Burkhard Bilger on field recording
Burkhard Bilger talks about the history of field recording, and introduces samples from the folklorist Art Rosenbaum's recordings.
View ArticleThe Real Bob Dylan
Gotta give Sean Wilentz credit – Bob Dylan In America avoids the black hole of Dylanologists, namely, straightforward biography. This is a guy who said he was raised in Gallup, New Mexico (people hung...
View ArticleNew Music, Folk Roots
For this New Sounds, listen to some new music with folk roots, and unexpected folk collaborations. There's music by Howard Skempton, the English minimalist, using "Wild Colonial Boy" in his piece "The...
View ArticleDoc Watson Philadelphia Folk Festival circa 1970
Join the Archives department in celebrating the life of Doc Watson with this rare interview and performance at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. In the early 1970s, Folksong Festival host and iconic folk...
View ArticleRichard Dyer-Bennet's Living Tradition of American Minstrelsy
WNYC's American Music Festival features Richard Dyer-Bennet in his all-too-brief heyday, before betrayal and political accusations would derail his career, in this 1945 studio appearance.Long before...
View ArticleMinimalism Meets English/Irish Folk Music
For this New Sounds program, listen to music that is able to combine pattern music with folk music of the British Isles, both England and Ireland. Hear something from the Penguin Cafe, which is Simon...
View ArticleAmy Eddings: Mike Errico, 'Springtime'
Not quite feeling Spring-ish? Listen to Amy Eddings, local host of “All Things Considered,” tell you why the song "Springtime" by Mike Errico reminds her of Spring.
View ArticleMarc Garber: Electric Light Orchestra, 'Mr. Blue Sky'
Spring is in the air so let WNYC's Marc Garber explain to you why "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra is a great Spring reminder.
View ArticleTerrance McKnight: Debussy, 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun'
Not quite feeling Spring-ish? Listen to Terrance McKnight, WQXR weekday evening host. tell you why the song "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy - reminds him of Spring.
View ArticleMinimalism Meets English/Irish Folk Music
For this New Sounds program, listen to music that is able to combine pattern music with folk music of the British Isles, both England and Ireland. Hear something from the Penguin Cafe, which is Simon...
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[Unedited] Carrie Newcomer with Krista Tippett
This unedited conversation with folk singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer comes from the produced show "A Conversation with Music." Something of a celebrity in Quaker circles, Carrie Newcomer is best...
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Carrie Newcomer — A Conversation with Music
Something of a celebrity in Quaker circles, Carrie Newcomer is best known for her story-songs that get at the raw and redemptive edges of human reality. For Thanksgiving, a musical conversation with...
View ArticleMinimalism Meets English/Irish Folk Music
For this New Sounds program, listen to music that is able to combine pattern music with folk music of the British Isles, both England and Ireland. Hear something from the Penguin Cafe, which is Simon...
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[Unedited] Abigail Washburn + Béla Fleck with Krista Tippett
This unedited conversation with Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn comes from the produced show "Beauty in Banjo and in Life." They are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and...
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Béla Fleck + Abigail Washburn — Beauty in Banjo and in Life
They are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live. Béla Fleck is one of the...
View ArticleBuffy Sainte-Marie on Her New Album, "Power in the Blood"
74 year-old Cree musician Buffy Saint Marie has done a lot since she was 24. She got her Phd. She got politically active in the American Indian Movement and the anti-GMO movement. She raised a family....
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