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Kansas City musician Julian Davis is known for his championship flatpicking on the guitar. Young Davis and his bluegrass trio the Hay-Burners have regular…
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Giving the people – the folks, the general population, basically everyone – what they want can be challenging. Especially since everyone these days seems…
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When Folk Alliance International decided last spring on "a clenched fist of resistance against the struggle," as executive director Aengus Finnan…
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Three musicians discuss the influence of protest music — the theme of this weekend's annual Folk Alliance International conference in KC.Guests:ModdiDanny…
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A few thousand folk musicians from around the world are preparing to gather at the Westin Hotel in Crown Center for the 29th annual Folk Alliance…
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Musicians Betse Ellis and Clarke Wyatt started playing as Betse & Clarke, a fiddle and banjo duo, in late 2014. Their latest album is called River Still…
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Betse and Clarke River Still RiseOne of the best moments of this year’s Folk Alliance Conference was stumbling upon Clarke Wyatt and Betse Ellis swapping…
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Folk Alliance International reaffirmed its commitment to Kansas City on Tuesday and announced that British folk musician Billy Bragg will be the keynote…
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Folk Alliance International announced Friday that its former director, Louis Meyers, died on March 10."It is with heavy hearts that we share the sad news…
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Florence Hemphill grew up in a small town in Kansas, and saw the horrors of World War I up close when she served as a nurse in France. She wrote more than…
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Story of a Song is a monthly segment on KCUR's Central Standard, in which local musicians tell the story behind a recent song, and explain how it was…
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The largest Folk Music Conference in the world, Folk Alliance International, brought more than 1,000 musicians to Crown Center in Kansas City last week.…