Dispatches from the Vancouver Folk Music Festival day three (Sunday)
On a stage packed with brilliant performers, before a packed audience spread for meters and meters in all directions across a shaded field, Krystal Dos Santos stood before the microphone perfectly still and silent. For a Full. Minute. No one ...
Dispatches from the Vancouver Folk Music Festival day two (Saturday)
10:30 and I’m headed to the bus stop for day two of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. I’m a little better prepared today. I’ve brought along a tote bag, which I’ve loaded up with a refillable water cup to take ...
Dispatches from the Vancouver Folk Music Festival day one (Friday)
Running late as usual. 5:15 and I’ve hopped onto the wrong bus. Correct that mistake quickly (thank you Vancouver Transit). Missed the big sign where media was to check in and stood in line with everyone else. Got redirected, and ...
Anthony Stonechild gets a history lesson about the Vancouver Folk ...
Back in the day I used to do an arts report for the local college radio station. It was frankly more of an excuse to squire my elderly aunt about town, taking in what Vancouver had to offer artistically. Her ...