The Folk Music Hour by David Calder
David Calder presents the music he loves in The Folk Music Hour, with the aim of rekindling listeners' interest in acoustic music in the Anglo-American tradition, including NZ folk song, and world folk music such as that heard at WOMAD in New Plymouth's beautiful Brookland's Park. Almost all music has a folk origin: blues, jazz, rock and even so-called classical. As Big Bill Broonzy famously said - "all songs are folk songs; ain't never heard a horse sing!" Arguably the first Kiwi to make a living with a mandolin, David spent some of his musical life playing bluegrass, but was performing in the folk boom as early as 1964. He was playing in Europe and the UK in the 70's, dabbling in folk rock and pop in California in the 80's, and creating a country garden in the 90's and teaching children to read. These days, kind of retired, he is free to pursue any of the musical paths he loves: song-writing, tuition, and performance with guitar, piano, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, dulcimer, even bass; playing jazz, folk, blues and originals. Or to just kick back and listen to Bach or Grappelli ... He is a long-standing performer of NZ folk, and maintains a love affair with US old-time music nurtured since Doc Watson's LPs first made it to these shores. A natural entertainer since his debut on radio aged six, David thinks radio is the perfect performance medium.
More episodes
-
182 - The Folk Music Hour 19-09-2024 Maori FolkThu, 19 Sep 2024
-
181 - The Folk Music Hour 15-09-2024 WomenFolkMon, 16 Sep 2024
-
180 - The Folk Music Hour 08-09-2024 Harmony FolkMon, 09 Sep 2024
-
179 - The Folk Music Hour 01-09-2024 Kids StuffMon, 02 Sep 2024
-
178 - The Folk Music Hour 25-08-2024 Protest, RevisitedMon, 26 Aug 2024