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  • Interviewing labor and women's rights activist, and educator June Rostan

    Jul. 1, 1992

    Program includes an excerpt of a 1978 interview with songwriter and labor rights activist Florence Reece.

  • Interviewing Joan Baez at the Deer Path Inn

    Jul. 24, 1963

    The singer, songwriter, and activist Joan Baez sits down with Studs to talk about her involvement in the folk music revival. Some of her songs are discussed, including Wagoner's Lad, What Have They Done to the Rain?, Joys of Love (Plaisir d'Amour), Mary Hamilton, All My Trials, and Babe I'm Gonna Leave You.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Jean Ritchie

    Apr. 3, 1981

    The folk singer and dulcimer player describes her upbringing in Kentucky, how she came to learn about Appalachian folk traditions, and the links between American, English, and Irish songs and hymns.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Jean Redpath

    Nov. 8, 1963

    Jean Redpath describes some of the folk stories and traditions she learned in her native Scotland.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations  

  • Interviewing Hobart Smith

    Oct. 20, 1963
  • Interviewing historian, composer, and founder of the musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Feb. 23, 1988
  • Interviewing Gil Turner

    1964

    The musician, magazine editor, actor, and activist talks about his time in the Greenwich Village folk scene and his appreciation for the music of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Geraldine Fitzgerald

    Jul. 6, 1978

    The Irish actress joins Studs to reminisce about some of her favorite music, from childhood rhymes to traditional songs of Ireland to more contemporary pop hits.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Frank Warner at the Newport Folk Festival

    Jun. 26, 1960
  • Interviewing folksingers, songwriters and maritime music specialists Tom and Chris Kastle

    Dec. 23, 1993
  • Interviewing folksingers and songwriters Anne Hills and Michael Smith

    Jul. 13, 1993
  • Interviewing folksinger and songwriter Rosalie Sorrels ; part 1

    Mar. 21, 1996
  • Interviewing folksinger and songwriter Rosalie Sorrels

    Apr. 17, 1986
  • Interviewing folksinger and songwriter John Gorka

    Nov. 29, 1994
  • Interviewing folksinger and songwriter Jim Post

    Feb. 14, 1996
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