JoAnn Mar

Liam Clancy Interview this Sat. 3 pm

JoAnn Mar — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:07:11 +0000

We'll paint the KALW airwaves green this Saturday 3 pm on Folk Music & Beyond--a celebration of St. Patrick's a day early with lots of Irish music plus an encore broadcast with the late Liam Clancy, founding member of the renowned Clancy Brothers. Liam Clancy and his brothers are credited with popularizing Irish traditional music and introducing it to American audiences in the 1960's. Clancy recalled those wild times, dodging souvenir-hunting fans, and hanging out with poet Maya Angelou.

Remembering Chris Caswell this Sat. 3 pm

JoAnn Mar — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:36:22 +0000

Bay Area Celtic harper and multi-instrumentalist Chris Caswell passed away last month. This Saturday at 3 pm, Folk Music & Beyond presents a retrospective of Chris' solo work and his collaborations with Scottish bard Robin Williamson and local musician Danny Carnahan. Plus excerpts from Chris' live performances on KALW.

A Tribute to Joni Mitchell's "Blue"

JoAnn Mar — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:49:05 +0000

"Folk Music & Beyond" pays tribute to Joni Mitchell, who turns 70 later this year. Our special guest this Saturday (1/19) at 3 pm will be Dina Maccabbee, music director of "Under Cover Presents: Joni Mitchell's Blue", a masterful mashup of Bay Area musicians who each cover a different song from the album, infusing it with their distinctive sound and personality.

Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma ~ Live Studio Performance!

JoAnn Mar — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:48:28 +0000

Folk Music & Beyond welcomes master musician Ross Daly from the Grecian isle of Crete. He draws upon a number of popular and classical idioms mainly from the Balkans and Middle East, but also from North Africa and Central and South Asia, incorporating elements of each into his compositions and renditions of traditional repertoire.

The Shook Twins

JoAnn Mar — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:00:26 +0000

The Shook Twins are Katelyn and Laurie Shook, identical twin sisters who also happen to be enormously talented musicians from Portland, Oregon. They stop by the KALW studios to perform their highly original and imaginative songs on Folk Music and Beyond this week. Saturday, October 20 at 3pm.