Folkgalore

Folkgalore is a German folk radio channel with an unusually warm touch. It's not about oompah or cliched mountain songs. Instead, you get quiet guitars, sober lyrics and careful picking. The station's Germany-based curators pull from the Liedermacher songbook as well as contemporary indie folk. One song may feel like a Hannes Wader protest ballad, another like a bedroom recording from a new artist, and a third like a campfire singalong. No two hours sound the same. The flow is unhurried, with room for both delicate and stomping tracks. Stream Folkgalore live and you'll appreciate how the tiny…