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Foolkiller Folk

Airs: Sunday, 11:00 am

Programmers: Valerie Andruss, Mark Andruss, Diana Suckiel, Steve Peters, Kathy Peters, Bob Suckiel

Valerie and Mark on Foolkiller Folk
Hi! When we’re on Foolkiller Folk, more often than not we’ll be playing the best folk music from England, Ireland, Scotland, and more far-flung outposts of the Celts like Galicia (Spain), Brittany (France), Wales and Cornwall (Great Britain), Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia (Canada), or of course the world-class Irish and Scots music being made here in the States.
We like programming theme shows. In recent years, to list a few, we’ve covered “Whales, Women and Grog”, “Love’s Obstacles”, “Beggars, Tramps, and Gypsies”, three of the seasons, instrumental tune types in Irish music, sea shanties, Burns Night, the Jacobite Rebellions, and we’ve produced an annual Christmas show. We also design shows around artists who will be appearing soon in Kansas City or nearby, including annual KC Irish Fest shows, as a way of encouraging our listeners to take in live music whenever they can. For the same reason, we do a number of local artist shows each year, to showcase particularly the live Celtic music scene in KC. We’ve had shows we call “Critic’s Choice”, covering the artists and releases selected on “Ten Best” lists by prominent music critics like Siobhan Long and Earle Hitchner. We do shows on sub-genres, like Celtic Iberia, or Cape Breton music. We like introducing our audience to young artists with talent, energy and potential. And we do “Mailbag” programs, selecting the best tracks from whatever we’ve added to our collection most recently – we make a special effort to keep informed about new releases we can bring the audience in KC. Or we might simply bring you a varied program of old favorites.
Because our musical interests are broad, we do sometimes break out into other folk music territories. We’ve done shows on Piedmont blues, old-time fiddle, banjo and song, medicine show music, early gospel, French, Italian and Scandinavian folk, “American Heritage in Song”, and a politically-oriented series we call “My Name is Buddy”, taking off from a recent release of that name by Ry Cooder.
So the only thing you can be guaranteed when we’re on the air is that you’ll be hearing some of the very best in traditional music. We’ll mix songs and instrumentals, pieces slow and fast, words of love and death, politics and humor. And when we’re not on the air, we’ll be enjoying the programming of our colleagues, the Peterses and Suckiels, and their unique approaches to even more great traditional music!

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Play list for 08-29-2010 (previous week)

TimeArtistTrackAlbumLabelListen!
11:00 amChris CooleOld DogOld DogCanada Council for the ArtsCDtrack
11:07 amChris CooleCamp Meeting on the 4th of JulyOld DogCanada Council for the ArtsCDtrack
11:11 amChris Coole & Ivan RosenbergFarewell TrionFarewell TrionIndependentCDtrack
11:13 amPat Conte & Bob GuidaGod Don't Ever ChangeLets Go Huntin'Susquehanna Hat Record CoCDtrack
11:24 amDan Levenson and the Boiled BuzzardsLittle Billy WilsonSalt & GreaseOld Time MusicCDtrack
11:26 amDan Levenson and the Boiled BuzzardsThree Thin DimesSalt & GreaseOld Time MusicCDtrack
11:30 amEuphoria String BandGood Bye Miss LizaBack AgainEuphoria String BandCDtrack
11:34 amEuphoria String BandGod Gave Noah the Rainbow SignBack AgainEuphoria String BandCDtrack
11:44 amTim O'Brien and Alison Brown with John Hartford String BandM.I.S.I.P.Memories of John (Hartford)Red Clay RecordsCDtrack
11:47 amTim O'Brien & George Buckner with John Hartford String BandLorenaMemories of John (Hartford)Red Clay RecordsCDtrack
11:53 amAddie GrahamDarling Don't You Know That's WrongBeen A Long Time TravelingJune AppalCDtrack
11:56 amBob Carlin with John Hartford String BandShe's Gone (and Bob's Gone With Her)Memories of John (Hartford)Red Clay RecordsCDtrack
12:02 pmBlue HighwayClear CutThe Journey HomeAurora LightsCDtrack
12:05 pmDebra CowanWho Brought the FloodThe Journey HomeAurora LightsCDtrack
12:12 pmJason & Pharis Romero w/Sammy LindLadies on the SteamboatBack Up & PushLula RecordsCDtrack
12:15 pmJason & Pharis Romero w/WB ReidBull at the WagonBack Up & PushLula RecordsCDtrack
12:18 pmChris CooleHell to PayOld DogCanada Council for the ArtsCDtrack
12:23 pmBob & Diana SuckielMr. Cheneyrecorded live at KKFIn/aCDtrack
12:26 pmBob & Diana SuckielRolled and Tumbledrecorded live at KKFIn/aCDtrack
12:35 pmTim & Myles ThompsonHallelujah ChorusRoad RunnerHidden Giant MusicCDtrack
12:39 pmTim & Myles ThompsonGypsy SambaRoad RunnerHidden Giant MusicCDtrack
12:46 pmKathy MatteaBlue Diamond MinesThe Journey HomeAurora LightsCDtrack
12:55 pmThe Prairie AcreHop HighWho'll Rock the CradleIndependentCDtrack