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The Folk Music Hour
By David CalderMusic
The Folk Music Hour episodes
- The Folk Music Hour: Trios, TooA second playlist of fine folk featuring three artists and some super singing.59 min
- The Folk Music Hour: Blues in 12 BarsWe investigate the blues, folk music that led to a dozen genres played today.59 min
- The Folk Music Hour: Classical FolkWe explore the connections and disconnections that needlessly divide folk and so-called classical music.56 min
- The Folk Music Hour: The Singing Word: Part 5The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode five.1 hr
- The Folk Music Hour: The Singing Word: Part 4The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode four.58 min
- The Folk Music Hour: The Singing Word: Part 3The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode three.54 min
- The Folk Music Hour: The Singing Word: Part 2The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode two.57 min
- The Folk Music Hour: The Singing Word: Part 1The Singing Word is a series created by Davey Calder, investigating what happens when poetry is set to music, becoming folk song. This is episode one.57 min
- The Folk Music Hour: New Zealand Music Month - Part 4Join Davey Calder for the final installment of his 2025 series on Aotearoa folk music, as a part of New Zealand Music Month.59 min
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About The Folk Music Hour
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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.