Folk Espresso - Farm Life

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Hosted by: 
Jonathan Lay
Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
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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Topic tags: 
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

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