There’s a hip-hop/folk mixtape in my collection that samples a blustery, deep-voiced and unnamed man who proclaims: “Folk music is high-class music but there’s a lot of low-class people singing it. Matter of fact,...
Oh my God. Yum. Calgary is a city full of charitable souls and varied volunteer opportunities. In university, you’ve likely been told how good volunteering will look on your resume and maybe you’ve tracked...
By Kelsey Hipkin It’s time to grab the blankets and the picnic basket and head to Prince’s Island Park for the 31st annual Calgary Folk Festival July 22-25. “There’s a little bit of something...
For months the Calgary Folk Fest had been slowly revealing the 2010 line up of artists in anticipation of the full lineup being announced. The agonizing tease is finally over – folkies can flock...
With thousands of people visiting Wyckham House each week it was clear to the SAMRU that they needed to start addressing some environmental issues to limit waste. First item on the agenda: Styrofoam. On...
Easily one of the most interesting groups to attend this year’s Calgary Folk Fest, Umalali — with their group of spirited musicians working tirelessly to promote the endangered Garifuna culture — put on quite...
For the better part of 20 years, Kat Danser worked with people who were dying. Not exactly a cheery profession. Now, much of the heartfelt emotion poured into the 41-year-old’s performances comes directly from...
To describe Emily Wells’ music seems like a fairly daunting task, as there is not one singular sound or genre that would adequately characterize what she does. But daunting task or not, here goes:...
Building a robot, writing a graphic novel, manning the turntables and pushing a baby in a stroller. It may not be the life that most DJs lead, but it’s the one that the DJ...
In what was possibly the most star-studded mainstage lineup of the year at Calgary Folk Fest, 15-year hip-hop veterans Arrested Development, with their upbeat and positive lyrics, nearly stole the show. That is, at...
