All things KnewFoulke

Catch our Next Practice (update 3/09)

THAT’S RIGHT nearly every Saturday night 9 PM EST you can catch us at http://mogulus.com/knewfoulkelive doing our weekly practice night. Sometimes Just Ned and I, sometimes we’ll drag the whole band into the studio (read, basement). YOU CAN REQUEST TUNES FROM THIS LINK AND WE’LL TRY AND PLAY THEM. You can also click on THIS LINK HERE for a fullscreen chat/video so you can talk it up with the other KF fans out there (yes there are some!)

the Knew Guy, AJ Mitchell is the knew guy (get it!!??) to the KF roundup playing bass for us in the new year. He comes from 25+ years of experience and was 23% off at the bass player store and was a bargain. Not only does AJ have NO FEAR which is essential when backing me up due to the fact I NEVER play a tune the same way (or length, or key even) twice but he already knows nearly the entire catalog of tunes we play. Yes he’s a welcome addition to the team and we look forward to having a picture of him once one exists.

Knewfoulke’s catalog includes over 400 cover songs It’s been called the Musicans Bible, the holly grail, maybe I can get an actual picture of ....the book (ahhhhhh) Inside said book is carefully printed out several hundred songs that we use in our gigs. We use handouts to let people ‘choose our sets’ for us and interact with us sometimes letting them front our band with a project we call GUITARYOKI. Why not have a look yourself if you can’t wait for the next gig. You can access our entire playlist HERE. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SONGS WE PLAY!!

Maximum sound, minimum footprint. If you were looking for the most sound for your dollar, with the minimum amount of space taken up, then KF is your best bang for the buck. We can create an entire musical environment with full 5 part vocal harmonies along with guitar, bass, harmonica, and percussion in a small space that requires only a 15 x 15 foot square. The group can be scaled to fit into the environment. If all you needed was a duo with guitars, that can be done and not loose the great harmonies. If you wanted the whole four piece band, that’s fine too. If customers wanted to enjoy the music, they could focus on it, but if they wanted to have a conversation with the person next to them, they could also do that.

Free Music for Download

Yeah, its FREE!!! The names of songs listed on the left hand side of the site are from old KF albums and demos that were never released. These are FREE SONGS you can download from KnewFoulke, (ahem, you’re welcome). Most of these are studio demo’s that were deemed unfinished by it’s overbearing, demanding yet unquestionable genius writer. So instead of letting them rot on my hard drive for years (which some have for as many as 10 or more) here are over a dozen KF MP3’s for your listening pleasure. If you wanted to hear what KF sounds like, click on any of the songs located on the left hand side of the page to hear them. You can also RIGHT CLICK on them and save them to your computer if you do not have the proper active X controls for your web browser.

All music produced is free to anyone who wants to download it as long as they enjoy it and pimp it to as many other people as is humanly possible.

Hope you enjoyed stopping by and any requests or questions please email us at kidd@knewfoulke.com

Updated 5/10/09

Did some strange

guys drop this off

at your bar?

We’ve been canvassing the Delaware Valley bugging bartenders and their bosses alike looking to play more gigs around town. Maybe you ARE one of those guys, in which case, hey thanks for loading the site, pick a tune to find out we don’t suck, or catch a vid of us playing some tunes

We nearly always play as a trio (guitar / vocal, lead, bass ) but we have been known to drag john out of his hole to back us up with some heavy percussion.

We charge according to the crowd you get, so if you’re making money, so are we. Likewise if the place is dead, we scale back out contract for the evening. We want to work together so everyone does well. Go figure.

History

KnewFoulke is more of a style of music than an actual band. It’s a cross between Heavy Snyth New Age and Acoustic Folk Music (new + folk = KnewFoulke). With short, catchy tunes that usually revolve around a story, it’s easy to come away from a KF show humming their tunes. It’s interesting to note that knewfoulke is neither new age, or folksy.

Formed in 1990ish they played around the Philly area in bars, bookstores and coffee houses. Due to the hectic day schedules of its members regular gigs were seldom, and after time, KF faded away, but not before producing one album tilted (though the name doesn't actually appear on the cover) Integrity has been compromised, In 1993.

In 1996 they reformed losing a bass and gaining drums to play several gigs in the Philly / Delaware area before once again fading into obscurity. But not before KILLING at the Grape St. Pub, yeah!

In 2000 it reformed again with a different drummer and bass player to produce a second album. After dozens of studio hours working on the next album (titled: Y is Tru) they wrapped it up, unfinished, and put it in the vault where many of the tunes sit today. The Y album was never released, but many of the songs are available free on line here in the new Century.

2008 (present day) Once more KF has dragged itself out of history and the lead man (Kiddpark, me) plays at local coffee houses in the Delaware Valley, especially the Coffee Club on State Street in Media Pa.

KF Achievements:

Knewfoulke (or KF) was formed in 1991

Performed at the Marlbro Talent Music Roundup

(insert whip sound here) where it made it to the finals of over 250 bands around Philadelphia PA.

Made the semi finals of the UNISONG international song contest with their tune ‘Flying with the Drones’.

KF was listed in MUSICIAN magazine as one of the top 200 Unsigned bands in America (Nov 92)

(though they’d rather be listed as the bottom SIGNED bands if asked)

Played to 6000 at Turks Head Music Festival simulcast on Television

Made semi finals Plowshares Music Contest

Current KnewFoulke Members:

Carl Park (kiddpark): Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica, 12 String

Ned Park: Acoustic & electric guitars, bass, lead guitar,

AJ Mitchel: Bass

Contact Information:

You can e-mail Knewfoulke by clicking HERE to reach their management to order a demo or a press kit. Be sure to leave your information and a number or e-mail so that we can get back to you.

KF Links

Email KnewFoulke

give us a buzz

KF YouTube Page

video’s of KF in action

KF Live Page

Most Saturday nights

KiddParks FaceBook

yeah we exist there too

KnewFoulke Lyrics

listing of old KF tunes