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Mark & Val’s Christmas Show

This year we kick off with White Christmas by Irving Berlin (who knew that innocuous little White Christmas could eventually become interpreted as a commentary on climate change?) By the way: Did you know that approximately half of the 30 best-selling Christmas songs by ASCAP members in 2015 were written by Jewish composers? Jewish...

Around the World in 1/960 of the Time of Phineas Fogg

Mark & Val are in the mood for something completely different today, so Mark dug into the world music collection and we're taking you Around the World in 1/960 of the time of Phineas Fogg (the protagonist in the 1872 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days). You'll be...

Mixed Bag with Mark & Val

A random bit of music we like for you today from Atilla the Hun (Calypsos from Trinidad 1930s) to  Lauren MacColl (Scottish fiddle player from Fortrose) with a release from 2023. We bring you The Rooftop Singers, Jeff Brown, John Francis Flynn, Joanne Shenandoah,  Lauren McColl, Suzie Leblanc, Tinariwen, Amadou &...

Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?: August through December 2022

Yes – we lost so many greats last year that it’s taken Mark & Val two Foolkiller Folk shows to honor them.  This is the final program, covering August 2022 through the end of the year. You’ll be hearing songs and tunes from Paul Sartin, Mary McCaslin, Loretta Lynn, Noel...

Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? , Volume 1

Yes - we lost so many greats last year that it's going to take Mark & Val two Foolkiller Folk shows to honor them.  Today's show covers January through August. You'll be hearing songs and tunes from Norma Waterson, Peter Mooney, Guitar Shorty,  Judy Henske, Dennis Cahill, Michael Moloney, Judith...

How We Spent Our Folk Alliance, Part 2 (Mark & Val)

The Folk Alliance Conference is the world's largest gathering of the folk music industry and community. This year it was held in Feb here in KC and, as always, we heard way more music than we could fit into one Foolkiller Folk show. We start off our second program with the...