Ellen Stanley (she/her) began her radio journey while a student at Oberlin College, where she hosted a women’s music program for four years on WOBC. Since 2002, she has been hosting the long-running Womenfolk radio show on KFAI in Minneapolis, MN. Now carried on WHCP, WKAR, FolkMusicNotebook.com and other stations across the country, Womenfolk features a wide variety of folk/acoustic music from women and non-binary artists, including Americana, blues, bluegrass, traditional country, singer/songwriter and roots music from around the globe. As a banjo player, publicist and music writer, Ellen brings an insider’s perspective to the music with exclusive interviews, live guests and tasty bits of fun folk trivia. She has been a guest host and contributor on SiriusXM, The Current, Folk Alley, KBEM-Jazz88 and Minnesota Public Radio. She also co-hosts the weekly Back Catalog Listening Party podcast, revisiting old albums with guest artists who talk about the writing and recording of the songs and answer fan questions with a live audience.

When not promoting or creating music, Ellen loves to run, read and explore.