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About Festival Radio (formerly the Online Folk Festival)

It's like a community music festival without all the sweaty people and overpriced vegetarian food.

Like the water, my definition of folk music is wide. I start with the instruments and music of the people (fiddle, acoustic guitar, banjo, accordion, etc.) and explore these folk roots wherever they take me, whether it's a singer/songwriter armed with an acoustic guitar and a message for the world, take-no-prisoners bluegrass picking, Celtic pipes and fiddles, the jangle-pop of the Kennedys or the Byrds, the folk/rock of Fairport Convention or Pentangle, the technofolk of Afro Celt Sound System, some accordion from the bayou or the angelic sacred harp singing of Anonymous 4.

It's a freeform ride, so prepare to be have your horizons expanded.

I'm always open to playing new artists, particularly underpublicized indie singer/songwriters. I have 25+ hours of tunes in rotation at any time, so there's plenty of variety.

Please check out my home page, and for more pithy wisdom and listings of new adds with capsule reviews, check out the FolkBlog.

Festival Radio is also now on Myspace.com.

Plays Tracks Like

Alison Krauss & Union Station - The Lucky One - New Favorite

Cowboy Junkies - The Last Spike - Black Eyed Man

Eamonn Coyne and Kris Drever - The Peninsula Set - Homk Toot Suite

Paul Brock and Enda Scahill - Medley of Clogs - Humdinger

Peter Mulvey - The Fix is On - The Knuckleball Suite

Broadcaster's Station Picks

radiowayne folk & more
radiowayne - 2004 & 2005 Best of Live365 - folk

Acoustic Pie
Not too folksy and not too rock! Acoustic Pie showcases the best of the unplugg ...

Jean's Rambles
Folk music with a personal touch

3 Degrees or Less
Contemporary Folk and Singer Songwriters - Back on the Air!!!! Cheryl Wheeler, ...