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BOSTON FOLK! FwR features the best folk, singer-songwriter, indie pop, and indie rock music from Boston and the Northeast. Great music from outside the Northeast fills out the broadcast schedule with the eclectic Mixed Bag.


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A whopping number of you like us. You really like us! A big thank you goes out to all our listeners. This is music we love, and we hope you love it, too. Your input and support helps this station, so please rate us and add us as a preset when you get a chance (more than 400 people have preset us since we began 2 years ago!). If you really like us, choose us as your favorite station. And if you love us, support us and Live365 as a whole by becoming a Live365 Preferred Member through FolksWhoRock. Preferred membership helps us out and gets rid of all those annoying commercials for you. Just click the image below, and you'll never have to hear those commercials again!

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Folks Who Rock features the best folk/singer-songwriter, indie pop, and indie rock music from Boston and the Northeast. A smattering of great music from outside the Northeast fills out the broadcast schedule, along with the highly eclectic "Grab Bag" show. Be sure to check out all the new stuff. We're adding new artists all the time!

Artists in regular rotation: 27, Adam Ezra, Alan Garr, Amusia, Amy Kuney, Anais Mitchell, Anne Heaton, Antje Duvekot, Athens Boys Choir, Blanketeer, Bourbon Princess, Brian Webb, Catie Curtis, Chelsea on Fire, Choo Choo la Rouge, Chris O'Brien, Chris Pureka, Cordero, Dan Shuman, Deb Talan, E. Cooper Seay, Emergency Music, Erin McKeown, FDR, Garden Verge, Girl on Top, Girlyman, Gregory Douglass, Jennifer Kimball, Jennifer O'Connor, Jess Klein, Jim's Big Ego, Jordan Caress, Josh Caress, Josh Cole & The Household, Juniper's Daughter, K's Choice, Kate Klim, Kris Delmhorst, Le Tigre, Liz Clark, Lori McKenna, Mary Lou Lord, Matt Morrow, Meg Hutchinson, Melissa Ferrick, Mittens, Moonlight Cellar Band, Mr. Airplane Man, Nate Borofsky, Nathan McEuen, Nini Camps, OK Go, Paul Melancon, Rachael Cantu, Rachael Sage, Rachael McCartney, Ramona Silver, Rose Cousins, Rose Polenzani, Scotch Rocks, Session Americana, so+so, Swinging Steaks, T/The Troubadours, Tegan & Sara, The Dresden Dolls, The Great Unknowns, The Heart Strings, The Judybats, The So and So's, The Story, The Weepies, Three Finger Cowboy, Throwing Muses, Twinemen, Universe Narrows, Voices on the Verge

Additional "Grab Bag" artists: Amy Ray, Ani Difranco, Beck, Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, Carbon Leaf, Chuck Berry, Concrete Blonde, CSN, Edie Brickell, Elliott Smith, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Indigo Girls, INXS, Jen Foster, Jenny Lewis, Joan Osborne, John Lennon, Jonatha Brooke, Lisa Loeb, Magnapop, Paul Simon, Pretenders, R.E.M., Sam Bisbee, Sarah McLachlan, Scissor Sisters, Shivaree, Simon & Garfunkel, Sinead O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sting, Suzanne Vega, The Beatles, The Black Keys, The Cure, The Eagles, The Everly Brothers, The Kinks, The Mammas and the Pappas, The Monkees, The Polyphonic Spree, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, They Might Be Giants, Three Dog Night, Violent Femmes, Wilson Pickett, Yo La Tengo

Feedback: Let us know what you think about these Folks Who Rock! Are we overlooking your band (or your favorite band)? Email comments and requests to folkswhorock [at] gmail [dot] com.

We're now accepting submissions from artists for airplay consideration. [We are wicked behind in reviewing and adding new submissions, though. We can't wait to check out and share all the new music!] We especially encourage artists from Boston and other areas in the Northeast to get in touch with us!
Folks Who Rock
PO Box 425024
Cambridge, MA 02142

Plays Tracks Like

Buy Mary Lou Lord - His Lamest Flame - Got No Shadow
Buy 27 - The Cause - Let the Light In
Buy Chris Pureka - 3 A.M. - Driving North
Buy Ramona Silver - Tricky World - Intermission
Buy Cave In - Dark Driving - In Our Lifetime - Vol.3: The Revenge Of Boston

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