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One of the most respected folk DJs in North America has lost her job due to a station format change. Mary Cliff, host of “Traditions” on WETA in Washington, DC, has been downsized due to the station going all-classical. As the local airwaves continue to get less diverse, it is even more sad when one [...]

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More new adds for the Online Folk Festival:

Joe Mannix - A Town By The Sea
Erik Balkey - My Sacred Heart
Hope Machine - March
The Mad Maggies - Magdalena’s Revenge

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Added tracks from 3 new albums to the Online Folk Festival over the weekend:

The Possum Trot Orchestra - Harbor Road
Junction Pool - Junction Pool
The Wyrd Sisters - Wholly

I’m really making an effort to get through the black hole that has become my backlog of CDs to listen to.
I’m really impressed with the Junction Pool [...]

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Because we all know that a shot helps the medicine go down.
http://www.drinkinggame.us/
But, please drink responsibly and get a designated driver. Better yet, designate someone to listen to the speech for you and play some Yahtzee with your family.
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The FOLKDJ-L Top 250 Albums of 2006 by airplay have been released and posted to the list (although they have not yet been posted to the website).

Of the Top 10 albums, had you been listening to the Online Folk Festival, you would have heard 9 (90%).
Of the Top 50 albums, you would have heard [...]

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Tracks from the following CDs were added to the Online Folk Festival last night:
Artist - Album

The Carter Family - The Carter Family
Robert Bobby - Today
Felonious Bosch - New Dark Ages
Dan Gonzalez - Public Square

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Still working through the backlog of holiday mail. Plus, I’ve resubscribed to emusic.com. Anyway, here are some of the newest adds to the Online Folk Festival:
Artist - Album
Eamonn Coyne and Kris Drever - Honk Toot SuiteJoan Osborne - Pretty Little StrangerVarious Artists - Live From Studio A Volume 10 (WCBE-FM, Columbus Ohio)Dave Rowe Trio [...]

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Top 40 of the last 30 days on the Online Folk Festival, as rated by the listeners:
Artist - Song - Album
1. The Love Hall Tryst - Jack in the Green - Songs of Misfortune2. The Schramms - Duck Hunting in Hell - Little Apocalypse3. Southern Rail [...]

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In the last month, listeners to the Online Folk Festival have been from the following countries (in order of listening time in hours, with all countries logging more than 1 hour of listening time listed):
Country

United States
Canada
Portugal
Czech Republic
France
Australia
Israel
United Kingdom
Germany
Colombia
Finland
Bahamas
Italy
Japan
Spain
Turkey
New Zealand
Netherlands
Belgium
Taiwan
Croatia/Hrvatska
Poland
Denmark
Brazil
Morocco
Sweden
South Africa
Latvia
Austria
Switzerland
Mexico
China, People’s Republic of
Romania
Norway
Luxembourg

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Still sorting through the holiday mail and purchases after being in Florida for a week, so if you sent me something to preview, it may be a little while yet.
I added tracks today from a few CDs received or bought over the holiday period:

Lynn Miles - Love Sweet Love
Yusuf - An Other Cup
JJ Cale and [...]

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