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Kansas City singer Jim Cosgrove has spent the past two decades performing songs about dancing dinosaurs and other kid-friendly topics all over Kansas…
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Segment 1: How Missouri schools prepare for an active shooter situation.In the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the 18th shooting…
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Olivia Fox is the Kansas City-based folk-pop trio of Aubrey Callahan, Lauren Flynn and Tiffany Smith. Formed in 2016, it's one of the most fully realized…
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Segment 1: Kansas' Third-Biggest School District Picks A New LeaderAfter a months-long hiring process, the Shawnee Mission School District Board of…
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Segment 1: Why the face of vocational tech education is changing.When you think of career education classes for high schoolers, what comes to mind? Maybe…
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Three musicians discuss the influence of protest music, what makes a song political and how protest songs of times past compare (or differ) to…
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“Outside a Small Circle of Friends,” by Phil Ochs, is not a typical protest song.The song tells the biting, sardonic tale of all-too-normal people walking…
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The artist: Calvin ArseniaThe song: "Kansas City, Baby"The album: CatastropheThe accompaniment: Jessica Paige (vocals), Coleen Dieker (violin), Joe Donley…
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An 11 a.m. Sunday slot at any festival, especially the Kansas City Folk Festival, is a dicey gig, and Lawrence singer-songwriter Sky Smeed admits his…
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What’s the future of protest music?That was a reasonable question for the hundreds of musicians who came to Kansas City in mid-February for the Folk…
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On Sunday, shortly before 11 a.m., British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg declared he was "itching to do a gig." It was day five of the Folk Alliance…
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At first blush, Olathe doesn’t immediately come to mind as one of the primary refuges for folk music in the region.But starting about two years ago, the…