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Ellen Stekert
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The Bluesky account of folklore professor and folksinger Ellen Stekert. We're releasing lots of previously unheard music from her archives in 2025 - follow for more news! https://ellenstekert.com
You can also hear Dave Van Ronk's version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTya...
Dave Van Ronk - Golden Apples Of The Sun [LOST 1966 RECORDING From The Ellen Stekert Tapes]
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December 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The album gathers home and live recordings made between the 1950s and 1970s, capturing a lifetime immersed in traditional song and the folk revival. “Golden Apples” is a special song for Ellen, putting music to a W.B. Yeats poem in an arrangement she learned from fellow folk singer Dave Van Ronk.
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Plus, we have a new single out later this week, featuring Ellen singing Dave van Ronk's version of the classic folk tune ”Golden Apples of the Sun”!
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
And some news about our future music projects too: Ellen's second album should be available within a month!
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Note: The blogpost also includes a special bonus interview recorded in 2018 for The Roadhouse, another great WTIP show.
December 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
They talk about Ellen’s history in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene, the plethora of archival music we’ve released over the past year, and much more.
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Reposted by Ellen Stekert
With that photo of Pope Leo dressed as a Blues Brother circulating, I think people have forgotten that

POPE LEO first saw the Blues Brother movie IN MINNESOTA
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Played some great recent releases yesterday—listen back to the episode here if you missed it!

julianacyoung.com/archive/8-14...
August 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Then she'll be on Paul's "Wall of Power Radio Hour" in the Twin Cities on AM 950 KNTF today at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m., or on the web via Paul’s website, paulmetsa.com. Please tune in! (2/2)
Paul Metsa
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July 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM