Ballads and Banjos is Sonja Hedlund’s live show featuring a wide selection of folk music from singer – songwriters like Holly Near and John McCutchon to old masters from the early days of American folk. Sonja often links music to current and historical events – WW I, the depression, climate change, Women’s History Month. Some shows focus on friendship, sorrow and love. She includes music from far off places she has visited.
Airs: Saturdays 7 – 8 a.m.
Host: Sonja Hedlund
A DJ and talk show host for over 20 years, Sonja is most at home on her solar and wind powered organic farm with sheep, goats, horses, teaching cheese making and wool spinning.
Write to Sonja at: sonja@wjffradio.org
Sonja Hedlund will start your Saturday morning right with Ballads and Banjos. The program features a wide range of folk music, from singer-songwriter favorites such as Holly Near and John McCutcheon to folk styles gathered from Sonja’s travels around the world. With her deep roots in rural life and community, Sonja offers up a genuine slice of Catskills life each Saturday morning with Ballads and Banjos.
Sonja Hedlund will start your Saturday morning right with Ballads and Banjos. The program features a wide range of folk music, from singer-songwriter favorites such as Holly Near and John McCutcheon to folk styles gathered from Sonja’s travels around the world. With her deep roots in rural life and community, Sonja offers up a genuine slice of Catskills life each Saturday morning with Ballads and Banjos.