Usually when we program a Christmas show we focus on the story of Christmas from the annunciation until the arrival of the three wise men and if we have time we work in a little bit about the traditions and celebrations. This year, since we’re on air so close to the...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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,...
