NEW! Folk Festival and Folk Radio Show Resource

Two of our most popular areas on the website, the Folk Festival and Folk Radio sections, became hopelessly out-dated over the past 13 years, and we decided to clean house and start over as part of our site upgrade.

We now have a "fresh", all-new, all-improved section awaiting population. We ask all festival producers and folk radio show DJs to please stop in and add your info- with your help we can re-make this valuable resource for our fans all over the world.

Click to add your festival or radio show: Folk Festivals / Folk Radio Shows

Gallon House: "Favorite Things" from The Album

Gallon House, an independent folk duo from Silverton, Oregon is Matthew Price and Christiana Zollner. Following a sucessful Kickstarter campaign, they are set to release "The Album" on February 10. Here's a nice taste (downloadable!), check out their efolkMusic page or their website for more info: 

New from Emily Hurd: "Any Given Day"

Emily Hurd is a prolific Chicago-based songwriter and pianist. She has a voice that both Rick Kogan of WGN and Richard Milne of WXRT have likened to musical icon Janis Joplin, and simultaneously, reviewers draw parallels to Joni Mitchell. Emily Hurd's style is the embodiment of gusto meets grace; she is known for her ability to embody several realms within the pop singing spectrum, from delicate country lilting to full fledged belting. Here's a track from her new holiday release:

Aly Tadros: "Sweet on Me"

Spacious, salty and moving. – USAToday.com

This is very cool, but not just because of the great uke playing- it's about the voice, out in the open, not buried in production. As angelic as it is weather beaten, what music NPR Austin calls "delightfully wistful indie folk with tender and earnest roots," Aly Tadros has spent the last decade traveling across Egypt, Turkey, Mexico, and Europe. Banned with her classical and acoustic guitars, ukelele, and vihuela, there's no denying her travels have informed the breadth of her songwriting, noted best for its intimacy, honesty and lyricism.

Featured Artist: Megan King

Nice! Whatzup Magazine acclaims Megan King as "fantastic, full of emotive vocals and impassioned acoustic-based tunes." Megan  just recently completed her third album, Lion Heart , recorded  at Java Jive Studios in Nashville, TN  with acclaimed producer, Mark Hornsby

Check her out- here's A Place Where We Belong from the new platter  :

Simeon Peebler: "Missing Anchor"

Simeon “Simon” Peebler is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter who enjoys writing and performing his original folk-inspired music. He released his first album called “Follow the River Bend” in November of 2011 and his second album, "Missing Anchor" a year later, this October. Have a listen to the title track:

Charlie Law: "The River in Her"

Charlie Law is a folk duo featuring Charlie Law and Jake MT. Brought up in Suffolk, UK, they now shift between there and their new base in London. Have a listen (and free download) to the first single off their forthcoming EP, being released in February:

LandfillHarmonic Orchestra!

Those of us with plenty have a great deal to learn:

Rebecca Newton: "One Square Mile, A Durham Anthem"

Just down the road from our Carrboro offices, one of the great Southern burgs', the Bull city, Durham, NC. It's about time they got their own anthem- from the mega-talented Rebecca Newton and friends, enjoy.

Bruce Piephoff:Bruce "Still Looking Up at the Stars"

Musician and poet Bruce Piephoff recently released his 21st album, Still Looking Up at the Stars...available at CdBaby and iTunes and at Bruce's live performances. The album was produced by the great jazz guitarist Scott Sawyer, who also plays on the platter. Here's the title track, really nice:

Greg Brown: "Hymns to What Is Left"

Probably the greatest living American songwriter, a man rich in daughters and in poetry. From his new release, Hymns to What Is Left:

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