The Folk School Radio Hour

Let’s Start A Folk School

The Folk School Radio Hour

Show Notes

Julie talks to Kristina Schnapf from the Green Door Folk School in Cedar, Micigan. At only 8 months old Green Door Folk School is one of the newest in the growing cohort of folk schools in the uppoer mid-west.

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