Podcast appearances and mentions of doris folkens

We’re giving over the whole of Episode 576 of Folk Roots Radio to the 2021 Hillside Festival Girls & Guitars Songwriting Course. We are joined by facilitators: Marie Zimmerman, Executive Director of the Hillside Festival and Guelph based singer-songwriter Doris Folkens and three of their students: Halley McKeown, Missy Bauman and Tania Joy who also share their songs with us. Girls & Guitars is a longstanding feature of Hillside Inside and part of an on-going project designed to address gender imbalance in the music industry and thus further Hillside's mission of encouraging inclusion and equality. The songwriting course is a very special part of that initiative. If you like the artists you hear on this show, don’t just stream their music – BUY their music and then you’ll really make a difference to their income during this difficult time when it’s much more challenging to find live shows. Folk Roots Radio is a labour of love - a full time hobby. If you enjoy this episode, please consider giving us a 'LIKE' and leaving a review/comment on your podcast provider and sharing the episode on social media. We'll love you for it! Check out the full playlist with artist notes on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-576-hillside-festival-girls-guitars-songwriting-course-2021/

We're bringing you another hour of great new music on Episode 511 of Folk Roots Radio. This time around we're including more new Covid-19 tunes, some songs recorded during the coronavirus lockdown, alongside some fine new releases. Join us for new music from Martyn Joseph, Chip Taylor, Crys Matthews & Heather Mae, Gillian Nicola, Shawn Clarke, Bill Bourne, Katie Dahl, Doris Folkens, Pharis & Jason Romero, Claudia Nygaard, Leeroy Stagger, Maggie Duffy, Nelson Sobral, Donovan Woods, Carolyn Anele and Shelley Posen. Stay safe and well everyone! We will get through this... together and apart. Check out the full playlist on the website.

This is Jon's Remembrance Day Episode featuring songs from Cassie and Maggie MacDonald, Lehto and Write, Pete Seeger, Jon Brooks, Ian Foster, Doris Folkens, James Keelaghan, Eve Goldberg, Madeleine Rogers, Ruthie Foster, Buffy Sainte Marie, and Richard Laviolette. These songs honour the stories of people impacted by their participation in and experiences of war and give voice to idea that we should really stop waging war in the first place.

Jory Nash joins us on Episode 405 of Folk Roots Radio to chat about his latest album “Wilderness Years”, and the challenges of making a living as a singer-songwriter in a world where online streaming is rapidly becoming the primary way people listen to music. It’s a great interview and definitely worth sticking around for. We also hear from Guelph based singer-songwriter Doris Folkens who has just released a new single for Remembrance Day, "All Our Roses", and check out more of the new music we've received including new releases from Kaia Kater, Missy Raines, Kathy Kallick Band, Kittel & Co. and Jenie Thai. Check you the full playlist on the website: http://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-405-feat-jory-nash-more-new-releases/

Guelph singer-songwriter Doris Folkens has released a new song for Remembrance Day. The new song, “All Our Roses”, is about her mother’s experience as a young child living in Hamburg, Germany during World War 2. Doris Folkens family history has provided rich material for a young singer-songwriter who is already developing a reputation as a storyteller. The song “Across The Sea” on her debut album is a song about a woman leaving home for love and a life across the sea. It’s also partly her mother’s story, as an immigrant from Germany, who found better opportunities in Canada. All Our Roses was produced by Andrew Collins who also plays mandolin on the new recording. We caught up the Doris Folkens in Guelph to chat about the new song. For more information about Doris Folkens, visit http://dorisfolkens.com. Music: Doris Folkens “Across The Sea” from “Doris Folkens” (2018, Self) and “All Our Roses (single)” (2018, Self).

Dedicated and meticulous songwriter Doris Folkens came to the CFRU studio to discuss a few tracks off her self-titled debut LP. We talk about her grandmother's rescue of a piano from a burning house, the power of free writing, and a fashionable bird that curls its feathers . Check out dorisfolkens.com for more information as well as stories behind the album's songs.

Guelph storytelling singer-songwriter Doris Folkens joins us on Episode 381 of Folk Roots Radio to chat about music and her self-titled debut album which was produced by mando-maestro Andrew Collins. It’s a great interview, and well-worth checking out. We also check out new music from Mayhemingways, Sugar Brown, Birds of Chicago, Miller MacDonald & Cormier, Sue Foley, Tom Rush, Joe Jencks, Graham Parker and Robert Lane. Check out the full playlist on the website: http://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-381-doris-folkens-new-releases/

We’re taking a distinctly female musical perspective on Episode 380 of Folk Roots Radio as we chat to Liv and Anita Cazzola from Guelph’s The Lifers about their sophomore release “Honey Suite”. Liv and Anita have been delighting listening audiences across Canada since there release of their first E.P. “Set the Sails” (2014) and their first long player “Out & In” (2016), although our relationship with them goes back to their first band as a duo, Detour. It’s a great interview – well worth sticking around for. We also check out more new music from female performers including new releases from Doris Folkens, Alicia Toner and Ali McCormick and Carly Thomas. Check out the full playlist on the website: http://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-380-the-lifers-new-releases/