Lawrence, Kansas
- October 8, 2025
Fally Afani
http://www.iheartlocalmusic.com
Fally Afani is an award-winning journalist with a career spanning more than 20 years in media. She has worked extensively in radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and more.
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Folk Alliance kicks off in Kansas City
“Would you like a song where someone’s mean to someone else, or where someone’s dying?” That question, smirkingly posed by Curtis McMurty, is sometimes the
Terribly Intentional: Nicholas St. James to celebrate his true form at album release show
In October of 2014, Nicholas St. James performed in front of a large crowd in the theatre of the Lawrence Arts Center. The folk artist
Photo Gallery: SXSW Bound, Night 2
The final night of “SXSW Bound” somehow manifested into a bigger event than the night before. Five bands from five genres in the scene played
Photo Gallery: SXSW Bound, Night 1
If you weren’t coughing up confetti and glittery by the end of the night, you weren’t doing it right. “SXSW Bound” saw its most colorful
Watch Stiff Middle Fingers’ crazy GoPro footage
We love a band full of antics– and no band in this area is overflowing with antics quite like Stiff Middle Fingers. If you will
Photo Gallery: The 2016 Mardi Gras Parade
Mardi Gras has made a name for itself as the most colorful time of year in Downtown Lawrence, and this year’s holiday was no different.
Photo Gallery: The Ovaries-eez / Invisible Public Library / Heidi Gluck
You could call it one of the more delicate events to hit Love Garden. The Ovaries-eez, a band known for pitch-perfect harmonies and gentle calls
Organized Crimes detonates at the Taproom
If you really miss good industrial dance bands, then boy do I have some news for you. Organized Crimes is the electronic band this scene
Photo Gallery: Yo La Tengo
“It’s been a while since we’ve been back to Lawrence,” Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan told a Bottleneck audience within the first few minutes of