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Just Folks is Delmarva Public Radio's weekly three hour contemporary folk music program. Every Saturday evening from 8 until 11:00 p.m., Just Folks--since December 21, 1991--presents the very best music, with new releases and old favorites from such artists as Bruce Cockburn, Cheryl Wheeler, Tim O'Brien, Eilen Jewell, Bob Dylan, Nanci Griffith, Jeffrey Foucault, Lynn Miles, John Gorka, Patty Larkin, Greg Brown, Lucy Kaplansky, Dar Williams, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Eliza Gilkyson, and many, many more. In fact, there are so many great performers, singers, singer-songwriters and musicians putting out great music these days to provide any sort of comprehensive or definitive list.

     I do my best to put together three hours of music that I hope will move you, entice you, amuse you, and make you think every Saturday night. And don’t let the label "contemporary" mislead you. While the focus is often on new and recent releases, Just Folks frequently dips into classic recordings from way back in the last century.

     Sometimes there are thematic threads in sets; occasionally, an entire hour (e.g., Earth Day, Memorial Day, Gordon Lightfoot’s birthday) or even the entire program is devoted to a single theme or artist (e.g., Bob Dylan’s birthday, Mothers Day).

     If you have questions or comments or if you hear someone on Just Folks you think would make a good featured artist on an upcoming program, you can send me an email.

     Most weeks, Just Folks playlists are posted to the Delmarva Pubic Radio website by the Monday following the broadcast.

Just Folks
John Kalb
Saturday
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
89.5 FM & 90.7 FM

Thanks for listening.

Just Folks Top Five
Every year, Just Folks looks back at the best new releases of the previous 12 months for the show that either closes out the year or begins the new one. For that show, I try to identify the favorite 5 albums from those I've had the pleasure of playing for you. Here are a few top fives from recent years:

2011
Gillian Welch
   The Harrow & The Harvest
Amy Speace
   Land Like a Bird
Pharis and Jason Romero
   A Passing Glimpse
The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore
   Heirloom Music
Jonathan Byrd
   Cackalack

2010
The Once
   The Once
Corin Raymond
   There Will Always Be a Small Time
Crooked Still
   Some Strange Country
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore
   Saints & Sinners
Heidi Talbot
   The Last Star

2009
Caroline Herring
   Golden Apples of the Sun
Drew Nelson
   Dusty Road to Beulah Land
Gretchen Peters w/Tom Russell
   One to the Heart, One to the Head
Eilen Jewell
   Sea of Tears
Cara Dillon
   Hill of Theives

2008
Krista Detor
   Cover Their Eyes
Jonatha Brooke
   The Works
Robby Hecht
   Late Last Night
Darrell Scott
   Modern Hymns
Meg Hutchinson
   Come Up Full

2007
Richard Shindell
   South of Delia
Susan Werner
   The Gospel Truth
Kane Welch Kaplan
   Kane Welch Kaplan
Eilen Jewell
   Letters from Sinners & Strangers
Eddi Reader
   Peacetime