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Monday, October 23, 2006
Online Folk Christmas is Back on the Air!
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, bluegrass, singer/songwriter, Celtic, cajun, steel drum, world folk and more.
Even as a VIP station with limited access, the station has averaged about an hour per day of listenership from someone somewhere in the world, so I know that there are those out there who like to listen to Christmas music year-round.
So, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow (sorry, Buffalo).
Even as a VIP station with limited access, the station has averaged about an hour per day of listenership from someone somewhere in the world, so I know that there are those out there who like to listen to Christmas music year-round.
So, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow (sorry, Buffalo).
Labels: Online Folk Christmas, Online Folk Festival
Friday, October 20, 2006
Ashley Maher: Flying Over Bridges
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, and jazz influences into an eclectic melange greater than the sum of its parts. The groove is insistent, whether it comes from a lone set of sabar drums, as on "Seven", or from a tight Afropop-influenced rhythm section featuring swirling guitar and walking bass on most of the other pieces. All of it is held together by Maher's smooth Joni-Mitchell-like voice and remarkable ability to craft and control complicated syncopated melodies. If you like astists that step out on the edge to fuse a variety of styles, such as Baka Beyond or Afro Celt Sound System, then I recommend checking out Ashley Maher.
Ashley Maher's most recent CD, Flying Over Bridges, combines singer/songwriter folk, African folk and pop, western pop, and jazz influences into an eclectic melange greater than the sum of its parts. The groove is insistent, whether it comes from a lone set of sabar drums, as on "Seven", or from a tight Afropop-influenced rhythm section featuring swirling guitar and walking bass on most of the other pieces. All of it is held together by Maher's smooth Joni-Mitchell-like voice and remarkable ability to craft and control complicated syncopated melodies. If you like astists that step out on the edge to fuse a variety of styles, such as Baka Beyond or Afro Celt Sound System, then I recommend checking out Ashley Maher.
Labels: Reviews
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The Mailing List is Dead! Long Live the Mailing List!
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 fair game.
One rule only - play nice. I will not hesitate to intervene if anything approaches flame war status.
To join, go to http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/onlinefolk/ and click on the Join This Group button. Follow the directions. A Yahoo ID will be required. Hope to see you there.
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 fair game.
One rule only - play nice. I will not hesitate to intervene if anything approaches flame war status.
To join, go to http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/onlinefolk/ and click on the Join This Group button. Follow the directions. A Yahoo ID will be required. Hope to see you there.
Monday, October 16, 2006
New Adds -October 16, 2006
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 West
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: Seven Is The Number
The Duhks: Migrations
Greg Brown: The Evening Call
Greg Greenway: Weightless
Jackie Frost Ensemble: Cold Lonely Blues
James Durst: Internationally Unknown
Jason Wilber: Lazy Afternoon
John Morgan: Motionography
Josh Ritter: The Animal Years
Katy Bowser: All of My Friends
the Kennedys: Songs of the Open Road
Lonesome Travelers: Lonesome Travelers
Mike Delaney: 1-800-CONFESS
Old Crow Medicine Show: Big Iron World
Reg Meuross: Still
Robert A. Wagner Minus The Little Wretches: Unimarts, Pit Bulls and Karaoke Machines
Roy Zimmerman: Radio Sampler
Running Home: Running Home
Sam Pacetti & Gabriel Valla: Union
Tena Moyer: Shining Through
The Burns Sisters Band: Wild Bouquet
The Foremen: The Best of the Foremen
Tommy Emmanuel: The Mystery
Among the albums to be added shortly are works that have arrived from Shawn Colvin, Lynne Hanson and Bob Baxter that need to be processed.
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 West
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: Seven Is The Number
The Duhks: Migrations
Greg Brown: The Evening Call
Greg Greenway: Weightless
Jackie Frost Ensemble: Cold Lonely Blues
James Durst: Internationally Unknown
Jason Wilber: Lazy Afternoon
John Morgan: Motionography
Josh Ritter: The Animal Years
Katy Bowser: All of My Friends
the Kennedys: Songs of the Open Road
Lonesome Travelers: Lonesome Travelers
Mike Delaney: 1-800-CONFESS
Old Crow Medicine Show: Big Iron World
Reg Meuross: Still
Robert A. Wagner Minus The Little Wretches: Unimarts, Pit Bulls and Karaoke Machines
Roy Zimmerman: Radio Sampler
Running Home: Running Home
Sam Pacetti & Gabriel Valla: Union
Tena Moyer: Shining Through
The Burns Sisters Band: Wild Bouquet
The Foremen: The Best of the Foremen
Tommy Emmanuel: The Mystery
Among the albums to be added shortly are works that have arrived from Shawn Colvin, Lynne Hanson and Bob Baxter that need to be processed.
Labels: New Adds, Online Folk Festival
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Back in Columbus and wearing a new ring
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.
