Welcome to December
In honor of the turning of the year, Mark & Val bring you songs (and a bit of spoken word) about winter from Great Britain and North America. Mostly singer/songwriter instead of Trad. Tune in and enjoy.
A Very KKFI Sunday
First and foremost - THANK YOU for your outpouring of support during the last pledge drive. You are the heart and soul of the station. from there... During pledge drives, we always highlight the diversity of programming here on KKFI both in the diversity of genres and within the genres ourselves and...
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...
Around the World in 1/960 of the Time of Phineas Fogg
Mark & Val are in the mood for something completely different today, so Mark dug into the world music collection and we're taking you Around the World in 1/960 of the time of Phineas Fogg (the protagonist in the 1872 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days). You'll be...
Mixed Bag with Mark & Val
A random bit of music we like for you today from Atilla the Hun (Calypsos from Trinidad 1930s) to Lauren MacColl (Scottish fiddle player from Fortrose) with a release from 2023. We bring you The Rooftop Singers, Jeff Brown, John Francis Flynn, Joanne Shenandoah, Lauren McColl, Suzie Leblanc, Tinariwen, Amadou &...
Irish & English Folk
Mark & Val bring you Irish and English folk today - some old; some new; some we picked up on our trip to Ireland. As usual, we have more music than time to play it, but here's who we're going to be trying to stuff into our show: Cherish the...
Celtic & English Mailbag
Mark & Val have been rooting through their mailbag again and are delighted to bring you a collection of new to us mostly newly released Celtic and English music (yes - you get to hear them butcher Gaelic once again!). You'll be hearing from Max Allard, The ALT, Tom Delany,...
Mark & Val’s Mailbag on Foolkiller Folk
Today we bring you selections from Show of Hands' 2019 release Battlefield Dance Floor, Martin Simpson's 2020 Home Recordings, Tim Edy's 2019 release Being Myself, Josienne Clark's 2019 In All Weather, The Unthanks with Diversions, Vol 5: Live & Unaccompanied - 2020, Joni Mitchell from Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol 1:The Early Years (1963-1967),...
