About the Show
Foolkiller Folk
The Foolkiller Folk collective explores the storytelling, cultural, and protest power of folk music from as far back as the Child Ballads through as current as released today.
"When one becomes enlightened one kills the fool within" -Jack Conroy
Foolkiller Folk pays tribute to America’s black folk singers with songs of life, struggle, and spirituality. We’ll bring you a selection of black artists and songs from the early days to current times, and early blues to modern folk.
Listen for selections from The Dixie Cups, Leyla McCalla, Laura Love, Leadbelly, Dom Flemons, The Ebony Hillbillies, Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton, Josh White, Kaia Kater, Taj Mahal, Rhiannon Giddens, Danny Cox, Big Bill Broonzy, Nina Simone, Blind Willie Johnson, The Reverend Gary Davis, The SNCC Freedom Singers, Dashon Burton and Nathanial Gumbs, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Odetta, Mahalia Jackson, and the Edwin Hawkins Singers.
