Mark & Val have a mailbox show today. Our new-to-us selections include songs and tunes from Alice Gerard; Sister Sadie; Niall Hanna; Roisin McGrory; John Denver; American Patchwork Quartet; Scott Cook; Zachary Lucky; Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O'Leary; Alice Zawadski, Fred Thomas, and Masha Mullov-Abbado; Peter Knight's Gigspanner; The Rheingans...
Mark and Val are back with the Foolkiller Folk Halloween show this year! Join us on Sunday at 11:00 AM for a musical journey featuring songs about ghosts—both legendary and modern—shapeshifters, witches, devils, and a warning to steer clear of elves. I’m fascinated by the folk process and how it transforms...
Last month the folk music and arts festival FolkEast was held in the parkland of Glemham Hall in Suffolk, England. We didn't get to go, but we did manage to acquire the music, and now we get to bring it to you, You'll be hearing from Melrose Quartet, Fay Hield,...
Labor Day weekend is coming up, which means it's time for the KC Irish Fest again and time for Mark & Val's annual Irish Fest preview. Lots of new (at least to us) bands this year and today we're bringing you a sample of what you can look forward to. You'll...
One of the many events that take place at a Folk Alliance Conference is ‘Meet the DJs’, a two-hour event where the artists can come in and talk with the DJs and possibly share their music. So today’s show features folks who we didn’t see but who gave us their...
That's right folks - only 5 months later we are finally bringing you the last of the groups we heard at Folk Alliance! We're also doing a Langan Band reprise from Volume 4 and a pre-release single from the Danish String Quartet. But, most importantly, Bill Clause returns to KKFI,...
Yes, we heard A LOT of music at the 2024 FAI Conference and we're continuing to share it with you. Today you'll hear from Rosier, Kaia Kater, Laytha, Joachim Cooder, Chatham County Line, Krea, Lonesome Ace Stringband, Music a Bouches, Kelly Hunt, Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly, and Basset.
Today we bring you 2024 Folk Alliance International Conference performers from the US, Wales, England, Sweden, Australia, Norway, and Canada, including: Louisa Stancioff, The Trials of Cato, Northern Resonance, The Weeping Willows, The Langan Band, Julie Alapnes, Julie Alapnes and Fotefar, Rant (with Julie Alapnes), Rakish, Maggie's Wake, and Rachael...
