Tom Parkinson

Listen to Tom Parkinson's conversation about "Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories," the latest book by author and musician Elijah Wald.

The 16th Busker Festival returns to Lawrence Friday, Saturday and Sunday - bringing magicians, acrobats, clowns and other performers to the heart of the city. All the entertainment is free, but tips for the buskers are greatly appreciated. As Tom Parkinson explains, the spotlight this year is on the area's local musicians.

Singers, songwriters and instrumentalists recently gathered in Kansas City for the annual Folk Alliance International Conference. KPR's Tom Parkinson spoke with some of the musicians from Lawrence about their experience at the conference and prepared this audio postcard.

On February 9, 1964, the Beatles made their debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Sixty years later, we remember the impact of the so-called "British Invasion" in America and explore the odd Beatles connection to Kansas.

Kelley Hunt’s Acoustic Quartet performs Saturday (August 20, 2022) at the historic Jayhawk Theatre in downtown Topeka.

Most of the COVID-19 cases are clustered in the eastern part of Kansas, in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties. Isolated cases are also appearing in other parts of the state.

An eclectic line-up of nearly 30 bands will entertain on stages throughout downtown Emporia while the Granada Theatre presents a program of short films from around the world.

The band appears at the Bottleneck in Lawrence Friday night, September 28.

Now in its 11th year, the Busker Festival received a Visiting Artist Grant from the Kansas Creative Arts Commission to bring international performers to the streets of Lawrence.

The House Jumpers' new CD is a trip back in time to when hard swinging blues and R&B blasted from jukeboxes all across America.