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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 […]

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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

Folk Alliance 2016 – The Video Companion

Thursday, March 03, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

Actual videos of our fave Folk Alliance performances are hard to come by, well at least good quality ones. So we decided to go with the next best thing – videos of these performers captured in other, sometimes unique, locations. Featured in this video playlist are: The Show Ponies, Parsonsfield, Aoife O’Donovan, Session Americana, Bob […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Folk Alliance, Pop, Videos Tagged With: Aoife O'donovan, Bob Walkenhorst, Flagship Romance, Front Country, Henry Wagons, Kenny White, Mia Dyson, Miss Tess, Parsonsfield, Session Americana, Stash Wyslouch, Steve Poltz, The Mae Trio, The Show Ponies

Folk Alliance 2016 – Say What?!

Thursday, March 03, 2016 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 no fun listening to someone tune a banjo, but it’s even less fun listening to an out of tune one. Parsonsfield […]

Filed Under: Folk Alliance, Spoken Word

Shawn’s 2016 Folk Alliance Favorites

Wednesday, March 02, 2016 By Shawn Underwood

For what I’m certain won’t be the last time, I headed to Kansas City for the Folk Alliance International conference (and musical extravaganza).  With nearly half of the 2500 attendees being musicians, you could barely round a corner in any public area and not find impromptu jams. As you might expect, there were a number […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Folk Alliance, Reviews

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