The Folk Music Hour

By David Calder

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Subscribers: 11
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 24

Ragnar
 Mar 15, 2023
Downgraded to two stars after the feminist episodes. Stupid wokeness. Blaming MEN for all the problems on Earth is ridiculously stupid.

biff
 Sep 23, 2022
excellent music. excellent commentary. excellent production. my first 5-star review!

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David Calder presents the music he loves in The Folk Music Hour, with the aim of rekindling listeners' interest in acoustic music in the Anglo-American tradition, including NZ folk song, and world folk music such as that heard at WOMAD in New Plymouth's beautiful Brookland's Park. Almost all music has a folk origin: blues, jazz, rock and even so-called classical. As Big Bill Broonzy famously said - "all songs are folk songs; ain't never heard a horse sing!" Arguably the first Kiwi to make a living with a mandolin, David spent some of his musical life playing bluegrass, but was performing in the folk boom as early as 1964. He was playing in Europe and the UK in the 70's, dabbling in folk rock and pop in California in the 80's, and creating a country garden in the 90's and teaching children to read. These days, kind of retired, he is free to pursue any of the musical paths he loves: song-writing, tuition, and performance with guitar, piano, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, dulcimer, even bass; playing jazz, folk, blues and originals. Or to just kick back and listen to Bach or Grappelli ... He is a long-standing performer of NZ folk, and maintains a love affair with US old-time music nurtured since Doc Watson's LPs first made it to these shores. A natural entertainer since his debut on radio aged six, David thinks radio is the perfect performance medium.

Episode Date
The Folk Music Hour 24-03-2024 Josh White
Mar 24, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 17-03-2024 Saint Paddy's Day
Mar 17, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 10-03-2024 The Folk Grammy
Mar 11, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 03-03-2024 Mixtape 15
Mar 03, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 25-02-2024 Summertime
Feb 25, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 18-02-2024 Woverview 2024
Feb 18, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 11-02-2024 What I Heard on my Holidays
Feb 11, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 04-02-2024 Tom Rush
Feb 04, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 28-01-2024 Pete 2024
Jan 28, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 21-01-2024 Colours
Jan 21, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 14-01-2024 Black Folk
Jan 14, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 07-01-2024 Sandy In 2024
Jan 07, 2024
The Folk Music Hour 17-12-2023 Season's Greetings
Dec 17, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 10-12-2023 Lankum
Dec 10, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 03-12-2023 Nufolk
Dec 03, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 26-11-2023 Christy Moore
Nov 27, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 19-11-2023 Mixtape 14
Nov 19, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 12-11-2023 Joni at 80
Nov 12, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 05-11-2023 Songs of Peace
Nov 07, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 29-10-2023 Our 450th
Oct 29, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 22-10-2023 Emily Portman
Oct 24, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 15-10-2023 The Moon
Oct 15, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 08-10-2023 Covers #4
Oct 08, 2023
The Folk Music Hour 01-10-2023 Grada Reunion
Oct 01, 2023