Folk music — United States

  • Jean Ritchie in concert (Part 1 only)

    Jean Ritchie performs folk music in concert at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, California, April 26, 1972. Songs performed: Darby Ram — One I Love — John Riley — Sean O’Reilly from the County Leitrim — What’ll I Do With the Baby-O — The Bluebird Song — Cold Mountains — On Jordan’s Stormy Banks —…

  • Kathy Smith and Burt Lee

    Guests on this show are folk singers Kathy Smith and Burt Lee and producer Mark Roth. The discussion is about how hard it can be to make it financially as a musician, how much one can put themselves into live performing, and some differences with other forms of music, such as rock. “The new folk”…

  • Folk music concert for John F. Kennedy

    Live recording of a benefit for John F. Kennedy held by the Pomona Valley KPFK supporters. Includes music by Al and Peggy Holse, Will and Jean Miarcotte, Harry Kennedy, Paul Ledig, Ann and Will Durrant, David Loy, Mike McClennan, Chris Darrow, Dry City Four, Clare Haugan and the Mutual Four, Keith and Rusty McNeil, and…

  • Janis Ian and Nicky Seeger live at WBAI

    Steve Rath presents folk musicians Janis Ian and Nicky Seeger in the WBAI studio. Ian and Seeger perform and speak about their music. They discuss Ian’s career, which began at the age of 12; response to her first song, which Leonard Bernstein told the nation was a good song. A number of Ian’s and Seeger’s…