High Flying Birds and Amelia

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for August 16, 2025
Hour 1: High Flying Birds and Angels

First Set

Cindy Kallet, “Working on Wings to Fly,” Working on Wings to Fly, 2:20 Folk Legacy Records

Kate Wolf, “Pacheco / Red Tail Hawk,” Give Yourself to Love, vol. 2, 9:23 Kaleidoscope

Alisa Fineman, “First Smoke and the Raven,” Cup of Kindness, 4:35 Hummingbird Music

Second Set

Rhiannon Giddens, “Angel City,” Tomorrow Is My Turn, 3:48 Nonesuch

Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, & Linda Ronstadt, “After the Gold Rush,” Trio II, 3:39 Asylum Records

Liz Story, “Hymn,” Solid Colors, 4:18 Windham Hill

Third Set

Vance Gilbert, “Cry like an Angel,” Angels Castles Covers, 4:01 Disismye Music

Rory Block, “Silver Wings,” Ain’t I a Woman, 4:50 Rounder

Rhiannon Giddens, “The Angels Laid Him Away,” Freedom Highway, 2:27 Nonesuch

Martin Simpson, “I’ll Fly Away,” A Closer Walk with Thee, 2:34 Gourd Music

Fourth Set

AJ Lee & The Brothers Comatose, “Angel Band” (live) 3:34

The Duhks, “Turtle Dove,” Migrations, 3:08 Sugar Hill

Martin Simpson, “Down in the Valley to Pray / Continue to Roll,” A Closer Walk with Thee, 3:41 Gourd Music

Midway Music

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