After their breakout set at this year’s Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau, Seattle by-way-of Southeast Alaska band Amish Robots have changed their name to Revilla and released a new EP.
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How Gustavus’ spruce tips get into Juneau’s ice cream and booze
Each spring, about 50 pickers young and old get paid a few bucks a pound to collect spruce tips during a short harvest window in small town Gustavus.
The story behind the student-made folk festival backdrop
The students are auctioning off the backdrop to raise money for their trip to Craig to compete in the Region V Art Fest.
Folk Fest headliners harmonize on stage and off
Pharis Romero says words like “vintage” and “country” and maybe even “old folk” come to mind when describing their sound.
Music: Hope Griffin live on ‘A Juneau Afternoon’
Griffin and Bennett dropped into KTOO to play us some tunes. This is the musicians’ first time to the Alaska Folk Festival.
2018 Folk Fest Nightlife Guide
Once again, your friends at KTOO listed the downtown evening venue schedules all in one place. As these things go, we’ll be updating the schedule daily with changes, new events, and start times as we learn more.