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Free-Range Folk features the best in new folk, americana and country, with some of the favorites from the rich history of folk and country thrown into the mix. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

Crystal Sarakas


    • Apr 19, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 2h 3m AVG DURATION
    • 202 EPISODES


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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 203

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 118:30


    Music from Malcolm Holcombe, The Stray Birds, Ed Romanoff, the everybodyfields, Nanci Griffith, Terence Martin and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media. **Public radio is under threat from the current administration. Find out what you can by visiting protectmypublicmedia.org**

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 202

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 118:30


    Songs from I'm With Her, Crys Matthews, Willie Nelson, The Devil Makes Three, The Head and the Heart, Big Little Lions and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 201

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 118:30


    Music from The War & Treaty, Big Little Lions, Sons of the East, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Charlie Crockett and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 200

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 118:30


    Free-Range Folk | Episode 200 by Crystal Sarakas

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 199

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 118:30


    Music from Jeffrey Martin, Tret Fure, National Park Radio, Vance Gilbert, Old Crow Medicine Show and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 198

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 118:30


    Songs from Brandi Carlile, Mon Rovia, The Civil War, Sierra Ferrell, Avi Kaplan and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 197

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 118:30


    Music from Mary Gauthier, Jake Blount, The Honey Dewdrops, Carolina Chocolate Drops and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 196

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 118:30


    Music from Nancy Griffith, Big Little Lions, Roo Panes, Mon Rovia, The Staves, Kathy Mattea and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 195

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 120:00


    Music from Crys Matthews, Driftwood, Joe Crookston, Lucinda Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jef Cramer and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 194

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 118:30


    It's our annual holiday show! Songs for the season from Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, The O'Pears, Hayes Carll, Jim Henry, Sarah Jarosz, Emmylou Harris, The Lumineers and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 193

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 118:30


    Music from Brandi Carlile, The Steel Wheels, Tommy Prine, The Wailin' Jennys, American Patchwork Quartet, Kid Reverie and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 192

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 118:30


    Music from Willie Nelson, Lori McKenna, The Oh Hellos, Quote the Raven, The Beerworthy Sisters and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 191

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 118:30


    Music from Gregory Alan Isakov, Noah Kahan, Mumford & Sons, The Oh Hellos, Willie Nelson, Lori McKenna, Molly Tuttle and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 190

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 118:30


    Music from Kris Kristofferson, Colter Wall, Lucy Kaplansky, Joe Crookston, Ellis Delaney, The Duhks, Brad Tursi, Antje Duvekot and many more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 189

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 118:30


    Music from Crys Matthews, Malcolm Holcombe, John Gorka, Vance Gilbert, Ellis Paul, Lori McKenna and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 188

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 118:30


    Free-Range Folk | Episode 188 by Crystal Sarakas

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 187

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 118:30


    Music from Owen Walsh, Naomi Sommers, Colter Wall, Shakey Graves, Richard Shindell, The Stray Birds and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 184

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 118:30


    Music from Michael Waite, Vance Gilbert, Lainey Wilson, The Black Lillies, Naomi Sommers, Aoife O'Donovan, Brother Sun and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 184

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 118:30


    Music from Vance Gilbert, Ellis Paul, Gillian Welch, the American Patchwork Quartet, Amber Rubarth, Mary Gauthier and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 183

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 118:30


    Music from Owen Walsh, The Riverside, National Park Radio, Paper Wings, Driftwood, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 182

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 118:30


    Music from Tracy Grammar, Tret Fure, The Burns Sisters, Slaid Cleaves, Ellis Delaney, The Flatlanders, Justin Townes Earle, Eilen Jewell and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 181

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 118:30


    Music from Joe Crookston, Steve Earle, Hermanos Gutierrez, Blessing Offor & Dolly Parton, Jensen McRae, Buffalo Rose, Ellis Paul and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 180

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 118:30


    Free-Range Folk | Episode 180 by Crystal Sarakas

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 179

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 118:30


    Music from Baby Gramps, Mary Gauthier, The Old Sea Brigade, John Flynn and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 178

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 118:30


    Music from Brandi Carlile, John Gorka, Dar Williams, John Prine, The Modern Don Juans, Bo Staloch, The Milk Carton Kids and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 177

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 118:30


    Music from Owen Walsh, Maggie Rogers, Tret Fure, Sidney Bird, Wild Roots Rising, The War and Treaty, Over the Rhine and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 176

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 118:30


    Music from Rising Appalachia, The Ballroom Thieves, Sierra Ferrell, The Secret Sisters, Ellis Paul, Jake Blount and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 175

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 118:30


    Songs from Dulan Gossett, The Lumineers, Brandi Carlile, Joy Oladokun, Jelly Roll, John Gorka, Crys Matthews and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 174

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 118:30


    Music from Driftwood, Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Slaid Cleaves, Katie Dahl, Ellis Delaney, Sloan Wainwright and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 173

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 118:30


    We remember the late Malcolm Holcombe on this week's episode. Plus, songs from Slaid Cleaves, Queen Esther, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Dom Flemons, Sam Bush and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 172

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 118:30


    Music from Malcolm Holcombe, Richie Havens, John Prine, The Infamous Stringdusters, Driftwood, Uncle Lucius, Mouths of Babes and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 172

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 118:30


    Music from Chris Smither, Amber Rubarth, Susan Werner, The Decemberists and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 171

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 118:30


    Music from our archives, with songs from Malcolm Holcombe, The Railsplitters, Colebrooke Road, Ellis Delayney and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 170

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2024 118:30


    Music from Gillian Welch, The Mammals, Jake Blount, The Lone Bellow, Lula Wiles and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 169

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 118:42


    Music from John Gorka, Amethyst Kiah, Antje Duvekot, Logan Ledger, Gillian Welch and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 168

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2023 119:00


    A look back at some of the music released in 2023, with songs from Vance Gilbert, Rachel Sumner, Joe Crookston, Allison Russell, Tret Fure, Joy Oladokun, Owen Walsh, Lori McKenna and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 167

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 118:30


    Free-Range Folk | Episode 167 by Crystal Sarakas

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 166

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 118:30


    Songs from Mary Gauthier, John Prine, Chris Smither, Bonnie Montgomery, The Waymores, Vance Gilbert, Lori McKenna, The Early Risers and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 165

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 178:30


    On this week's show, tunes from Katie Dahl, Joe Crookston, Mary Gauthier, Billy Joe Shaver, The Secret Sisters, Steve Earle, Dylan Gossett and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 164

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 178:30


    Songs this week from Malcolm Holcombe, Guy Clark, Nat Myers, Lori McKenna, Ellis Paul, Clannad and more. Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 163

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 178:24


    Music from Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, Abby Anderson, Luke Grimes, Joy Williams, Aisha Badru, The Head and the Heart and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 162

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 178:30


    Music from Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, The Foxgloves, The Honey Badges, Big Little Lions, Spottiswoode, and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 161

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 178:30


    Songs from Gillian Welch, Malcolm Holcombe, Jaimee Harris, Mason Jennings, Red Molly, Dar Williams, Della Mae, David Olney, John Gorka and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 160

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2023 178:30


    This week, we've got songs from Sons of the East, Tyler Childers, Salt Tree, Ellis Paul, Tracy Chapman, Lori McKenna, Sierra Ferrell and plenty more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 159

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2023 178:30


    Music this week from Vance Gilbert, Jess Klein, Red Horse, The Duhks, Jennie Stearns, Richard Shindell, Molly Tuttle and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 158 "Annual Juneteenth Celebration"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 178:30


    Our special Juneteenth program showcases three hours of music written and performed by Black folk artists. Songs from Odetta, Crys Matthews, Vance Gilbert, Our Native Daughters, Jensen McRae and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas, produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 157

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 178:30


    Songs this week from Warren Zevon, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The Duhks, Flatt Lonesonem, Ellis Paul, The Blind Boys of Alabama and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas, produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 156

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2023 178:42


    Songs from Richard Thompson, Vance Gilbert, Sarah Jarosz, Parker Millspa, Anais Mitchell, Dar Williams and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 155

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 178:30


    Songs from Brandi Carlile, Molly Tuttle, Seth Avett, Sons of the East, Loretta Lynn, Natalie Merchant, Mipso and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

    Free-Range Folk | Episode 154

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 178:30


    The best in new and vintage folk, americana, bluegrass and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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    Free-Range Folk | Episode 153

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 178:30


    Songs from Odetta, Joe Crookston, The Robert Cray Band, Malcolm Holcombe, Kaia Kater, Janis Ian and more! Hosted by Crystal Sarakas. Produced by WSKG Public Media.

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