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Local School for the Blind Celebrates Doc Watson's Life


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By Cristina Quinn
An administrator says students at Perkins School for the Blind take particular inspiration from blind musicians such as folk guitarist Doc Watson, who died May 29.
Folk Music

Judy Collins: Ready to Change the World


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By Jordan Weinstein
The legendary folk singer will participate in a Storytellers benefit this week at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. She talked with WGBH about her new memoir, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music.
Greater Boston

How Cambridge Brought Back Folk Music


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By Jared Bowen
A new documentary film, For the Love of the Music, charts the evolution of Club 47 from a Jazz oasis to a launching pad for the American folk music revival.(Photo: facebook.com/Club47Film)
Author Interviews

Carole King, From Co-Sine To Chart Topper



By NPR Staff
Singer-songwriter Carole King started young: She was just 15 when she founded a doo-wop group with her high school classmates. The act never took off, but King eventually became one of the biggest-selling artists of all time. She tells the story of her career so far in a new memoir, A Natural Woman.
Folk Music

Brian O'Donovan Pays Tribute to John McGann


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By Brian O'Donovan
On April 6, musician John McGann passed away unexpectedly, leaving behind a wife and young daughter. He was known in the Irish, bluegrass and jazz worlds locally and abroad, and taught at Berklee.
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Live at WGBH: The Chieftains and The Low Anthem


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The Chieftains stopped by WGBH's Fraser Studio to share some tunes with fans and members of the WGBH Celtic Club. Joining them were Jeff White, Deanie Richardson, Alyth McCormack and the Rhode Island-based band Low Anthem.
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

The Night is But a Pup!


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VIDEO: The Chieftains and The Low Anthem
The Chieftains stopped by WGBH's Fraser Studio to share some tunes and meet with fans and members of the WGBH Celtic Club.
CELTIC

You Don't Have to be Irish to Enjoy Celtic Music


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By Annie Shreffler
Brian O'Donovan, WGBH host of the weekly radio show A Celtic Sojourn, on connecting to traditional Irish music. 
Celtic

A Celtic Sojourn 3/10/2012


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GET TICKETS: A St. Patrick's Day Sojourn
On this edition of the program: Cathy Jordan's new album All the Way Home (Photo by Peter Cra) as well as Hannah Reid, Sara McQuaid, Ryan McGiver and many others.
Ireland

Celebrating the Sounds of St. Patrick's Day


By Annie Shreffler
The Chieftains performed live this week in WGBH's Fraser Studio as part of their 50th anniversary world tour. And WGBH's own Brian O'Donovan hosts a live St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn event.
Performing Arts

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: Marilyn, Eichmann And A Fiddle Choir

By Jared Bowen
What to do this weekend? There's the movie "My Week With Marilyn," the new play "Captors" and the all-string group Childsplay's annual series of concerts.
A Celtic Sojourn

June 18: Ewan MacColl


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Hear the poltical songs of Britsh folk legend, Ewan MacColl.
American Experience

Soundtrack To A Revolution


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The story of the American civil rights movement is told through its powerful music -- the freedom songs that protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in police wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality.
The Composer Files

Celebrating Bartók


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In honor of the 130th anniversary of the composer's birth, join 99.5 All Classical for a series of local and historic performances and exclusive on demand music.
Classical Concerts

The Bartók Experience


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By Brian McCreath
The Takács Quartet, Muzsikás, and Márta Sebestyén take us into the soul of the Hungarian composer's music.
Live Performances

Live from the Lowell Folk Festival 7/24/10


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MORE CELTIC

Continuing a WGBH tradition, Brian O'Donovan hosts music from Boarding House Park in Lowell, MA during the Lowell Folk Festival.

Arts

Center Stage


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Watch Center Stage with Jared Bowen, and see what other fans of the program are saying.
Folk Music

Adventures of Spice Girl: Tracking Down the Mind-Opening Za’Atar


By Carol Pagliaro

When I was a little girl my friends and I dreamed one day our Fairy Godmother would appear, wave her magic wand, and turn us into Cinderella. That never happened – alas – but along the way to living my life the Food Fairy appeared, sprinkled me with oregano, and said, “Henceforth, you shall be known

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