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from February 5, 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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| Adrianna Ciccone & Ellen Gibling |
The Golden Goose
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The Golden Goose | self | 2026 | ✓ | ㏄ | |
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Nigel Wearne |
Right Now
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Drawing Circles | self | 2016 | |||
| Atlantic Union |
Loch Tay Boat Song
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Homeward | Blue Island Records | 2017 | ㏄ | ||
| Usher's Island |
Cairndaisy
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Usher's Island | Compass | 2018 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Mavis Staples |
Satisfied Mind
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Sad And Beautiful World | Anti- | 2025 | ✓ | ||
| Doyle Lawson |
Banks of the Ohio
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Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition | Great Smoky Mountains Association | 2017 | |||
| Maria Dunn |
Leave It All on the Ice
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Hardscrabble Hope | self | 2025 | ✓ | ㏄ | |
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: AD Off the Hook (Jazzy) |
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Music behind DJ: ID/archive info/announce |
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| Danny Schmidt |
The Night's Beginning to Shine
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Instead the Forest Rose to Sing | Red House | 2009 | |||
| Heartwood |
Lonesome City
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Heartwood - Live at Blue Grouse | self | 2020 | ㏄ | ||
| Ye Vagabonds |
The Flood
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All Tied Together | River Lea Records | 2026 | ✓ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Liv Greene |
Wild Geese
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Deep Feeler | Free Dirt | 2024 | |||
| Michael Jerome Browne |
Frisco Town
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Sliding Delta | Borealis | 2015 | ㏄ | ||
| Lucy Kaplansky |
Ten Year Night
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Ten Year Night | Red House | 1999 | |||
| Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar |
All Fall Down
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Utopia and Wasteland | RootBeat Records | 2018 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce/ID/announce |
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| Lula Wiles |
Love Gone Wrong
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What Will We Do | Smithsonian Folkways | 2019 | |||
| Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz |
Thomas Hart Benton
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Circle and Square | Red Beet Records | 2026 | ✓ | ||
| Suzie Ungerleider |
Amsterdam
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Among the Evergreens | MVKA | 2026 | March 13, 2026 | ✓ | ㏄ |
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| The Jellyman's Daughter |
Giving Up
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Dead Reckoning | Boat Duck Records | 2018 | |||
| Genticorum |
Les Tisserands
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Malins Plaisirs | Roues et Archets | 2005 | ㏄ | ||
| Emmylou Harris |
Evangeline
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Duets | Reprise | 1990 | |||
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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| Cinder Well & Jim Ghedi |
Pulling Bracken/Highlander's Farewell
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I Am a Youth That's Inclined to Ramble | Free Dirt | 2022 | |||
| Dervish feat. Abigail Washburn |
The Parting Glass
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The Great Irish Songbook | Rounder Records | 2019 | |||
| The Fugitives |
Northern Lights (DJ Aphrodite Remix)
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The Promise of Strangers | Borealis | 2018 | ㏄ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Kyle Carey |
Tillie Sage
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The Art of Forgetting | Riverboat | 2018 | |||
| Ken Whiteley |
At the End of the Day
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Keep Going | self | 2026 | ✓ | ㏄ | |
| Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon |
The Future
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Together Again | Appalsongs | 2026 | ✓ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/outro/announce |
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| The Onlies |
I Ne'er Shall Wean Her/Páidin Ó Raifeartaigh
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You Climb the Mountain | self | 2025 | ✓ |
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