Fo'c'sle Folk Club
Technology and Internet Radio web page

  • Internet Folk Radio Stations (mostly uk based - try the Real Player links for additional Stateside info)
  • The Music Well (previously 'Radio Britfolk') dedicated to promoting the traditional music of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England. A volunteer not-for-profit project co-ordinated by professional musicians. Legal, above-board and (since the change of name) financed by donations.
  • Folk Radio UK 24 hour streamed folk music financed by voluntary donation. NB with links to Real Audio and Winamp player downloads.
  • Folk podcasts from Ken Nicol and Phil Widdows in Preston. New podcast every month. May also be listened to online.
  • BBC Home Page with Listen Again facility on the many (not enough) folk programmes broadcast around the Kingdom. The 'listen again' link for the radio player has recently become much less obvious, but persevere (go for the big iplayer logo, use the 'Radio' button and kill the TV option)! - then ask for the 'folk and country' selection - it becomes fairly obvious which are which!
  • Worlds of Trad Fred McCormick's own station from Liverpool - be prepared for American accents and adverts until you get to the nitty-gritty, persevere, it's a most interesting selection every month! (not strictly a UK station since it is hosted in the States.) Also links to several other services of interest hosted by live365 including two Dutch ones.
  • froots magazine internet radio with monthly selections from reviewed CDs. The froots link takes you to Mondomix, a French multiple internet radio service and you are then faced with a bewildering selection of possible services - froots is among them somewhere! 'Real Audio' stream only.
  • National Public Radio (USA) has many archived folk programmes - well worth a browse. Current highlights:-
  • 'British Folk' interviews/tracks with Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Eliza Carthy and John Doyle from Feb 12th 2008.
  • A 2 hr Doc Watson Concert (with podcast available). Watson was joined by banjo player David Holt and Doc's grandson, Richard Watson. Their performance originally webcast live on NPR.org Jan. 27.
  • A fairly comprehensive list of folk programmes on local and national radio is available at : http://www.lesession.co.uk/umf/umf_faq.htm#radio
  • Community On-line Media Archive operated under European funding and including a 'cultural identity' section (not a music section as such, but music may be searhed for).
  • http://www.peoplesound.com sound samples from artistes and bands of many different descriptions.
  • Richard Robinson's Tunebook with an online search facility. The tunes may be played for recognition purposes (as by a robot) with high or low audio quality depending on your computer, and converted and printed out in stave notation with the appropriate simple software.
  • Visit The Lewes Arms Tunes Web Page for up-to-date links to their tunebook, Chris Walshaw's abc notation and computer software pages and The Public Domain Software Library.
  • An mp3 collection, all legal
  • Contemplator Lesley Nelson-Burns' (aka the Contemplator)'s Folk Music Site. Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midifiles, Tune Information and History behind the folksongs and ballads. Irish, British and American Folk Music including Francis J. Child Ballads and Sea Shanties.
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    Submitted by Trevor Gilson
    Revised 2 June 1999