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Takoma Park Folk Festival: September 27, 2026 #TPFF

And now for something to remind one that humans are so creative..
Tape Bowing Ensemble - Open Reel Ensemble
Magnetic Tape x Bamboo x Effects = Magnetic Bowing Sound!!!
磁気テープを竹に張って演奏する民族楽器「磁楽弓（じがっきゅう）」三重奏による調べです。
This is a trio performance on the “JIGAKKYU,” a traditional folk instrument made by stretching magnetic tape across bamboo.
#Music #Creative
https://youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc?si=MOGcDNrrgkFL_1SS

very excited for @marisamusic.bsky.social's "anthology of unamerican folk music" https://marisaanderson.bandcamp.com/album/the-anthology-of-unamerican-folk-music

This from Stockhausen is remarkable in a couple of ways.. First it closes his book and clearly he felt it was important, but as far as I know 'social dancing' is completely absent from computer music/electroacoustic education institutions that otherwise laud Stockhausen. Secondly for the subtle dogwhistling - e.g. dance music from African continent and diaspora is first slated and then ignored.

A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews
recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s
has been digitized and made available online for free listening.
The Association for Cultural Equity, a nonprofit organization founded by Lomax in the 1980s,
has posted some 20,000 recordings.

Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 20,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings
A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s has been digitized and made available online for free listening.

fantastic work by @… about the current state of political music & why people looking for people strumming guitars might be looking in the wrong place. will add: a big reason #folk music & protest became entwined is 'cause it was…

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Was Part of a Whole Wave of Protest Music
Liberals keep asking where the political anthems are. They’re right in front of their eyes.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#MusicPlanet
- Retro Mexican cumbia and South African harmonies
Kathryn Tickell selects global folk and roots-based music, with new releases from Tinariwen, Meridian Brothers & Mexican Institute of Sound, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v8c1

Martyn Joseph - Last Night I Heard America. Really sums up my sadness right now. #music #folk

I think I died and went to heaven: of music, peace, brotherhood. For 5 minutes anyway. 🎶 ☮️ 👐
Composition ("baani") by Kabir, sung in Gujarati-Rajasthani folk style. Video includes English captions, lyrics, translation.
Best 5 minutes you'll spend today.
#India #music #spiritual

Commenting on this video @… made in Wisconsin about farmers standing up for immigrants against ICE and the whole MAGA project
The idea of a white Upper Midwest had to be forced into existence
The people who tried to record the folk music of the Upper Midwest in the 1930s for the Library of Congress never publicly released the records because th…

Starting to think the success of folk music for me is predicated on how much i wanna hug the singer off voice alone. Robbie Basho and Nick Drake? wanna bury my face in their chests and sob for too long. Indigo Girls? wanna tangle and sob after getting drunk and yapping abt our girl bullshit for ages like estranged besties. The Mountain Goats? awkward, cagey, possibly bony

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Radio3InConcert
- Folk, Fire and the Cello
Cellist Laura van der Heijden teams up with Sinfonia Cymru for a thrilling programme of folk-inspired music for strings, including Dobrinka Tabakova's Cello Concerto.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sdgb

Celebrate Todorovden with the penguins! 🐧🏇
Episode 13 of Penguins on Tour is officially live! We’re heading to the main square to experience "Horse Easter"—from traditional folk dancing and music to the incredible community energy of this spring festival. ✨
In this episode:
🏘️ Neighborhood wanders
🎶 Vibrant Todorovden traditions
Grab your virtual saddle and join the adventure! 👇

AI Company Clones Musician's Voice, Then Copyright-Strikes Her Own Songs
https://rudevulture.com/ai-company-clones-musicians-voice-then-copyright-strikes-her-own-songs/

AI Company Clones Musician’s Voice, Then Copyright-Strikes Her Own Songs
Folk musician Murphy Campbell found herself at the center of a major ordeal when an entity called Timeless Sounds IR uploaded AI-generated imitations of her music to every major music platform, then used her recordings to strip her of her own income. According to sources, the scheme worked like this: someone fed YouTube videos of ... Read more

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#InTune
- Urban Folk Quartet and Pianist Hanni Liang live in session
Petroc introduces live music from the Urban Folk Quartet and pianist Hanni Liang.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t9y3

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#MusicPlanet
- Zakia sits in
Broadcaster, writer and DJ Zakia Sewell curates a rich selection of global roots-based music, exploring connections between identity, folk culture and myth.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sg0r

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Trad., The Plzen Folk Music Band & Dalibor Barta:
🎵 Chodsko Dance
#Trad #ThePlzenFolkMusicBand #DaliborBarta