Folk Radio

I listen to a lot of classical radio. It's nice because it rarely has obnoxious sound effects and screaming commercials. Indeed, usually there aren't many commercials at all. That and it is totally available everywhere. Or maybe anywhere with the proximity of a large city or university. But usually you can tune in for some classical music and just chill out.

That and I feel like I'm learning about music while listening. As opposed to top 40 radio where you learn about what is going on now. Classical radio largely has the benefit of most of it's music having already been canonized. This allows them and me to create a sort of sense of what classical music is and what I might perhaps want to know about it. So I'm like learning.

Now here is where I pull the M. Night Sham twist on you. Imagine all that but with folk music. Boom. Yeah. Let that sink in.

Okay, so maybe it isn't that profound. And maybe 'folk' is a pretty big word. But I would love to hear the types of traditional music that people play in Irish pubs the first Tuesday of every month. And old blues recordings. And gypsy klezmer music. You'd probably have to do a good job creating shows that addressed these specific types. But imagine if there was just a network of these types of radio stations our there filling the country with a folk music education. Something that isn't fly by night. Something that we might want to learn about while its here.