The Folkways Collection: a great podcast

Subject: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Johnhenry'shammer
Date: 09 Sep 06 - 09:13 PM

Has anybody been listening to "The Folkways Collection" podcast? If not, I truly reccomend it. It comes in 1 hour intervals and there have been 22 of them thus far. I think that there will be a total of 24. It's a great history of all aspects of Folkways records. It has great interviews with John Cohen, Tony Seeger, Moe Asche, Michael Asche (Moe's son), Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk, Mickey Hart, Peggy Seeger, and probably other's too. It also features great music from the Folkways collection. Best of all, it's free!

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Folkways Collection

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: emjay
Date: 09 Sep 06 - 09:48 PM

Do I go to the Folkways website to find this?

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Johnhenry'shammer
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 12:05 AM

I'm not sure. I got it from itunes music store.

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 04:41 AM

Found this, it seems to use Juice as the RSS feed, I am listening to #1 now.
Giok

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Johnhenry'shammer
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 02:18 PM

Tell me if you enjoy it.

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: GUEST,Dg
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 02:32 PM

Just started listening to #1 and it really is great.

Thanks!

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 02:49 PM

Just started listening to #1 myself.

Thanks guys for making me aware of it, & particularly to Giok for the link!

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Amos
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 07:50 PM

I am enjoying #1 as I write. Thanks for the tip!

A

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Severn
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 10:10 PM

Thanks here, too!

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Johnhenry'shammer
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 11:09 PM

I was wondering if anybody could tell me what that banjo tune is at the begining of every episode? You know the one with the whistling over it?

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Sep 06 - 11:50 PM

I have a slow dialup connection - can I download this for playing later?
-Joe-

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 11 Sep 06 - 12:26 AM

Yep, it says

"To subscribe to the series, copy and paste the URL of this RSS feed into your podcasting program.

Or download each episode as an MP3 file directly to your computer."

Click on the "(Download this episode)" after each episode's description.

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: folkwaller
Date: 11 Sep 06 - 04:43 AM

Just listened to #1 brilliant. I believe the whistling tune is from Pete Seegers Goofing Off Suite and is just called ' theme '.
Thanks for the Smith. Inst. link.

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Sep 06 - 09:11 AM

How does a sixteen year old get a credit card to buy off the webb? Inquiring minds want to know?

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Sep 06 - 11:25 AM

You'd probably be better off asking your parents if they could subscribe you, or find a friend with a high-speed connection and listen to the stream for free as Johnhenry'shammer does.

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 11 Sep 06 - 11:36 AM

Joe - you could download them, but on dial up it'll probably take a while. The 22 there now range in size from 50-56Mb, mostly 50/51.

Mick

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: BanjoRay
Date: 11 Sep 06 - 11:53 AM

I'm just downloading no 11. On broadband it'll take about 30 minutes at 30Kb/s.
Ray

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Johnhenry'shammer
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 08:05 PM

GUEST, I'm sure that you're harpgirl, I don't know why you are trying to hide it but that's regardless, I don't see why I'd need a credit card for a free podcast...

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 03:15 PM

Mick Pearce send me a CD of the Folkways Collection podcasts almost two years ago, since I couldn't download the collection very easily on my dialup connection. I listended to some of it, and I really enjoyed it. Now that I have a car with an MP3 player, I used Mick's CD to play the podcasts in the car, where I don't have all the usal household distractions. I'm really enjoying this series, now that I can listen to it undisturbed.
Hey, and these downloads are free, so click and download with wild abandon!

-Joe-

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 11:04 PM

Well, I can't find the "Folkways Collection Podcasts" any more, so maybe they're no longer available. HOWEVER, there's a new series you can download, Sound Sessions - musical biographies of various Folkways performers.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 11:14 PM

Joe, I found it, at least I think it's the same link:

HERE.

From this page under Learn and Discover

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 11:45 PM

Thanks, Kat. Yep, that's the one - it moved, and I was just about to post the new URL.

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Folkways Collection http://www.folkways.si.edu/learn_discover/podcasts/folkways.xml

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: sian, west wales
Date: 25 Mar 09 - 12:23 PM

I've just had this month's Folkways newsletter with info on new releases which might be of interest:

New Release: Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, a bold collection of songs from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s that pays homage to movements of conscience and voices of dissent, is now available on CD and Digital Download. Classic Protest Songs, the 17th compilation from the popular Classic Series, features music from Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Janis Ian, Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Barbara Dane, Guy Carawan, Phil Ochs, two Bob Dylan covers, and a previously unreleased track from 1946 by Champion Jack Dupree titled "I'm Going to Write the Governor of Georgia."

Free Download and Memorial Gathering to Honor John Cephas Piedmont blues legend John Cephas passed away March 4th at the age of 78. Smithsonian Folkways was fortunate enough to record and release John Cephas and his longtime partner Phil Wiggins on Richmond Blues last year.

Family, friends, musical colleagues, and admirers of John Cephas will gather at the National Museum of Natural History's Baird Auditorium in Washington, D.C., at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 29th. Please click here for more information.


New Releases for April
On April 21st, Smithsonian Folkways will release Pete Seeger: American Favorite Ballads Vols. 1-5 (Box Set). Stay tuned for more information about this box set, and join us in wishing Pete a happy 90th birthday on May 3rd!

Also on April 21st, Smithsonian Folkways will release Son de Mi Tierra, a vibrant new son jarocho album from the forward-looking group Son de Madera from Veracruz, Mexico.



some very tempting stuff there!

sian

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: topical tom
Date: 25 Mar 09 - 05:05 PM

What a musical treasure! Thanks so much for the links. I'm looking forward to hours of great music.

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Mar 09 - 06:10 PM

You can pre-order American Favorite Ballads Vol 1-5 at Amazon for a mere $39.95 - or you can jump the gun and buy them individually at a significantly higher price, which I did over the past few years. These are absolutely wonderful recordings of stuff you didn't know Pete recorded.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 25 Mar 09 - 10:42 PM

There's a biography of Pete Seeger which has a discography at the back. Looking through that, I decided that at one time or another Seeger has recorded every song ever written.

Subject: RE: The Folkways Collection: a GREAT podcast
From: sian, west wales
Date: 26 Mar 09 - 07:56 AM

And, of course, Amazon orders can be placed via the Mudcat link and make the Mudcat filthy rich.

Well, when I say "filthy rich" ...

sian