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...
By Kelsey Hipkin And the winner is… First up, because my friends have been badgering me about it, the final numbers for the Stampede Calorie Challenge. James Paton and I went head to head...
By Gabrielle Domanski The wet Calgary weather last Saturday didn’t manage to dissuade the eager OK Go fans from gathering early at the Stampede’s Coca-Cola Stage. The turnout probably could have been better but...
By Kelsey Hipkin *Disclaimer: Have you ever seen that episode of CSI where the poor guy eats himself to death? This is nothing like that, sort of…there was lots of eating but no death. What...
Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Centre up and coming music venue By Kelsey Hipkin After the festivities that were Sled Island and before the hay bales and cowboy hats that is the Stampede, there was a slight...
Day 2. The plan was to not be as wrecked as yesterday. It sort of worked. Thursday at work wasn’t as productive as I wanted to be, but what the fuck did expect? Not...
By Selina Renfrow 213 bands. 4 days. It’s not the most music in that short a short period of time, but Sled Island’s line up is impressive and daunting. Knowing full well that I couldn’t...
Aislinn Grant Friday, July 2 Higher Ground 9 p.m. By Kelsey Hipkin Some musicians train for years at their craft, picking up an instrument and taking voice lessons from a very early age but...
