[net.music.folk] Radio Shows

mej@ptsfa.UUCP (Mary Johnson) (11/27/84)

Ballads, Bards and Bagpipes is no longer on the air.  I have
their latest discography (1983) and would be happy to send a copy
to anyone sending me an SASE at the address below.  As the show did,
the discography leans heavily toward revival bands and instrumental   
music.  (I often groused about BBB that it contained few ballads,
no bards, and hardly ever a bagpipe.)   :-)

However, there is an excellent show (having bards, ballads,
and pipe music in abundance) currently being broadcast from
the University of North Carolina.  The Thistle and Shamrock
is a program of mainly Scottish and Irish traditional music,
with some music from other Celtic areas - Wales, Brittany, etc.
The show's host, Fiona Ritchie, seems to be Irish by her accent.
Her programs are often built around themes; they feature traditional
and revival singers and include singing in both Irish and
Scottish Gaelic.

This show is carried in my area on a National Public Radio
station (KCSM-FM, 91, San Mateo CA), and I assume that the same
would be true in other areas.  A local library should be able
to provide NPR information, or you could write to the show at:

      The Thistle and Shamrock
      WFAE
      University of North Carolina
      Charlotte, North Carolina 28223    (SASE please)


or NPR at:


      National Public Radio
      2025 'M' Street Northwest
      Washington D.C. 20036



                    Mary Eileen Johnson
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                    77 Norwood Avenue, Kensington, CA 94707

mej@ptsfa.UUCP (Mary Johnson) (12/03/84)

> 
> 
> The show's host, Fiona Ritchie, seems to be Irish by her accent.


After posting this article, I heard a promotional edition
of the Thistle & Shamrock which contained an interview
with Fiona Ritchie.  She is Scottish.



                    Mary Eileen Johnson
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cas@cvl.UUCP (Cliff Shaffer) (12/05/84)

Here in Washington there is a good folk music show on WETA (FM 91),
one of the public radio stations.  The show is called "Traditions" and
is hosted by Mary Cliff - a big figure in the local folk music sceen
(I think she had something to do with the original formation of the
Washington Folklore Society - but that's another story).

Anyway, the show is on from 8:00 pm to 1:00 am Saturday nights (after
PHC).  The show has quite a range of music - British and American
traditional music, current folk music, some blues, spirituals, all sorts
of stuff.

		Cliff Shaffer
		...!rlgvax!cvl!cas