Roots Music and Beyond playlist for January 31, 2026.

The first hour of today's show was primarily focused on some of the
material we acquired at last week's Folk Alliance Conference in New Orleans.

Hour One, hosted by Mary Katherine Aldin.

1. Veranda/J'entende Ton Nom/Veranda/Warner Music Canada
2. Williamson Branch/Get on Board/VA: Blue Collar Gospel/Billy Blue Records
3. Alice Howe and Freebo/ She's My Personal GPS/ Alice Howe and Freebo
Live/ KnowHowe
4. Sparrow Smith/Jewel of the Blue Ridge/Carolina Mountains/Sassafras
Sounds
5. Jesse Appelman/Out in the Valley/Where We Go/ 
6. Johnette Downing with Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas/Give Me That
Zydeco/ My Little Snap Bean: Zydeco for Children/WiggleWorm Records
7. Mason Via/There Goes Another One/Mason Via/ Mountain Fever
8. Dave Adkins/Tear 30/What I'm For/Billy Blue Records
9. Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Chao Tian/Pig Ankle Rag/From China to
Appalachia/Community Music
10. Broken Creek/Sally's Lilt/ Folk From the Archive: Sally Sloane/No Label
(Australia)
11. Josh Fortenbery/Is It Me/ Tidy Memories/Muskag
12. Joselyn and Don/Workin' The Hi-Line/Lost and Found Highway/Paintbrush
Records
13. Erin Heist/Flame in My Heart/From the Land of Rusted Dreams/

14. Clifton Chenier/Zydeco Cha Cha/King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco/
Smithsonian Folkways Records
15. Clifton Chenier/Josephine Par Se Ma Femme/VA: Zydeco Champs /Arhoolie
Records

Hour Two, hosted by Mark Humphrey

1. Jack West and Walter Strauss/Youth/Guitars on Life/Ota Records
2. Jack West and Walter Strauss/Across the Bardo/Guitars on Life/ Ota
Records
3. CJ Chenier/My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes/VA: Zydeco Champs/Arhoolie
Records
4. Jelly Roll Morton/Original Jelly Roll Blues/The Library of Congress
Recordings Volume 2/Rounder
5. Almeda Riddle/I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger/VA: The Alan Lomax
Collection Volume 4: Southern White Spirituals/Rounder
6. Muddy Waters/Country Blues and Interview #1/The Complete Plantation
Recordings/MCA Chess
7. Sacred Heart Musical Convention, Fyffe, Alabama led by Enis Wall/Loving
Jesus/The Alan Lomax Collection Volume 9: Harp of 1,000 Strings/Rounder
8. Woody Guthrie/Los Angeles New Year's Flood/ The Library of Congress
Recordings/Elektra LP
9. Jillian Matundun/Hold On/prerelease single
10. Elexa Dawson/Where Have All the Flowers Gone/ Stay Put/Moonflower Sounds
11. I'm With Her/Find My Way to You/live recording

Roots Music and Beyond airs every Saturday morning from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m.
on KPFK, Pacific radio for all of Southern California. The program streams
for two weeks after each air date on the station's website at kpfk.org

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