Folk Music & Beyond

Folk Music & Beyond this week

By JoAnn Mar

Published May 16, 2012 at 9:56 PM PDT

FM&B highlighted three fabulous new CDs by The Chieftains, Loreena McKennitt, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops this week. In the first hour , a concert recording by Loreena McKennitt and her trio from her new CD "Troubadours On The Rhine." Listen anytime this week via KALW's Local Music Player.

Folk Music & Beyond

JoAnn Mar

JoAnn Mar is a veteran radio announcer, producer and host of Folk Music & Beyond, heard every Saturday from 3 to 5 pm. In her spare time, she is a radio documentary producer/journalist. Her news reports and features have aired on NPR, Voice of America, The Charles Osgood File, Pacifica Radio and AARP's series Prime Time Radio. Topics covered include prisons, end-of-life, women's issues, the plight of immigrants and public education.

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