Dan Dutton, Part 1 – “The Sweet Music of the Chase”

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Somerset is in the Knobs of Kentucky, and if you live among those hills you know that the red clay you can find thereabouts is perfect for spurring a child’s imagination.  One of Somerset’s native sons, who grew up making … Continue reading →

Folkfinds: Chris Okunbor’s “Jitterbug Swing”

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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/83488138″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] For our first blues post, we visit Chris Okunbor, fittingly from Australia’s Blue Mountains. Chris is a gifted songwriter, understated singer and wicked multi-instrumentalist with catholic tastes and a penchant for inspired and … Continue reading →

Podcast: Cajun Dissection
Episode #15-31 | airing 7-29-15

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This week we conclude our time in Louisiana with a trip to the Canadian Maritimes and Northern Ontario-the ancestral home of Cajun music. We’ll hear some classic and contemporary Cajun music from the prairies including the Balfa Brothers, Beau Soleil … Continue reading →

Remembering Theodore Bikel

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WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for July 26, 2015 Over the past few years, I find myself broadcasting memorial shows much too frequently. The folk music community recently said farewell to another influential member when Theodore Bikel passed away on July 20 … Continue reading →