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Folk Alliance International Stages Its 30th conference

From the December 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY BLAIR JACKSON Richard Thompson and Mary Chapin Carpenter will be among the guest speakers at the 30th ... Read More...

At Folk Alliance International Conference, Protest Songs Unite Guitarists Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Tift Merritt, Eliza Gilkyson and More

by Melinda Newman Woody Guthrie famously placed a sign that read “This machine kills fascists” on his acoustic guitar in 1941, signaling that his instrument—... Read More...

Bruce Cockburn, Sarah Jarosz, Parker Millsap and More Honored at Folk Alliance International Awards

by Whitney Phaneuf Folk Alliance International kicked off the 29th edition of its annual conference -- which runs February 15-19, in Kansas City, Missouri --... Read More...

Folk Unlocked Festival Begins Online Next Week with Hundreds of Artists from Around the World

By Nicolas Grizzle Folk Alliance International, a leading non-profit organization for folk musicians and the folk music industry, is hosting a massive virtu... Read More...

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DIY Folk: What It Takes to Survive and Thrive in the Streaming Era

From the November/December 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERS At the 2019 Folk Alliance International conference,... Read More...

Louis Meyers, Former Folk Alliance Director and SXSW Founder, Dies

By Mark Kemp The Austin American-Stateman and Folk Alliance International have reported that Louis Meyers, a founder of the South by Southwest Music and Medi... Read More...

Folk Alliance: Judy Collins Disses Dylan, Sings ‘Amazing Grace’

By Mark Kemp At the 28th Annual Folk Alliance International on February 17-20, Acoustic Guitar captured the legendary folksinger Judy Collins' keynote addres... Read More...

Folk Alliance Day Two Highlights: Grant-Lee Phillips, John Craigie, Perla Batalla, Darlingside, and More

By Mark Kemp KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- During a brief set of songs with funny titles like “Pictures on My Phone” and “I Almost Stole Some Weed from Todd Snider,” t... Read More...

Folk Alliance Awards Night 2016: An Unapologetic Celebration of Our Elders

By Mark Kemp KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If the awards ceremony on the first day of the 28th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference was any indication of thin... Read More...

Amythyst Kiah with a G-45 Gibson acoustic guitar

Amythyst Kiah Gives Old-Timey Music a New-Timey Sound

It's the stuff you can’t teach that makes Amythyst Kiah's music so impactful: a wicked right-hand fingerpicking and pick stroke, plus a voice full of power and authority.