Folk Den logo |
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| URL | www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/ |
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| Slogan | Roger McGuinn in the folk tradition |
| Commercial? | no |
| Type of site | ibiblio digital library and archive |
| Registration | none |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Content license | Folk Den Songs licensed CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 US |
| Owner | Roger McGuinn |
| Created by | Roger McGuinn |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Online |
Folk Den is a folk music website founded in 1995 by Roger McGuinn, former front man of The Byrds.[1] Hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's ibiblio, the site is intended to preserve and promote folk music and offers a new folk song on a monthly basis. Each posting provides an MP3 of a traditional folk song along with a descriptive paragraph, lyrics, guitar chords and related images. The site has received positive reviews from The New York Times, the Discovery Channel, and CNET.[1]
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A selection of songs from Folk Den, with guest vocalists, was released on CD as Treasures from the Folk Den, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Traditional Folk Album. In November 2005, McGuinn released a four-CD box set containing one hundred of his favorite songs from the Folk Den.[2]