WFDU-FM’s annual February Fund Drive began this week.Ā We are asking our listeners to help support public radio and our folk community.Ā Keep folk music on the air in the NYC/NJ area – give today: CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO … Continue reading →
Island Records has recently released a 2-CD set of acoustic demos and outtakes by Sandy Denny. Sandy passed in 1978 and this new collection is fascinating as we hear selections recorded before and after her tenures with Fairport Convention. We’ll … Continue reading →
New music from Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bev Grant and John McCutcheon were featured. This week’s show aired in the days following President Trump’s orders limiting immigration and a number of songs were played that dealt with … Continue reading →
Written in the springĀ of 1978 by the Canadian singer-songwriter Stan Rogers, āThe Flowers of Bermudaā is a disaster ballad on a small scale, telling the story of a ship that founders with nineteen people aboard. Weāve looked at shipwreck songs … Continue reading →
The traditional music world lost a champion on January 15 with the passing of Alan Jabbour. Through his 23 years of service for the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts he was a wonderful representative of … Continue reading →
Blood on the mountain And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brotherās keeper? — Genesis 4:9 Truly old Watauga is making for herself a dark and bloody … Continue reading →
The Brother Brothers, identical twins Adam and David Moss, joined me in the studios of WFDU-FM to debut their new EP “Tugboats.” In addition, I paid tribute to Maggie Roche, who passed away on January 20. We heard recordings from … Continue reading →
This week we conclude our feature Fleet Fingers and examine fingerstyle guitar styles from the U.K. Like the American players these players borrow from the Blues but apply the techniques to traditional folksongs and tune accompaniment. We’ll hear Dan Ar … Continue reading →
Remember last summer when we couldnāt wait for the election to be over so we could get back to normalcy? Remember our hopes of uniting this country again and finding common ground? With the inauguration of Donald Trump looming this … Continue reading →
The week ahead will be an emotional one. With the inauguration of Donald Trump looming, and with a day of service being given by many Americans in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I tried to choose songs … Continue reading →
