The night is alive
Whether you’re in the mood for indie pop, rock, punk, metal, or dance music, Calgary’s downtown core plays host to a variety of clubs that will appeal to any and all musical tastes. We...
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Virgin Fest: Big sound, bigger van
Ryan Guldemond, leader of the Vancouver-based modern-rock group Mother Mother, is becoming an authority on cheap hotels. “We’re on the road so much, I’m a regular hotel connoisseur,” jokes the Bowie-esque guitarist and frontman....
Virgin Fest: Arkells relish Canuck comradery
It may be cliché to paint all Canadians as a polite group of people. It’s hard to believe if you’ve ever been to a NHL game and see the devotion fans express by being...
Folk Fest: Party in the park closes on high note
Four days of music, dancing and likely lots and lots of drinking came to a close with a beautiful mainstage show on Sunday night, featuring the likes of Mavis Staples and Loreena McKennitt, to...
Folk Fest: Queen of the swamp
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...
Folk Fest: Wells not afraid to get Dirty
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:...
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...
Folk Fest: Kid Koala keeps his paws busy
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...
Folk Fest: Escovedo’s been to the circus and back . . . a few times
Whether he’s playing for the Calgary crowd at the Folk Festival or opening up for the Sex Pistols in 1978, Alejandro Escovedo always plays with passion. This San Antonio born singer/songwriter has a distinct...
Folk Fest: Arrested Development still seeks to empower
The jeans are no longer acid washed or tapered, we may have not been ready for a black president 15 years ago but now we have one, lumberjacks have taken back plaid, and Michael...
