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I’m back from vacation, and I want to pose a question: should I keep the Featured Artist of the Week?

I’ve looked at the numbers, and it seems that more people actually listen when I put the music up there in shuffle play and let it go than when I program a featured artist. There are exceptions (if I feature Bob Dylan, I have a great week), but for the most part, it seems that people tune in if they like the featured artist and tune out for featured artists they’ve not heard of or don’t like.

The Featured Artist is a lot of work, and dropping it would make my life easier. I could come up with a replacement feature - maybe a regularly-produced voice-tracked program that highlights new releases (maybe a two-hour show that runs once or twice a week for a month).

What do you think? Is this a feature that you would like me to keep? I’m willing to keep the feature if I hear enough feedback. Do you tune out when the featured artist is someone you don’t like? Have you discovered a new favorite artist through the feature? Would a new music show be a suitable replacement? Use the blog comment features to let me know what you think, or drop me an email at greg@onlinefolkfestival.com , but put Featured Artist somewhere in your subject heading (I get a lot of spam at that address).

The Featured Artist of the Week is on hiatus for the immediate future. Let the debate begin.