Podcasts about folk songs

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week's friend is Ben Traverse! I recorded them in May at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan. Tunes in this episode: * Raging Canal (Sent My Brown Jug Downtown) (0:50) * Lost on the Lady Elgin (10:08) * Who Feeds Us Beans (23:43) * Beaver Dam Road (40:55) * Shenandoah (47:09) * BONUS TRACK: Birch Grove Visit Ben Traverse's Website (https://bentraversemusic.com/) Follow Ben Traverse on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bentraversemusic) Buy Ben's albums from Earthwork Music (https://earthworkmusic.com/collections/all/ben-traverse) Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band and Never Come Down at Mississippi Studios (https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/67800436/never-come-down-tall-poppy-string-band-portland-mississippi-studios) Sign up for the final Earful of Fiddle! (http://earfuloffiddle.com/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band's website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Can cats become zombies, outside of Stephen King's Pet Sematary? Apparently, it happens in songs too. I'll share the story behind “Furagone's Wake” and another Cat Lovers Podcast episode. We're celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. This is Folk Songs & Stories #301 0:34 - Marc Gunn “Finnegan's Wake” from Irish Drinking Songs: The Cat Lover's Companion 3:16 - WELCOME TO FOLK SONGS & STORIES I am Marc Gunn. I'm a Celtic folk musician living in Atlanta, Georgia and host of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I'm also a cat lover as you'll hear later on in the show. If you're new to the show, please subscribe. You can do that PubSong.com or Just send me an email to follow@celtfather. NEWS Poll: What's your favorite song on Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers? Merch: Buy Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers on Patreon or Bandcamp. 3:48 - UPCOMING SHOWS JUL 19: Fiddler's Green Coffeehouse Concert series @ 8 PM, First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta. 470 Candler Park Dr. NE / Atlanta GA 30307. 404-378-5570. firstexistentialist.org, Presented by Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music (AAFFM) JUL 31-AUG 3: Gen Con, Indianapolis, IN AUG 28-SEP 1: Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA SEP 24-28: ALEP 6, Harrodsburg, KY OCT 17-19: MultiVerse, Peachtree City, GA NOV 8: IrishFest Atlanta, Roswell, GA with Inara DEC 7: Nerdy Wonderland at The Lost Druid, Avondale Estates, GA @ 12 - 5 PM. 4:35 - Kinnfolk “Byker Hill” from Kinnfolk 6:26 - SUPPORT THE CLUB The show is brought to you by my supporters on Patreon. If you enjoy this podcast or my music, please join the Club. You get something new every week. It could be a blog, an exclusive podcast, downloadable song, printed sheet music, or stories from the road. Plus, you'll get access to all of my Coffee with The Celtfather video concert series. Email follow@celtfather ! If you can't support me financially, just sign up on Patreon for free. Special thanks to our newest and returning patrons: CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I lead a small group of people on an exciting adventure to one of the Celtic nations and other exciting locations. In 2025, we're going on a Celtic Invasion of Galicia in Spain. Galicia is indeed one of the more obscure Celtic nations to those of us who are most familiar with Ireland and Scotland. Find out more at CelticInvasion.com. 7:12 - CAT MUSIC LOVERS #3: “ FURAGONE'S WAKE”, CATNIP FAQ (REBOOT) How to know if your cat is plotting world domination and a funny story about fresh catnip on Cat Music Lovers Podcast. Cat Music & News Cat Medical News – Catnip FAQ Pet Product Could Harm Your Cat The 16 Signs Your Cat Is Plotting World Domination Irish Drinking Song for Cat Lovers News 21:14 - Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby Cats “Furagone's Wake” from Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Based on the Irish folk song, “Finnegan's Wake“, this cat song tells the story of a Sphynx Cat who loses his ninth life. His fellow cats gather for a wake that turns into one big cat fight. Look for it on my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD. furagone's wake autoharp, lead vocal: Marc Gunn mandola: James "Cedric" Hazlerig bass, mandolin, maracas: Ari Koinuma bgv: Marc Gunn, Ben Hamby, Ari Koinuma comments & sound effects: Marc Gunn, Ben Hamby 24:00 - CREDITS Thanks for listening to Folk Songs & Stories. This episode was edited by Mitchell Petersen. You can follow and listen to the show on my Patreon or wherever you find podcasts. Sign up to my mailing list to learn more about songs featured in this podcast and discover where I'm performing. Remember. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and think about how you can make a positive impact on your environment. Have fun and sing along at www.pubsong.com! #pubstories  

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it's The Modern Folk (aka J Moss)! I keep getting pulled back to his new album with the Modern Folk Electronic Ensemble, and that felt like a perfect excuse to get him on the show. Good times were had! We talk about starting off with Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch's devastating abilities, drug-fueled frenzy from Fleetwood Mac, going to bat for The Eagles, Lil Uzi Vert, Beefheart, Chance the Rapper, Twin Peaks, and so much more!Listen to all of The Modern Folk's picks HEREModern Folk Electronic Ensemble on DebacleJ Moss on InstagramSongs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)Follow Foxy Digitalis:WebsitePatreonInstagramTwitterBlueskyThe Jewel GardenSong ListBob Dylan “Man in the long Black Coat”Gillian Welch “April the 14th, Pt. 1”Lil Uzi Vert “Endless Fashion”The Rolling Stones “Sway”Chance The Rapper “No Problem”Eagles “Hotel California”Angelo Badalamenti “Twin Peaks Theme”Fleetwood Mac “The Ledge”Captain Beefheart "The Dust Blows Forward and the Dust Blows Back”Nina Simone “Suzanne”Guided By Voices “Motor Away”Velvet Underground “I Found a Reason”Big Star “Stroke It Noel”

Matt discusses Good Old Folk Songs with PJ Pajamas. 

From award-winning elder care to folk ballads, fungi farming, and tribal firewood, it's a rich mix of people and place on Main Street.

Topic: Unrequited love.

This week, In the Key of Q welcomes Eric Terino, a folk musician and songwriter from New England. Eric's music blends elements of folk, classical, and alternative sounds to create something uniquely his own. In this candid conversation, Eric discusses his journey as a queer artist who doesn't fit the stereotypical image of LGBTQ+ musicians, his experiences with agoraphobia and mental health challenges, and his path to finding self-worth.Eric's latest album, "Innovation of Grave Perversity," was recorded remotely during lockdown and explores themes of isolation, connection, and self-acceptance. Throughout the interview, he shares profound insights about living a life that hasn't followed expected paths and learning to extend the same kindness to ourselves that we offer others.Timestamps[00:00:28] - Introduction[00:02:12] - Eric introduces himself and his musical style[00:03:21] - Discussion of stereotypical queer musician image[00:04:23] - Eric explains folk music as a storytelling medium[00:06:03] - Dan and Eric discuss queer representation in music[00:07:42] - Conversation about "gay icons" who remained closeted[00:09:21] - Eric shares his coming out story[00:13:12] - Discussion of family acceptance[00:15:49] - Eric opens up about his mental health and agoraphobia[00:19:15] - What it feels like to experience anxiety[00:20:40] - Conditional acceptance of queer people[00:21:00] - Fear of public affection with same-sex partners[00:23:17] - The parallels between victim-blaming women and gay men[00:24:53] - Reflections on queer relationships and success[00:26:21] - Discussion of Eric's new album created during lockdown[00:30:08] - Eric's two minutes to speak on any topic (self-worth)[00:35:30] - The fifteen-year-old self segment[00:36:43] - Gateway song: "Felt" from latest albumAbout Eric TerinoEric Terino is a folk musician and songwriter from New England whose work blends elements of folk, classical, and alternative music. His third album, "Innovation of Grave Perversity," was recorded remotely during lockdown in 2020-2021.Eric describes his approach to music as "earthiness, textures... naturalism rather than gloss," setting him apart from more mainstream queer artists. His work is explicitly queer without being ambiguous, as he believes in the importance of authentic representation in music.Living with agoraphobia, Eric has adapted his creative process to work within his limitations, collaborating remotely with other musicians and finding connection through his art despite physical isolation.Key Quotes"I never wanted anything to be veiled in ambiguity, purposefully, for the sake of making it palatable to somebody who is uncomfortable with an LGBTQ perspective.""If you asked me to drive to the corner shop a mile down the road to me, that would feel like you're asking me to jump out of an airplane... the level of anxiety is so high it feels like you're doing something wild.""Just because you don't have the life that you envisioned for yourself and the life that you expected... it doesn't mean that it's the wrong life for you. It doesn't mean that it is in any way invalid, you know, not valuable.""Worthy. What a thing to claim. And it really is. It's a very powerful idea to say to yourself, I am worthy. And I think a lot of people in our community really struggle with that."Links and ResourcesEric Terino's musicIn the Key of Q websiteIn the Key of Q blog

John Kelly and Paul Lisicky on storytelling, subversion, and a voice that still breaks our hearts—Joni Mitchell. 

A conversation between artist Claye Bowler and art historian Andrew Cummings about the exhibition Dig Me A Grave, burials, connection to the land , latex, soil, death & more.LinksDig Me A Grave dates & venues:Steam Works Gallery, WIP Studios, Wandsworth, Londonhttps://www.wipspace.co.uk/dig-me-a-grave21.03.25 - 11.05.25PV 20.03.25Auction House, Redruth, Cornwall21.06.25 - 19.07.25PV 20.06.25Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield04.10.25 - 02.11.25A sculpture from this body of work was also part of a group exhibitionWinter Sculpture Park 202501.03.25 - 12.04.25Claye's exhibition Top (2022) is being shown again at Queer Britain 10/09/2025 - 23/11/2025Compilation of protests and actions against the Supreme Court: https://whatthetrans.com/compilation-of-protests-against-the-supreme-court/Fundraising towards five transfem causes in the UK https://www.fiveforfive.co.uk/Claye on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clayebowler/?hl=enClaye's website: https://www.clayebowler.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafm3sQ4CBOg5SYofyAmlntP0rmy1-pJZufTxZbWUseEfV5LruEAwpCwAY3MVw_aem__qa4reKB4fVG85oxlrdUjwAndrew: https://researchers.arts.ac.uk/2344-andrew-cummings https://courtauld.ac.uk/research/research-resources/publications/immeditations-postgraduate-journal/immediations-online/immediations-no-18-2021/the-promise-of-parasites/ Fire Choir https://thenestcollective.co.uk/projects/fire-choirThe False Bride, Folk Song that Claye mentions with ‘I'll lie in my grave until I get over you'About the Museum Registrar Traineeship: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/news/article/2675/museum-registrar-traineeship-opportunity-in-leeds-from-september-2024#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20traineeship%20sees%20the%20successful,collections%20work%20amongst%20other%20students. Brandon Labelle: https://brandonlabelle.net/Gluck: https://www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/gluck-by-gluckLiving Well Dying Well - Andrew's End-of-Life Doula foundation training - https://lwdwtraining.uk/ Grief Tending in Community https://grieftending.org/ Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, North Atlantic Books, 2015 Camille Barton, Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding our Sorrow, North Atlantic Books, 2024Top, at Henry Moore Institute https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/claye-bowler-top/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aussie band Men at Work's most famous song is arguably Down Under. But what if it wasn't actually their song? This was the claim made by Larrikin Music, who are the copyright holders of the nursery rhyme Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. In this episode of Crime Insiders Judgement, go inside the plagiarism battle that remains a cautionary tale in copyright law. This episode references suicide. If you or anyone you know needs help, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roud 30 - WILLIE'S LYKE WAKE aka THE BLUE FLOWERS AND THE YELLOW Historical guest: Steve Byrne Singer Guest: Bryony Griffith   Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Find us on social media via our LinkTree   Your host: Matt Quinn Modern performances: Shepherd, Spiers & Watson June Tabor & Oysterband Ewan MacColl Jez Lowe Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner's A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection   Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers: Veteran Records Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down

Folk devotional songs

First, we talk to The Indian Express' Ravi Dutt Misra about the growing uncertainty over the reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States and how they will impact the Indian exporters.Next, The Indian Express' Ajoy Karpuram discusses how courts assess competing claims when senior citizens seek protection of their rights. (09:45)Lastly, we speak to The Indian Express' Sukhbir Siwach about the Haryana government's crackdown on local folk songs “promoting violence". (20:03)Hosted by Ichha SharmaProduced and written by Shashank BHargava and Ichha SharmaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

Roud 29 - SIR LIONEL aka BOLD SIR RYLAS Historical guest: Brian Peters Singer Guest: Jon Wilks   Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter   Instagram Threads Bluesky   Your host: Matt Quinn Website:  Facebook  Twitter Instagram Traditional recordings:  Samuel Harmon  Buna Hicks (audio) Buna Hicks (video)  Bobby McMillon Nimrod Workman - album: Mother Jones' Will Eunice Yeatts MacAlexander - album: Far in the Mountains Vol. 1 Modern performances: Spiers & Boden Waterson:Carthy The Furrow Collective The Demon Barbers Jim Moray Jon Loomes Kate Rusby Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner's A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection   Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers: Veteran Records Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records    Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down

The use of folk songs in the band classrooms is very important to help them learn history! Gene Milford is one of the finest composers of our time uses folk songs all the time, and he joined the show to discuss many of his works for band!To gain access to all show notes and audio files please Subscribe to the podcast and consider supporting the show on Patreon - using the button at the top of thegrowingbanddirector.comOur mission is to share practical  advice and explore topics that will help every band director, no matter your experience level, as well as music education students who are working to join us in the coming years.Connect with us with comments or ideasFollow the show:Podcast website : Thegrowingbanddirector.comOn Youtube The Growing Band Director Facebook-The Growing Band Director Podcast GroupInstagram @thegrowingbanddirectorTik Tok @thegrowingbanddirectorIf you like what you hear please:Leave a Five Star Review and Share us with another band director!

Folk Songs of Anhui Province, China.

Folk Songs of Anhui Province, China.

Roud 28 - HIND HORN Historical guest: David Atkinson (editor of the Folk Song Journal) Singer Guest: Rachel Newton   Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter   Instagram Threads Bluesky   Your host: Matt Quinn Website:  Facebook  Twitter Instagram Traditional recordings: Duncan Williamson Maggie Hammons Parker Edward 'Sandy' Ives Modern performances: Bandoggs Maddy Prior Brian Peters Spiers & Boden Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner's A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection   Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers: Veteran Records Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records     Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down

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Roud 27 - THE BONNIE BANKS OF FORDIE Historical guest: Brian Peters Singer Guest: Katie Macfarlane   Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter   Instagram Threads Bluesky     Your host: Matt Quinn Website:  Facebook  Twitter Instagram Traditional recordings: Minnie Haman Jessie MacDonald John MacDonald Betsy Miller & Ewan MacColl Stanley Robertson Modern performances: Nic Jones Jon Boden Pete Coe Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Nick Hart & Tom Moore Shepherd, Spiers & Watson   Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner's A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection   Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers: Veteran Records Topic Records Musical Traditions One Row Records     Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down

Roud 24 - ERLINTON Guest: Helen Lindley   Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter   Instagram Threads Bluesky     Your host: Matt Quinn Website:  Facebook  Twitter Instagram Modern performances: Thank Goodness It's Folk (feat. Sam Baxter) Jack Rutter   Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner's A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection   Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers: Topic Records Veteran Records Musical Traditions One Row Records     Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down

Roud 23 - EARL BRAND aka THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY Historical guest: Steve Gardham Singer Guest: Hannah Martin   Email us: intheroud@singyonder.co.uk Follow us on: Facebook Twitter   Instagram Threads Bluesky     Your host: Matt Quinn Website:  Facebook  Twitter Instagram   Traditional Recordings: Bella Higgins Mrs Victoria Morris (album - When Cecil Left The Mountains) Professor and Mrs Greer George Fraser Modern performances: Ewan MacColl Jim Moray The Cecil Sharp Project The Gigspanner Big Band   Folk song recourses: Sing Yonder The Vaughn Williams Memorial Library Sussex Traditions GlousTrad Tobas an Dualchais/Kist o Riches Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day Andy Turner's A Folk Song A Week The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection   Record labels promoting recordings of traditional singers: Topic Records Veteran Records Musical Traditions One Row Records     Other Folk Song/Music podcasts: The Old Songs Podcast Every Folk Song Folk On Foot Fire Draw Near Handed Down

Label: Visage Music 2022

Sam Amidon is a folk fiddler, multi-instrumentalist, and singer from New England who now lives in Old England. He's become known for his inventive and often surprising arrangements of folk songs from both sides of the Atlantic. But he's also someone who refuses to stay in his lane. So you could call his new album, Salt River, a collection of folk songs - if your definition of folk song is broad enough. Sam Amidon and multi-instrumentalist Chris Vatalaro expand folk tunes – shape note anthems, murder ballads, traditional songs - and play in-studio. Set list: 1. Three Five 2. Golden Willow Tree 3. I'm On My Journey Home

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Shanta Gautam lives in Fidim in Ilam and collects folk songs. Gautam has written stories, songs, and poems that interest children, and has also collected folk songs of various ethnic groups in the eastern part of Nepal. SBS Nepali spoke to Gautam about her literary journey. - शान्ता गौतम इलामको फिदिममा बसेर बाल साहित्य तथा लोकगीत सङ्कलन गर्ने गर्छिन्। लामो समय शिक्षण पेसामा रहेकी गौतमले बालबालिकालाई रुचि हुने कथा, गीत, कविता लेख्नुका साथै नेपालको पूर्वी भेगका विभिन्न जातजातिका लोकगीत सङ्कलन पनि गरेकी छिन्। नेपालको पाठ्यपुस्तकमा समेत सामेल गीतकी सङ्कलक गौतमले बाल साहित्य बारे एसबीएस नेपालीसँग गरेको कुराकानी सुन्नुहोस्।

Lithuanian-American siblings Vija and Dovas Lietuvninkas have been singing traditional Lithuanian folk music since they can remember.  “One of my earliest memories in general is of my grandfather singing Lithuanian folk songs to us as we were going to sleep, as lullabies as we’re sleeping over at their houses,” Dovas said. “So, literally from the […]

In this episode, we tell the fascinating tale of John Henry, the legendary steel-driving man of Appalachia. Join Steve and Rod as they explore the story of this American folk hero, a man of strength and determination who is said to have stood against the power of machines during the industrial revolution.From the Big Bend Tunnel in West Virginia to the comic book adaptations in the 21st century, John Henry's story is woven into the fabric of American culture. Don't miss this episode of Stories of Appalachia.Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, available on your favorite podcast app.   Thanks for listening, and we'll see you next time!  

For Platform Distribution: Today on the program, we're proud to present the story behind the most widely recorded murder ballad in American history, the true St. Louis story of "Frankie and Johnny." Johnny's real name was Albert, and though the phrase "He was doin' her wrong” has been the constant refrain, the depiction of Frankie Baker has always been one of a vengeful murderess - rather than murder in self defense - and she fought nearly her entire life to change that narrative. For over 100 years, the song has continued to be recorded with many false depictions, and in this story, you'll hear how it all unfolded and became such a hallmark murder ballad in American music history. __ Support Educational Programming: ⁠Tax-Exempt Donations⁠ Join the⁠ Patreon Community⁠ One-time donations:⁠ Venmo⁠ or⁠ PayPal⁠ Follow ⁠American Songcatcher⁠ on ⁠Instagram⁠  Credits: Ryan Eastridge - Research, Writing  Teddy Chipouras - Editing Nicholas Edward Williams - Production, research, editing, recording and distribution References: “A Brief History of St. Louis.” City of St. Louis.  Cellania, Miss. “The Story Behind ‘Frankie and Johnny.'” Mental Floss. May 3, 2016.  Demain, Bill. “Ten Days in a Madhouse: The Woman Who Got Herself Committed.” Mental Floss. May 2, 2011. Edwards, Bill. “Rags and Pieces by Scott Joplin, 1895-1905.” June 6, 2009.  “‘Frankie' of Famed Song Dies at 75.” Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. January 10, 1952.  “Frankie and Johnny (1966).” IMDB. “Frankie and Johnny (1991).” IMDB.   Huston, John. Frankie and Johnny. 1930.  John, Finn J. D. “'Johnny's' Frankie lived in P-town, hiding from song.” Offbeat Oregon History website. April 1, 2021.  Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums. “Frankie and Johnny, or, You'll Miss Me in the Days to Come.” The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection.  Kloppe, Adam. “Tom Turpin's Rosebud Café.” Here's History Podcast. October 16, 2023.  Knox, Martha. “Words on Woodcuts” blog. March 26, 2016.  Lomax, John A., Lomax, Alan. American Ballads and Folk Songs. The Macmillan Company, New York. 1934. pgs. 103-110.  Morgan, Stacey. Frankie and Johnny: Race, Gender, and the Works of African American Folklore in the 1930s. University of Texas Press. 2017. pg. 20.  “Murder Ballads (A Visit to a Bad Neighborhood part 2).” Riverside Blues Society.  New York Public Library for The Performing Arts, Archives and Manuscripts. “Jack Kirkland papers, 1928-1969.” Oswald, Charles J.; Kurres, Richard. “It's Frankie and Albert Instead of Frankie and Johnny.” Lakeland Ledger. May 29, 1975.  Polenberg, Richard. Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales that Inspired Stagolee, John Henry, and Other Traditional American Folk Songs. Cornell University Press. 2015.  Richardson, Ethel Park; edited and arranged by Sigmund Spaeth. American Mountain Songs. Greenberg Publishing, New York. 1927. pgs. 38, 107.  Sandberg, Carl. The American Songbag. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1927. pgs. 73-75.  Slade, Paul. “It's a Frame-Up: Frankie & Johnny.”  Slade, Paul. Unprepared to Die: America's Greatest Murder Ballads and the Stories that Inspired Them. Soundcheck Books LLP, London. 2015.  “Soundtrack: ‘Frankie & Johnny.'” Our St. Louis History. April 20, 2018.   St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 24, 1995. pg. 39.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americansongcatcher/support

This week we're beginning a series on New Brunswick folk songs. Musician Mike Bravener has collected and reimagined a third album of folk songs. He has the stories behind the songs and we hear his 2024 version.

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 7, 2024. www.poets.org

Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 (University of Wisconsin Press) first appeared in 2015 when it comprised of a hardback book, five CDs, and one DVD. It went on to win the “Best Historical Research in Folk or World Music” award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, was nominated for a Grammy for “Best Album Notes,” received universally superlative reviews, and sold out within a year. The project has now been re-issued as a paperback, albeit without any accompanying discs; instead the related tracks and film footage are now available for online access care of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library. It's not hard to fathom why this monumental work received so much acclaim. A groundbreaking multimedia endeavor, Folksongs of Another America is the product of decades of work by the distinguished folklorist, James P. Leary. Leary is, amongst other things, Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies and Cofounder of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a former editor of the Journal of American Folklore, and a native of rural Wisconsin, which is one of the three states – along with Michigan and Minnesota – whose rich musical bounty is explored in this study. Leary sifted through over 2,000 field recordings, made by fieldworkers Sidney Robertson, Alan Lomax, and Helene Stratman-Thomas during the 1930s and 40s, to select the 187 tunes and songs that feature here. Together the chosen pieces create the impression of a region populated by immigrants from a host of different lands, as well as by Native Americans, all with their own musical traditions. For every track, Leary offers extensive documentation, information about the performers, and full lyrics (including in the original language with English translation as necessary which, given that the collection includes twenty-five languages, is often the case). The recordings themselves, which have been wonderfully restored and remastered, provide vivid aural experiences. Folksongs of Another America is, as noted by a reviewer for Deutschlandradio Kultur, “an exceptional achievement that demonstrates for the first time the full worth and cultural wealth of the Upper Midwest for music listeners.” Rachel Hopkin is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

On this week's episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,' pianist Norman Krieger talks about his latest album featuring the music of George Gershwin, recorded alongside the Prague National Symphony and conductor Neal Gittleman. Listen now!

The NYC group Zelenaya mixes traditional folk music with heavy metal in ways that are both surprising and convincing. Haunting three part harmonies, doom-laden guitars, pummeling drums – somehow it all comes together in Zelenaya's debut album, called simply, Folk Songs. The band has both confused and carried away audiences at campground diasporic folk festivals and at death metal shows; serving up music for those who are into Ukrainian choirs, Mussorgsky, math rock and Tuareg guitar bands, Black Sabbath, and Bolt Thrower. In what is likely the first instance of a blast beat and a wall of amps in the Soundcheck Studio, Zelenaya sculpts Eastern European folk tunes into doom metal-laden arrangements, sung in Ukrainian and Georgian, in-studio. (-John Schaefer/Caryn Havlik) Set list: 1. Hora Za Horoyu (Ukrainian) (Mountain Beyond Mountains) 2. Okro Mch'edelo (Georgian) (Goldsmith) 3. Oy Letilo Kupailo (Ukrainian) (Oh, Kupalo Flew)

Luke Combs is embracing fatherhood as a father of 2 young sons, thinking about memories he's spent with his own father and grandfathers as a young boy. His 5th album Father and Sons, documents those moving perceptions and adages this Fathers Day weekend. I discuss its new tracks and past fatherly songs that Luke sang a few years back. Theme Song: "Dance Track", composed by Jessica Ann CatenaSend us a Text Message, Support the showLuke Combs "Dad" Songs playlist"Even Though I'm Leaving" (2019)"The Kind of Love We Make" (2022)"Fast Car" (2023)"The Man He Sees In Me" (2024)Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" (1988)Tracy & Luke's "Fast Car duet at 2024's GrammysTwister: The Album - preorder"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" (2024)Fathers Day country songs:"Remember You Young" - Thomas Rhett (2019)"Lady" - Brett Young (2021)"He's My Boy" - Elvie Shane (2021)"Let Your Boys Be Country" - Jason Aldean (2023)Related Episodes:Ep. 36 - Fathers Day CountdownEp. 76 - Teddy Pendergrass BiographyEp. 116 - Top 40 Songs of 2021 (Part 1)Ep. 117 - Top 40 Songs of 2021 (Part 2)Ep. 143 - "The Kind of Love We Make" Ep. 169 - Top 40 Songs of 2022 (Part 2)Ep. 188 - "Fast Car"Ep. 192 - Jelly Roll's Top 3 HitsEp. 220 - Top 40 Songs of 2024 (Part 1)Ep. 239 - ACM Awards 2024 PredictionsEp. 240 - Miranda Lambert's "Wranglers"

Anatol Liadov - Eight Russian Folk Songs Slovak Philharmonic OrchestraKenneth Jean, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.550328Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

The Sam Hinton Folk Heritage Festival at Old Poway Park in San Diego will be held June 1! We're delighted in this episode to share Sam's history through the eyes of his granddaughter Katrina Hinton-Cooper. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss Sam's music, his tremendous work for the Aquarium Museum of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and his outlook on the world, as shown through his songs, humor, drawings, and observations. We also manage to talk about science fiction, hypnosis through storytelling, circular breathing, and the joys and foibles of our peculiar species. An uplifting episode with something for everyone.Information about the Sam Hinton Festival:https://sdfolkheritage.org/events/sam-hinton-fest/Sam's website:http://samhinton.org/Katrina's blog:https://somerandomchick.jouwweb.nl/the-blogSome YouTube videos of Sam that we mention:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGArzUTCegghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcSLudnKFPA&list=PL3D66F0AE1034A321https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqTDHRau1lcThoughts? Comments? Potshots? Contact the show at:https://booksshowstunes.discreetguide.com/contact/Sponsored by Discreet Guide Training:https://training.discreetguide.com/Follow or like us on podomatic.com (it raises our visibility :)https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-actsSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/discreetguideJennifer on Post.News:@JenCrittendenJennifer on XTwitter:@DiscreetGuideJennifer on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkcrittenden/

The story behind the song, "St Patrick Battalion."

In this KEEN ON show, the music historian Sheryl Kaskowitz, author of A CHANCE TO HARMONIZE, narrates how FDR and his team of New Dealers saved America from the Great Depression - one folk song at a time. And she explains that there would have been on popular American folk music - no Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez or Bob Dillon - without FDR's Hidden Music Unit and its radical ambition to reinvent American communities in the depths of the 1930s. Sheryl Kaskowitz is a writer, editor, and audio storyteller based in Berkeley, California. Her new book, A Chance to Harmonize: How FDR's Hidden Music Unit Tried to Save America from the Great Depression—One Song at a Time, comes out in April 2024 from Pegasus Books. Since earning her PhD from Harvard, Sheryl has written extensively about music in American culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and the role that music can play in civic life. Her first book, God Bless America: The Surprising History of an Iconic Song, was published in 2013 to positive reviews (including pieces in The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor) and won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Book Award for music writing. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, Slate, Humanities, and The Avid Listener. She appeared in the BBC audio documentary “Government Song Woman” and has been interviewed on NPR's “All Things Considered,” WNYC's “The Takeaway,” the Washington Post's “Can He Do That?” podcast, the ABC News podcast “Start Here,” and the public radio news show “The Texas Standard.” Sheryl has received the Anne Firor Scott Mid-Career Fellowship from the Southern Association for Women Historians (2022), a Public Scholars Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (2018), a Kluge Fellowship from the Library of Congress (2016), and research grants and awards from the American Musicological Society, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Music Library Association, and Society for American Music.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Barry's play BREEDING runs from March 21st to April 14th 2024 at the King's Head Theatre in London - get tickets here! https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breeding With a hey nonny no, a slap of the thigh and some deeply questionable lyrics we're joined this week by accordionist, folk singer and comedian David Eagle to root out the world's worst folk song. There's bizarre cover versions, flutes made of human bones, creaking extended metaphors and a roast of Henry VIII. Grab your mandolin and get stuck in! Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @thedavideagle Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot  Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward

Mercury Prize-nominated folk singer, conservationist, song collector and activist, Sam Lee, plays a unique role in the British music scene, breaking boundaries between traditional and contemporary music and the assumed places and ways folksong is appreciated. Sam's voice has helped challenge what old songs hold for us today. His latest critically acclaimed album Songdreaming comes out today, of which Sam has said:“I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever."Sam's debut novel The Nightingale, notes on a songbird richly captivates these highly endangered birds and their place in culture, folklore, music and literature throughout the millennia. Sam is the founder of The Nest Collective, holding vibrant annual gatherings including a diverse range of music events across the UK, featuring outstanding emerging and established folk, world and roots artists from around the globe.  Perhaps most notable are his Singing With Nightingales gatherings in spring, where you can step silently into the night and listen as the finest musicians in the land duet with the sweet song of the ever more endangered nightingale.  Sam's also a regular radio and TV broadcaster, film soundtrack composer and has provided songs for several major feature films. As a change-maker in the music industry, he is a co-founder of Music Declares Emergency, FAC board member and the pioneering artist to work with leading environmental charity Earthpercent to whom a portion of proceeds of the current album will be donated.If you'd like to learn more about our work at Rooted Healing, you can head to rootedhealing.org and join us at our ceremonial nature-led gatherings or online courses in animistic deep ecology.  We have a very special gathering coming up this summer in Eryri, North Wales, called Ancestral, where you can join us and embody ancestral village life, full of songs, ancient stories, craft and ceremonies, all to bring us closer to our early ancestors and our role for the next generations to come, to the land and to our more-than-human kin.  The music in this episode is from Sam Lee and Bonnie Medicine.Support the show

It is February, and it is Black History Month! Today we're sharing music we love by black artists of the 20th century. Hello, by Ella Jenkins Hello hello hello and how are you I'm fine I'm fine and I hope that you are too Sing this song with any variation you can think of, soft, loud, humming, whistling, la la la-ing! Ella Jenkins has been dubbed the “The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song.” Here is a playlist of some of our favorites, but be sure to check her out with your kids, we think you'll love her music as much as we do. To watch a mini class where Ms. Elizabeth and her 5 kids share 3 Ella Jenkins songs click here: https://www.clapforclassics.com/blog/ellajenkins This Little Light of Mine This little light of mine (tap knees), I'm gonna let it shine, (arms: up down up down) This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. (dance in a circle) This iconic American gospel song has been energizing and uniting diverse groups of people for nearly a century. It's impossible to sing this song without moving your body and feeling a spark of excitement and purpose. It is a great song to sing with kids because the words are so repetitive, and the message is so positive! We've added some simple actions to each verse, and suggested a flashlight activity for the second time through -- kids and flashlights always seem to be drawn to each other, right? Don't miss these incredible renditions of this song by these famous black artists. Aretha Franklin Sister Rosetta Tharpe Fannie Lou Hamer Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin Performed by Stefano Ligoratti. Recording used with permission. https://musopen.org/music/43164-maple-leaf-rag/#recordings You don't want to miss this recording of Scott Joplin performing this piece himself! Join our All Access Membership for access to activities like the ones found on this podcast. The membership includes: Over 250 engaging and educational music lesson videos. Comprehensive music courses organized by theme, for example: "Carnival of the Animals", "Peter and the Wolf," "Rhymes and Games," etc. Printable resources, including lesson plan ideas, parent programs, instrument and animal puppet printables, coloring pages, and more! Extensive "Notes to the Grown-ups" for each lesson, so that you can see exactly what your child is learning, with ideas on how to adapt and extend the lessons. Downloadable audio tracks of the classical music as well as the activities, so that you can listen off screen. Get signed up at: www.clapforclassics.com/join Use the code “LION” for 50% off your first month! Help more families find out about this podcast by leaving us a review wherever you listen. To leave Forte and I a message or a joke please record it here: http://www.speakpipe.com/clapforclassics. We love to feature our listeners on the podcast! Classical music tracks are licensed for our use by Classical.com

Show #1038 Waterman Blues 01. Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues (2:35) (78 RPM Shellac, Okey Records, 1940) 02. Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy (4:43) (Harlem Street Singer, Bluesville Records, 1960) 03. Gina Sicilia - Death Don't Have No Mercy (6:18) (Unchange, VizzTone Records, 2022) 04. Lightnin' Hopkins - Bad Things On My Mind [1953] (2:53) (Out Came The Blues, Ace Of Hearts, 1964) 05. Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues [1962] (3:24) (Friends of Old Time Music, Smithsonian Folkways, 2006) 06. Eric Clapton - San Francisco Bay Blues (3:23) (Unplugged, WEA International, 1992) 07. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Brownie's Blues (5:19) (In London, Nixa/Marble Arch Records, 1958) 08. Son House - Trouble Blues [1960s] (4:58) (The Real Delta Blues, Blue Goose Records, 1975) 09. John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues [1965] (2:36) (American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Vol. 1, Hip-O DVD, 2003) 10. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Kokomo Blues (2:05) (Delta Blues, Arhoolie Records, 1964) 11. Bonnie Raitt - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues (3:52) (Lenox Music Inn, August 25, 1973) 12. Mississippi John Hurt - Coffee Blues (3:46) (Today!, Vanguard Records, 1966) 13. Lovin' Spoonful - Day Blues (3:14) (Daydream, Kama Sutra REcords, 1966) 14. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (2:46) (Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar, Folkways Racords, 1958) 15. Taj Mahal - Freight Train (4:37) (Music Fuh Ya', Warner Bros Records, 1977) 16. Sleepy John Estes - Drop Down Mama (3:16) (78 RPM Shellac, Champion Records, 1935) 17. Bert Deivert & Copperhead Run - Drop Down Mama (3:43) (Blood In My Eyes For You, rootsy.nu, 2015) 18. Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (3:16) (78 RPM Shellac, Paramont Records, 1931) 19. Robert Connely Farr - Cypress Grove (3:52) (Country Supper, self-release, 2020) 20. Muddy Waters - My Home Is In The Delta (4:01) (Folk Singer, Chess Records, 1964) 21. Doc Watson - You Don't Know My Mind Blues (3:03) (Memories, United Artists Records, 1976) 22. Hugh Laurie - You Don't Know My Mind (3:39) (Let Them Talk, Warner Bros Records, 2011) 23. Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim - Go Easy (5:54) (Willie's Blues, Prestige Bluesville Records, 1959) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

An epic new folk song debuts this week to commemorate the spooky and sad legend of the SS CLALLAM, a passenger vessel that sank exactly 120 years ago in one of the deadliest disasters ever in local waters.

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five English Folk Songs: Wassail SongRoger Wagner ChoraleCalifornia State University Handbell ChoirRoger Wagner, conductorMore info about today's track: Delos DE3072Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

"I noticed that language seems to fail us. How do you write about the foundations of our existence? That is how mythology enters very naturally into the story, because history is about ideas, religions, empires, wars and culture. Mythology is about the fundaments. Sun, moon, wind, oceans, great floods and tragic gods... We are living in mythological times, where we are shaking the fundaments." - Andri Snær Magnason Drawing on ideas in his book, On Time and Water, the Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason and the Scottish artist Katie Paterson explore how our imagination can help us hold the moment we live in. From handfuls of dust to watching geological time mark the landscape, this documentary flows from the night skies into the deepest known point in our oceans. Archive recording from Raddir - Voices: Recordings of Folk Songs courtesy of the Árni Magnússon Institute 'Vatnajökull (the sound of)' recording courtesy of Katie Paterson Recording of the journey to Okjökull by Guðni Tómasson Music composed and performed by Phil Smith and Zac Gvi Produced by Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4