Val was listening to KKFI earlier this week and heard someone refer to the station as “one giant mix tape”. Not only is that very true, it became the inspiration for Sunday’s show. If you listen to Foolkiller Folk regularly, you know that Mark & Val, Bob & Diana, and...
Mark & Valerie have an unusual (for us) show this week. Usually our shows are all about the music. This show is about the topic. A couple of months ago Valerie was talking with fellow KKFI programmer Nightshade about Norman Blake and the song Last Train From Poor Valley. One...
It’s too early for Mark and Val’s usual Christmas show, so we’re going to waltz into winter instead, with songs and tunes taking us from autumn through the holiday.
Wahoo! It's Band Auction time again. We'll be bringing you some of the amazing area artists playing in the Fall Band Auction, plus some of our local favorites who we wish were playing in the Band Auction. From the Band Auction you'll be hearing: Sally and the Hurts, Danielle Ate the...
Among our new-to-us finds this week, we bring you Irish music direct from Moscow from Polca in Ri's 2021 release From Sliabh Mosco to Cathair Pheadair. We'll also bring you 2021 releases from Banter featuring Phil Beer (English); Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (Italian); Cara (German/Irish); Suthering (English); Grosse Isle (Quebecois); Mette...
Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula. The area takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic people living north of the Douro River during the last millennium BC. There are two languages officially and widely used today in Galicia: the native Galician, a...
Long ago Mark and Val found their way into folk music via the 1960s folk revival and into British & Celtic trad from English folk-rock. They love to hear how other folks (particularly younger folks) found their way into folk music and what they're currently listening to and so are...
The KC Irish Fest is coming up Labor Day weekend, so it's time for our annual Irish Fest Preview show. Thinking of going? We bring you a selection of who you're going to hear! We kick off the show with Tullamore, playing 4:30 on Sat at the Magner's Park Stage....
