Program Name : The Folk Show
Date Of Broadcast : Tuesday, Jan.29th, 2008
Host Producer : Beth Anne Austein

1. Jing Ping Band, Dominica - "Merengue" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series - (Caribbean music, to combat the cold)

2. Julius Alfred's village band, St. Lucia - "Masouc" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

3. Young's Island village band, near St. Vincent - "The Lizard" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

4. Cocoa-lute duo, Grenada - "Mr. Walker" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

5. La Rose, St. Lucia - "La Rose Song" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

6. Lopinot Serenaders, Trinidad - "Aguinaldo" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

7. children in Kingstown, St. Vincent - "Somebody, Ah Mouchay" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

8. Shango feast, Trinidad - "Orisha music" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

9. Spiritual Baptists, Trinidad - "Caribbean spirituals" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

10. Hindu epic song, Guadeloupe - "The Story of Marrdevirain" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series - (after 1:36pm backannounce)

11. Islamic Hosse festival, Trinidad - "Tassa drummers" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

12. Ferdinand Murphy, Tobago - "Reel" - various: An Island Carnival - 2003 - - Nonesuch Explorer Series -

13. Ray Kane - "Popoki Slack Key" - various: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection, Vol.2 - 1999 - - Dancing Cat Records -

14. Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman - "Hilo E/E Lili 'u E" - various: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection, Vol.2 - 1999 - - Dancing Cat Records -

15. Led Kaapana & friends - "Radio Hula" - various: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection, Vol.2 - 1999 - - Dancing Cat Records - (under 1:57pm backannounce)

16. various children and adults - tracks 1-21 - various: Brown Girl in the Ring - 1997 - - Rounder Records - ("game and pass play songs from Trinidad, Tobago, Dominica, St. Lucia, Anguilla, Nevis, and Carriacou." Part of the Alan Lomax collection.)

17. John Scott Schultz - "Ireland" - Not To Worry - 2007 - - self-issued - (under 2:34pm backannounce)

18. John Scott Schultz - "Driving Her Favorite Car" - Not To Worry - 2007 - - self-issued -

19. Christine Lavin - "Smokers" - Happydance of the Xenophobe - 2007 - - Yellow Tail Records -

20. John Prine & Mac Wiseman - "Pistol-Packing Mama" - Standard Songs for Average People - 2007 - - Oh Boy! Records -

21. Flat Mountain Girls - "Real Cowboy Girl" - Honey, Take Your Whiskers Off - 2005 - - self-issued -

22. Michael Hurwitz & The Aimless Drifters - "In From the Cold" - Cowboy Fandango - 2007 - - Meadowlark Records -

23. Travis & Trevor Stuart, with Martha Scanlon - "Just Over in Gloryland" - Mountaineer - 2005 - - -

24. Danny Schmidt - "Emigrant, MT" - Little Grey Sheep - 2008 - - Waterbug Records -

25. Garry Eister - "Joey's Hinky Rondo" - Galloping From Versailles - 2007 - - self-issued -

26. The Gougers - "Manheim Station" - A Long Day For the Weathervane - 2007 - - self-issued -

27. Ray Bonneville - "What Katy Did" - Goin' By Feel - 2007 - - Red House Records -

28. Antsy McClain - "I Was Just Flipped Off By a Silver-Haired Old Lady With a 'Honk If You Love Jesus' Sticker on the Bumper of Her Car" - Trailercana - 2007 - - DPR Records - (after 3:15pm backannounce)

29. John Hartford's Dobrolic Plectoral Society - "Blame it on Joann" - Steam-Powered Aereo-Takes - 2002 - - Rounder Records -

30. Sparky & Rhonda Rucker - "Bound For the Promised Land" - The Mountains Above and the Valleys Below - 2007 - - Tremont Productions -

31. Junior Brown - "Sugarfoot Rag" - Guit With It - 1993 - - Curb Records -


The Folk Show is a potpourri of folk music, as well as special thematic programs, hosted on alternating weeks by Montana Public Radio’s John Myers, and Beth Anne Austein. On the first Tuesday of each month, The Stan Howe show airs as part of the program.

From Appalachian music, bluegrass, and country blues to western music and the work of contemporary singer-songwriters - this weekly show is an eclectic exploration of folk music.