A stroll through the rich and fascinating folklore of Britain and Ireland. From music, to psychogeography, to what to do if you notice the devil following you to church. It's a long, strange trip and there are no guarantees you'll be home in time for dinner. Each episode also includes a mini-almanac for the month ahead. If you enjoy this show, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/2SWoNqH Music by @big.big.sky | Additional artists referenced in each episode | Logo design James Fisher
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A show about magic and witchcraft in North America
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A show about magic and witchcraft in North America
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Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation is a focal point for researching, archiving, and raising awareness of Black American Traditional Music and the Black Experience through media and a collected repository. The African American Folklorist furthers the mission by publishing articles discussing the evolution of our traditions and presenting research about blues people. We include interviews with and articles from musicians, historians, ethnographers, Community Scholars, and academ ...
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🌝 SELKIE SUPERMOONS: September 2024 Almanac
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📻 Welcome to the broadcast! This month we talk the Autumnal Equinox, Scottish Selkies and Harvest Supermoons 🌾🌕 📍 PLACE OF THE MONTH: St Trothans or Olrig Kirk, Castletown, Caithness https://bit.ly/3MzlaCZ Become a valued Friend of Folkways: https://bit.ly/34awiDB Soundtrack by @big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 F…
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Exonerating Elizabeth Johnson, Jr.By newworldwitchery
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Exonerating Elizabeth Johnson, Jr.By newworldwitchery
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Who's that Joker?By newworldwitchery
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Who's that Joker?By newworldwitchery
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Doing the WorkBy newworldwitchery
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Doing the WorkBy newworldwitchery
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It's the month of Lughnasadh or Lammas, so let's head out into the fields! 🌾 Also talk of August's supermoon and some exquisite verse from Hugo Williams 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways Youtube: https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ …
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Don't Let Summer Bug You!By newworldwitchery
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Don't Let Summer Bug You!By newworldwitchery
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Curanderas, Cain, and CowboysBy newworldwitchery
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Curanderas, Cain, and CowboysBy newworldwitchery
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Misty Blues and lead singer Gina Coleman celebrate 25 years of composing and performing original blues. They will be celebrating this feat on a Blues Cruise this coming Friday. With that, after an encounter with Legendary singer and activist Odetta, Coleman and crew have been working towards a project that has now manifested as – I’m Too Old For Ga…
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The Blues Society - Memphis Country Blues Festival
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THE BLUES SOCIETY is a re-evaluation of the 1960s seen through the lens of the Memphis Country Blues Festival (1966-1969). It’s the story of Blues masters like Furry Lewisand Robert Wilkins, who had attained fame in the 1920s but were living in obscurity by the 1960s. It’s also the story of a group of white artists from the North and the South who …
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Cultural Conservation - Cultural Conservation - The Attack on Blues Legacy and Land
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In February of 2024, the Mississippi John Hurt Museum burned. The fire, believed to have been set intentionally, happened immediately after the Legendary Mississippi Blues Pioneer's cabin received landmark status. That was not the first or last attack on the Hurt Family museum, land, or legacy. A week later, the sheriff's office began investigating…
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Chasing the White DeerBy newworldwitchery
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Chasing the White DeerBy newworldwitchery
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Get out your sunscreen and Mr Whippy's as we consider what July has in store for us in the heavens and hedgerows, including talk of St Swithin's Day and Sirius, plus Thomas Hardy and some early Irish verse. 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways…
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Dirty hands, rooted magicBy newworldwitchery
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Dirty hands, rooted magicBy newworldwitchery
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Juneteenth and African American Folklore
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As we celebrate JUNETEENTH, we must understand how Folklore and the Blues Narrative relate to this celebration. In this episode, I will discuss the celebration, what the celebration is actually about, and its connection to and significance of African American Folklore and traditional Black Music. Juneteenth should always be mentioned with “African …
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(S4E1) 🌲 INTO THE TREES: The Strange Case of Mawnan, Cornwall (Part 1)
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🎈 Welcome to Season 4! Today we're plunging into one of the strangest stories in contemporary British folklore... Monsters in the woods at Mawnan, Cornwall. 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways Youtube: https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ Buy me a coff…
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The Joy of Dry SpellsBy newworldwitchery
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The Joy of Dry SpellsBy newworldwitchery
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Of Hermits and Horse MoonsBy newworldwitchery
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Of Hermits and Horse MoonsBy newworldwitchery
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Smithsonian Folkways releases The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert
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Black Spirituals, Field Hollers, and Slave Seculars celebrate Black American Traditional Music and Experience. This show is dedicated to sharing and raising awareness of folklife, songs, dance, scripture, lyrics, and everything related to black Spirituals, Field Hollers, and Slave secular expressions, as well as the coded songs of Black Spirituals …
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We speak to folk practitioner, artist, 'zine writer, and author Vlasta Pilot of Gentle Hearts Unite about the nature of Slavic folk belief, the joy of handmade things, choosing bears, and how to avoid being a "cranberry."By newworldwitchery
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We speak to folk practitioner, artist, 'zine writer, and author Vlasta Pilot of Gentle Hearts Unite about the nature of Slavic folk belief, the joy of handmade things, choosing bears, and how to avoid being a "cranberry."By newworldwitchery
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We look at several magical alphabets and scripts this time, from runes to ogham to EnochianBy newworldwitchery
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Episode 244 – Magical Alphabets and Scripts
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We look at several magical alphabets and scripts this time, from runes to ogham to EnochianBy newworldwitchery
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Folk Magic Floribundance!By newworldwitchery
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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – May 2024
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Folk Magic Floribundance!By newworldwitchery
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We look at history, etymology, and magical philosophy to understand magical dualism and where it came fromBy newworldwitchery
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Episode 243 – Black and White Magic
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We look at history, etymology, and magical philosophy to understand magical dualism and where it came fromBy newworldwitchery
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(BONUS) 🎬 BEHIND THE SCENES (⚡️S4 Coming Soon!)
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⚡️ Season 4 returns shortly! In the meantime, here's a rare self-indulgent ramble about life at Folkways HQ... 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways Youtube: https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ Buy me a coffee: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact…
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It's time to talk eclipses!By newworldwitchery
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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – April 2024
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It's time to talk eclipses!By newworldwitchery
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Episode 242 – Rivers and Dreams with Elhoim Leafar
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We’re speaking with author, witch, Yoruban initiate, and activist Elhoim (Elo) Leafar about his new book Dream Witchery, growing up surrounded by Indigenous spirituality, and discovering the intersection of multiple magical and spiritual pathsBy newworldwitchery
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We’re speaking with author, witch, Yoruban initiate, and activist Elhoim (Elo) Leafar about his new book Dream Witchery, growing up surrounded by Indigenous spirituality, and discovering the intersection of multiple magical and spiritual pathsBy newworldwitchery
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The Lady and the Empress! Lady D's One Woman Bessie Tribute Show
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On this episode of Jack Dappa Blues, enjoy the collaborationof Jack Dappa Blues Radio and Southern Ohio Folklife for a conversation w/ LadyD (West Virginia’s First Lady of Soul) to talk about her recent performance ofThe Lady and the Empress, a one-woman show about the life and music of BessieSmith, the Empress of the Blues. Learn about Bessie Smit…
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🌼 MARS & MILFORD HAVEN: March 2024 Almanac
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Let's take a look at the reflection of Mars in the Celtic languages, plus St David, St Piran and St Patrick, and the strange fairy lore of Milford Haven... 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways Youtube: https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ Buy me …
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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – March 2024
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Bears, sprouts, squares, and more!By newworldwitchery
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Bears, sprouts, squares, and more!By newworldwitchery
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Episode 241 – Slow Spells and Magical Maintenance
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Laine and Cory discuss long-term magical workings, maintaining magical altars and tools, and Laine's fear of stage magicians. Plus we answer emails about the Golden Ratio and Leap Day traditions!By newworldwitchery
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Laine and Cory discuss long-term magical workings, maintaining magical altars and tools, and Laine's fear of stage magicians. Plus we answer emails about the Golden Ratio and Leap Day traditions!By newworldwitchery
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Episode 240 – Designing Tarot with Evvin Marin
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We chat with artist, animist, and awesome person Evvin Marin about creating tarot in the modern worldBy newworldwitchery
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We chat with artist, animist, and awesome person Evvin Marin about creating tarot in the modern worldBy newworldwitchery
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Why Is It Always About Race? - “Country, Country Blues, and Blackness”
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For some reason, when it comes to Country Music, most people do not associate it with black folk or folk musical expression. The thing is, country music, in its many forms, comes directly from black expression. i.e., the blues, country blues, and more. To give the context to the roots of commodified music presented and thought of as white music… We…
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🕯 BRIGID & BOSCASTLE: February 2024 Almanac
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Welcome to the new format! The almanac will now be uploaded as an individual video here (streaming platforms), with the main show uploaded separately. As is done on Youtube. This is in acknowledgement of time sensitivity for episodes - as many people listen in the archive, often years later, and the almanac at the end of an episode may not be relev…
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