Yes, music is coming in to us thick and fast! Today we bring you Dan Boner; Shane Hennessy; Eliza Gilkyson; Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle; Jayme Stone; Julie Fowlis, Zoe Conway, Eamon Doorley, John McIntyre; Tom Kitchling; Anna Meike; Marie Fielding; New Leaf; Xavier Boderiou with Sylvain Barou...
So today we bring you a collection of music that’s come into the house recently, and we're skewing the show Celtic, because we haven’t brought you a heavily Celtic show recently. But we kick off with Playing for Change, a wonderfully named organization dedicated to the proposition that music can overpower...
Yes, indeed - we heard a ton of music! Today we kick off our fourth (and final) 'What We Saw at Folk Alliance' with The Armagh Rhymers, one of Val's absolute favorites from the Conference. The Armagh Rhymers need to be seen to be believed. One of the most celebrated...
That we have a Mother’s Day in the United States is due to the tireless efforts of Anna Jarvis, who wanted to honor her mother Ann Jarvis and felt all of us should honor our mothers as the person to whom we owe the most in the world. Ann Jarvis...
Yes, indeed - Mark made it all the way through to KKFI's own Shapiro Brothers at 2:30 AM on Thursday. Valerie did not. So only Mark got to hear Ordinary Elephant, Jenna Mammina and Rolf Sturm, and Shapiro Brothers) in their private showcases, but we all get to hear them...
Hard to believe that Folk Alliance 2020 was barely two months ago - it feels like it's been years! Let us take you back to that brighter easier earlier time before gloves and masks and social isolation. You'll be listening to everyone who Mark & I heard together, including a...
Irish instrumental music is by and large dance music, at least until comparatively recently. Now, except for isolated communities of interest, it’s mostly listening music, notwithstanding the vestigial audience participation – hand clapping, foot stomping, thigh slapping, etc. Arthur Young wrote in A Tour of Ireland (1776-1779): "Dancing is very general...
Welcome to Mark & Val’s annual tribute honoring Traditional/Folk musicians who have passed in the prior year. It was a rough year for Traditional/Folk music lovers and today we’ll be honoring: Oliver Mtukudzi, known as Tuku; legend of the Zimbabwean music scene; celebrated as much for his messages in his lyrics...
