Tag - Irish Music

Mixed Bag with Mark & Val

A mixed bag for you today on Foolkiller Folk. We start off with Flatt and Scruggs and a song recorded in 1950, end with a tune set from the new traditional Irish band Consequences recorded in 2023, and in the middle we bring you folk and Americana, including selections from...

Mark & Val’s Annual Irish Fest Preview

Yes, it's that time again! The Kanas City Irish Fest is back Friday, Sept 1 through Sunday, Sept 3 and Mark & Val are here with our annual preview featuring some old favorites and some new discoveries. We'll be bringing you a few of our favorite songs from: The Canterberries, Eddie...

Celtic & English Folk Mailbag

Mark & Val start the show off with some reels from Dan Possumato, Bill Verdier, Gerry Whelan, & Frances Cunningham from an IMM Promo CD2021/22 Disc 3, follow that with a Robert Burns song from Laverock and we're off! You'll be hearing Katie Grennan, Rachel Newton, Tim Van Eyken, 3'oh,...

Mark & Val Celebrate the Idiosyncrasy of KKFI

With no Program Director or Executive Director to determine our content, KKFI is a truly community-driven project. Where else can you find a station where the DJs are free to present a musical travelogue of their summer vacation? Which is exactly what we're doing to celebrate the idiosyncrasy of KKFI...

St Patrick’s Day Special

What do Irish musicians Niamh Parsons, Bothy Band, Liam O Maonlai, Leo Rowsome, The Chieftans, Tommy Potts, Donal Lunny/Frank Harte, Thin Lizzy, U2, Sinead O'Connor, The Dubliners, Davy Spillane, James Kelly, Hothouse flowers, Mary Bergin, and Maire Breatnach & Cormac de Barra all have in common?  Yes, indeed - one...