Broadcast folk music

Subject: Broadcast folk music
From: Kampervan
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 03:03 AM

Where do people go to listen to good folk music given that Pandora is no longer available in the Antipodes?

Anyone know of any digital radio stations or streaming services, available in New Zealand, where one can listen to a good selection of folk music?

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: JHW
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 05:06 AM

There should be a prize for the year's most tricky question!

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: DaveRo
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 05:57 AM

Does New Zealand have limited access to the internet? Seems to me there are folk stations and podcasts galore - you just have to search a bit.

Mike Harding's weekly podcast has listeners down under, he claims. In the US there are streaming folky stations, often with four-letter names, such as WKSU. Some guy called Max has a blues show, or did. Search for 'npr radio; or 'icecast streams'.

Can you get the BBC's iPlayer radio programmes? I'm not sure if they're UK only, now. There are half-a-dozen local ones like Folkscene on Merseyside and Genevieve Tudor on Shropshire.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Kampervan
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 06:05 AM

The question comes from my sister down in NZ.

Ideally she would like a service where you build up your own playlist of artists or a station which was dedicated to folk.

Yes , she is searching on the net but it's always helpful to get recommendations.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Reinhard
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 06:12 AM

See Ange Hardy's comprehensive Folk Radio Diary

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 06:17 AM

BBC iplayer does not seem to be available down under.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: DaveRo
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 06:45 AM

GUEST,Guest wrote: BBC iplayer does not seem to be available down under.

That's true of TV, and always has been. But what about radio? Radio streams used to be unrestricted geographically but recently may have changed by requiring you to confirm you have a TV licence.

For example, many of the links on Ange Hardy's excellent site - eg Folkscene on Sundays - should be playable with a browser, at least on a desktop/laptop computer. Latest_Folkscene. Does that work outside the UK?

Mobiles sometimes require use of an app - there's an Android iPlayer Radio app - and these may be more restrictive because they can download as well as stream.

(Techies can use get-iplayer to get round these limitations.)

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 06:50 AM

https://www.efdss.org/listen

A weekly folk show available on the net. Probably not quite what the OP's sister has in mind though, but worth a listen, and my current fav.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Reinhard
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 07:20 AM

Dave: Folkscene, Mark Radcliffe and Genevieve Tudor work fine in Germany. I'm listening to them every week with my browser.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: DaveRo
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 11:13 AM

Reinhard: thanks for confirming that. It's confusing that the BBC brands everything 'iPlayer': people hear that iPlayer is a UK-only service and assume it applies to radio too. It might one day - but not yet.

For those who don't know, almost all BBC radio programs are available for 30 days from last broadcast. On Android the iPlayer Radio app allows you to download programs - and deletes them automatically when they expire - which is good if your internet connection is poor. But I don't know if that app works outside the UK. I'll try it when I'm in Germany next month.

There's so much stuff out there. I was posting on a mobile this morning, but here on my desktop computer I have a load of bookmarks - some of which still work:
http://dir.xiph.org/search?search=folk
(I'm currently listening to Back to Back Irish traditional and folk music from that list.)
http://www.folkcast.co.uk/
http://www.frootsmag.com/radio/
http://www.folkalley.com/

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: RunrigFan
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 12:36 PM

TuneIn should work

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Jack Campin
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 01:57 PM

This one is great for Hungarian folk music:

http://folkradio.hu/

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 04:07 PM

Try 'Radio Art'.
All sorts on there.
Roger

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Kampervan
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 04:59 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions. There's plenty there for my sister to experiment with.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 05:41 PM

I hope this helps. It's the University of Massachusetts at Boston station.
http://wumb.org/programs/programdescriptions.php?SortPrograms=4

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 06:29 PM

if you can use iPlayer...
I thought this listed all the BBC's folk programmes,,, but i don't see Folkscene mentioned above(is that only 'mediaplayer'?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/categories/music-folk 

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A few comments about BBC in NZ on TripAdvisor here(2013)
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g255104-i125-k6040724-Listening_to_BBC_radio_in_NZ-New_Zealand.html 

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST,Kampervan's sister down under 😄
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 09:29 PM

Thanks to all for your responses above. I will try all of them one by one. From a grateful traddy English folk-fan in New Zealand 🇳🇿

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 11:31 PM

one of my friend listens to Folk Alley He even wears their tee-shirt around regional Australia.

FolkAlley.com went online in September 2003, offering live-streaming music over the Internet 24 hours a day. The hosted stream is produced by WKSU-FM in Kent, OH, which also built and maintains the web site. The Folk Alley playlist is created by senior host, Jim Blum, and Folk Alley Music Director Linda Fahey and features a distinctive blend of the best of singer/songwriter, Celtic, acoustic, Americana, traditional, and world sounds.

Not exactly what a traddy English folk-fan in NZ wants, but deserving to on the list of broadcast folk musics.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music..
From: Kampervan
Date: 06 Aug 17 - 02:32 AM

Thank you S.i.S.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: DaveRo
Date: 06 Aug 17 - 03:14 AM

FreddyHeadey wrote: if you can use iPlayer...is that only 'mediaplayer'?

iPlayer is just a brand and a logo that the BBC seem to attach to anything they make or license that plays their content. So it's on the webpage you linked to (which, for me, does include folkscene).

At the BBC's end is the 'Audio Factory' which sends out live streams, 'listen again' streams and downloads, and podcasts (not the same thing).

You can receive all that over the internet with any program (app, browser, media player, internet radio, diy script) that meets the BBC's spec. I expect you can play it in Windows Media Player if you can find a stream URL - there are several, with different formats and quality.

It's a wonderful system, IMO.

Oh, and they brand TV with 'iPlayer' too.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 06 Aug 17 - 02:24 PM

"Folkscene...."
Thanks DaveRo. Yes, there it is today, top of the list.

I was in France when I typed that. Wonder if that made a difference.
Or the red wine.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: RunrigFan
Date: 13 Sep 17 - 05:49 PM

Iplayer wont work if you;re not in the UK

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 17 - 06:40 PM

I often have TRADCAN playing in the background on my computer. Based in Belgium, plays folk from across Europe, and recently a lot of Quebecois tunes.
https://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/tradcan/index

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 17 - 06:40 PM

How to watch BBC iPlayer abroad

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST,lou Judson
Date: 13 Sep 17 - 08:01 PM

kalw.org Saturday afternoons San Francisco time...
KPFA.org Sundays from Noon on SF time.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 13 Sep 17 - 08:55 PM

And for streaming your own choices there is Spotify,
https://support.spotify.com/nz/account_payment_help/subscription_information/

You can search Spotify for folk playlists but what comes up is a bit limited

or look on the internet and find an existing playlist which you like, not so easy.

tips on a Mudcat thread here
thread.cfm?threadid=156374 

and there are some related threads at the top of that page to check.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: DaveRo
Date: 14 Sep 17 - 02:33 AM

RunrigFan wrote: Iplayer wont work if you;re not in the UK

iPlayer TV won't work if you're not in the UK.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 14 Sep 17 - 03:04 AM

I was able to download BBC Radio programmes from the iplayer using get_iplayer in Spain last week

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 14 Sep 17 - 03:47 AM

Can I ask how easy it is to access Irish radio stations where you all are
We have far more (real) traditional music(sit back and listen and serious) here on the media, than anywhere else I've lived and I often wonder if it's worth passing on the information
The same goes for television (RTE and TG4 are full of the stuff)
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Sep 17 - 04:12 AM

Access Radio there are podcasts and an Irish prog which plays when you open.

I used to host the Folk programme on Access Radio 1986-1988. In those days they gave the weekend free to anyone who wanted to make programmes, and you had the use of their staff to record (some went out live). It was the Parliamentary channel during the week.

I used to write columns in the Balladeer which was run by the Wellington Folk Club, it seems to have morphed into Acoustic Roots now.

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 14 Sep 17 - 06:09 AM

JC " ...I often wonder if it's worth passing on the information "
I'd be interested in a quick look, yes.
But do you have links to
the schedules,
your favourite programmes and
their online radio?

This page has a few dozen Irish stations listed but no programme info. They play but idk what.
http://www.ieradio.org/ 

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 14 Sep 17 - 02:11 PM

Celtic Music Radio: based in Glasgow, but "connecting singers and songwriters in Glasgow and around the world" - online, and definitely NOT just about singers and songwriters! Loads of good music!
BBC Radio Scotland have "Travelling Folk" and "Take the Floor", the latter being more for Scottish dance band music, but they do have some great interviews with non-dance band musicians and play their recordings or even have them playing live in the studio. I know they get people listening in far-flung parts, not just Scotland, and as others have indicated, there are ways around the iPlayer thing!

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 08 Oct 17 - 06:24 PM

Alan Morley (UKFolkMusic.uk) has started doing shows again, occasionally, on
https://m.mixcloud.com/UKFolkMusicRadio/

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: GUEST,kenny
Date: 09 Oct 17 - 09:40 AM

http://www.shmu.org.uk/fm/shows/wednesday-session

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 09 Oct 17 - 10:19 AM

^^^ more...
The shmu Wednesday Session
3pm-4pm
http://www.shmu.org.uk/node/731/view/wednesday

listen again :
http://www.shmu.org.uk/radio/shows/the_wednesday_session.mp3



"The Wednesday Session - jointly hosted by local musicians Kenny Hadden and Colin Edwards – will bring you the best of traditional and contemporary folk music.

The programme will include music and songs from the traditions of Scotland, England, Ireland, and also much further afield.

We’ll keep you informed about local events, and occasionally have live guests in the studio to talk about their music. "

[e-mail]

"Presenters

Colin Edwards
Colin has been active on the folk music scene since 1974. Performance skills include singing, guitar, tenor banjo,
mandolin, bouzouki, Bodhran, hand percussion and Bass guitar. Experience in composing for theatre, collaborative works with Aberdeenshire writers and musicians. Currently developing new skills as a volunteer broadcaster.

Kenny Hadden
Kenny Hadden has been involved in the Aberdeen folk scene since the early 1970s, as a musician, teacher and organiser with several organisations including Aberdeen Folk Club, the TMSA, and most recently as a tutor with the “Scottish Culture & Traditions” group (“SC&T”), where he currently teaches the flute class."

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"What is shmu?
Station House Media Unit (shmu), established as a charity in 2003, is one of the core cultural organisations in Aberdeen, and is at the forefront of Community Media development in Scotland, supporting residents in the seven regeneration areas of the city in radio and video production, traditional and on-line publications, music production and digital inclusion."

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 09 Oct 17 - 10:58 AM

And here's another Scottish-based one, broadcasting from Bathgate in West Lothian: also uses Mixcloud technology.
http://www.regalradio.net/

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 15 Apr 18 - 01:47 PM

btw this is where I found the
iPlayer Radio app

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3yvdp3zQJWLtl204z9nxgRt/download-the-iplayer-radio-app

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 17 Jul 18 - 08:34 PM

LARKIN ABOUT on Galway's Flirt FM
David Larkin

latest playlist
https://www.flirtfm.ie/shows/larkin-about/

(100+?)past shows on mixcloud
https://m.mixcloud.com/Larkid7/

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 01 Oct 18 - 04:14 PM

Ange Hardy has posted on FB that she is closing her
Folk Radio Diary pages.
They are there today but for the future could somebody remind us how to find them on one of those archive websites?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1831852823559721&id=861143210630692 

Subject: RE: Broadcast folk music
From: DaveRo
Date: 02 Oct 18 - 02:15 AM

Do you refer to the Internet Archive aka the Wayback Machine? That has a copy from Oct 2017. Maybe you can request it to take a new copy now - I don't know.

Why not just take your own copy in case it disappears? Ange may not take it down, given the number of links to it; she may just mark it 'unmaintained' and remove it from the site menu.