This weeks show from Down Home Radio a folk music podcast by Eli Smith and Henrietta Yurchenco features a sixty seven year old program hosted by Leadbelly with Woody Guthrie as a guest. The Leadbelly/Guthrie program aired originally on WNYC and was produced by Ms Yurchenco. During the rest of the podcast Smith and Yurchenco discuss Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, outlaw ballads and play a few other Woody Guthrie recordings. You can download the mp3 from the Down Home Radio or stream it from http://www.podarama.com/podcasts/downhomeradio/index.html.
Henrietta Yurchenco is a legendary name in folk music broadcasting. It’s fantastic that she’s still at it after all these years.
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