Joel Mabus, a great traditional musician, singer and songwriter was one of the big hits this past weekend at the Champlain Valley Folk Festival in Burlington, Vermont.

I think a lot of Mudcatters would enjoy hearing the conversation that I recorded at the festival with Joel. It'll be interspersed with some of Joel's recordings and heard during Folk Roots/Folk Branches tomorrow (Thursday August 12). There's lots of other great music on tap too.

The show airs from 9-11:30 am (EDT) on CKUT, 90.3 FM in Montreal, and in RealAudio from

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Mike Regenstreif