Sonny Ochs, host of Folk Music & Other Stuff (heard the 4th Sunday of the month at 6pm ET / 3pm PT on www.FolkMusicNotebook.com) was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent Northeast Regional Folk Alliance conference (NERFA) … Continue reading →
Airing live on WFDU on Sunday, November 12, 2017 from 3-5pm Re-broadcast Saturday, November 18, 2017 and Tuesday, November 21, 2017 (with a bonus hour) on BluesAndRootsRadio.com This week’s program featured artists that attended this year’s Northeast Regional Folk Alliance … Continue reading →
I have been attending the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference (NERFA) since the late 1990s. This annual gathering of artists, DJs, promoters, presenters and fans has been a gathering that has a profound influence on me. NERFA provides an opportunity … Continue reading →
The 2016 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference (NERFA) was held November 10-13 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stamford, CT. This was a new location for NERFA and the general consensus appears favorable for the new digs. Some growing pains, … Continue reading →
Ron’s Thoughts on the 2015 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference and WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlists for November 29 & December 13, 2015 My radio programs for November 29 and December 10 were filled with exciting new music that I picked up … Continue reading →
When musicologists first began collecting folk songs, they found themselves studying the communities and the kinship the songs had with the common people in the localities they were examining. In the early 20th century the study of folk songs took … Continue reading →
It has been a whirlwind summer for me. I managed to get a few vacation days together with my family, spent at my favorite NJ beach at Ocean Grove. We had a few glorious days to bask in the sun, … Continue reading →
