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from January 15, 2026
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Folk Directions presents traditional and contemporary music arising from many kinds of folk-oriented traditions; music—unbounded by time or space that includes, but is not limited to, ballads, Piedmont country blues, bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, Cajun, and more.
While a majority of the music comes from North American folk, the program’s music comes from all around the world; all songs remain the music of the people, however, thus staying true to the essence of folk. On the air since 2007.
Every Thursday
9 - 11am
(EST)
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Music behind DJ: Introduction to Folk Directions w/ID |
Memorial Part 2
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1967 |
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| The Lonesome Ace Stringband |
Uncle Henry
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Uncle Henry | self | 2026 | single | ✓ | ㏄ |
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Joe Jencks |
Hands
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Poets, Philosophers, Workers & Wanderers | Turtle Bear Music | 2017 | Written—but never recorded—by Phil Ochs. | ||
| Emily Triggs |
Highway Girl
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When Guinevere Went Under | self | 2014 | ㏄ | ||
| Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon |
Artie's Last Stand
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Together Again | Appalsongs | 2026 | ✓ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Debra Cowan |
The Old Changing Ways
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Greening the Dark | Muzzy House Music | 2019 | |||
| Zachary Lucky |
Everywhere a Man Can Be
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The Lost River Session | Wroxton Recordings | 2026 | February 27, 2026 | ✓ | ㏄ |
| Helene Cronin |
Humankind
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Old Ghosts & Lost Causes | self | 2019 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce |
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Music behind DJ: AD 44 ad for ads |
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Music behind DJ: AD Beat Power Hour |
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Music behind DJ: AD Show promo: Other Worlds on Earth |
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Music behind DJ: AD 98 What is Zamalek? |
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Music behind DJ: ID/archive info/announce |
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| Rob Lutes |
Rocky Mountain Time
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Walk in the Dark | Lucky Bear Records | 2017 | ㏄ | ||
| Lucy Kaplansky |
Some Day Soon
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Over the Hills | Red House Records | 2007 | |||
| Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
10 to 4
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Circle and Square | Red Beet Records | 2026 | January 16, 2026 | ✓ | |
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Maria Dunn |
Accordiona / Over the Hills
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Hardscrabble Hope | self | 2025 | ✓ | ㏄ | |
| Chris Rusin |
Cinders
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Songs from a Secret Room | Rushing River Records | 2025 | ✓ | ||
| Carrie Newcomer |
Lean in Toward the Light
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The Beautiful Not Yet | Available Light Records | 2016 | |||
| Pete Seeger |
Quite Early Morning
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The Essential Pete Seeger | Sony | 2010 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce/ID/announce |
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| Crooked Still |
Look On and Cry
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Hop High | True North | 2004 | |||
| Ian Bell |
Bonnie Light Horseman
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My Pious Friends… and Drunken Companions | self | 2010 | ㏄ | ||
| The Mammals |
Luna Light
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Touch Grass Volume 2 | Humble Abode Music | 2025 | ✓ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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Music behind DJ: Erik Darling |
True Religion
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I'd Give My Life: Best of Erik Darling |
Man Alive Records |
2008 |
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| Karen Dalton |
Same Old Man
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In My Own Time | Light in the Attic Records | 2006 | Originally 1971 | ||
| Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan |
Wayside Tavern
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Yonder | Sugar Hill | 1996 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce |
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Music behind DJ: AD 99 News Collective Promo |
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Music behind DJ: AD 44 ad for ads |
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Music behind DJ: AD Venus show promo |
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Music behind DJ: AD 60 Aldo Nova Concert |
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Music behind DJ: AD Show promo: Other Worlds on Earth |
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Music behind DJ: ID/announce |
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| Meredith Moon |
Six Strings
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From Here to the Sea | Compass Records | 2025 | ✓ | ㏄ | |
| Grisman • Gill • Pedersen |
Lonesome River
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Here Today | Rounder Records | 1982 | |||
| Kim Beggs |
Not a Mermaid Song
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Beauty and Breaking | self | 2013 | ㏄ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Broom Bezzums |
Winter is the Coldest Time
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Rouse & Raise Your Voice | Steeplejack Music | 2025 | ✓ | ||
| The Onlies |
Pretty Little Miss
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You Climb the Mountain | self | 2025 | ✓ | ||
| Alison Brown & Steve Martin |
Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)
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Safe, Sensible and Sane | Compass Records | 2025 | featuring Vince Gill | ✓ | |
| Kate & Anna McGarrigle |
Green Green Rocky Road
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The McGarrigle Hour | Hannibal | 1998 | ㏄ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/outro/announce |
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| Russ Barenberg |
The Man in the Hat
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When at Last | Compass | 2007 |
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