Traditional Folk Radio

30/12/2024

Every day. All day. Traditionalfolkradio.com plays an easy blend of traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

29/12/2024

I hope you'll join us tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET for a celebration in song of Hogmanay on traditionalfolkradio.com. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🥃

This week on Vital Folk we explore the Scottish new year’s celebration known as Hogmanay. We’ll discuss it’s customs, folklore, and, of course, it’s music. Vital Folk airs Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET and again on Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET. I hope you’ll join us for a celebration in song of Hogmanay on traditionalfolkradio.com.

27/12/2024

This week on Vital Folk we explore the Scottish new year’s celebration known as Hogmanay. We’ll discuss it’s customs, folklore, and, of course, it’s music. Vital Folk airs Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET and again on Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET. I hope you’ll join us for a celebration in song of Hogmanay on traditionalfolkradio.com.

26/12/2024

Here's an interesting article on the unfortunate lot of the wren in Ireland on Wren's Day (December 26).

https://dingle-peninsula.ie/wren-s-day

At traditionalfolkradio.com, you can enjoy the Wren's Day-related song, Cutty Wren, along with our easy blend of traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Di**le: a complete guide to holiday accommodation, vacation activities, history and culture of the Di**le Peninsula (Corca Dhuibhne), County Kerry in the South

26/12/2024

We hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas! As of tonight, Traditionalfolkradio.com has returned to its easy blend of traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. So bring on the ballads, sea shanties, jigs and reels and much more! Enjoy!

23/12/2024

Starting today through Christmas night we will play exclusively an easy blend of traditional Christmas carols from North America, England, Scotland and Ireland and Wales. It's a beautiful blend of background music for your Christmas festivities. It's also an opportunity to introduce others to our rich treasure of traditional Christmas carols and songs.

We will return to our regular format of traditional folk songs on the day after Christmas.

Happy Yuletide and Merry Christmas from traditionalfolkradio.com!

22/12/2024

You can sing along with an easy blend of traditional Christmas carols and folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales at traditionalfolkradio.com.

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/discover/the-history-of-christmas-carols

The history of singing Christmas carols. Discover how this Christmas tradition began and has changed over time.

22/12/2024

We received this ornament from one of our special supporters. Nothing says Merry Christmas like traditionalfolkradio.com hanging from the Christmas tree. 😀 🎄🎅

17/12/2024

Mari Lwyd is a wassailing folk custom found in South Wales. Performed at Christmas, groups of men would accompany a hobby horse made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sheet. The men would carry the Mari Lwyd to local houses, where they would request entry through song. The householders would be expected to deny them entry, again through song, and the two sides would continue their responses to one another in this manner. If the householders eventually relented, the team would be permitted entry and given food and drink.

Source: Wikipedia

Dyma enghraifft hynod brin o draddodiad Y Fari Lwyd, yn Nhregaron(?) ar Noswyl Nadolig 1964. Mae'n un o arferion hynafol Cymru. Penglog ceffyl wedi ei addur...

15/12/2024

We asked traditionalfolkradio.com listeners what decade has the best music? Their response was unanimous. 😆

With some songs dating back four hundred years, we play an easy blend of traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. And it's all commercial free.

14/12/2024

Our December newsletter is here 🎄
We look back at the 12 fantastic blogs we've had this year, plus the usual events listings, opportunities and more ✨

📸 Applications are open to join the Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail & Inclusive Ceilidh Trail.

Check it out: bit.ly/TMFNLDec24

14/12/2024

Tonight we're enjoying a warm fire and the sounds of traditional folk at the "headquarters" (aka our living room) of traditionalfolkradio.com. 😊

In December we're offering a commercial-free easy blend of Christmas carols and traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

14/12/2024

You can now enjoy the Christmas sounds of Spiers and Oates on traditionalfolkradio.com. We've just added their December 2024 release "A Midwinter's Night" to our rotation. Its' a collection of mainly English and Welsh carols and hymns. We hope you enjoy!

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10/12/2024

Nice tune, beautifully sung :)

10/12/2024

Susan Pepper's 2024 release "Where the Islands Overflow," is the latest edition to our playlist at traditionalfolkradio.com. Susan Pepper is a singer, musician, and songwriter from Ohio. She sings and collects old ballads and plays mountain dulcimer, banjo, and guitar. You can find more information about her workshops and events at susanpepper.com.

Enjoy this new release from Susan Pepper along with our commerical-free, easy blend of traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales at traditionalfolkradio.com.

09/12/2024

At traditionalfolkradio.com we're more vintage than a 1950s aluminum Christmas tree...by about 100 to 200 years.

This year at your holiday gatherings enjoy a commericial-free easy blend of traditional Christmas carols and folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

28/11/2024

Someone posted this on the Ballad Tree page, and, yes, that's pretty much the story. 😃

Find out for yourself by tuning into TraditionalFolkRadio.com for an easy blend of traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales! It's amazing folk for amazing folk like you.

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25/11/2024

Whether you're on the road, in the kitchen or gathered in the living room, TraditionalFolkRadio.com is the perfect background music for your Thanksgiving celebrations.

We're playing an easy blend of Christmas carols and traditional folk songs from North America, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.