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The Folk Music Hour 08-09-2024 Harmony Folk( 0:59:19)

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Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of folk song, for the performer and the audience alike, is singing in harmony.
Published: 9/09/2024 11:30:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 01-09-2024 Kids Stuff( 0:58:0)

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Songs and rhymes for children have folk origins and tell some wonderful stories.
Published: 2/09/2024 10:00:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 25-08-2024 Protest, Revisited( 0:58:9)

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We pick up the theme of Protest November, four podcasts from 2018, with new issues and songs.
Published: 26/08/2024 11:30:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 18-08-2024 Mixtape 16( 0:58:12)

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Some more songs and tunes too good to miss make up a sampler from over 60 years of folk.
Published: 19/08/2024 3:00:00 p.m.

The Folk Music Hour 11-08-2024 Lisa Hannigan( 0:58:25)

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The Irish composer, instrumentalist and songstress influences modern folk with her interesting music.
Published: 12/08/2024 2:00:00 p.m.

The Folk Music Hour 04-08-2024 Young Tradition( 0:58:12)

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Young musicians are very talented; some are keeping traditional folk going while others are adding to it.
Published: 5/08/2024 11:00:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 28-07-2024 Cover Versions( 0:57:42)

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We can’t seem to help finding versions of songs we think you will love.
Published: 29/07/2024 10:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 21-07-2024 More Screen Folk( 0:58:16)

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It's amazing how many filmmakers illustrate their themes with folk music.
Published: 22/07/2024 10:00:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 14-07-2024 Woody Guthrie Day( 0:58:6)

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July 14th is the National Day of France, and the birthdate of Woody Guthrie, whose lyrics spoke of freedom and human rights
Published: 15/07/2024 11:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 07-07-2024 Pop Goes Folk( 0:58:20)

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In which we see the folk artist sounding pop, and the pop artist going folk.
Published: 8/07/2024 3:30:00 p.m.

The Folk Music Hour 30-06-2024 Runs in the Family( 0:57:17)

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We often think of a talent as ‘running in the family’. A playlist of folk parents and children making music.
Published: 1/07/2024 12:30:00 p.m.

The Folk Music Hour 23-06-2024 Joan Baez( 0:58:27)

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The veteran folk artist and activist, so influential in NZ too, has announced her retirement.
Published: 24/06/2024 10:15:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 16-06-2024 Juneteenth (2023 replay)( 0:58:25)

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Our first programme observing President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
Published: 18/06/2024 9:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 09-06-2024 Dave Jordan( 0:58:9)

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The NZ musician Dave Jordan was constantly inventive, and perhaps the first Kiwi to make a living writing songs.
Published: 10/06/2024 11:00:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 04-06-2024 Kiwi Playlist 4( 0:58:30)

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Yet more folk in our fourth playlist of the season
Published: 4/06/2024 12:30:00 p.m.

The Folk Music Hour 26-05-2024 Kiwi Playlist 3( 0:58:19)

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During May every year, NZ Music Month, we play only NZ songs and artists. Send us your songs to share.
Published: 27/05/2024 11:30:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 19-05-2024 Kiwi Playlist 2( 0:58:23)

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More NZ folk and Kiwiana for NZ Music Month, 2024.
Published: 20/05/2024 10:15:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 12-05-2024 Adam McGrath( 0:58:14)

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The South Island folk singer and storyteller is becoming something of a NZ legend, and a FMH feature for NZM Month
Published: 13/05/2024 2:15:00 p.m.

The Folk Music Hour 05-05-2024 Kiwi Playlist 1( 0:57:54)

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We get behind NZ Music Month in May every year, sharing Kiwi folk artists and the NZ folk heritage.
Published: 6/05/2024 10:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 28-04-2024 Taranaki Folk( 0:58:10)

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NZ folk and Kiwiana specialist Mike Harding has made a career singing our own folk songs and launches our NZ Music Month in Taranaki.
Published: 29/04/2024 11:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 21-04-2024 Ralph McTell( 0:58:18)

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The English contemporary folk artist is the perfect modern troubadour.
Published: 22/04/2024 10:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 14-04-2024 EuroFolk at WOMAD( 0:58:28)

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Two outstanding acts at Womad ‘24 make for a great double bill.
Published: 15/04/2024 12:45:00 p.m.

The Folk Music Hour 08-04-2024 Country Womenfolk( 0:58:12)

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We are once again somewhere on the musical spectrum where folk and country music connect, with a programme of female artists.
Published: 8/04/2024 10:30:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 31-03-2024 Covers Galore( 0:58:10)

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A fifth programme of musical treats where artists delight in covering the songs of others.
Published: 2/04/2024 11:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 24-03-2024 Josh White( 0:58:12)

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Father and son were influential guitarists, balladeers and bluesmen.
Published: 25/03/2024 10:45:00 a.m.

The Folk Music Hour 17-03-2024 Saint Paddy's Day( 0:58:7)

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We help the Irish celebrate their national day with a medley of songs, tunes and humour.
Published: 18/03/2024 10:00:00 a.m.

David Calder presents the music he loves in The Folk Music Hour, with the aim of rekindling listeners' interest in acoustic music in the Anglo-American tradition, including NZ folk song, and world folk music such as that heard at WOMAD in New Plymouth's beautiful Brookland's Park. Almost all music has a folk origin: blues, jazz, rock and even so-called classical. As Big Bill Broonzy famously said - "all songs are folk songs; ain't never heard a horse sing!" Arguably the first Kiwi to make a living with a mandolin, David spent some of his musical life playing bluegrass, but was performing in the folk boom as early as 1964. He was playing in Europe and the UK in the 70's, dabbling in folk rock and pop in California in the 80's, and creating a country garden in the 90's and teaching children to read. These days, kind of retired, he is free to pursue any of the musical paths he loves: song-writing, tuition, and performance with guitar, piano, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, dulcimer, even bass; playing jazz, folk, blues and originals. Or to just kick back and listen to Bach or Grappelli ... He is a long-standing performer of NZ folk, and maintains a love affair with US old-time music nurtured since Doc Watson's LPs first made it to these shores. A natural entertainer since his debut on radio aged six, David thinks radio is the perfect performance medium.

Host: David Calder

Produced By: Access Radio Taranaki

Language: English

Category: Community

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