KALW On-Air Folk Festival Sat. May 16
Join us on Saturday May 16th from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. for over three hours of continuous live music. The Folk Festival is presented by KALW's music hosts Jo Ann Mar, Kevin Vance, and Peter Thompson. Here's the line-up:
3:00 p.m.
Briana di Mara is a violinist who performs in a wide variety of traditional styles including Celtic, Balkan, Turkish and Arabic. Shell be playing songs from her first recording Haven.
3:45 p.m.
Paper Wings is the duo (搭档)of Emily Mann and Wilhelmina Frankzerda, two young famous musicians, harmonizing together on songs inspired by old-time and traditional styles. We'll hear them perform songs from their new upcoming release Clementine.
4:15 p.m.
Miko Marks is an enthusiastic singer. At the start of her career, she was praised as a hot new artist "'breaking the sound barriers in music" by the magazine Ebony. Miko got a standing welcome last year at the Freighfs 50th anniversary concert in front of a full house.
5:00 p.m.
Mokai plays original country music. Accompanying himself on finger-style guitar, he tells old stories and rhymes freely. He mixes the strange and beautiful into traditional performances through his songs.
5:30 p.m.
The Wildcat Mountain Rambers are a bluegrass band based in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Chad Johnson, Mark Wardenburg, Robert Cornelius, Suzanne Suwanda, and Alex Mayers will be previewing their upcoming appearances at the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival.
6:00 p.m.
Forest Sun returns to KALW. His home is in the Bay Area and around the world. A second-generation folkie, he comes from the school of Do-It-Yourself writing his own songs, recording and releasing his work, giving global performances, and gaining a following.
