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Almost all music has a folk origin: blues, jazz, rock and even so-called classical. As Big Bill Broonzy famously said - "all songs are folk songs; ain't never heard a horse sing!"
Arguably the first Kiwi to make a living with a mandolin, David spent some of his musical life playing bluegrass, but was performing in the folk boom as early as 1964.
He was playing in Europe and the UK in the 70s, dabbling in folk rock and pop in California in the 80s, and creating a country garden in the 90s and teaching children to read.
These days, kind of retired, he is free to pursue any of the musical paths he loves: song-writing, tuition, and performance with guitar, piano, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, dulcimer, even bass; playing jazz, folk, blues and originals. Or to just kick back and listen to Bach or Grappelli ...
A long-standing performer of NZ folk, Davey also maintains a love affair with US old-time music nurtured since Doc Watson's LPs first made it to these shores. A natural entertainer since his debut on radio aged six, David thinks radio is the perfect performance medium.
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Podcasts
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Christmas 2014
Duration: 01:02:10 | Date: 19 December, 2014
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Duration: 01:02:42 | Date: 12 December, 2014
Schuman Lawson
Duration: 00:59:06 | Date: 5 December, 2014
Mandolins
Duration: 01:00:15 | Date: 28 November, 2014
Pauline Scanlon
Duration: 00:56:16 | Date: 21 November, 2014
Phil Garland
Duration: 01:03:24 | Date: 14 November, 2014
Brownie McGee
Duration: 01:00:50 | Date: 7 November, 2014
The Dubliners
Duration: 00:58:04 | Date: 31 October, 2014
Tiny Ruins And Flip Grater
Duration: 00:56:13 | Date: 24 October, 2014
Gitbox
Duration: 01:00:49 | Date: 17 October, 2014
Emily Smith
Duration: 01:01:49 | Date: 10 October, 2014
Dylan Bootlegs Pt2
Duration: 01:10:17 | Date: 3 October, 2014
Dylan Bootlegs Pt1
Duration: 01:02:22 | Date: 26 September, 2014
Andrew London
Duration: 00:55:01 | Date: 19 September, 2014
Doc Watson And Clarence Ashley Folkways
Duration: 00:58:54 | Date: 12 September, 2014
Ali Farka Toure And Toumani Diabate
Duration: 01:02:03 | Date: 5 September, 2014
Woman Troubadours
Duration: 01:04:02 | Date: 30 August, 2014
Troubadours
Duration: 00:51:11 | Date: 22 August, 2014
The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band Live
Duration: 01:19:03 | Date: 15 August, 2014
Sahara Blues Of The Desert
Duration: 01:03:28 | Date: 8 August, 2014
Back Roads To Cold Mountain Pt2
Duration: 01:01:27 | Date: 31 July, 2014
Back Roads To Cold Mountain
Duration: 01:02:34 | Date: 25 July, 2014
Yasmin Levy
Duration: 01:04:15 | Date: 18 July, 2014
Marcus Turner
Duration: 01:04:03 | Date: 11 July, 2014
British Folk Rock
Duration: 01:03:42 | Date: 4 July, 2014
Leonard Cohen
Duration: 01:01:08 | Date: 27 June, 2014
Kids Songs From Pete Seeger
Duration: 00:58:03 | Date: 20 June, 2014
Clannad
Duration: 00:56:52 | Date: 13 June, 2014
Peter, Paul And Mary
Duration: 00:58:09 | Date: 6 June, 2014
Seprewa Kasa
Duration: 01:02:44 | Date: 30 May, 2014
A Woman's Heart
Duration: 00:58:39 | Date: 23 May, 2014
Minelli Jamal And Owen Van Larkins
Duration: 00:54:50 | Date: 16 May, 2014
American Folk Music Anthology Vol6
Duration: 00:56:30 | Date: 9 May, 2014
The Dillards
Duration: 00:52:13 | Date: 2 May, 2014
American Folk Music Anthology Vol5
Duration: 00:59:54 | Date: 25 April, 2014
Legends Of Folk Rock
Duration: 00:59:04 | Date: 18 April, 2014
American Folk Music Anthology Vol4
Duration: 00:57:46 | Date: 11 April, 2014
Braebach
Duration: 01:01:27 | Date: 4 April, 2014
American Folk Music Anthology Vol3
Duration: 00:29:43 | Date: 28 March, 2014
Eva Cassidy
Duration: 00:58:21 | Date: 21 March, 2014
American Folk Music Anthology Vol2
Duration: 00:58:29 | Date: 14 March, 2014
Bob Dylan Debut Album
Duration: 00:54:59 | Date: 7 March, 2014
The Smithsonian Anthology Of American Folk music Vol1
Duration: 00:52:24 | Date: 21 February, 2014