Folktales

Series produced by Northeast Indiana Public Radio

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Join us for a topical tour around the musical folkworld.

For one hour every week, Julia takes listeners around the world as she explores a theme that touches the human spirit. From steel drum bands to didgeridoos, from Americana to Arabesque, Julia and her listeners consider how the traditions, customs, heritage, and myths of our world have been expressed through music.

Meticulously researched but presented with minimal commentary or interpretation, Julia allows the folktale theme of the week to unfold itself in the mastery of the musicians and their music.


Additional Files

37 Pieces

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This week's Folktale puts the musical focus on need--and hardship around the globe.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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This week's edition declares 'hats off'' to all the Paters, Pops and Patriarchs we know, with a world of good music!

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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We all agree there's no place like it! And this week's Folktales visits favorite homes and habitats around the musical globe

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
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It's a time of military memorials in our world, and that's the hallowed path we walk on this week's edition, with musical reflections on battles--a...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
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It's a bevy of blossoms and floral finery we're tracking on this week's edition--in especially lovely locales you won't find on the public parkway ...

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  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A mother's work is never done--and this week's Folktale celebrates the love, spirit and dedication of mothers, daughters & grandmothers around the ...

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  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
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Earth, water, fire & air--these are the "spiritual essences" this week's Folktale tracks, in the finest of musical tradition!

Bought by KFOK-LP and WFYI


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2
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It's the horn of plenty a-blowing this folktale, and a wealth of good music--you can bank on it!

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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It's graces & goodwill we gather this week, with a joyous assortment of musical expressions to share in celebration of the season around us

Bought by KFOK-LP, WFYI, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Sure and 'tis a fine road we travel this week--off the beaten path, and around a world of musical customs & collaborations, all hailing from the Em...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
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As they say in many a folk world, "Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns"--and on this week's edition, you'll find out that caring and sharing...

Bought by KFOK-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2
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As Dr. Doolittle notes: "If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it..."--that's the conversation this folktale proposes--and to be sure, they...

Bought by KFOK-LP and WFYI


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Whether you believe in 'an eye for an eye', or 'turning the other cheek' there's musical recourse just for you--so don't get mad--get even--and be ...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
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It's Cupid's bow pointing the way this week, and we're on a global quest for the sweetest music for the occasion!

Bought by KFOK-LP and WFYI


  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
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"Where is the good in goodbye?" Meredith Wilson pondered this question in "The Music Man", and we are revisiting his query w/ a tour of departures...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As they say in Cambodia: "Stealing may bring profits, but hanging costs far more", so lock the door & hang on to your wallets--this week, we're cha...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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According to Elizabethan poet, Thomas Dekker, "Sleep is the golden chain that ties our health and our bodies together"...we follow the sandman arou...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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According to Chick Heath: “The first problem of communication is getting people's attention.” If we may have yours, this episode 'transmits' a samp...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
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"Always be in readiness for favorable winds"--that's an ancient Chinese proverb, and it fills the sails of this week's folktale w/ 'musical air cur...

Bought by WFYI


  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1