Karen Leyse's blog

This afternoon at 2 p.m., In the Key of Folk will be featuring fiddlers from Celtic, Spanish, and Scandinavian genres in conjunction with performances here in Sacramento this week.  We'll feature a couple of pieces from the recent first album, Dots of Light, by San Miguel Fraser, a duo from Valladolid, Spain, comprised of Galen Fraser and his wife, Maria San Miguel, who will be performing in Sacramento this Friday. They'll be followed by a series of pieces featuring sisters Natalie and Brittany Haas, and Swedish fiddler Lena Jonsson, who gave a great show at the Sofia on Labor Day. Your hostess Karen will also be featuring pieces by the members of The Figments, a band that is a subset of the unique and marvellous contra dance band, Elixir.

This afternoon at 2PM, on In the Key of Folk, we have a variety of songs related to the upcoming holiday, Labor Day. The songs variously touch on the subjects of migration, jobs, settlement of the country, and the workers' sacrifices. Selections are by musicians including Tim O'Brian, Dick Gaughan, Woody Guthrie, Lady Maisery, Nanci Griffith, Los Cenzontles, Jez Lowe, Gordon Lightfoot, and the Harris-Parton-Ronstadt trio.  Again, tune in at 2PM Wednesday on KDRT.org I hope that you'll join us.

This afternoon on In the Key of Folk, we'll start off with a set of pieces by contra dance musicians past and present. Then we'll move into more contemporary singer songwriters for a bit, and end with a variety of music from the Galicia and Asturias, the Celtic areas of Spain. 

Planned music includes Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder (Hoyer), Nightingale, Stringrays, San Miguel Fraser, Chatham County Line, John Gorka, Roseanne Cash, Faltriqueira, Riobó, Felpeyu, and Scotland's Tannahill Weavers. Come join us for an hour this afternoon,  2 p.m. Wednesday on KDRT.org.

This afternoon the 2 p.m. program, In the Key of Folk, includes music by Aoife O'Donovan and Hawktail, Anna Tivel, One for the Foxes, The Crannua Collective, Karan Casey, Amber Cross, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Shawn Hess, I See Hawks in La, and former and current contra dance musicians Jamie Lavall, and The Figments. Come join in for a melodic afternoon of traditional and "new traditional" folk, some waltzes, and contemporary singer-songwriter offerings.

Last week In the Key of Folk joined our programming schedule. You're invited to tune in to enjoy a mix of genres focused on traditional and contemporary folk music, Americana, Celtic, Nordic, Spanish, and bluegrass.

The hour will also include a variety of songs and tunes that are played for contra dances across the nation and beyond. If the term "contra dancing" doesn’t ring familiar, tune in to learn more.