The hosts of the 49th annual Alaska Folk Festival offered a bit more than the traditional crowd singalong of “Goodnight Irene” to end the weeklong event on Sunday night, with hints about next year’s ...

When Pamyua’s frontman Qacung Stephen Blanchett was touring across North Slope communities decades ago, he was happy to share funk, soul and rock music in the villages, but he was also excited to come ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Fortenbery thought he was writing a record. He didn’t expect to end up with 10 eulogies instead. “It probably comes off as ...

Alaska Folk Festival secretary Hiram Henry said that aside from a change in venues from Centennial Hall to the Juneau Arts and Culture Center and Juneau Douglas Yadaa.at Kalé High School, Juneauites ...

It’s been a free-for-all jamboree for a half-century, yet somehow the 50th annual Alaska Folk Festival still achieved the golden feat of a sellout. Among the many notable numbers mentioned during the ...