Tagged: singer-songwriter

5:12pm

Sun April 22, 2012
Arts & Culture

KALW's On-Air Folk Festival this Saturday 3 to 8 pm

KALW's Saturday music hosts join forces to present a five-hour folk extravaganza of continuous live music performed  by some of the Bay Area's finest talent.   Enjoy the Scottish fiddling of Alasdair Fraser, the powerhouse vocals of Teresa Trull and Barbara Higbie, the original songs of Caren Armstrong, and the homegrown bluegrass of Them Boys and the Sycamore Slough String Band.  Here's the schedule:

 

3:00 pm  Alasdair Fraser & his Scottish Fiddlers
Alasdair Fraser was our very first live performer back in 1989.  He's making a return appearance to the KALW studios after a 23 year absence ....and bringing his fiddling friends with him!

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9:16pm

Wed February 1, 2012
Folk Music & Beyond

Hawaiian singer-guitarist John Cruz

John Cruz

Listen anytime this week via KALW's Local Music PlayerFolk Music & Beyond's special guest is John Cruz, award-winning singer-songwriter from Hawaii.  John is a guitarist, story-teller, and teacher and serves as cultural ambassador for Hawaii.  He was chosen to play at President Obama's inauguration.  John will perform a few songs and tell lots of stories.  We'll hear songs from his recent recordings "Acoustic Soul" and "One Of These Days." 

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