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Jon and Roy brings west coast sound to Edmonton Folk Music Festival
On the last day of Folk Fest, it rained non-stop. I’m from Vancouver, and between the endless downpour and folk band Jon and Roy’s chill, west coast stylings, I felt like I had been transported home. Jon and Roy, who…
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Lord Huron serenades mainstage crowd at the 2018 Edmonton Folk Music Festival
If I were wandering the desert without food or water, certain I would die of exposure at any moment, all I’d want to listen to would be Lord Huron. That thought kept going through my head as the Los Angeles-based…
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When the personal becomes political: Talking to Chastity Brown at the 2018 Edmonton Folk Music Festival
On August 12, 2018, at 5:50 p.m., Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Chastity Brown graced Stage 5 of the 2018 Folk Fest with her meditative lyrics and soulful singing. I met Brown in a dark, dank backroom of the Media Services tent scarcely…
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The Edmonton Folk Music Festival: Day 4 in Photos
The closing day of the 2018 Edmonton Folk Music Festival, while cold, wet, and muddy, still warmed the hearts of dedicated festival-goers as Shakey Graves kicked off the final set of main stage performances. A kaleidoscopic crowd of rain jacket-ed…
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Tash Sultana rocks the stage at the 2018 Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Australian musician Tash Sultana (who uses they/them pronouns) was my first show at Folk Fest ever. I think they may have actually ruined the festival for me — not because it was a bad act, but because I don’t know…
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Painting in the language of love: Talking to Las Cafeteras at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival
On August 11, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., a vibrant cocktail of sounds erupted on the Edmonton Folk Music Festival main stage. Las Cafeteras, an East Los Angeles-based band that blends hip hop with the Afro-Mexican folk music tradition of son…
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The Edmonton Folk Music Festival: Day 1 in Photos
The first night of the 2018 Edmonton Folk Music Festival kicked off with a sandstorm of desert blues in Gallagher Park, as legendary Tuareg world music group Tinariwen opened the night with the vibrant sounds of their homeland Mali. Ukrainian…
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