Lawrence, Kansas
- July 10, 2025
Folk Alliance 2024 was the year it truly felt like an international festival
We were truly ready to throw in the towel on Folk Alliance. But this was the year they finally redeemed themselves. As someone who grew
The Highs and Lows of Folk Alliance 2023
We haven't been at Folk Alliance since before the pandemic (stupid COVID). But this year, we returned and were pleased to find that not only
Photo Gallery: Locals shine at Folk Alliance 2018
Calvin Arsenia / Photo by Fally Afani This week folk musicians from across the globe flew into Kansas City to share their musical talents on
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,
Watch: Jessica Paige covers Ernie Ford
With this year’s theme at Folk Alliance being “Forbidden Folk,” there were protest songs aplenty. Musicians from across the globe gave renditions of famous protest
Watch: Victor & Penny at Folk Alliance International
What year is it?? Doesn’t matter. Victor & Penny are timeless. They are perhaps the only retro-jazz-folk act in Kansas City you should be paying
Kansas City crushes hard on Calvin Arsenia
Wednesday marked the start of Folk Alliance International, a music festival that brings diverse folk acts from across the globe together at the Westin in
Transcendent Moments: How Calvin Arsenia gets audiences hooked on harp
It’s hard not to feel a little pang of jealousy when you learn about the life Calvin Arsenia has lived up until now. Just within
Photo Gallery: The Fashion of Folk Alliance
This may have been a folk festival, but there was hardly a cowboy hat in sight. Folk Alliance wrapped up in Kansas City over the
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
