Madeleine Peyroux And Shirley Collins To Keynote The 2022 Folk Alliance International Conference

KANSAS CITY, MO (CelebrityAccess) — The Folks Alliance introduced that jazz and blues legend Madeleine Peyroux and people icon Shirley Collins will keynote the 2022 Folks Alliance Worldwide Convention.

Set for Could 18-22 on the Westin Crown Heart Lodge in Kansas Metropolis, the Folks Alliance Worldwide Convention will happen as a hybrid occasion this yr, with each in-person and on-line choices to attend.

Madeleine’s keynote shall be offered in-person on the convention with livestreaming enabled for digital attendees.

For her keynote, Collins shall be interviewd by journalist Will Hodgkinson of The Occasions, offered by Horizons UK, with the dialogue hosted on-line for digital viewers and streamed on the convention for in-person attendees.

“Concerning music preservation, migration, evolution, and authenticity, Shirley and Madeleine characterize two completely different eras of deeply invested music collectors and interpreters who embody parts of our Dwelling Traditions theme from two sides of an ocean,” mentioned Aengus Finnan, Folks Alliance Government Director.

Registration for the 2022 Folks Alliance Worldwide Convention is now open however in-person capability for 2022 shall be restricted to simply 2,000 attendees primarily based on suggestions from public well being specialists.

Verification of a COVID-19 vaccination is required with a purpose to attend the in-person convention.