Folkscene online: excellent radio site

Subject: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 02:43 AM

Since we don't have any folk music on the radio here on this island (with the strong exception of Hawaiian music--there are stations that play nothing but), I keep looking around to find it on the Net. FolkScene is the best online folk music radio program I've found so far. Roz and Howard Larman had a folk radio show in Los Angeles for about 30 years and were apparently forced off by creeping commercialism. Their show is now carried by KPIG.com, and all of us should thank KPIG for doing so. The FolkScene home page is here, or you can go right here and start listening. It's a nice combination of traditional music and more contemporary music with a traditional "feel". Well, I think it's a nice combination, anyway! You have a choice of RealAudio or MP3 format in two bandwidths, and they have a "live" channel (which changes weekly) and an "archive" channel. Check it out!

(I used to listen to WKSU's folk show from Kent State U., but that leans heavily toward contemporary singer-songwriters, and even though I are one of those --well, an amateur one, anyway!-- I still like to hear the more traditionally oriented material.)

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: artbrooks
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 08:54 AM

Listening as I type. Thanks, Mark.

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 09:31 AM

Mark re: the dearth of US folk in Hawaii. I don't know if you count this as folk (Gutbucketeer and I would!) and it may now be history but I found this about the Kapahaki Jug band.
RtS

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: Jim Krause
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 01:54 PM

Excuse the possible thread creep, but............Does any one know of a radio show called Wood Smoke out of Louisville, KY? I think I may have the name slightly wrong. Maybe it's something like the Wood Shed Review or something like that. But I'm relatively certain it came from Louisville. Can't find it.
Jim

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 02:24 PM

Way cool Mark! Ahhhh to the demise of commercial radio.

~(:?)

Steve

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: Don Firth
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 02:39 PM

Thanks, Mark! I've got it on right now. Great stuff!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: Jerry Dingleman: The Boy Wonder(inactve)
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 02:40 PM

Here are links to the sites of three other excellent folk music radio shows.

Mike Regenstreif's Folk Roots/Folk Branches

Rich Warren's Midnight Special

Matt Watrpba's Folks Like Us

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: little john cameron
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 02:43 PM

Great stuff guys. ljc

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: Jim Krause
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 03:33 PM

Great stuff. I'm bookmarking 'em.
Jim

Subject: RE: Folkscene online: excellent radio site
From: GUEST,Sari D.
Date: 20 Dec 01 - 05:00 PM

Mike's Christmas special today on Folk Roots, Folk Branches was wonderful. Next Thursday Mike is playing his favorite folk cd's of 2001.