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Song of the Day: Davy Graham “The Fakir”

Alex Deley  10:00 am on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

English folk guitarist Davy Graham provides a real guitar tour-de-force with the Middle Eastern-tinged “The Fakir”.

Categories: Blog, folk, Raga, Song of the Day Tags: acoustic guitar, Davy Graham, folk, guitar, music, song of the day, UK folk

Song of the Day: Nico “The Fairest of the Season”

DJ Stereo Faith  10:00 am on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

A top track from everyone’s favorite doomed Northern European chanteuse, “The Fairest of the Season” finds Nico at the peak of her powers.

Categories: Blog, folk, indie, music, pop, Song of the Day Tags: chanteuse, folk, indie, Jackson Browne, John Cale, Larry Fallon, Lou Reed, music, Nico, pop, song of the day, Sterling Morrison

Song of the Day (America Week): John Fahey “America”

Alex Deley  10:00 am on July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

We kick off America Week with a remarkable guitar soli cut from one of the DC area’s native sons, the iconoclastic John Fahey,

Categories: Blog, folk, music, Song of the Day Tags: america week, American primitive, folk, guitar, guitar soli, John Fahey, song of the day

Song of the Day: John Martyn “Outside In” (Live at Leeds Version)

Alex Deley  10:00 am on April 22, 2019May 6, 2019

A strange hybrid of English folk, jazz and pure psychedelia, John Martyn pushes the Echoplex unit to its limits with this live cut.

Categories: Blog, music, psychedelic, rock, Song of the Day Tags: Danny Thompson, electronic, english folk, folk, John Martyn, music, psychedelic, song of the day

Song of the Day: Maâllem Mahmoud Guinia “Baba L’Arabi”

DJ Ty Hussell  10:00 am on December 20, 2018December 21, 2018

Maâllem Mahmoud Guinia is an absolute master of the traditional Moroccan musical form of Gnawa. Let him be your guide.

Categories: Blog, folk, music, Song of the Day Tags: Bill Laswell, Carlos Santana, folk, gnawa, Maâllem Mahmoud Guinia, Morocco, music, Pharoah Sanders, Santana, song of the day

Song of the Day: Ti Paris “Cochon St. Antoine”

DJ Ty Hussell  10:00 am on November 15, 2018November 13, 2018

Ti Paris‘ “Cochon St. Antoine” is a Haitian torch song of great intimacy and immediacy performed to absolute perfection.

Categories: Blog, folk, music, Song of the Day Tags: folk, folkloric, haiti, international, music, song of the day, ti paris

Song of the Day: Amália Rodrigues “Fado Português”

DJ Ty Hussell  10:00 am on September 12, 2018September 12, 2018

Amália Rodrigues‘ “Fado Português” typifies Fado: a heart-wrenching, yet uplifting art form and underlines why she is a legend in Portugal.

Categories: Blog, folk, music, Song of the Day Tags: Amália Rodrigues, Fado, folk, Frederico Valério, music, portugal, song of the day

Song of the Day: Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons”

Alex Deley  10:00 am on September 3, 2018August 17, 2018

To commemorate Labor Day, we present Tennessee Ernie Ford‘s celebrated take on Merle’s Travis‘ labor rights anthem, “Sixteen Tons”.

Categories: Blog, country, folk, music, Song of the Day Tags: country, folk, labor day, Merle Travis, song of the day, Tennessee Ernie Ford

Song of the Day: Daniel Lanois “Under a Stormy Sky”

Alex Deley  10:00 am on August 23, 2018August 17, 2018

Producer Daniel Lanois pulls out all the stops on “Under a Stormy Sky”, a lovely slice-of-life that bridges French Canada and America.

Categories: Blog, music, Song of the Day Tags: Daniel Lanois, folk, indie, quebec, song of the day

Song of the Day: Bert Jansch “Jack Orion”

Alex Deley  10:00 am on September 20, 2017September 21, 2017

English folk musician Bert Jansch performs a harrowing and beautiful minor-key traditional story-song with ‘Jack Orion’.

Categories: Blog, folk, music, Song of the Day Tags: burt jansch, english folk, folk, pentangle, song of the day

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