jack Armstrong's Barnstormer's Band
    Song
    Corn Rigs
    Album
    The Alan Lomax Collection: World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, Vol. 1 - England
    Label
    Rounder
  • Time
    6:59
    Artist
    Mark Graham
    Song
    Speed the Plow
    Album
    Inner Life
    Label
    mark graham

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Peter Lang
    Song
    Thoth Song
    Album
    John Fahey, Peter Lang, Leo Kottke (Remastered)
    Label
    Takoma
  • Time
    5:33
    Artist
    Leo Kottke
    Song
    Ice Miner
    Album
    John Fahey, Peter Lang, Leo Kottke (Remastered)
    Label
    Takoma
  • Time
    5:35
    Artist
    Misty River
    Song
    Desert Wind
    Album
    Live at the Backgate Stage
    Label
    Misty River
  • Time
    5:38
    Artist
    Broken Top
    Song
    Under the Bridge
    Album
    Broken Top
    Label
  • Time
    5:41
    Artist
    Banjo Nickaru
    Song
    Freight Train
    Album
    Very Next Thing
    Label
    On the Bol
  • Time
    5:44
    Artist
    Dave Van Ronk
    Song
    Another Time and Place
    Album
    Fast Folk: A Community of Singers and Songwriters
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    5:49
    Artist
    Lenny Soloman
    Song
    A Foggy Day
    Album
    The Gershwin Sessions
    Label
    Jazz Inspiration courtesy of BFM Digital
  • Time
    5:53
    Artist
    Picnic In The Sky
    Song
    Honey.
    Album
    Honey. - Single
    Label
    Picnic In The Sky
  • Time
    5:58
    Artist
    Katie McNally
    Song
    Farmer's Daughter/The Glen Where The Deer Is
    Album
    Flourish
    Label
    Katie McNally
  • Time
    6:02
    Artist
    John McCutcheon, Tim O'Brien et al
    Song
    Black Waters
    Album
    Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
    Label
    Jean Ritchie Trust
  • Time
    6:08
    Artist
    Molly ANdrews
    Song
    Now is the Cool of the Day
    Album
    Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
    Label
    Jean Ritchie Trust
  • Time
    6:11
    Artist
    Robin & Linda Williams
    Song
    The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
    Album
    Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
    Label
    Jean Ritchie Trust
  • Time
    6:16
    Artist
    Ken & Brad Kolodner
    Song
    The Orchard
    Album
    Skipping Rocks
    Label
    FENCHURCH MUSIC
  • Time
    6:18
    Artist
    Judy Collins
    Song
    So Early, Early In the Spring
    Album
    Forever - An Anthology
    Label
    Elektra Records
  • Time
    6:21
    Artist
    Gillian Welch
    Song
    Rock of Ages
    Album
    Hell Among the Yearlings
    Label
    Acony Records
  • Time
    6:24
    Artist
    Shanghaied On The Willamette
    Song
    A WIfe in Every Port
    Album
    Lighthouse
    Label
  • Time
    6:28
    Artist
    Anna Tivel
    Song
    Reservation Road
    Album
    LIve in KBOO Studio
    Label
  • Time
    6:32
    Artist
    Otter Creek (Peter & Mary Danzig)
    Song
    The Fiddle Preacher
    Album
    The Fiddle Preacher
    Label
    self
  • Time
    6:35
    Artist
    Kate Power & Steve Einhorn
    Song
    Roll On, Columbia
    Album
    Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie’s 26 Northwest Songs
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways
  • Time
    6:39
    Artist
    David Francey
    Song
    Cheap Motel
    Album
    So Say We All
    Label
    Red House Records
  • Time
    6:42
    Artist
    Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
    Song
    The Mountain
    Album
    Tanglewood Tree
    Label
    Signature Sounds Recordings
  • Time
    6:46
    Artist
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Song
    Rich Man's Spiritual
    Album
    The United Artists Collection
    Label
    EMI/EMI Records (USA)
  • Time
    6:48
    Artist
    Joan Baez
    Song
    You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
    Album
    Any Day Now
    Label
    Vanguard Records
  • Time
    6:51
    Artist
    Peter, Paul & Mary
    Song
    Weave Me the Sunshine
    Album
    No Easy Walk to Freedom
    Label
    Warner Records
  • Time
    6:54
    Artist
    John Denver
    Song
    Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes to Mexico)
    Album
    Rocky Mountain High
    Label
    RCA/Legacy

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