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Folk Music on the Radio and other Media

  • NH Public Radio--WEVO:  The Folk Show and Live from the Word Barn are programs that feature folk artists from New England and the world.  
  • WUMB   Great Folk and Acoustic Music on line and on the radio every day from UMASS Boston.  Transmits from Milford, NH at 88.7 FM with modest coverage.  24 hours of music.  Concert calendar is very handy.
  • WFUV    From Fordham University, offering a wide mix of music and talk but a good focus on Folk Music.  Listen online or if in NYC area.  
  • Mountain Stage is a long-lived public radio program that features many of the artists that have appeared on PFM stages.
  • American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting a broad range of American music — blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical.  Hear it each week on many Public Radio Stations including WUMB and WFUV.
  • World Cafe  is another enjoyable, very worthwhile music program where you will hear artists of all genres. Host David Dye is the musical tour guide.  Hear it on WUMB and many other public radio stations all over.   

Other Folk Music Venues in New England

  • The Stone Church in Brattleboro has a lot of regional and national folk acts.  Website
  • The Word Barn in Exeter is another venue that features folk music from all over.  Website  
  • The Bull Run in Shirley, Mass.  A wide variety of quality musical acts from folk to classic rock.  Dinner and drinks during the show.  Website   
  • Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry, NH   Similar to Bull Run in musical acts.     Website
  • Club Passim in Boston is the virtual headquarters of folk music in New England with an incredible schedule of well known and up-and-coming artists.   Club Passim Website

  • The New England Folk Music Network is an easy place to find lists of small and large local venues where you can hear good music.