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The Raven hosts unique songwriters for rare, captivating event

Downtown Lawrence was brimming with live music on Saturday, but one of the most unique and enriching musical performances of the week was inside the

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Cowgirl’s Train Set gear up for album release show

If you miss really big Sunday bluegrass shows at the Replay for their early matinees, this weekend would be a good chance to catch up.

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Photo Gallery: 36th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships

If you wandered around South Park over the weekend, music was flowing out of every corner. That's where the 36th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and
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Alferd Packer Memorial String Band

Genre: Old Time String Band with Augmentations Members: Lauralyn Bodle, Noah Musser, Matt Kirby, Steve Mason, Mike Yoder Website: http://www.alferdpackerband.com/ Formed in 1979 in Lawrence,

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We went to six shows in one night to prove a point

Anymore, Friday nights in Lawrence are pretty outrageous. There are just so many events happening at once. This wasn’t even a Final Fridays art walk,

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Photo Gallery: Split Lip Rayfield / Julian Davis and the Hay-Burners / Chicago Farmer

Words and photos by Leroy Pristach The venerable Split lip Rayfield played to a packed house at the Bottleneck Saturday night, but that’s nothing out

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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

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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

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Album Review: Nicholas St. James – “Theatres”

by Nathan Cardiff I realize it’s only February, but the most fascinating musical moment of this whole year might be a kazoo solo. That’s right;

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Watch: Tornado Rose at the Bottleneck

Tornado Rose is one of those bands you can’t miss in the folk scene. If you’ve ever been to Winfield, the Fiddling and Picking Championship,