Lawrence, Kansas
- July 10, 2025
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
The Country Connection: The Roseline gearing up for Folk Alliance
Colin Halliburton has always been good at toeing the line. As the main man behind The Roseline, he’s managed to toe the line between country
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
The King and Queen of Audience Interaction: Destroy Nate Allen
Here’s the thing about Destroy Nate Allen: you can’t just watch them perform. The Kansas City-via-Portland duo are loud, boisterous, and completely unavoidable (as many
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
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
