Folk Festival
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Tuesday, 7-9 p.m.
Visit page for Program Host: Lilli Kuzma |
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Join host Lilli Kuzma for a great mix of folk artists and styles, from traditional and contemporary folk, to doses of related and influenced styles, like folk-rock, bluegrass, country, blues, Celtic, world, Americana, and more. Folk Festival presents entertaining themed shows plus topical and historical segments, and regularly hosts outstanding live studio guests, both Chicago-based and national touring acts. There are frequent ticket and CD giveaways, and on each show listeners are informed about area/regional concerts, workshops, and events, with the Chicagoland Folk Calendar. Lilli presents the show live, affording a fresh and direct presence with the listeners. |
Folk Festival is proudly sponsored by:
Tobias Music
For local events, please visit our online calendar:
Acoustic/Folk/Americana Music Calendar
The Chicagoland Folk Calendar is heard every Tuesday night during Folk Festival, and is sponsored by Tobias Music...
...with its line of Taylor, Martin, R Taylor, Santa Cruz, custom guitars, music lessons and more!
Located at 5013 Fairview in Downers Grove - IL, and on the with web: TobiasMusic.com
Upcoming Programming
| May 21, 2013: Vermont Touring Duo "Hungrytown" | |
| ...Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson live in studio | |
| May 28, 2013: Surprise Theme Show | |
| ...with trivia and prizes | |
| June 04, 2013: Festival Mixer! | |
Previous Programming
displays the previous month of programming
| May 14, 2013: Festival Mixer! | |
| ...a very eclectic mix! | |
| May 07, 2013: February Sky | |
| ...Phil Cooper and Susan Urban, live in studio | |
| April 30, 2013: Festival Mixer! | |
| ...with trivia and prizes | |
| April 23, 2013: Literary Folk | |
| ... in honor of Shakespeare's birthday this date! Also joined live in studio by Chicago singer-songwriter Marshall Hjertstedt, followed by Nashville's Twangtown Paramours. Dean Milano will accompany both acts on bass. | |
Folk Festival Faves of 2012!
Top Twenty Albums:
1. Roy Schneider, Walls That Talk
2. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ashes and Roses
3. David Hawkins, Hello Mr. Death & Other Love Songs
4. Dennis Warner, Seeds
5. Twangtown Paramours, The Promise of Friday Night
6. Sons of the Never Wrong, King Fisher King
7. Debra Cowan, Among ...Friends
8. Ben Bedford, What We Lost
9. Donna Adler, Stories to Keep
10. Sarah McQuaid, The Plum Tree and The Rose
11. Kathy Mattea, Calling Me Home
12. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Little Blue Egg
13. Anne Hills, The Things I Notice Now
14. Gina Forsyth, Promised Land
15. Birdy, Magic Days
16. Tom Irwin, Sangamon Songs
17. The Pines, Dark So Gold
18. Special Consensus, Scratch Gravel Road
19. Kim & Reggie Harris, Resurrection Day
20. Bitter Melon, Cracks in the Foundation
Top Twenty Songs:
1. Gina Forsyth, Just For Tonight, from Promised Land
2. David Hawkins, When Winter Comes / How Long / from Hello Mr. Death & Other Love Songs
3. Roy Schneider, Signs / Time / from Walls That Talk
4. Twangtown Paramours, Chains, from The Promise of Friday Night
5. Jenny Bienemann, Timber, from Heading Slowly Towards the Beginning
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter, What to Keep and What to Throw Away, from Ashes and Roses
7. Sons of the Never Wrong, The Great Unknown, from King Fisher King
8. Dennis Warner, Crossroads / What A Lovely Night / from Seeds
9. Ben Bedford, Cahokia, What We Lost
10. Sarah McQuaid, In Derby Cathedral / Lift You Up and Let You Fly / from The Plum Tree and The Rose
11. Tom Irwin, What Went On Last Night, from Sangamon Songs
12. The Pines, Rise Up and Be Lonely, from Dark So Gold
13. Birdy, Three O'Clock from Magic Days
14. Eugenia Elliot, Ruby June, from 4000 Weeks
15. Spark & Whisper, Once, from Spark & Whisper
16. Brad Cole, Something About Goodbye from Down the Line
17. The Chieftains, Chieftains Reunion, Voice of Ages
18. Kathy Mattea, Gone Gonna Rise Up Again, from Calling Me Home
19. John Flynn, Democracy (the Weed), from The End of the Beginning
20. Antje Duvecot, Sleepy Sea of Indigo and Blue, from New Siberia
Funniest:
1. Heywood Banks, Turkey Bird, from Never Trust A Puppet
2. Todd Burge, Jesus Nightlight, from Building Characters
3. Stephen Lee Rich, The Lizard, from Free Range Sofas
4. Michael Smith, Accokeek, from Old Man Dancing
5. Honor Finnegan, Life is Short, from The Tiny Life
Seasonal albums:
1. Kristen Cotts, Merry Christmas What's the Point, Holiday EP
2. Howard Levy w/Trio Globo & Alberto Mizrahi, Matzah to Menorah
3. The Bittersweet Christmas Band, Glad and Golden Hours, Holiday EP
4. The Early Mays, Out Under the Sky
5. Joel Mabus, A Parlor Guitar Christmas
Instrumentals:
1. Special Consensus, Jacklene, from Scratch Gravel Road
2. Andy Young, Minor Swing, from Swing Marteaux
3. MilkDrive, Bennys Bus, from Wave
4. Dana & Susan Robinson, American Hornpipe from American Hornpipe
5. The Honey Dewdrops, Catawba, from Silver Lining
Covers:
1. Roy Schneider, Long Time Gone (D. Crosby), from Walls That Talk
2. MilkDrive, Dear Prudence (Lennon-McCartney) from Wave
3. Birdy, You Are My Sunshine, from Magic Days
4. Sultans of String, Heart of Gold (N.Young), from Move
5. Donna Adler, If My Life Were A Book (Tom Dundee) from Stories to Keep
Best Traditional Arrangement:
RUNA, A Stor A Stor A Ghra, from Somewhere Along the Road
Additional Fave Albums (in no particular order):
Andy Young, Swing Marteaux
Stephen Lee Rich, Free Range Sofas
Jamie O'Reilly & Michael Smith, Songs from a Catholic Childhood
Red Rock Rondo, A Secret Gift
John Wort Hannam, Brambles and Thorns
Michael Smith, Old Man Dancing
Drew Nelson, Tilt-A-Whirl
Honor Finnegan, The Tiny Life
Bucky Halker and Andy Dee, The Ghost of Woody Guthrie
Caroline Herring, Camilla
David Greenberg and Harpeth Rising, The End of the World
Brad Cole, Down the Line
Robinlee Garber, This Parting Gift
Spark & Whisper, Spark & Whisper
The Four Bitchin Babes, Mid Life Vices
Bill Staines, Beneath Some Lucky Star
MilkDrive, Wave
RUNA, Somewhere Along the Road
Heywood Banks, Never Trust A Puppet
The Honey Dewdrops, Silver Lining
John Flynn, The End of the Beginning
Geoff Bartley, Mercy for the Dispossessed
Old Crow Medicine Show, Carry Me Back
Antje Duvecot, New Siberia
Four Shillings Short, The Secret of the Water Sound
Dana & Susan Robinson, American Hornpipe
Lucy Kaplansky, Reunion
Margaret Nelson, Ain't Gonna Hate My Neighbor
Lara Herscovitch, Four Wise Monkeys
Jenny Bienemann, Heading Slowly Towards the Beginning
Todd Burge, Building Characters
Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Americana
Ellen Cherry, Please Don't Sell the Piano
Nanci Griffith, Intersection
Sultans of String, Move
Eugenia Elliott, 4000 Weeks
Kate Campbell, 1000 Pound Machine
Anne Hills & David Roth, Rhubarb Trees
Loretta Hagen, Mud and Stone
Gathering Time, Red Apples and Gold
Pete Seeger, Pete Remembers Woody
The Chieftains, Voice of Ages
The Steel Wheels, Lay Down Lay Low
Andy Andrick, Hard Times
George Mann, Patience in These Times
Dovetail, Old Doors New Worlds
Darrell Scott, Long Ride Home
Bill Evans, In Good Company
Michael Jonathan, Front Porch
Steve Spurgin, Folk Remedies
Many, many other fine albums received airplay in 2012.
This list is partly influenced by listener feedback and requests.
Note: albums recently received (including some that have already received airplay)
will be considered for the Faves list in 2013.
Photo Gallery
WDCB's Studio Guests Photo Gallery includes:
Folk Festival VideosWDCB Folk Festival Concert featuring Danny Schmidt,Carrie Elkin & Andrew Calhoun - August 28, 2012 David Stoddard - May 18, 2010 Chad & Jeremy - May 4, 2010 Patchouli - April 27, 2010
Patchouli - April 21, 2009
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