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Mike Alzo Join NCPR host Mike Alzo each Monday evening from 8-9 pm for an hour of the best traditional and contemporary folk music.

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The best of traditional and contemporary folk music each week. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of The Folk Show, hosted by Mike Alzo, anytime you want. This edition is the lead segment of this stream, which will be available until next week's show is posted. (Updates Tuesday at 3 am.)

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Folk Music

Red Heart The Ticker: Raising The Dead Via Folk Music

A late relative left the husband-and-wife duo with two precious gifts: a creaky old farmhouse to record in and a wealth of woodsy songs to sing.

David Wax Museum: Folk Among The Ruins

Complete with a rousing horn section and spirited handclaps, the band performs a fun and infectious rendition of "Born With a Broken Heart" in the dilapidated ruins of Fort Adams during the 2011 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I.

The Decemberists On World Cafe

Ditching the prog-folk for a more straightforward sound, the Portland, Ore. quintet has taken a cut-and-dried approach to its new record, <em>The King Is Dead</em>. Hear the group perform songs from its latest release live on...