FolkBlog

Two versions of the same song - first the writer:

Now a great cover by Nanci Griffith:

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I’ve decided to start posting some full playlists here on occasion.  The following is every song in rotation at this moment.   I’ve posted in alphabetical order so as to be in compliance with DMCA regulations (the station shuffles these songs).

Artist
Title
Album

5 Chinese Brothers
Alone Together
Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief

7th and Beale
You’re the Only Train (On My One Track [...]

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Moxy Fruvous - King Of Spain

Another video, because I’m bored. Early Fruvous.

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Matty Groves

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Ashley Maher, one of my favorite world folk fusion artists has the opportunity to record in Senegal.   Here’s the scoop from Ashley: 
Dear Friends, Fans, and Family!!!!

I HAVE NEWS TO SHARE!

WHAT?  I am raising money to record my 5th CD in Dakar, Senegal in September with key musicians of Africa’s biggest star and my All Time [...]

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Debra Cowan is an accomplished folk singer that I play regularly on Festival Radio.  Today, she posted this to the Folk DJ List:
Laurel Paulson-Pierce hosts “Crossroads” on KRBS out of
Oroville, CA.  Whilst helping to fight fires in the Concow area
of Butte County (where she also lives) her own house was totally
destroyed in these fires. Thankfully, [...]

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New Adds - Festival Radio - Since July 1, 2008
Artist - Album

The Hayburners - The Hayburners
Jonathan Byrd - The Law and the Lonesome
Jenny Goodspeed - Under the Ash Tree
Chuck Brodsky - Two Sets
Nels Andrews - Off Track Betting
Great Big Sea - Fortune’s Favor
Tiller’s Folly - A River So Wide
Carrie Elkin - The Jeopardy of Circumstances
The [...]

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New adds, Festival Radio, from July 18-July 1, 2008
Artist - Album

Eliza Carthy - Dreams of Breathing Underwater
Crooked Still - Still Crooked
Tim Grimm - Holding Up the World
The High Kings - The High Kings
Hungrytown - Hungrytown
KaiserCartel - March Forth
Laienda - EP
Richard Murray - Desert Wind
Carrie Newcomer - The Geography of Light
Linda Sharar - Everyday
Various Artists - [...]

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Top 32 rated songs by listeners to Festival Radio, June 2008.  Why 32?  Listeners only rated 32 songs.
Rank - Artist - Song - Album
1.    Kris Delmhorst - Sea Fever - Strange Conversation
2.    Ian & Sylvia - Early Morning Rain - Vanguard - Roots of Folk
3.    Lauren Lapointe - Here Comes The Rain Again - Butterfly
4.    [...]

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