Folk music.
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More Yiddish folk songs / produced by Lila Hassid.
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Tribute to Malvina Reynolds / produced by Ed Schoenfeld.
This is a program of music and reflections produced at KPFA by Ed Schoenfeld on the night of folksinger Malvina Reynold’s (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) death. Includes two KPFA pitches by Reynolds. People who call in to share their thoughts on Malvina are Petria MacDonnell reading the epitaph Malvina wrote for herself…
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Mark Braun and Claudia Schmidt / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Judi Moore Smith.
Performance documentary featuring Braun and Schmidt. Braun, a blues and boogie woogie pianist, is the musical heir to Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Hammond and Professor Longhair. Schmidt performs folk music, singing her poems and songs to the accompanyment of a 12 string guityar, a mountain dulcimer, and a pianolin–a rare 1940s instrument which originated in…
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Songs of the coal miners / Guy Carawan and Candy Carawan ; interviewed by Ed Pearl.
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On the left / Malvina Reynolds interviewed by Dorothy Healey
Dorothy Healey interviews Malvina Reynolds at KPFK. They talk about communicating with people of all ages, the motivation for Malvina’s life, her family, the movement against nuclear power, and the basis for her political beliefs. Healey relates her history of getting out of jail in Los Angeles, meeting Malvina, and labor struggles. Reynolds talks about…
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San Diego folk festival, 1977 / produced by Howard Larman and Roz Larman.
HIghlights from the concerts at the 11th annual event; mc’d by Bob Webb, Sam Hinton, Jimm Griffith, and Ray Bierl. |pt.1. Anne-Charlotte Harvey, Ray and Ina Patterson, The Delta Sisters, John Bosley Trio. — pt.2. Hank Bradley and Jody Stecher, Bob Bovee, Rick and Sandy Epping. — pt.3. The Vintage Music Company, All Nite Long,…
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San Diego folk festival workshops / produced by Howard Larman and Roz Larman.
Workshops demonstrating various musical traditions. |r.1. Scandinavian music / Anne-Charlotte Harvey. — r.2. Songs of a changing society / Utah Phillips. — r.3. How to clean a musk ox / Utah Phillips, Faith Petric, Martin Henry. — r.4. All Nite Long. — r.5. Country Songwriting. — r.6. Old and new country. — r.8. Battle of…
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A Rumor in his own time : the wit and wisdom of Bruce “U. Utah” Phillips / produced by Howard Larman and Roz Larman.
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Mandolin, sax, clarinet, and persian tar music / Andy Statman ; interviewed by Edward Haber.
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Fiddle music / Marie Rhines ; interviewed by Edward Haber.
Marie Rhines is a fiddler of Scottish, Irish, and American music. In this interview with Edward Haber, she talks about her music and plays examples of her fiddling style from records. Rhines talks about her interest in American Appalachian fiddle music, her particular interpretations of different styles of folk music, and the difficulties of notation…