Folk Den
Folk Den is a folk music website founded in 1995 by Roger McGuinn, former front man of The Byrds.[1] Hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's ibiblio, the site is intended to preserve and promote folk music and offers a new folk song on a monthly basis. Each posting provides an MP3 of a traditional folk song along with a descriptive paragraph, lyrics, guitar chords and related images. The site has received positive reviews from The New York Times, the Discovery Channel, and CNET.[1]
 Folk Den logo | |
Type of site | ibiblio digital library and archive |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Roger McGuinn |
| Created by | Roger McGuinn |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | no |
| Registration | none |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Online |
Content license | Folk Den Songs licensed CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 US |
CD releases
A selection of songs from Folk Den, with guest vocalists, was released on CD as Treasures from the Folk Den, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Traditional Folk Album. In November 2005, McGuinn released a four-CD box set containing one hundred of his favorite songs from the Folk Den.[2]
References
- Van der Vliet, Gina (December 21, 1996). "Roger McGuinn Brings Folk To The Net: Byrds Front Man Exposes New Generation To Genre". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 51. p. 50.
- Swift, Glenn R. (December 2008). "On Stage: Roger McGuinn" (PDF). PBG Lifestyle Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
Further reading
- Alarik, Scott (2003). Deep Community: Adventures in the Modern Folk Underground. Black Wolf Press. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-9720270-1-4.
- Brabazon, Tara (2008). Thinking Popular Culture: War, Terrorism and Writing. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 25–27. ISBN 978-0-7546-7529-7.
- McGuinn, Roger (2000). "Foreword". In Underhill, Rod; Gertler, Nat (eds.). The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3: Music on the Internet. Que. p. xiv. ISBN 978-0-7897-2036-8.
Interviews and reviews
- Edgers, Geoff (May 1998). "Folk Rock of Ages: Roger McQuinn's Web Site is an Experiment in Communal Musical Memory". Salon.com. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- Mirapaul, Matthew (February 8, 1996). "Once Folk Music's Master Electrician, McGuinn Is Now Its On-Line Curator". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- Musser, Jim (Sep–Oct 2001). "I Want to Preserve the Songs: A conversation with Roger McGuinn". No Depression (35). Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2011.