Tonight on WIOX 91.3 FM and wioxradio.org

Tonight folklorist Ginny Scheer will join Howard and Alex Bartholomew on their 6 p.m. program, Know Your Watershed, then continue with her usual 7 p.m. offering, Catskills Folk.  

Know Your Watershed's topic is  "'Folk Tunes of the Northern Catskills and Their Origins." The Bartholomews will discuss the ethnic background of the original folk song source material based on Emelyn Gardner's book Folklore from the Schoharie Hills, while Ginny will present similar material for the Catskills from Camp Woodland's Folk Songs of the Catskills.   Ginny, Alex and Howard will consider many types of music including dance tunes as well as ballads. There will be demonstrations of some of the musical instruments used by region's residents: fiddle, fife, Jew's harp, bones, piano, and guitar, as well as recordings of some of the songs included in Gardner's book.

At 7 p.m. Catskills Folk will continue the theme, offering several more songs from Folk Songs of the Catskills and will take time to share some of the origins of these songs more than has been possible on Catskills Folk in the past.  

This is a first in collaborative programming between Know Your Watershed and Catskills Folk, but hopefully not the last.   Tune in at 6 p.m. and stay tuned in at 7 p.m. to hear both programs at 91.3 FM or streaming live at wioxradio.org.