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Appalachian, Old-time
Blues
Breton
Cajun /Zaideko/Acadien
Canadian

Dutch, Flemish
English
French
German /Austrian
Irish
Italian
Medieval
Nordic
Northumbrian
Scottish 
Shetland Islands
Spanish
 
Folk oriented Stations

Trad Music Playlists
Trad Music Podcasts


Selections of
Trad Music on:
MySpace
MySpace-TV 
YouTube
dailymotion
Google video 
MyVideo  


see also:

A.s' Trad Music Links
Songs & Ballads Links
Andreas' Radio Links

Plug-ins


Trad & Folk Radio
on the Web,
Free Multimedia



Trad Music Playlists
on deezer, songza,
youtube, bluebeat etc.



recently added:

Swedish bagpiper Olle Gällmo
Olle Gällmo on myspace, youtube


Fiddler's Grove
Retrospective 1970-2000

ezFolk Radio Stations -Playlists:
Michael's Old Time Fiddle & Banjo Hour
Michael Fox No 1
Michael Fox No 2

ezFolk Clawhammer Banjo
Brian's list
EZ Folk Favorites
Old Time Radio
Fiddle Tunes on ezFolk



trad playlist on semsix
semsix.com







Trad /Folk general:


TradCan Webradio !tip
of the Belgian folk magazine "Canard Folk"

Trad and Folk Music Playlist
on last.fm

Folkland Radio
internet radio station based
in the Hannover area in Germany;
moderation in german; 
"on stream" since April 1, 2008


DR Folk
Folk programme of the
danish DR Netradio


Paradiso Folk
in spanish

Aires Celtas
in spanish


WUMB Folk Radio Stream


Dancilla
Much about folk dances like videos,
instructions, music, traditional
costumes,... and a big database
with more than 50,000 dances



Worlds of Trad
Folk, Ethnic, World, Roots, Blues,
Old Time Country and Even Early Jazz;
Traditional Music From Absolutely everywhere;
hosted on live365.com


Klaus Schaefer's
FolkMag Radioseite
mainly scottish and nordic music;
in german


BBC-Folk & Acoustic

BBC iPlayer - Folk



Roots Radio

by  rootsworld.com
Reed Radio stream
rootsworld radio


Radio Gaita:

rootsworld radio,
Bagpipe Music from Around the World,
Real Audio



Kattywompus Folk Studio
podcast



Secret Museum of the Air

audible music archive:
Blues, Old-time etc., 
circa 50 streams,  Real Audio
hosted on wfmu.org



Smithsonian Folkways
SF-website
hosted on Live 365 



Folk Radio UK
FRUK-myspace-website
FRUK last.fm website


Accordeus
Original and traditional solo
and accompanied accordion pieces
recorded in Portland, Maine;
hosted on archive.org


folkcast.co.uk
"the first folk Podcast from the UK,
features the best in folk, folk-rock,
singer-songwriter and roots-based music"


hober radio
Folk, Accoustic, Americana, many rare,
partially old recordings in best streaming
quality , Real Audio


Dancing on the air
monthly show by  Jay Ungar u. Molly Mason


Grassy Hill Radio
accoustic music, mp3


fRoots



Folkrádió, Hungary
Hungarian folk music, but also music
of other peoples and ethnic groups living
in the Carpathian Basin, as well as other
types of music of folk origin can be heard


Woodsongs Old-time Radio Hour

World's First Weekly, Multi-Camera Series
Broadcast on the Web Music History;

Host of Expansive Online Performance Archives;
Made by Syndicated Radio Show


Prairie Home Compagnion

archive containing various programs,
go to section "archive"

 
Mandotunes


last.fm
a service that keeps track of what
music you listen to, and then produces
a large number of features personalised
to you. available in several languages


Street Squeeze Tunes
Euro-Texan Folk Music

Roots Radio
Heavy on tradition, but never too shy
for a good contemporary groove it the
feel is right. Plus, regularly updated
special editions for music form Italy,
Nordic countries, Spain, the accordion
and much more; hosted on
rootsworld.com,
real audio


Shanty and Sea Song
hosted on live365.com





Special:

Trad Music,
Customs of Carnival
and similar Customs










folk radio link lists:


BBC Radio Scotland
various folk streams selectable

Ceolas Worldwide
Celtic Music Radio Listing

Folk on the radio
link list, by Jay Glicksman

real radio:
folk music station link list

vTuner: Celtic Stations

shoutcast folk radio stations
shoutcast celtic radio stations

PublicRadioFan.com
List of Folk Music Programs


RadioFolk
US and Canadian folk music radio shows
on the internet; maintained by George Will















































































visit cantalpassion.com


 





Austrian /German

Traditional Music fom Austria
and Bohemia
Michael Vereno demonstrates traditional
tunes from Austria and Bohemia on pipes,
hurdy gurdy and fiddle; hosted
on youtube

bilwesz in Lissberg 2006
hosted on youtube

bilwesz
hosted on MySpace

Hotel Palindrone
interpreting a traditional austrian
melody,
youtube video




Dutch, Flemish

Kadril
on last.fm






Nordic 
swedish, danish... 


North Radio

by rootsworld, Real Audio

Swedish bagpiper Olle Gällmo
Olle Gällmo on myspace, youtube

Always Folkmusic
Progamme of the Norvegian NRK Nettradio
Alltid Folkemusikk

swedish violin mp3 music
by Jochen Schepers, Germany

Hardanger Fiddle
Association of America

Norvegian music in mp3 format


 

Shetland Islands

Shetland Music Development
MP3 Downloads

Traditional & Contemporary
Shetland Music
by 60North.FM




Scottish:

Scottish Internet Radio

BBC Radio Scotland

Pipeline
BBC Radio Scotland; presented by Gary West, with news and recordings from the piping world, Real Player

Aff the Cuff:The Sessions
many podcasts of a fine session in Carnoustie
near Dundee, Scotland

Odeo channel for the Cuff session

The Angus Sessions
Traditional music, live and raw
from Angus, Scotland; podcast


Foot Stompin'Internet Radio

The Garden Sessions

The Rare Tunes Archive
personal archive of recordings of Scottish
Traditional Music, although it's not all
Scottish or Traditional or Music


 

Northumbrian

Radio FARNE
features collections of selected items
from the FARNE archive.Some are
collections of recordings or concerts.


FARNE Listening Post


The Pipes of Northumbria
Radio show on the irish
RTÉ Radio 1 September 15th 2005





English

The Music Well

The Yorkshire Garland Group
Folksongs collected in Yorkshire, mp3







Breton:  

Radio An Tour Tan:

Cyber Festou Noz
the server of the breton diaspora
Real Audio
TV  An Tour Tan
the first breton television on
the Internet, Real Player


Le Festival de Cournouaille, Quimper
300 videos & sound files of breton
music and dance under section 'archives'


Panorama

a project of Dastum, an association with
the aim of collecting and highlighting the
cultural heritage of Brittany


Radio Kerne

Gavotte des montagnes
biniou and bombarde
youtube video, 10 min


Suite d'en dro
biniou and bombarde
youtube video, 4 min.


The Pipes of Brittany
Patrick Molard talks about the breton bagpipe, the biniou koz, and the history of breton music on the Irish radio RTÉ 1 emission on 21st July 2005 and plays some music examples.
See programme 4: 21st July 2005






French / Français:

Musique d'Auvergne
23 original tunes from the Auvergne region, mp3


musicians presented by  mondomix.com:
Duo Bertrand
Marc Peronne
Philippe Prieur


archive.org, field recordings:
- the "nomadic Dongas Tribe" with bal folk tunes from Brittany and France, recorded at various locations in West Cornwall, 1997/98
- Red Dog Green Dog at Cannings Court

 

Silvain Piron's
Accordion Songs and Tunes
published on archive.org under
Creative Commons License

Silvain Piron's albums
published on jamendo.com under
Creative Commons Licence,
requires free registration


Les Frères Raillard

Trad music from the Morvan


Music from the Morvan, France
by Daniel and Eric Raillard
hosted on Dogmazic.net

Quelques petites vidéos
du Chti-Folkeux
(Nord-Pas-de-Calais,France, et 
Belgique occidentale)

Sourciers Vaudoux
innovative and traditional
french and irish music;
hosted on Dogmazic.net


Jean Blanchard's website
Jean Blanchard's music archive

french musician
"Accordèon Diatonique"
on last.fm


Rencontres de Cornemuses

Pays des Collines, Belgium;
click on "Concert" in order
to listen to the music


Gentiane
on last.fm

Deuxième Moitié
on dogmazic.net







   

 

Irish:

liveireland

Raidió na Gaeltachta - Ceol

RTÉ music shows in gaelic language

RTÉ Radio 1 - Music Shows

Shamrock Radio
Co. Mayo, Ireland

BBC Acoustic Club--Virtual Session
requires Flash Player Plug-In

RadioCelt
by AccuRadio
wo
rks best with IE

RTÉ Radio 1 - Instrumentals

Marc Gunn's Irish and
Celtic music podcast

Clare FM
Trad Archive


Traditional Irish Station
by soundclick.com
 

ComhaltasLive
The weekly video programme
of traditional Irish music


UilleanObsession.com
many links to celtic music
radio- and video streams


The Full Set
"a new Irish traditional music series presented by Daithi Ó Sé, produced for RTÉ Television by South Wind Blows and featuring some of the finest duet combinations playing Irish music today."


One Night at McSorleys
Traditional and Acoustic from Bothy Band, Kevin Burke, Joe Derrane, Michael Coleman, Seamus Ennis, Joe Heaney, Sean O'Riada and more...

hosted on live365.com


Irish Flute Tunes







Italian:

Banda Brisca
videos hosted on youtube

Traditional Music and dance
of the Italian Central-South
 
videos
hosted on youtube
website:alfonsotoscano.it

Le Zampogne di Daltrocanto
Festival della Zampogna di Cava dei Tirreni, Italy, January 2007; video, hosted on youtube

The Diatonic Accordion Academy
Accademia del Mantice, Rome,Italy
mainly italian dances;
videos hosted on youtube


La Ciapa Rusa
on last.fm


Music and Dances from
the Northern Apennines
in Italy
videos presented by the group
Saluti e Baci



Stefano Valla & Daniele Scurati
Trad Music from the Italian "4 Provinces"
in the Northern Apeninnes region near the
city of Genoa


Radio Radici
Innovative and traditional music from Italy
hosted on rootsworld.com, real audio







Spanish

Radio Asturies- Folk
Music from the Asturias region
in Northen Spain


Kosmos Radio
Folk and traditional music of the regions of
Catalonia, Occitània and Madrid
Kosmos emissions on archive.org


Tarataña Podcast
Traditional music of spanish origin
by
Manuel Luna, rtve.es




Medieval:
 
RENRADIO
Renaissance and Celtic Music,
hosted on Live 365 
RenRadio -- Homepage

Renaissance Festival Podcast

Radio Aena

Medieval radio from Germany




  




Appalachian, Old Time
American trad.:

Sugar in the Gourd
Old Time Country 
(pre-Bluegrass):
Appalachian/String

Mountain Folk Radio Stream

SPUD Mountain RFD
Webcast of traditional rural music

The KingPup Radio Show

honkingduck.com - music archive
Real Audio 

The American Folklife Center
at the Library of Congress

tune collection - in multi format


Old Time Music and Dance
audio file links
Old Time content streaming the web archives


Fonotone Records- Vintage 78

fiddletunes.net
go to section 'tunes' to listen to
Leo McDermott's nice fiddle tunes,

mp3
 
New England Fiddles
28 minutes film by John Bishop,
published on 
folkstreams.net

Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues
American musical traditions on NPR

America's Folk Music Anthology
on NPR

Historic Recordings Tell
Clawhammer Banjo History

NPR, March 21, 2006

Digital Library of the Appalachians


The Roots Music Listening Room:

Old-Time Country Music
from the 1920s & 1930s


archive.org:
search for

old-time appalachian
banjo tune


Music of Tom Joad
on archive.org
Tom Joad's website

Vintage Fiddlers
Oral History Project, 1984-85

Morehead State Univ., Kentucky

Podcast:
Old Time Music in Athens
Ash Raymond shares some tunes on
the banjo, videos



The Florida Folklife Collection
from the State Library and Archives
of Florida



Podcast:

folktunes.org
The Folktunes Archive for teaching
and learning


Appalachian Journey
film by Alan Lomax, 56 min
on folkstreams.net



Morris Family Old Time
Music Festival 1972,
video, ca. 30 min,
hosted on google video


old-time session:
"
ducks on the millpond"
video, ca. 7 min
hosted on google video



Almeda Riddle:
Now Let's Talk About Singing
video hosted on folkstreams.net



The Field Recorder's Collective


ezFolk Radio Stations -Playlists:
Michael's Old Time Fiddle & Banjo Hour
Michael Fox No 1
Michael Fox No 2

ezFolk Clawhammer Banjo
Brian's list
EZ Folk Favorites
Old Time Radio
Fiddle Tunes on ezFolk


Fiddler's Grove
Retrospective 1970-2000






Canada

Tunes from Newfoundland:
Harmonica tunes
Accordion tunes
MacEdward Leach and the Songs
of Atlantic Canada,
Memorial University of Newfoundland


Cape Breton Live radio
the former "Nova Scotia Kitchen party"

with many archived shows

Newfoundland's Jig FM
songs and music of Newfoundland
hosted on Live 365 


 






Cajun / Zaideko / Acadien:

radiolouisiane.com

hosted on Live 365 

KLRZ
Rajun' Cajun 
All Lousiana, All The Time

Goldbrand Records
multi-format collection of materials
from the Goldband Recording Corporation
Records at the Southern Folklife Collection;

Cajun Music mp3
by Neal Pomea

"Dry Wood", Video 37 min.
A glimpse into the life, food, and
Mardi Gras celebrations of black Creoles
in French Louisiana, featuring the stories
and music of "Bois Sec" Ardoin and Canray Fontenot; published on folkstreams.net

Zydeco:
Creole Music and Culture
in Rural Lousiana
published on folkstreams.net

Cajun Country
film by Alan Lomax, 58 min
on folkstreams.net


The Roots Music Listening Room:
Louisiana Cajun Music
from the 1920s - 1970s

Dreams and Songs of
the Noble Old

film by Alan Lomax, 57 min
on folkstreams.net


Cajun visits
video hosted on folkstreams.net

Lousiana Folklife Program
audios and videos


   
Blues

vTuner: stations playing Blues

Sonny Terry: Shoutin' the Blues
video hosted on folkstreams.net




 
   

Folk-oriented Stations


Besides Folk the following stations
play also different music genres and eventually 
public affairs programs 

WUMB Folk Radio

WNCW


WFUV

CKUT Folk Roots/Folk Branches

WDVX

KALW

KBCS 

KDHX

WMPG


CKUA


KRCL


Radio Newfoundland


WNUR

Village 900, CKMO
Global Roots Radio, Canada

VPRO Radio:

grensverkeer

The Netherlands

 


 


Audio & Video Plug-Ins,
free software


media player:

Real Player


Real Alternative
will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer


Win Media Player


QuickTime Player

QuickTime Alternative
a trimmed down version of QuickTime that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages


JetAudio

Winamp

VLC Media Player
supports a large number of multimedia
formats including flash video files


FLV Player
standalone player for
Adobe flash video files


Mozilla Songbird
open source project


Media Player Classic
open source

fire.fm
last.fm  add on for Firefox

FoxyTunes
Firefox add on



audio recorder:

Audacity

Gold Wave

No23 Recorder

website in german



audio download:

Free Music Zilla
download free music from social music services

Clickster
enables you to easily search for and download mp3 files from the Internet in a legal and safe environment



flash video download:

Orbit Downloader


KeepVid

online downloader for flash videos

Video Downloader

Firefox extension



miscelaneous:


semsix.com
search for your songs, create your playlist without any registration, more info




see also:

Andreas' Trad Music Links
traditional music and dance link list
Andreas' Songs & Ballads Links
lyrics, folk song and ballads link list
Andreas' Radio Links
stations streaming tropical music and public
affairs programs on the internet; webradio link-lists







Many thanks for a link to
Andreas' Trad & Folk Radio Links
to:
Folkclub Frankfurt (D)
Folk-Treff Münster e.V. (D)
Südlicht-Festival (D)
Cantal Passion (F)
Hamburger Folksessions (D)
Folkland Radio
(D)
Kuec's Folkseiten (D)
Bodhranroots (D)




 
 
 

Certain pictures on Andreas'
Trad & Folk Radio Links are
used with the kind permission
of the editorial office of
cantalpassion.com , a website
dedicated to the Cantal region
in France.



contact:
Andreas Heising
 

last revised:
09-april-2010

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