Interview with Marlon Williams
I talked with Marlon Williams this past summer at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival outdoors in...
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Interview with Emmanuel Jal
I talked with Emmanuel Jal this past summer at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival outdoors in...
Read MoreVancouver Folk Music Festival July 18-20
The 37th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway mid-July, starting off on Friday evening with musicians performing from all over the world thru Sunday night. This is one of my favourite music festivals, I have...
Read MoreEating on the Other Side at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival
As you know I had the spent the weekend of July 13-15, 2012 eating my way around the food court and other eateries on site at the Vancouver Folk Music Fest. What you may not know is that I also spent part of the weekend eating...
Read MoreInterview with Johnny Clegg
I sat down with Johnny Clegg recently at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival backstage in Jericho Beach Park and talked with him about his music and performing globally, here is what he had to say. You have performed all over the...
Read MoreInterview with Dan Mangan
I sat down with Dan Mangan recently at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival outdoors in Jericho Beach Park and talked with him about his music and direction, here is what he had to say. What would you attribute your present growth...
Read More35th Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Blessed by warm weather and clear skies (at least for the most part of it), the 2012 edition of Vancouver’s legendary Folk Music Festival took place from July 13 to July 15 at Jericho Beach. Following its unique taste and...
Read MoreInterview with The Fugitives
The Vancouver-based band The Fugitives is of a special breed: It is the combination of talents of 4 young musicians (Adrian Glynn, Barbara Adler, Brendan McLeod, and Steve Charles), who, for the most part, started their careers...
Read MoreInterview with Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal: From South Sudan with love. Even before South Sudan became an independent state in the summer of 2011, there were people out there who were already planting their artistic seeds musical scene of soon-to-be-born...
Read MoreInterview with Josh Ritter
Josh Ritter is nowadays better known for his fresh music, which always carries a very distinctive style that made of him and his Royal City Band one of the main attractions of the most recent Vancouver Folk Music Festival. But...
Read More34th Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Less Folk, More World
The rain and oddly adverse summer weather were no obstacle for music lovers to enjoy the 34th Vancouver Folk Festival. Thousands of people, locals and visitors, grown ups and children alike, gathered once again at the Jericho...
Read MoreVancouver Folk Music Festival July 15-17
The 34th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway this weekend July 15-17, starting off on Friday evening with musicians performing from all over the world thru Sunday night. This is one of my favourite music...
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