Apr 7, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
The Late Nanci Griffith and Acclaimed Conjunto Artist Flaco Jiminez to Receive Lifetime Achievement Recognition Kansas City, MO (April 7, 2022) – Folk Alliance International(FAI), the foremost global nonprofit for folk music and the producers of the...
Mar 15, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
March 9, 2022, Kansas City, MO – Folk Alliance International (FAI), the foremost global nonprofit for folk music, is thrilled to announce beloved jazz and blues artist Madeleine Peyroux and Crown-honored English folk music icon Shirley Collins as keynote...
Feb 24, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Kansas City, MO (February 24, 2022) – Folk Alliance International (FAI), the foremost global nonprofit for folk music, today announced its 2022 Artist in Residence (AIR) project; a commissioned piece by Canadian multi-instrumentalist Saskia Tomkins in...
Feb 9, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Folk Alliance International (FAI), a Kansas City-based 501(c)3 and the foremost global nonprofit for folk music, has been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from...
Jan 13, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Aengus Finnan, Folk Alliance International’s fourth Executive Director in the organization’s 35-year history, has announced that he will step down from the role in 2022. He has been at the helm of FAI since June 2014. During his tenure, FAI expanded its definition of...
