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A second playlist of fine folk featuring three artists and some super singing.

We investigate the blues, folk music that led to a dozen genres played today.

We explore the connections and disconnections that needlessly divide folk and so-called classical music.

The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode five.

The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode four.

The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode three.

The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode two.

The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode one.

Join Davey Calder for the final installment of his 2025 series on Aotearoa folk music, as a part of New Zealand Music Month.

Our all-Kiwi theme for NZ Music Month continues.

We continue our New Zealand music month with selections from all over the country.

Our 8th all-Kiwi New Zealand Music Month Folk Music Hours begins with a look at music awards.

For Anzac Day, Memorial Day, and Remembrance Day, a playlist of songs about the human longing to live in peace.

Join Davey as he shares some of his favourite folk covers.

We’ve put together another playlist of songs where the artists seek to amuse us, sometimes with a message implied.

Join Davey as he shares some of his favourite folk covers

Traditional songs get a new lease of life performed by contemporary artists.

The FMH companion to the film looks at the music from this turbulent time in history and contemporary folk song.

It's that time of year again, when we kick out the jams and the Folk Music Hour gets a bit loud as we preview some of the amazing sounds coming to Brooklands Park in New Plymouth, for the 22nd NZ WOMAD, World of Music, Art, and Dance. As always, the lineup gives us the chance to enjoy cultures not represented at other music festivals.

The sound of birds is a strong thread in the folk tradition

It's uncanny how close to folk some pop music can become.

Every year, we play a programme of entertaining songs from the Johnny Appleseed of folk and Americana whose banjo kicks off every Folk Music Hour

Each year we celebrate Martin Luther King Day by looking at the rich legacy of African American music. MLK Day 2025 is Jan 20th

Actors who sing and play - and singers who act - make for an interesting playlist

We begin every year with a programme of Sandy's music, near the time of her birthday

Our scrumptious Christmas and New Year's Eve show ends another year of fine folk.

Another playlist of choice folk includes news of WOMAD NZ 2025

To mark 131 years of women’s suffrage in NZ, an all-female programme of folk and related music.

The Rheigan Sisters

David Calder's award-winning show featuring Bob Dylan