Westin Hotel Kansas City
This was our fourth Folk Alliance and it was as wild as ever, with over 2500 attendees, daytime panels and meetings, and thousands of showcases between the hours of 6pm and 3am. Sleep is at a premium and you’re lucky if you get any, especially after a transatlantic flight and a reaaranged body clock. However, we’re not complaining, it was a joyous experience to be around people from around the world all with the same love of live music.
We saw some really amazing performances there, met up with a bunch of people from across the world as well as here in the UK and have come home with lots of new ideas for artists to bring to TLR in the coming years. We’ll be sharing these with you as soon as we can.
Here is a selection of photos of our trip, we hope you enjoy them
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Union Station, across the road from the venue and our regular breakfast cafe!
Day 1, Wednesday
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The Henhouse Prowlers; Bassett; and Michele Stodardt
Day 2, Thursday
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Skerryvore
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El Pony Pisador
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The Accidentals
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John Smith
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Willie Watson
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Night time over Kansas City from the 20th floor
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Justin Adams & Mauro Durante
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Joachim Cooder
Day 3, Friday
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Billow Wood
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Dimpker Brothers
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Northern Resonance
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Humbird
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Mirja Klippel
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Julia Alapnes
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Grainne Hunt
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Alice Howe & Freebo
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Puuluup
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Okan
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Moneka Arabic Jazz
Day 4, Saturday
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Hilary by the almost invisible lifts!
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Rosier
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Musique a Bouches
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Dean Owens & The Sinners
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Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly
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Ensemble Sangineto
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Beth Nielsen Chapman
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Robbie Cavanagh
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Barbara Lica
……and some final shots of the hotel during the conference….
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