TradCan

TradCan does what Belgian folk radio should: it digs deep. You won't find chart-topping folk-pop here. Instead, the station reaches into archives and living rooms of local musicians. One afternoon it's Wannes Van de Velde's melancholic guitar, the next a rare 78 from a long-forgotten Flemish singer. The curators know their tradition - they balance field recordings with modern recordings from Urban Trad and Laïs. The mix is never predictable. Daytime can drag, too many slow ballads. But evening sessions pick up with jigs and reels that make you tap your feet. When you listen to TradCan live, yo…