Artists: you have until Friday to submit for the Canadian ...
Heads up, artists! Friday is the submission deadline for the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Canadian artists who have released recordings between May 1, 2021 and July 15, 2022 are eligible to submit. Submission fees are once again reduced due to ...
Leslie Thompson contemplates stardom, folk values and Taj Mahal at ...
It has long been the philosophical foundation at Canadian folk festivals that we abstain from the “star making machinery” in favour of the overall festival experience based on musical diversity and equality. No one artist is to be favoured or ...
Dispatches from the 2022 Vancouver Island Music Festival day three ...
Well despite dealing with changing COVID-9 regulations, Vancouver Island residents came out to support their favourite festival again by selling out tickets on the weekend. And on Sunday, we have learned that the music usually starts with a “don’t miss ...
Dispatches from the 2022 Mariposa Folk Festival: day three (Sunday)
We started Day Three with a workshop calle We’ve Got Nothing But Love to Prove at the Estelle Klein Stage. It featured Dala, Harrow Fair, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell – who was slightly delayed by the sound-check for her ...
Dispatches from a day at London’s Sunfest (Saturday)
The beautiful lush greenery of Victoria Park’s majestic trees share the urban landscape with centuries-old architecture and sleek modern buildings. This is the home of SunFest, a world music and jazz festival that first opened its gates in 1995. A ...
Dispatches from the Vancouver Island Music Festival day two (Saturday)
Although the forecast called for showers off and on on Saturday (July 9), the actual weather for the second day of the 2022 Vancouver Island MusicFest (VIMF) was a perfect temperature for listening to music. This day felt very much like ...
Dispatches from the 2022 Mariposa Folk Festival day two (Saturday)
To start with, I’d like to give a shout-out to the staff and volunteers here at Mariposa, who have all been so warm, inviting, and accommodating. It’s always a pleasure to come to here. As we pulled in for day two, ...
Dispatches from the 2022 Vancouver Island Music Festival day one ...
With a two-year pandemic break, we certainly did not know what to expect when we headed down on Friday , July 8 for the first evening of the 2022 Vancouver Island MusicFest (VIMF) . My brother and his wife are ...
Dispatches from the 2022 Mariposa Folk Festival day one (Friday)
After a long Friday afternoon drive up the 400 from Toronto to Orilla, with no cellphone GPS to guide us to our exact destination once we were in the general vicinity – thanks to the all-day Rogers service disruption – ...
The Durham County Poets decided to focus on the positive ...
We are living in turbulent times. There’s the war in Ukraine, the ongoing climate crisis, the fight for women’s rights, the continued concern about COVID-19, the struggle for Indigenous rights and so many more issues. To quote from Anne Murray’s ...