Willi Carlisle Returns to Alaska Folk Festival

0:00Here's more Anchorage news for March 2nd. Folks singer-songwriter Willie Carlow will be the guest artist at the 51st Annual Alaska Folk Festival next April. Hailing from Kansas and steeped in Ozark Mountain traditions, he has built his career reimagining classic folk sounds. This march is returned to the Juno event after performing there in 2019. Carlow first connected with the festival through Raudia Laskins he met at a Folk Alliance conference. He loves how the event focuses on community sharing, with everyday folks taking the stage to perform for each other. It's a model he thinks the world could learn from, especially amid modern distractions like endless ads and TV. In a recent interview, Carlow shared how folk music builds real connections and offers an alternative to late capitalism's pressures. He sees it as perpetuating oral traditions and collective rituals that keep community strong. His song line, just sing until you love yourself, love until you die, resonates with the

1:00festival spirit of everyday singers. He's thrilled to come back after seven years, calling it a dream come true. Carlow once the break away from celebrity vibes at other festivals, reignite folks activists excited and learn from local pickers on guitar, banjo, and fiddle. He described a folk singer as a dreamer with a long memory honoring past struggles through living traditions. For new musicians, his advice is simple, be an almanac, not an encyclopedia. Study the past, but share it to connect people and have fun. He hopes audiences sing and dance along, making it worth every penny for organizers and attendees, and plans to jam late into the night. D&N is brought to you by our sponsor link in the description. Your bedtime ritual just got better. Built in Sound, Built in Comfort, S-O-L-L-I, solelypillow.com