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Kerry’s Block Heater: Our Folk Fest Meets Our National Music Centre

2018-02-132024-08-13

Kerry Clarke has been working the Calgary Folk Festival shop for so long we felt it indiscreet to ask her how many years it HAS been. Instead we asked for her take on a most interesting aspect to the first day of this year’s midwinter folkfest, the Block Heater. … Continue Reading >Kerry’s Block Heater: Our Folk Fest Meets Our National Music Centre

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Reggae at the Stampede? A brilliant mix in the heat of summer

2012-07-072021-07-19

Yup. Not exactly the standard fare for the ‘Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth,’ but you have to admit if there’s a music that belongs outside in the popular psyche, it’s Reggae. Does anyone even listen to reggae inside?

Except in Canada, of course. Otherwise there’d be an 8-month hiatus every year from the rasta riddim.
… Continue Reading >Reggae at the Stampede? A brilliant mix in the heat of summer