Scott Burton hosts on Thursday, April 16, 2020. Thursday is National Public Radio Music Day. On this music-filled edition of Juneau Afternoon, we’ll meet next year’s Folk Fest guest artists Rosie Newton and Richie Stearns, spin some of their tunes, and hear about duck soup. (Videos coming soon!) We’ll play some Folk Fest-inspired tunes with…
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Community Connection: Don Levine
Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times. Don Levine writes, “Hi- since April is poetry month, I wrote a poem of these times. Tom Cosgrove saw it and suggested I submit to you. We were 20+ year SE…
Virtual Folk Fest celebration: Taylor Vidic
Sheli DeLaney hosts on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. On Tuesday’s show, we’ll continue our virtual Folk Fest celebration with musician Taylor Vidic. Bartlett Hospital will give us an update on their surge plan and current status of operations; We’ll check in with the Junior Editor of Tidal Echoes, the literary arts Journal of Southeast Alaska;…
Community Connection: Marc Wheeler
Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times. Marc Wheeler is the father of two and owns Coppa, a handcrafted ice cream and coffee shop, with his wife Jessica Paris. There’s no place he’d rather be during this difficult…
Virtual Folk Fest celebration: Sunny Porch Collaborative
Sheli DeLaney hosts on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. On Tuesday’s show, we’ll continue our virtual Folk Fest celebration with Melanie Brown and Marcus Beckmann of the Sunny Porch Collaborative. KRNN DJ Sergei Morosan will spin us some Folk Fest-inspired tunes. And we’ll continue our COVID-19-related check-ins with City Hall. That’s Juneau Afternoon on Tuesday at…
A week of Folk Fest-inspired content
Scott Burton hosts on Monday, April 13, 2020. On Monday’s show, we’ll begin our virtual celebration of Folk Fest with concerts, interviews with musicians, and more. Three-part interview with Erin and Andrew Heist: We’ll listen to the latest Community Connection pieces, Get the dirt on Juneau’s Virtual Garden Conference, And continue our COVID-19-related check-ins with…