Gwich’in Athabascan songwriter Daniel Firmin of Fort Yukon and Fairbanks performs “Call Me What You Want” as part of the Red Carpet Celebration Sessions.
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Red Carpet Concert: Indian Agent, ‘Refined’
Trickster Company, Kindred Post and KTOO Public Media present the 2018 Celebration Sessions featuring Indian Agent.
Red Carpet Concert: Lily Hope, ‘One Square Inch in Chilkat Weaving’
Trickster Company, Kindred Post and KTOO Public Media presents the 2018 Celebration Sessions featuring Juneau artist Lily Hope.
To institutional gatekeepers, indigenous artists say, ‘share your power’
Tlingit and Dena’ina playwright Vera Starbard says she let non-indigenous audiences compromise her art.
US poet laureate visits Alaska to celebrate poems in rural communities
U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is visiting Juneau as part of a national tour to rural communities in Alaska, South Dakota, Maine and Louisiana.
Bronze puts contemporary spin on traditionally carved Native house posts
The three new house posts to be raised were carved from cedar, then cast in bronze. They weigh close to 1,000 pounds each.
Southeast Alaska’s Revilla release new ‘North Sea’ EP
After their breakout set at this year’s Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau, Seattle by-way-of Southeast Alaska band Amish Robots have changed their name to Revilla and released a new EP.
The story behind the student-made folk festival backdrop
The students are auctioning off the backdrop to raise money for their trip to Craig to compete in the Region V Art Fest.
Folk Fest headliners harmonize on stage and off
Pharis Romero says words like “vintage” and “country” and maybe even “old folk” come to mind when describing their sound.
Music: Hope Griffin live on ‘A Juneau Afternoon’
Griffin and Bennett dropped into KTOO to play us some tunes. This is the musicians’ first time to the Alaska Folk Festival.