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Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
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Virtuoso banjo player Béla Fleck put together a Grammy-winning album over 20 years ago that still provides a rewarding listening experience ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
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In 2021, Milwaukee-based musician Trapper Schoepp watched a YouTube video of an Irishman moving his fingers up and down the neck of the guitar using a technique called “open D tuning.” Now Schoepp is out with a new album, “Siren Songs,” focusing on the technique commonly used by early folk and blues musicians. “It basically ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
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Canadian author M.D. Dunn talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his book, “You Get Bigger As You Go: Bruce Cockburn’s Influence and Evolution,” which is more like a guidebook for learning about Cockburn’s music than a biography ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
3M ago
For many, Christmas is a season of peace, and in the middle of World War I, that literally was true. During our own time, when political divisions can feel so extreme, the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 is a welcome gift and witness of peace between supposed enemies. The truce took place just ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
3M ago
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the miles between them, “Simply Folk” listeners shared their voices and their spirit with each other for the show’s annual singalong to be broadcast on Jan. 3. Invited to record their voices singing along to traditional folk songs, 60 listeners and staff members of Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
3M ago
From its opening notes, “Pasture,” by the band Elephant Revival, dances through the speakers with a percussive melody from a mandolin, followed up by its duet partner, the fiddle. The band shared this wonderful instrumental during a 2013 in-studio performance and interview with “Simply Folk’s” Stephanie Elkins. Originally based in Colorado, the string band was ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
3M ago
Raye Zaragoza named her 2020 album, “Woman in Color,” because she saw it as “a coloring book, and every song was a like a little bit of me coloring in my story, of my past and my present and my future.” “Being a woman of color in America and someone of mixed race, I’ve always ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
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Grammy award-winning Eau Claire native Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver will headline a concert in Duluth Wednesday that seeks to raise money to stop construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota. The event is a fundraising concert for the Indigenous environmental nonprofit organization Honor the Earth, which has been leading protests ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
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Organizers of Milwaukee’s Summerfest music celebration are planning to scale back COVID-19 precautions this year. WTMJ Radio reported that festival organizers say guests won’t need to wear masks, show proof of a negative COVID-19 test or show proof of vaccination to enter the grounds this year. The move comes as COVID-19 cases continue to trend ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Folk
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It feels like everyone’s dad in Wisconsin plays the tuba. That was Elizabeth Renner’s impression after she moved to Madison from Chicago a year ago. Her other thought was that people are still very much into polka music. “Shouldn’t that have died out decades ago?” she said. Renner asked several people about tubas and polka ..read more