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David Calder presents the music he loves

David Calder


    • Jun 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
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    • 88 EPISODES


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    The Singing Word: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 56:14


    The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode one.

    New Zealand Music Month - Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 58:13


    Join Davey Calder for the final installment of his 2025 series on Aotearoa folk music, as a part of New Zealand Music Month.

    NZ Music Month 2025: Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 58:58


    Our all-Kiwi theme for NZ Music Month continues.

    NZ Music Month 2025: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 58:12


    We continue our New Zealand music month with selections from all over the country.

    NZ Music Month 2025: Part 1 - Awards Season

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 59:05


    Our 8th all-Kiwi New Zealand Music Month Folk Music Hours begins with a look at music awards.

    Longing for Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 56:59


    For Anzac Day, Memorial Day, and Remembrance Day, a playlist of songs about the human longing to live in peace.

    The Folk Music Hour 13-04-2025 Bow [Replay]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 54:17


    Join Davey as he shares some of his favourite folk covers.

    The Folk Music Hour 30-03-2025 More Funny Folk

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 58:28


    We've put together another playlist of songs where the artists seek to amuse us, sometimes with a message implied.

    The Folk Music Hour 23-03-2025 Covers Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 56:31


    Join Davey as he shares some of his favourite folk covers

    The Folk Music Hour 02-03-2025 Trad by Mod

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 58:36


    Traditional songs get a new lease of life performed by contemporary artists.

    The Folk Music Hour 23-02-2025 A Complete Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 55:09


    The FMH companion to the film looks at the music from this turbulent time in history and contemporary folk song.

    The Folk Music Hour 16-02-2025 Woverview 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 58:54


    It's that time of year again, when we kick out the jams and the Folk Music Hour gets a bit loud as we preview some of the amazing sounds coming to Brooklands Park in New Plymouth, for the 22nd NZ WOMAD, World of Music, Art, and Dance. As always, the lineup gives us the chance to enjoy cultures not represented at other music festivals.

    The Folk Music Hour 09-02-2025 Free as a Bird

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 58:40


    The sound of birds is a strong thread in the folk tradition

    The Folk Music Hour 02-02-2025 Pop Goes Folk Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 59:05


    It's uncanny how close to folk some pop music can become.

    The Folk Music Hour 26-01-2025 Pete Seeger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 58:43


    Every year, we play a programme of entertaining songs from the Johnny Appleseed of folk and Americana whose banjo kicks off every Folk Music Hour

    The Folk Music Hour 19-01-2025 Martin Luther King Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 58:34


    Each year we celebrate Martin Luther King Day by looking at the rich legacy of African American music. MLK Day 2025 is Jan 20th

    The Folk Music Hour 12-01-2025 Acting Folk

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 58:25


    Actors who sing and play - and singers who act - make for an interesting playlist

    The Folk Music Hour 05-01-2025 Sandy Denny

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 59:27


    We begin every year with a programme of Sandy's music, near the time of her birthday

    The Folk Music Hour 15-12-2024 Compliments of the Season

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 59:33


    Our scrumptious Christmas and New Year's Eve show ends another year of fine folk.

    The Folk Music Hour 08-12-2024 Mixtape 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 58:51


    Another playlist of choice folk includes news of WOMAD NZ 2025

    The Folk Music Hour 01-12-2024 Duets

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 58:56


    The more we hunt through great folk and acoustic music, the more duets and duos we seem to find.

    The Folk Music Hour 24-11-2024 Songs of the Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 59:18


    The seafarer's life has inspired a vast repertoire of folk songs.

    The Folk Music Hour 24-11-2024 Songs of the Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 59:06


    The seafarer's life has inspired a vast repertoire of folk songs.

    The Folk Music Hour 17-11-2024 Folk Fusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 59:12


    Setting fine musicianship to a beat is being called Folk Fusion, and Celtic sounds work superbly.

    The Folk Music Hour 10-11-2024 Five Hundred

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 57:19


    A celebration of the 500th Folk Music Hour includes some of David's favourites

    The Folk Music Hour 03-11-2024 Farewells

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 59:12


    A playlist of goodbye songs, of which there are many, some even promising a return.

    The Folk Music Hour 27-10-2024 Folk Genres

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 57:47


    The desire to classify kinds of music has ocurred in Folk, too

    The Folk Music Hour 20-10-2024 Mixtape 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 58:47


    A new world tour sharing folk music that includes tracks sent in by listeners

    The Folk Music Hour 13-10-2024 Our Celtic Roots

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 58:04


    So many of us have bloodlines that go back to the ancient Celtic peoples of Eurasia. That's why we love Celtic music.

    The Folk Music Hour 06-10-2024 Pick

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 58:57


    Humans soon learn to hold something hard but flexible to get the best out of their stringed instruments. The 6th in our series Instruments of Folk.

    The Folk Music Hour 29-09-2024 Bow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 54:11


    Our Instruments of Folk series resumes. After plucking strings to make folk music, some clever person invented a bow to draw across the strings.

    The Folk Music Hour 29-09-2024 Bow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 54:11


    Our Instruments of Folk series resumes. After plucking strings to make folk music, some clever person invented a bow to draw across the strings.

    The Folk Music Hour 19-09-2024 Maori Folk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 59:15


    For te wiki o te reo Maori 2024, we try to unravel the mystery: what is Maori folk music?

    The Folk Music Hour 15-09-2024 WomenFolk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 59:05


    To mark 131 years of women's suffrage in NZ, an all-female programme of folk and related music.

    The Folk Music Hour 08-09-2024 Harmony Folk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 59:19


    Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of folk song, for the performer and the audience alike, is singing in harmony.

    The Folk Music Hour 01-09-2024 Kids Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 58:00


    Songs and rhymes for children have folk origins and tell some wonderful stories.

    The Folk Music Hour 25-08-2024 Protest, Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 58:09


    We pick up the theme of Protest November, four podcasts from 2018, with new issues and songs.

    The Folk Music Hour 18-08-2024 Mixtape 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 58:12


    Some more songs and tunes too good to miss make up a sampler from over 60 years of folk.

    The Folk Music Hour 11-08-2024 Lisa Hannigan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 58:25


    The Irish composer, instrumentalist and songstress influences modern folk with her interesting music.

    The Folk Music Hour 04-08-2024 Young Tradition

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 58:12


    Young musicians are very talented; some are keeping traditional folk going while others are adding to it.

    The Folk Music Hour 28-07-2024 Cover Versions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 57:42


    We can't seem to help finding versions of songs we think you will love.

    The Folk Music Hour 21-07-2024 More Screen Folk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 58:16


    It's amazing how many filmmakers illustrate their themes with folk music.

    The Folk Music Hour 14-07-2024 Woody Guthrie Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 58:06


    July 14th is the National Day of France, and the birthdate of Woody Guthrie, whose lyrics spoke of freedom and human rights

    The Folk Music Hour 07-07-2024 Pop Goes Folk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 58:20


    In which we see the folk artist sounding pop, and the pop artist going folk.

    The Folk Music Hour 30-06-2024 Runs in the Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 57:17


    We often think of a talent as ‘running in the family'. A playlist of folk parents and children making music.

    The Folk Music Hour 23-06-2024 Joan Baez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 58:27


    The veteran folk artist and activist, so influential in NZ too, has announced her retirement.

    The Folk Music Hour 16-06-2024 Juneteenth (2023 replay)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 58:25


    Our first programme observing President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

    The Folk Music Hour 09-06-2024 Dave Jordan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 58:09


    The NZ musician Dave Jordan was constantly inventive, and perhaps the first Kiwi to make a living writing songs.

    The Folk Music Hour 04-06-2024 Kiwi Playlist 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 58:30


    Yet more folk in our fourth playlist of the season

    The Folk Music Hour 26-05-2024 Kiwi Playlist 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 58:19


    During May every year, NZ Music Month, we play only NZ songs and artists. Send us your songs to share.

    The Folk Music Hour 19-05-2024 Kiwi Playlist 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 58:23


    More NZ folk and Kiwiana for NZ Music Month, 2024.

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