Folk Fest offers up a beautiful time
A very serious look back at Serena Ryder Daniel Bergman Contributor At the Calgary Folk Music Festival, time is not sequential. When I look back over the years at my encounters...
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Calgary Folk Fest 2012
Our arts editor captured some of the best performances at this year’s Calgary Folk Fest. Photos: Nathan Ross
After The Sun unite to rise
MRU musicians demonstrate their chops at Kensington coffee house Nathan Ross The Reflector Summer 2011 has been a delight for music lovers of all types in Calgary. As per usual, there seemed to...
Blue Rodeo tops off a night of Canadiana at Calgary Folk Fest
By Vanessa Gillard Sunday evening at Folk Fest this year was a hard one to top; the beautiful weather had put everyone in a splendid mood and the sunset was beating orange on the...
Calgary Folk Fest delivers on all fronts
By Sean-Paul Boynton When the sun finally decided to keep on shining throughout the weekend after a gloomily rained-out Friday, the 2011 Calgary Folk Music Festival truly came alive. In this reviewer’s opinion, the...
Justin Townes Earl plays intimate show at The Marquee Room
By Therese Shultz It’s not very often that an artist can renew the sounds of our roots and bring them to an audience in an entirely new light. Mr. Justin Townes Earle is the...
Folkin’ great time
Erin Lough, with camera in hand, captured some images from the Calgary Folk Fest that ran July 22-25 at Prince’s Island Park.
Folk Fest: St. Vincent wows the crowd
By Kelsey Hipkin If you haven’t read the books or seen the movies, the Twilight series features a family of beautiful vampires named the Cullen’s. Pale and beautiful with a lovely voice, St. Vincent...
Outside the gates of Folk Fest
by Katie Turner While the music may be happening behind the fences of Calgary’s Folk Music Festival, there’s a different kind of party outside the gates. Friday afternoon saw hundreds of festival-goers waiting in...
Kelsey Does Calgary: Folk-me that’s a great festival…
I like folk music. I like all sorts of music actually, but have always loved the freedom and fun-lovingness (as well as the melancholy) that can be folk music. That being said, when you...
