A Folk Song A Day

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A Folk Song A Day
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Boden in one of the logos
Presentation
Genre Folk music, Music podcast
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesDaily
Production
No. of episodes67  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Publication
Original release24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 
24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)
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Website https://www.afolksongaday.com/   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

A Folk Song a Day was a project by the English folk singer and musician and Bellowhead member [1] Jon Boden where he recorded and released a folk song each day for one year. [2] The project ended on 24 June 2011.

Contents

About

The project started on 24 June 2010. [3] It has resulted in 12 digital albums (one for each month). [4] Boden hopes that it will promote social singing and be a resource for those looking for inspiration. [5]

The songs can be bought in the form of digital download from Amazon or from iTunes. [6] The project reached number one in the iTunes music podcast in its first week. [7]

The songs

A Folk Song A Day 1: July 2010
A Folk Song A Day 2: August 2010
A Folk Song A Day 3: September 2010
A Folk Song A Day 4: October 2010
A Folk Song A Day 5: November 2010
A Folk Song A Day 6: December 2010
A Folk Song A Day 7: January 2011
A Folk Song A Day 8: February 2011
A Folk Song A Day 9: March 2011
A Folk Song A Day 10: April 2011
A Folk Song A Day 11: May 2011
A Folk Song A Day 12: June 2011

Jon Boden's A Folk Song A Day has inspired other spinoffs, most notably the Australian Folk Song A Day project featuring 367 folk renditions on a daily basis between 26 January 2011 and 26 January 2012 by John Thompson. [8]

Other similar projects include Fifty-Two Folk Songs, [9] Oli Steadman's 365 Days Of Folk, [10] and a A Liverpool Folk Song a Week. [11]

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