The Folk Music Hour
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David Calder presents the music he loves in The Folk Music Hour, to rekindle listeners' interest in acoustic music in the Anglo-American tradition, including NZ folk song, and world folk music such as that heard at WOMAD in New Plymouth's beautiful Brookland's Park. Almost all music has a folk origin: blues, jazz, rock, and even so-called classical. As Big Bill Broonzy famously..
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Father and son were influential guitarists, balladeers and bluesmen ..read more
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We help the Irish celebrate their national day with a medley of songs, tunes and humour ..read more
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We drill down into the albums nominated for the 2024 Grammy Folk Award ..read more
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Summer runs through the folk tradition and beyond, whether we long for it, love it or wish it weren’t so hot ..read more
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A month out from Womad 24 we look at the bill of fare, especially the folk music featured in this 21st WOMAD NZ ..read more
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A playlist of pleasantly surprising tracks discovered during the summer break ..read more
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Veteran singer and guitarist, Tom Rush, turns 83 in 2024, and by way of a tribute we share his early folk and blues recording ..read more
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Our annual Pete Seeger show delights us with his work in the civil rights movement ..read more