FolkBlog

Well, technically it never left the air - it was still available for VIP members of Live365 only. Now, it’s available for everyone. I’ve paid for three months of Christmas programming, so from now through January 23, Online Folk Christmas will be playing a freeform blend of folk and related Christmas music: traditional, [...]

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Every once in awhile, I get a disk in the mail from someone that I’ve never heard of that reminds me why I do this. I received two disks in the mail from Los Angeles-based world/folk/pop singer/songwriter Ashley Maher.
Ashley Maher’s most recent CD, Flying Over Bridges, combines singer/songwriter folk, African folk and pop, western pop, [...]

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Due to underwhelming participation, I’ve decided to kill the mailing list in its current incarnation and go back to Yahoo Groups.
The new Online Folk Festival Discussion List is now available to discuss the station, folk music, folk musicians, album reviews, tour dates, house concerts, etc. Pretty much anything relating to the folk community is [...]

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New album adds to the Online Folk Festival streaming Internet folk radio station since August 21, 2006:
Artist: Album

Ashley Maher: Flying Over Bridges
Bar Scott: Parachute
Bob Dylan: Modern Times
Bobby Bridger: Heal In The Wisdom
Bruce Holmes: Life’s an Intelligence Test
Chris de Burgh: Live in Dortmund
Chuck Cheesman: Campfire
Curtis & Loretta: Just My Heart For You
Dave Alvin: West of the [...]

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After a wonderful week in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida with my new bride, I am back in Columbus and will be updating the playlist of the Online Folk Festival quite substantially over the next week or so. If you wondered why you were’nt hearing very many new tunes, now you know.
The FolkBlog is the [...]

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