April 19, 2004
End of the lineAlaska Folk Festival Vice President Heather Haugland carries a faux cactus out of the National Guard Armory on Sunday as the 30th Annual Alaska Folk Festival wound down. Haugland and other festival volunteers helped clean up the armory after three consecutive nights of dances.
April 18, 2004
Here's howWhit Smith, a member of this year's Alaska Folk Festival guest artists, Hot Club of Cowtown, leads a swing guitar workshop in a full room Saturday morning at Centennial Hall.
April 16, 2004
Swinging at the Folk FestivalThe Hot Club of Cowtown, guest artists for the 30th Alaska Folk Festival, perform Thursday evening at Centennial Hall. Band members are, from left to right, Elana Fremerman, Whit Smith and Jake Erwin. The Austin, Texas, trio plays again at 11 p.m. tonight at the National Guard Armory and at 9 p.m. Sunday at Centennial Hall.
April 15, 2004
Eye of the StormAs the lone full-time member of Fairbanks jam band Gangly Moose to have attended the Alaska Folk Festival, drummer Kliff Hopson has informed bassist John Knetchel and guitarist Dave Parks of the logistical difficulties of the band's 12:15 p.m. Saturday main-stage slot.
Five Buck Fiddle returns with new CD
Fairbanks old-time dance band Five Buck Fiddle (www.fivebuckfiddle.com) will return to the Alaska Folk Festival for its second appearance in three years, this time with its brand-new, 15-song, debut, self-titled compact disc.
One member now in college, but Emeralds return for fourth fest
When the Emeralds played the Alaska Folk Festival last year, and received a standing ovation on a Friday night, the Anchorage teens had just released their first compact disc, "The Emerald Edge," and were without fiddle player Martha Leffek.
Photo: The Sun, the park and other things
Darrellene Karlson, a student at the University of Alaska Southeast, plays a song of her own composition Wednesday during lunch hour at Marine Park. Karlson won't be performing at the Alaska Folk Festival but will be attending festival jam sessions and workshops like many other musicians in town.
April 13, 2004
Let the music beginEric McDowell of Juneau talks to the audience during his performance on the first night of the 30th Alaska Folk Festival on Monday at Centennial Hall.
April 8, 2004
A block of wood and a world of their ownArtist maintains a subsistence lifestyle with his wife in Pelican
By KORRY KEEKER
Meet the guest artistsWith the 30th Alaska Folk Festival days away, April 12-18 at Centennial Hall and the Armory, the Empire takes a look at how each of the three guest artists was invited to play.