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

183 Pieces

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Folktale of Rivers & Streams
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: The Folktale of Rivers & Streams, Credit: Julia Meek
It's the course of moving waterways we're following this Folktale--with a wonderful world of music to guide us, so be ready to ford this melodious ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of the Dating Game
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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This week on Folktales, we're courting the do's & don'ts of the dating game--in the finest of musical traditions!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Direction
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Direction, Credit: Julia Meek
Hard to figure out where in the world you're going? Musical orientation abounds this week on Folktales!

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Dishonesty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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On this week's Folktale, we're chasing guile, duplicity, and random acts of falsehood around the musical globe--and that's the truth!

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Workloads
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Workloads, Credit: Julia Meek
Grab the elbow grease and clock in--this week's Folktale is riding the wheels of production around the globe!

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 12
Folktale of Education
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of Education, Credit: Julia Meek
We're traveling around the world of knowledge on this week's back-to-school edition of Folktales, in the finest of 'musical continuing ed' traditio...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Patience
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Patience, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a steadfast journey this Folktale makes--around the musical globe--you'll want to join us, because, as they say in many a folkworld, patience ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Redemption
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Redemption, Credit: Julia Meek
This week's Folktale finds us on the quest of reparation, reclamation and second chances around the musical globe--after all--who doesn't want a sh...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Solidarity
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Solidarity, Credit: Julia Meek
It's group spirit--and strength this Folktale of Solidarity highlights, in the finest of musical traditions!

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 13
Folktale of Magic
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Magic, Credit: Julia Meek
Abracadabra! This week on Folktales, we're tracking supernatural phenomena around the musical worlds they mesmerize. A frightfully fun show--hope y...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, KFOK-LPFM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Darkness
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Darkness, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a musical world of darkness we're exploring on this edition of Folktales--and you won't need a headlamp to find us!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KCMJ Community Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Lullabies
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Lullabies, Credit: Julia Meek
Sweet dreams are everyone's nocturnal ambition, and on this week's Folktale, we're traveling the world of golden slumbers to get you in the mood!

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Financial Affairs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Financial Affairs, Credit: Julia Meek
This week on Folktales, it's a world of finance we're investing in, through a most musical rate of exchange--you can bank on it!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Giving Thanks
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Giving Thanks, Credit: Julia Meek
Gratitude IS the best attitude--and this week on Folktales, we're tracking this theory around the musical globe, with the Folktale of Giving Thanks.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 12
Folktale of Angels
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Angels, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a celestial assortment of divinely inspired music from around the globe on this week's show--hope you can join us for the "Folktale of Angels"!

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 11
Folktale of the Road to Perdition
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of The Road to Perdition, Credit: Julia Meek
It's fire and brimstone lighting our way this week on Folktales, with a Stygian batch of netherworldly music to share--hope you can join us for an ...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Peace Signs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"--that's Gandhi's wise signal for a peaceable world, and points us in the direction of this...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Cabin Fever
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Cabin Fever, Credit: Julia Meek
Got a case of seasonal stir crazies? Feeling those Snowbelt blues? An hour of over-the-radio musical medicine is being dispensed this week on the F...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WFIU, WLPR , WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Grace
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Grace, Credit: Julia Meek
Ah, grace...it's a state we'd all like to be in, and a trait we can't ever get enough of--this week on Folktales, we're translating that sentiment ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 9
Folktale of Birdsong
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Birdsong, Credit: Julia Meek
We're welcoming spring time this edition of Folktales, sharing 'tweets & twitters' of a MOST ornithological variety!

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WLPR , WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 9

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