Folk & Acoustic Music
Hosted by Michael Stock · Michael Stock
5.0from 4 ratings
- 138
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 4
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 6M
- YouTube views
About Folk & Acoustic Music
Michael Stock has been hosting “Folk & Acoustic Music” on WLRN, South Florida Public Radio for over 30 years. Michael was introduced to folk music back in high school when a teacher at Miami Beach High played Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”. Michael has since become fascinated with the roots of American music, from the minstrel shows after the Civil War to the protest music of the 1960s. “Folk & Acoustic Music” also features all types of folk music, from bluegrass, blues, old-time, gospel, to contemporary singer/songwriter Americana music . The show also features local and nationally touring musicians with real-time studio performances Below you can scroll though songs played on “Folk & Acoustic Music” and a few features and interviews. For more videos of recent guests Click Here »
- Publisher
- Michael Stock
- Category
- music · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Jul 2015
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 138 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis - A Primer on Shape Note Singing History
12 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Godlis with Ed Christin and Timothy LaRoque
11 Aug 2026
David Rovics and his band AI Tsuno
Inside a recent episode
Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis - A Primer on Shape Note Singing History
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's a wonderful glimpse of the rich and extremely sophisticated music making that takes place in rural areas without any fancy educators or elite musicians intervening. This has always been a practice that belonged to people who usually have day jobs. William Billings, who I mentioned earlier, was a tanner. So, you know, that's how he made a living. And he wrote music and then also taught singing schools because he loved it and felt driven to do that. And he made some money too. But most of the important figures in the history of this have not been professional musicians. But then some of them have been extremely gifted and erudite composers who are fluent across different genres. […]
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- Esther Morgan-Ellis
- Godlis
- Ed Christin
- Timothy LaRoque
- David Rovics
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- YouTube views
- 6,390,101
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 49
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 60
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