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Virgin Fest Sunday (partial) review

The weird thing is, as I walked into Virgin Fest and over to the left side of the stage, I glanced up at the scrolling bar on the top of the video screen that...

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Virgin Fest: Not so secret anymore

Any up-and-coming band will tell you that giving into the frustration of a career lacking success comes all to easy. Constant disappointment can seemingly warrant a band’s decision to quit. However, according to Secret...

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Virgin Fest live blog Saturday

1:37:05 PM: All the media dudes at #vfestyyc have macbooks. Waiting for the great bloomers to start the festival. 1:50:21 PM: Thank the sunshine lords for bringing it today. If rain shows up today...

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Folk Fest: Pacifika drinks in voyage

You can’t help but think of the ocean when you hear of the band Pacifika. When you see pictures of the three band members, Silvana Kane, Adam Popowitz and Toby Peter, they all seem...

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Folk Fest: Bell Orchestre feeds off instrumental chaos

Offering up a more classical twist for tonight’s lineup at the Folk Festival, is Montreal’s Bell Orchestre. The 6-piece instrumental band’s debut album was nominated for Juno in the Best Instrumental Album category and...

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Folk Fest: Whiteman keeps on hustlin’

Andrew Whiteman likes being the boss. That’s why the long-time frenetic guitarist of Juno award-winning Broken Social Scene ventured off on his own enterprise creating Apostle of Hustle in 2001, a sort of indie-hip-hop...

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Folk Fest: Gomez growing gallantly

Gaining exposure in the vast North American music scene is never easy. If your group started out overseas the difficult task can be compounded even further English indie rock quintet Gomez has been fighting...

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Stampede: Thornley struts his stuff

Probably best known as the former lead singer of Big Wreck, Ian Thornley continues his trek with a new band — conveniently titled Thornley. Donning a traditional white cowboy hat on Wednesday night, Thornley...