I have found that the internet is becoming more and more a way to reach out and connect with interests that are small locally, but have a large following nationally, or inter-nationally.

Autoharping and The Cyberpluckers are a case in point.

Folk music on the radio is often rare in many areas, or only comes on at out of the way times. Consequently I have been searching out, collecting, and listening to internet folk music sites via Real Audio. Some of my favorites are shown below. The only criteria for making the list is that its folk music and you can listen to it over the internet, and I liked it.

I thought you might enjoy trying these sites out. Every once in a while you might even hear an autoharp, or two on them. At least check out the King Pup Radio hour on Radio YUR. Its a stitch. If you know of any others let me know and I'll add them to the list.

Jim Bunch

Mudcat Cafe Radio http://www.deltablues.com/radio.html Digital Tradition Site Blues Show On Demand

Folk Music Online, WKSU Kent State Univ. Ohio http://www.wksu.org/cgi-bin/folkmusic.pl Fantastic Weekly Folk Show On Demand

Music of the Isles" Celtic, Tampa FL http://shows.wmnf.org/celtic/ Weekly Celtic Show On Demand

FOLKIMAGE http://www.folkimage.com/ Taped Series On Demand

WFMT's Midnight Special hosted by Rich Warren http://www.shout.net/special/ Chicago's Weekly Folk Show On Demand

Radio YUR - Radio in the old time tradition http://www.radioyur.com/ Fantastic Old Time Music Series On Demand

MOUNTAIN FOLK http://www.mountainfolk.com/index.html#back Good Old Time Music On Demand

Acoustic Cafe http://www.acafe.com/ Archived real audio if you follow links

Music Sojourn Coffee House Taped Series http://musicsojourn.com/Cat/CH/CoffeeHouse.htm Taped Folk Series On Demand

Music Sojourn Celtic Currents Taped Series http://musicsojourn.com/Cat/CC/CelticCurrents.htm Taped Folk Series On Demand

Music Sojourn Celtic Rock N Reel Taped Series http://musicsojourn.com/Cat/CR/CelticRock.htm Taped Folk Series On Demand

Music Sojourn Folk Rock Cafe Main Taped Series http://musicsojourn.com/Cat/FR/FolkRockCafe.htm Taped Folk Series On Demand

WRBC 91.5 FM: Listen Live http://www.bates.edu/people/orgs/wrbc/listen.html Portland Maine Live Real Audio (Saturday Folk)

Alabama Public Radio: All Things Acoustic http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ATA/ Fantastic Folk radio Live and Archived

A Prairie Home Companion, from Minnesota Public Radio http://phc.mpr.org/ Official PHC site with last week's show

94.5 WEBR Radio Fairfax, Virginia USA http://www.axsamer.org/webr/ Internet only radio with Live Real Audio

KKUP 91.5 FM http://www.kkup.com/ Live Real Audio -- Check Schedule

CKUA Radio Network http://www.ckua.org/ Canadian Live Real Audio -- Check Schedule

folkmusic dot org: Media: Radio http://www.folkmusic.org/media/radio.html Great index to folk on the internet

Folk Music - Welcome from The Mining Company http://folkmusic.miningco.com/ Great index to folk on the internet

Timecast: Your RealAudio & RealVideo Guide http://www.timecast.com/ Index to Internet Audio

Radio There- 'the net's thematic radio powerhouse' http://www.there1.com/radio.html Radio/Music from 30s/40s/50s

AudioNet Home http://www.audionet.com/ Listen to CDs and special events

Mountain Stage - Live Performance Radio http://www.wvpubrad.org/mtnstage.htm Real Audio coming soon