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Festival Radio Playlist, 4-21-2012

woodsmeister — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:38:00 +0000

Festival Radio complete playlist: 04/21/12.

After the break in alphabetical order.

Artist Title Album 10,000 Maniacs Stockton Gala Days Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (Disc 1 – The Most Popular Recordings) 3 Penny Acre Highway 71 Highway 71 A. J. Roach Hazel Blue Revelation Abbie Gardner Break It Slow [...]

Listening to Levon

woodsmeister — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:15:46 +0000

Levon Helm died this week. He had a compelling voice, a voice grounded in the land that demanded attention. I thought about posting a Levon Helm video, but there are so many places doing that. Insead, here is a video from Marc Cohn that absolutely nails the effect that listening to Levon Helm had [...]

From Jukeboxes to Digital Downloads – Sharing the Experiences of two Generations of Musicians

woodsmeister — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:37:22 +0000

Note: Sue Barrett is a music journalist from Australia who is an occasional contributor to FolkBlog. This piece appears by her gracious permission and she retains all rights to this article.

By Sue Barrett

And I thank my lucky stars/ And whoever’s up there in charge/ That I have music/ Cause I wouldn’t know [...]

New Adds, Festival Radio – March 24, 2012

woodsmeister — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:48:45 +0000

New Adds to Festival Radio since February 18, 2012

Artist Album Adler And Hearne Live At Eddies Attic Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball Cam Penner Gypsy Woman Cary Cooper Pink Umbrella Emily Pinkerton Ends of the Earth Kathleen Edwards Voyageur KATYA CHOROVER BIG BIG LOVE Lara Herscovitch Four Wise Monkeys Loretta Hagen Mud and [...]

Back to Regular Program

woodsmeister — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:26:44 +0000

We’ve been back to our regular freeform folk program for a week now. If all-Celtic is not your thing, it’s safe to come back.

http://bit.ly/festradio

Celtapalooza 2012 Is On The Air

woodsmeister — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:03:34 +0000

Festival Radio is once again going green and taking names. Celapalooza, our annual celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and all things Celtic, is on the air. There will be over 40 hours of Celtic tunes in rotation, everything from Anuna to Zeptepi. Enjoy it while it lasts, because March 18th we will be back [...]

Nic Jones to Perform Again

woodsmeister — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:53:27 +0000

This is huge news. UK folkie Nic Jones is to perform again 30 years after a brutal car accident put his career on hold, per BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17153602

Festival Radio New Adds, February 18, 2012

woodsmeister — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:11:55 +0000

New adds to Festival Radio since January 14, 2012

Artist Album Annie Crane Jump with a Child’s Heart Beth Cahill Songs for Sarah Cuff The Duke Morning Comes Dennis Warner Seeds ELLIOTT BROOD DAYS INTO YEARS Elly Wininger Back Eddy Blues Ernest Troost Live at McCabe’s Jackstraw Sunday Never Comes Jean Synodinos Girls, Good [...]

Festival Radio New Adds, January 14, 2012

woodsmeister — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:18:18 +0000

New adds to Festival Radio since November 5, 2011

Artist Album Alela Diane Alela Diane & Wild Divine Ashley Hutchings and Rainbow Chasers A Brilliant Light Crooked Still Friends Of Fall Daniel Levi Goans BrotherStranger Darrell Scott Long Ride Home Doop and the Inside Outlaws What Am I Supposed To Do? Freebo Something [...]

Festival Radio Playlist, 1/14/2012

woodsmeister — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:05:31 +0000

Updated full playlist for Festival Radio, January 14, 2012. After the jump, of course.

Artist Title Album Abbie Gardner It’s You Hope Abigail Washburn Devine Bell City of Refuge Adrienne Young Blinded By Stars Plow To The End Of The Row Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff Last Days of the Century/Constantinople/Last Days [...]