About the Show
Foolkiller Folk
The Foolkiller Folk collective explores the storytelling, cultural, and protest power of folk music from as far back as the Child Ballads through as current as released today.
"When one becomes enlightened one kills the fool within" -Jack Conroy
We kick off with the traditional Old Christmas Shooting Recitation arranged by Ruth Crawford Seeger in honor of today’s celebrations then and segue into songs to warm us on a 3-degree day. We close with another set of New Year songs and in between we bring you a bunch of English folk, including a number of ballads and a set of sea songs.
You’ll hear from Nowell Sing We Clear; Chris Wood; Zoe Lewis; Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen; The Young’Uns; Kate Rusby; Martin Simpson; Dave Weber and Anni Fentiman; Ollie King; Greg Russell; Rachel Unthank and The Winterset; Offa Rex; Billy Cooper, Daisy Bulwer, Hawkins, Mervyn Plunkett, Russell Wortley, Sean Tester, and Walter Bulwer (yes – they really need to name the band ?); and Nowell Sing We Four.
