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Folk Alliance International 2020 – Shawn’s Picks

Thursday, January 30, 2020 By Shawn Underwood

With 10 simultaneous official stages and over 80 private ones across 4 nights and 8-10 hours per night, there’s no shortage of music at FAI. There are a number of strategies you can employ, from just picking a room and letting the curator’s choices wash over you, to a mad-dash scramble after every couple of […]

Filed Under: Folk Alliance, Reviews Tagged With: Darling West, Kevin Gordon, Mapache, Rising Appalachia, Steve Poltz, The Mammals, Watkins Family Hour

Folk Alliance International 2020 Conference

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 By Shawn Underwood

One of the things I look forward to coming out of the holidays is the annual Folk Alliance conference. It’s equal parts business conference and music festival: so work and play together. This year it was held in New Orleans, where the food added a third segment that was a big part of many conversations. […]

Filed Under: Folk Alliance, Reviews Tagged With: Folk Alliance

Monday Morning Video – Folk Alliance 2018 Video Companion

Monday, March 05, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

We’ll wrap up our Folk Alliance International coverage with a collection of videos from this year’s conference. Most of these performances are from the official performances that took place in hotel ballrooms but you’ll see a few from the late night hotel room showcases. This video playlist includes Colter Wall, John Gorka, Jaimee Harris, John […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Folk Alliance, Pop, Videos Tagged With: Anais Mitchell, Colter Wall, Earle and Coffin, Jaimee Harris, Joe Purdy, John Gorka, John Oates, Jorma Kaukonen, Megan Slankard, Stephen Kellogg, Tim Easton

Folk Alliance 2018 – Say What?!

Thursday, March 01, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

One of my favorite things about attending music conferences and festivals are the crazy comments that you hear along the way. Here are a few choice selections from this year’s Folk Alliance Conference. It’s my first time at Folk Alliance, I was wondering if it was because my background is tainted by that rock and […]

Filed Under: Folk Alliance, Spoken Word

Folk Alliance 2018 – Shawn’s Picks

Thursday, March 01, 2018 By Shawn Underwood

With over 3000 showcases in 4 nights, and perhaps an average of 5 gigs/musician, it was of course impossible to see the roughly 600 acts that works out from that math.  So when I say these were my favorites, it’s from a relatively small sampling.  Nonetheless, I saw some great music.  What’s Old Is New […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Folk Alliance, Reviews, Soul/R&B, Specials Tagged With: Folk Alliance

Folk Alliance 2018 – Mayer’s Picks, Part 2

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

Ruby Boots Nashville by way of Australia singer-songwriter Ruby Boots was celebrating the release of her just released Bloodshot Records debut. She brought together an infectious enthusiasm with stellar songs, mostly about relationships, that matched catchy melodies with lyrical fervor. Una and Bob Walkenhorst There aren’t many father-daughter duos in music. Then again, there aren’t […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Folk Alliance, Pop, Roots Tagged With: Bob Walkenhorst, Earle and Coffin, Jaimee Harris, Ruby Boots, Stephen Kellogg, Terra Lightfoot, Una Walkenhorst

Folk Alliance 2018 – Mayer’s Picks, Part 1

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

The Accidentals I first saw this young trio from Michigan at Folk Alliance a few years ago. They were certainly talented then but several more years of writing and performing have propelled them into another musical stratosphere. I caught them several times — at least once a day — during the course of the conference, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Folk Alliance, Pop, Roots Tagged With: Anthony da Costa, Brother Brothers, Erik the Viking, Grant-Lee Phillips, Greg Klyma, Jacob Tovar, Jaimee Harris, John Blek, John Gorka, Kim Taylor, Lula Wiles, Steve Poltz, Susan Cattaneo, The Accidentals, The Mastersons

Folk Alliance International – The Best Music Festival You’ve Never Heard About

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 By Shawn Underwood

With slightly less than 4000 attendees, the annual gathering of Folk Alliance International is still small enough to be held in a hotel.  It doesn’t have a stadium-draw headliner, but other than that and lack of a campground, there’s everything else you’d want in a music festival.  And most of it is done better than […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Folk Alliance, Reviews Tagged With: Folk Alliance

2017 Folk Alliance International – Favorite Sets

Thursday, February 23, 2017 By Shawn Underwood

Having given a bit of flavor on the overall vibe of the annual Folk Alliance International conference, it’s time to rewind through some of my favorite sets of the week. Setting A High Bar A lot of performers at FAI have been making a living playing music for decades.  They’re not lucky, they’re just good.  Trout Fishing […]

Filed Under: Folk Alliance Tagged With: Folk Alliance

2017 Folk Alliance International – Overall Conference Highlights

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 By Shawn Underwood

Back from the 2017 Folk Alliance International conference and nearly caught up on sleep (more on that later), let’s start coverage with a look at the overall event.  Not surprisingly, there are seminars on the music business, musical performances, and an awards show.  There are also a lot of things catering to the musicians themselves, […]

Filed Under: Folk Alliance, Reviews Tagged With: Folk Alliance

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