Category: 2016

KFF2016, Day 12, Monday, June 6

KFF2016, Day 12, Monday, June 6

| June 8, 2016 | Reply

The Sundown Concert (these happen between the weekends) of Monday night featured musician and jewelry designer Rex Foster and bluegrass/country picker Peter Rowan; and was billed as them …”& friends.” One of those friends (a surprise) was Robert Earl Keen, who commented that he used to be glad to come to Kerrville (and that usually […]

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KFF2016, Day 7, Wednesday, June 1

KFF2016, Day 7, Wednesday, June 1

| June 2, 2016 | Reply

Songwriter’s School faculty in concert photos, click here. Bill Nash, Connor Garvey, Steve Gillette, Steve Seskin, Vance Gilbert, Johnsmith, and Mary Gauthier These various talented musicians have been teaching songwriting school since Monday, switching students and back and forth in smaller groups and even individual study, until every student had a chance to work with every […]

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KFF2016, Day 3, Saturday, May 28

KFF2016, Day 3, Saturday, May 28

| June 1, 2016 | Reply

Since the 32 New Folk semi-finalists were grouped into one folder for other use, they will also be grouped together here as well. Actually, tho, they played, 16 each day, on both Saturday and Sunday, and then the top six finalists were named late Sunday night from the Kennedy (main) stage. These people were from all […]

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KFF2016, Day 2, Friday, 5.27

KFF2016, Day 2, Friday, 5.27

| May 31, 2016 | Reply

  It was exciting to hear the six University Scholars who had won their separate contests, and then to perform at the Threadgill Theater. Afterwards, tho I was able to photograph a couple of the Kennedy Theater concerts that evening, I also worked diligently on the contest musicians to get them ready for this. Thusly, […]

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KFF2016, Day 1, Thursday, 5.26.16

KFF2016, Day 1, Thursday, 5.26.16

| May 31, 2016 | Reply

Thursday, May 25, the gates opened at 6 p.m., music started at 7 p.m. There had been a ballad tree (songwriting circle) hosted by Butch Morgan earlier in the day. It was a casual day, with volunteer staff members coming in throughout the day — several/many had been here for days ahead, getting the grounds […]

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