Folk Alliance International

Folk Alliance International's annual conference is back in Kansas City for the first of three years. Things will be a bit different due to COVID-19, but the public can still participate.

Folk Alliance International dedicated a new home in the Crossroads Arts District Thursday and the music organization was welcomed by Mayor Sly James for…

When singer/songwriter Kelly Hunt arrived in Kansas City from Memphis three years ago, the relocation came with a surprise: There was already a well-known…

A somewhat mysterious, and certainly enduring, fact of the music industry is that male musicians far outnumber female musicians. A group of women wants to…

Segment 1: Why The Olympics in PyeongChang is about more than sports to Kansas City's Korean community.For members of the Korean community in Kansas City,…

Enrique Chi, frontman of the Kansas City-based band Making Movies, has had a busy year.The band released its second album, “I Am Another You,” last…

Kansas City singer Jim Cosgrove has spent the past two decades performing songs about dancing dinosaurs and other kid-friendly topics all over Kansas…

Segment 1: How Missouri schools prepare for an active shooter situation.In the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the 18th shooting…

Olivia Fox is the Kansas City-based folk-pop trio of Aubrey Callahan, Lauren Flynn and Tiffany Smith. Formed in 2016, it's one of the most fully realized…

Segment 1: Kansas' Third-Biggest School District Picks A New LeaderAfter a months-long hiring process, the Shawnee Mission School District Board of…

Segment 1: Why the face of vocational tech education is changing.When you think of career education classes for high schoolers, what comes to mind? Maybe…

Three musicians discuss the influence of protest music, what makes a song political and how protest songs of times past compare (or differ) to…