Episodes
Yet more folk in our fourth playlist of the season
Published 06/04/24
During May every year, NZ Music Month, we play only NZ songs and artists. Send us your songs to share.
Published 05/26/24
More NZ folk and Kiwiana for NZ Music Month, 2024.
Published 05/19/24
The South Island folk singer and storyteller is becoming something of a NZ legend, and a FMH feature for NZM Month
Published 05/13/24
We get behind NZ Music Month in May every year, sharing Kiwi folk artists and the NZ folk heritage.
Published 05/05/24
NZ folk and Kiwiana specialist Mike Harding has made a career singing our own folk songs and launches our NZ Music Month in Taranaki.
Published 04/28/24
The English contemporary folk artist is the perfect modern troubadour.
Published 04/21/24
Two outstanding acts at Womad ‘24 make for a great double bill.
Published 04/15/24
We are once again somewhere on the musical spectrum where folk and country music connect, with a programme of female artists.
Published 04/07/24
A fifth programme of musical treats where artists delight in covering the songs of others.
Published 04/01/24
Father and son were influential guitarists, balladeers and bluesmen.
Published 03/24/24
We help the Irish celebrate their national day with a medley of songs, tunes and humour.
Published 03/17/24
We drill down into the albums nominated for the 2024 Grammy Folk Award.
Published 03/11/24
Another playlist of irresistible music, folk and beyond.
Published 03/03/24
Summer runs through the folk tradition and beyond, whether we long for it, love it or wish it weren’t so hot.
Published 02/25/24
A month out from Womad 24 we look at the bill of fare, especially the folk music featured in this 21st WOMAD NZ
Published 02/18/24
A playlist of pleasantly surprising tracks discovered during the summer break.
Published 02/11/24
Veteran singer and guitarist, Tom Rush, turns 83 in 2024, and by way of a tribute we share his early folk and blues recording.
Published 02/04/24
Our annual Pete Seeger show delights us with his work in the civil rights movement.
Published 01/28/24
A playlist of folk where colour is a significant element.
Published 01/21/24
Around the time of the US national holiday to honour Martin Luther King Jr, we mark the day with music from the rich legacy of African American folk.
Published 01/14/24
We begin another fab year of folk in the usual way, remembering the all-too-short career of Sandy Denny
Published 01/07/24
Our end-of-year show included songs old and new for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Cheers.
Published 12/17/23
Four excellent Irish musicians are bringing their folk group, Lankum, to WOMAD in ‘24.
Published 12/10/23
The 21st century shows no signs of tiring of new ways of playing folk.
Published 12/03/23