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About Me


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Folk the System is a radio show on WXCI 91.7fm in Danbury, CT. We play the best (and the newest) Folk, Singer/Songwriters, Psych-Folk, Psych-Rock, Anti-Folk, New Weird America/Freak Folk and Indie Rock every
Tuesday from 9pm to Midnight.
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if you have a band and would like to play live on the show, send us a message and if you're good we'll set something up!
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if you have a band and have recordings you'd like us to play, please send CDs to:
WXCI 91.7
attn: Folk the System, Chris Kiley
181 White St.
Danbury, CT 06810

PAST live performances:
07/10/2007 - Evan Duby
07/03/2007 - Patches the Beard / Chris Listorti / My Last Flight
06/05/2007 - Earnest Hem N'Haw
05/29/2007 - Donny Pierro
05/22/2007 - Monitor & the Merrimac
05/15/2007 - The Accident That Led Me to the World
05/08/2007 - Phosphorescent / Castanets / Viking Moses
05/01/2007 - Joshua English
04/24/2007 - Super Famicom / Redbear.
04/17/2007 - Bruhder
04/12/2007 - Jana Hunter
04/10/2007 - Mike Falzone / 930moon
04/03/2007 - Brown Bird
03/26/2007 - Shadowgraphs
03/13/2007 - The Way Up
03/06/2007 - The Morning Pages
02/27/2007 - Mike Coffey
02/20/2007 - Jordan Blatchley
02/13/2007 - Twilight Music
02/06/2007 - Aaron and Andrew
01/23/2007 - Morningside
01/16/2007 - Call It Arson
01/09/2007 - Kevin Devine
01/02/2007 - This Level is Clouds!
12/19/2006 - The Ruined Machine
12/12/2006 - Tyler Cohen
12/05/2006 - Arms & Legs
11/28/2006 - Earnest Hem N'Haw
09/05/2006 - James Downes / Chris Listorti / Lys Guillorn / Chris Kiley
07/04/2006 - James Downes
06/27/2006 - Jen Chapin
06/20/2006 - The Eskimo / Emily Ritz
06/13/2006 - Eugene Gallagher
06/06/2006 - Shadowgraphs
05/30/2006 - Joe Yunckes
05/23/2006 - Sensation Creations
05/16/2006 - Tyler Cohen
05/09/2006 - Lys Guillorn
05/02/2006 - Rolla
03/27/2006 - Cinemechanica
DOWNLOAD FREE RECORDINGS OF PAST LIVE PERFORMERS!
also check out:
RIPPED AND READY
thursdays noon to 2pm for indie/psych on 91.7fm!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Diane Cluck, Jose Gonzalez, Ben Chasny, Bert Jansch, Juana Molina, Vashti Bunyan, Colin Meloy, Maia Hirasawa, Ben Gibbard, Josephine Foster, Espers, Andrew Kenny... and you.

Upcoming Live Performances:

My Blog

Playlist for 03/04/2008

Dead Meadow  Seven SeersGowns  White Like HeavenBlack Mountain  TyrantsBattles  TontoHorse Feathers  Finch on SaturdayIron & Wine  Boy With a CoinAnais Mitchell  Song of the MagiGary Higgins  ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Playlist for 02/26/2008

Colin Meloy  Oh No (Lavender Diamond Cover)Dead Meadow  Seven SeersAkron/Family  Ed Is a PortalSix Organs of Admittance  Thicker than a SmokeyBert Jansch  Rosemary laneDeer Tick  Art Isn't Real ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:03:00 GMT

Playlist for 02/05/2008

Dungen  FestivalBlack Mountain  Stormy HighFaust  Picnic on a Frozen RiverDead Meadow  Between Me and the GroundThe 13th Floor Elevators  Roller CoasterAkron/Family  I've Got Some FriendsHot Chi...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Folk the System’s Top 5 Albums of 2008! (So far)

1) Black Mountain - In the Future2) The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride3) Dead Meadow - Old Growth4) Hot Chip - Made in the Dark5) Witch - Paralyzed (i don't even have this yet but i'm calling it)
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:08:00 GMT

Playlist for 01/29/2008

Deertick  AshamedThe Avett Brothers  Will You Return?Devendra Banhart  This Beard is For SiobhanGrizzly Bear  He Hit MeBeirut  A Sunday SmileGary Higgins  Telegraph TowersBlack Mountain  Stormy...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Folk the System’s Top 10 Albums of 2007!

1) Battles  Mirrored2) LCD Soundsystem  Sound of Silver3) Of Montreal  Hissing Fauna You Are the Destroyer4) Iron & Wine  The Shepherd's Dog5) Dungen  Tio Bitar6) Blitzen Trapper  Wild Mountain ...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:23:00 GMT

Playlist for 01/22/2008

The Secret Machines  Alone, Jealous and StonedIron & Wine  Boy With a CoinGowns  FargoGowns  Fake JulyDrakkar Sauna  Decoy SchmecoyDrakkar Sauna  Pauls Letter to St JobThe Mountain Goats  Heret...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:15:00 GMT

Playlist for 12/04/2007

Black Mountain  TyrantsDevendra Banhart  SeahorseMalvina Reynolds  Whats Goin On Down ThereShugo Tokumaru  ParachuteThe Avett Brothers  Will You Return?Akron/Family  Ed Is a PortalIron & Wine  ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:04:00 GMT

Playlist for 11/27/2007

The Besnard Lakes  For Agent 13Akron/Family  Ed Is a PortalShugo Tokumaru  ParachuteIron & Wine  Boy With a CoinPhosphorescent  WolvesJose Gonzalez  TeardropThe Avett Brothers  Will You Return?...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:55:00 GMT

Playlist for 10/30/2007

Michael Yonkers  162Malcolm Rollick  Don't FallTop 10: [10] Okkervil River  Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe[09] Beirut  A Sunday Smile[08] Voxtrot  Firecracker[07] Caribou  She's the One[06] Ca...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:42:00 GMT