Kerrville Folk Festival Founder Rod Kennedy Dies
‘People are isolated from each other by technology’
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April 14, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience
Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas
"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history, the Kerrville Folk Festival could be considered..."
May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin
Kerrville Folk Festival Launches Hip Younger Sister Fest, Welcome Home
Broadening the scope of folk with Laraaji, Adrianne Lenker, and more
"...For a cool 51 years, Kerrville Folk Festival has brought world-class songwriters to small-town Texas..."
July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood
From Songwriting Greats to New Artists, Kerrville Folk Festival Champions Multigenerational Folk Excellence
Drag performer / singer-songwriter Flamy Grant returns to the main stage after last year’s New Folk Competition win
"...Calling all fingerpick fanatics and Americana addicts – Kerrville Folk Festival is back for its 52nd sweat-filled summer...."
May 24, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood
Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival
Fall fests coax us from the metropolis
"...screens, it's time to change with the leaves. Music festivals in and around Austin fill up all five weekends..."
Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
It Takes a Village: Memories of Kerrville Folk Festival 2023
Dispatches from the 51st campout, from Ray Prim to Flamy Grant
"...future musical legends. One could never sum up the festival in a single review, it can only be experienced..."
June 19, 2023 Music Post by Hank Erwin
"Welcome Home" to the Kerrville Folk Festival
Five neighborly artists to see onstage at Quiet Valley Ranch
"...Going to the Kerrville Folk Festival is less like attending a concert and..."
May 26, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Kerrville Fall Folk Fest & Island Folk Festival
The future of folk looks bright in Texas
"...I played the Kennedy stage at the Kerrville Fall Folk Festival Saturday night. My dad, Jon Dee..."
Sept. 2, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham
Welcome Home Festival Brings New Blood to Kerrville
Adrianne Lenker, Daniel Fears revitalize at folk sibling fest
"...from Barton Springs Road, where tens of thousands of festivalgoers marched cheek by jowl towards ACL Fest’s second weekend,..."
Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood
Folk Goddess Behind the Curtain: Dalis Allen
Kerrville wiz stages Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference
"...mom’s 1955 turquoise Chevy Bel Air to her first Kerrville Folk Festival. Thirty years later, 2002, she took over..."
Sept. 24, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham
Old Settler’s Music Festival Announces Last-Minute 2024 Comeback
The Spring Pickin’ Party runs May 9-12, despite property sale plans
"...Old Settler’s Music Festival is back on. After canceling its 2024 edition late..."
April 4, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson
Radio Coffee Beer & Folk
Native son Jack Wilson, behind the bar and onstage
"...Jack Wilson relishes entrenchments where songs thrive, the Kerrville Folk Festival and Old Settler's Music Festival, for example...."
Aug. 15, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
What the Folk?
The 2006 Folk Alliance washes ashore in Austin – brace the bulkheads!
"...the music business, it's unlikely you've heard of the Folk Alliance until recently. This weekend its annual conference invades..."
Feb. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Old Settler’s Music Festival Postpones to 2025 in Move to Sell Property
“This festival isn’t going anywhere; it’s just going to take a new form”
"...Old Settler’s Music Festival has announced plans to sell its land in Dale,..."
Nov. 15, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson
Faster Than Sound: Ryan Bingham Warms Up His Western Festival
Onetime local Americana star inaugurates his fest on a chilly day in Luckenbach
"...troubadour earned another stripe with his own Hill Country festival in partnership with Live Nation, following national trends toward..."
April 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
SXSW Music Festival
Picks & Sleepers
"...self titled showtune-orama, mom Kate McGarrigle's noted career in folk and now Martha's foray as a singer-songwriter, you probably..."
March 17, 2000 Music Feature
Faster Than Sound: KVRX Launches the Largest College Radio Festival
KVRX station manager Gab Soong starts the largest ever student-run radio fest, national phone theft ring uncovered from ACL Fest, and Big Thief’s Buck Meek settles down outside the city
"...asked if the UT radio station put on a festival. Aside from increasingly big South by Southwest events and..."
March 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Marshmallow Love
The 31st annual Kerrville Folk Festival
"...The 31st Kerrville Folk Festival begins this Memorial Day weekend. A world-famous..."
May 24, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
A Chorus for Rod Kennedy
ATX songwriters pen one for the Kerrville Folk Festival founder
"...Kerrville Folk Festival founder Rod Kennedy, 84, died of natural..."
April 17, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Double-Barrel Beautiful
Texan sweetheart of the 1960s folk rodeo, Carolyn Hester
"...the time." Instead, she tumbled into the nascent 1960s folk movement. Finding her true voice in singing, she fell..."
Dec. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
SXSW Interview: Raina Rose
Folk music ‘only exists in a community’
"...because she’s the daughter of poet Leana McClellan and folk singer Morris McClellan. She’s showcasing Wednesday at South by..."
March 9, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham
Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup
Baby sea turtles, Elvis Fest, and more!
"...and work on the base coat of your tan. Festival season is just warming up around Texas, so there..."
May 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Pete Seeger 1919-2014
Did the folk overseer ever play Austin?
"...Folk giant Pete Seeger died Monday evening at the New..."
Jan. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
Quin NFN, corook, and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest
From viral “If I Were a Fish” to M83’s essential “Midnight City”
"...held for the final date of Austin City Limits Festival, where the Chronicle team caught another heavyweight run of..."
Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman
ACL Fest Interview: Big Thief
Brooklyn folk rockers in the Friday interview spotlight
"...Fielding inquiries into her Brooklyn-launched folk rock group Big Thief, frontwoman Adrianne Lenker also narrates..."
Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
A New Favorite at Old Settler’s: Sierra Ferrell
Rising roots singer impresses at the Central Texas folk campout
"...My time at Old Settler’s Music Festival wasn’t long, a single Saturday — not even counting..."
Oct. 26, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Dome Sweet Dome
How do you contain an international music festival? Build a dome, and they will calm.
"...stage for good. What a perfect end to the Festival, really...."
April 1, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
An Old Soul
Emily Elbert's bright side
"...The biggest surprise at last month’s Old Settler’s Music Festival was Emily Elbert. She won the Youth Talent Competition..."
May 21, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Danny Schmidt: Slow & Easy & Winning the Race
Doing business with a native Austin writer
"...Danny Schmidt remains the kind of beloved folk troubadour that begins a Kickstarter campaign for a new..."
Sept. 5, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham
Residential Address: Jenny Parrott's Cozy Nest of Songs and Stories at Hole in the Wall
The Austin folk experimentalist offers a free-entry Friday time portal
"...from 5:30 to 7:30pm stands Jenny Parrott. The Austin folk experimentalist's tasteful crooning about lonely late-night walks on "Stalkin'..."
