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from July 23, 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
(EDT)
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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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| Rick Bockner |
Kootnay Jig
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Six Strings North of the Border 3 | Borealis Records | 2005 | ㏄ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| The Cottars |
Pat Works on the Railway
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Forerunner | Rounder Select | 2006 | ㏄ | ||
| Nanci Griffith |
Tecumseh Valley
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Other Voices / Other Rooms | Elektra | 1993 | written: Townes Van Zandt | ||
| Ed Snodderly |
The Place
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Baggage Flies Free | Majestic Records/Need to Know Music | 2026 | ✓ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Jane Gillman |
Three Quarters
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Jane Gillman | Green Linnet | 1990 | |||
| Chris Coole |
The Tumbling River
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The Tumbling River | Northern | 2016 | ㏄ | ||
| Solas |
Darkness Darkness
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All These Years | Thl Productions Inc. | 2016 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce |
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Music behind DJ: AD 99 Zamalek Real Flavour |
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Music behind DJ: AD CKUT Promo-News Collective |
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Music behind DJ: AD 91 Haiti en Folie |
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Music behind DJ: ID/archive info/announce |
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| Gordon Bok |
Song for the Mira
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Ensemble | Folk-Legacy Records | 1995 | |||
| Jenny Ritter |
Museum Song
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Raised by Wolves | Fiddle Head Records | 2015 | ㏄ | ||
| The Heists |
Break & Mend
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Break & Mend | Muskeg Collective | 2026 | ✓ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Abigail Lapell |
Whistle Song (One in a Million)
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Shadow Child | self | 2026 | ✓ | ㏄ | |
| Dietrich Strause |
Annie Dear
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Little Stones to Break the Giant's Heart | self | 2013 | |||
| Heidi Talbot |
Button Up
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Angels Without Wings | Compass | 2016 | |||
| The Milk Carton Kids |
I'll Go Home from Here
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Lost Cause Lover Fool | Thirty Tigers | 2026 | ✓ | ||
Music behind DJ: back announce/ID/announce |
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| Maria Dunn |
Flora
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Gathering | self | 2016 | ㏄ | ||
| Mr Sun |
Shiva
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The Idea Guys | Adhyâropa Records | 2026 | September 4, 2026 | ✓ | |
| Texas Gladden |
One Morning in May
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A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings | Rounder | 1997 | |||
| Doolin' |
The Galway Girl
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Doolin' | Compass | 2016 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| Annie Gallup |
Impossible
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Nightclothes | self | 2026 | ✓ | ||
| J.P. Cormier |
Somewhere in the Back of My Heart
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Somewhere in the Back of My Heart | self | 2012 | ㏄ | ||
| Hounds of Finn |
Wild Mountain Thyme
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Gravity Pulls | self | 2013 | |||
| Mike Seeger |
Frankie
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Old Time Country Music | Smithsonian Folkways | 1962 | |||
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 CKUT Promo - Amandla! SOWETO |
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Music behind DJ: AD PSA - My CRI Campaign |
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Music behind DJ: ID/announce |
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| Chaim Tannenbaum |
My Old Man
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Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl | Compass Records | 2015 | |||
| Lizzy Hoyt |
Star of the County Down
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Home | Blue Crown | 2010 | ㏄ | ||
| Memphis Jug Band |
K. C. Moan
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Anthology of American Folk Music | Smithsonian Folkways | 1952 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce/announce |
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| The Barra MacNeils w/Archie Fisher & James Keelaghan |
Strange Lover is a Coal Mine
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The Celtic Colours Sessions | self | 2012 | written: Ed Pickford | ㏄ | |
| Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee |
Old Jabo
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Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways | Smithsonian Folkways | 2003 | |||
| The London Lasses |
Slieve Gallion Braes
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The One I Loved the Best | self | 2015 | |||
| Megson |
Before I Know It
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What Are We Trying to Say? | EDJ records | 2023 | |||
Music behind DJ: back announce/outro/announce |
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| Maura Scanlin |
Geremy's Jig
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Rule of Three | self | 2026 | featuring Michael McGoldrick —Rock on the Clyde (Bobby McLeod)/The Sunny Hills of Beara (John Dwyer) Geremy's Jig (MS) | ✓ |
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