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Manor Fest kicked off with oodles of new talent

Approach / Photo by John Knepper Friday marked the start of Manor Fest, a weekend-long event that helps raise funds for Manor Records' new nonprofit
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The Roots got Kansas City moving and shaking at Open Spaces

The Roots / Photo by Fally Afani Oh Kansas City. You fucked up. You fucked up so hard... because only about 200-some of you showed
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Photo Gallery: Folk Alliance 2017

One of the first things you notice is the sound. Upon entering the Westin, a grand and spacious hotel in Kansas City, you hear mandolins,
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Freight Train Rabbit Killer is the stuff of nightmares

The nice thing about the Folk Alliance is that it extended to every subgenre possible in folk music. Irish folk, Swedish folk, speed metal bluegrass

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I Heart Local Music’s “SXSW Bound” set for February 12th and 13th

It seems like every year, Lawrence is blessed with new acts that make stunning new impressions. Next month, we’ll be bringing some of those acts

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Underdogs rule final night of Field Day Fest

Lawrence is a music town. It’s no secret. So naturally, we have an abundance of musicians here. A band could have a hard time standing

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Field Day Fest kicks off with feisty new additions, attitude

Thursday night kicked off the 2015 edition of Lawrence Field Day Fest, an event that features mostly local acts from the area scattered across downtown

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Photo Gallery: The Musicians of Busker Fest

Busker Fest blew through Lawrence once again over the weekend. The annual festival boasting fire eaters and street performers moved up a couple of months

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A stormy soiree: Replay rocks rainy Spring Into Summer Fest

April showers brought a lot more than May flowers this year. As expected, it stormed Kansas-style at this year’s Spring Into Summer Fest at the

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Lawrence Field Day Fest lineup announced

Four years in, and Lawrence Field Day Fest continues to grow. Massively. The festival just announced the lineup for the summer festival that scatters dozens