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Edmonton Folk festival pushes boundaries *
ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN finds at Edmonton's show that the meaning of 'folk music' has become as wide as the Western prairie
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Estelle Klein dead at 74: She was 'the queen mother of Canadian folk music' *
Estelle Klein, doyenne of the highly political Toronto folk music scene for many years, was capable of great kindness to those she favoured, and vitriolic wrath to those with whom she had fallen out.
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Folk music: Nice people. That's the problem *
Too many contemporary folk musicians excuse dullness in song composition because, don't you know, it all comes from the heart, ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN writes
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Free folk concert in Grandview Park *
Wednesday, July 12, 2006, Grandview Park, Vancouver, BC
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Genius: What it is ain't exactly clear *
For those of you who were not born into the generation that dare not speak its name more than once or twice a sentence, Garth Hudson was a brilliant member of a brilliant band called the Band.
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Hall of fame honours Canada's songwriters *
Folk legend Gordon Lightfoot and Canadian country icon Hank Snow were among the first inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame that was officially launched on Wednesday.
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He walked the line *
The legend of Johnny Cash holds sway in truck stops, alt-rock clubs and even among gospel singers, ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN writes
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How the Eagles became the best-selling band of a generation *
Their greatest hits compilation has managed to become the best-selling album of all time in the United States.
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Jewel cancels tour *
Jewel has cancelled her North American tour due to the death of her bass player, her record company announced Thursday.
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Led it be *
Vintage rockers Led Zeppelin rise again, J.D. CONSIDINE writes, with the release of a live concert album and a video compilation of performances from the seventies
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Neil Young vilified by US pundits for antiwar album *
If the snippets Neil Young is posting on his website are any indication, his upcoming album, Living With War, will be a serious musical broadside against the Bush administration and the Iraq war.
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Neil Young, cinéaste *
The musician's most recent foray into the movies may annoy some old fans, but as JAMES ADAMS writes, the songwriter has the heart of a filmmaker
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Ron Sexsmith opens up *
There are people who write songs and then there are songwriters. Boyish and earnest Ron Sexsmith is one of the latter -- and one of the best in this country -- a songwriter's songwriter.
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Simon & Garfunkel heading out on the road again *
Fans couldn't help but be curious last fall when Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel strode onstage to open their reunion concerts with the song Old Friends.
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Simon and Garfunkel reunite *
Dusting the cobwebs off their friendship, the folk-rock duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel announced on Tuesday they were reuniting for a concert tour of North America this fall.
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The 2005 Vancouver Folk Music Festival (preview) *
Brit-bhangra ensemble The Dhol Foundation and hill-billy blues
sensations the Michael Jerome Brown Band will be among the
musicians, singers and songwriters from around the world and across
the street gathering at beautiful Jericho Beach Park July 15 - 17,
2005, Vancouver, BC
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The not-so-sweet saudade of success *
International fado star Mariza was pressured to make the music more commercial. Instead, she's taking the music back to its traditional roots, ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN writes
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Woodstock run by the Swiss *
Everyone's musical definitions were kept off balance at the Edmonton Folk Festival, ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN writes
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*A Mighty Wind (Garber review) ****
A Mighty Wind targets the true losers in the Folk Music Scene: the pompous and self-righteous folk impresarios and so-called artistic directors.
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Allison Crowe named Artist of the Week by Canadian-Music.com *
Canadian-Music.com: "Falling somewhere between Sarah McLachlan and Fiona Apple, B.C. native Allison Crowe's career is in an upward swing. An extremely gifted classically trained artist Allison has much to offer."
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Complete Unknown: Trailing the elusive Dylan *
Griffin Ondaatje and Craig Proctor have made a documentary on the myth of Bob Dylan in which Dylan barely appears -- which is fitting, given the subject matter, BRAD WHEELER writes
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Festival Express: All aboard the new rockumentary classic (Lacey review) *** 1/2
Pulled out of archives, garages and more than 30 years of legal limbo, about 70 hours of film have been carefully assembled into what amounts to a new rockumentary classic, Festival Express.
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Folk Festival 'Pied Pipers' Surprise Beachgoers *
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band Leads the March to Jericho Beach Park -- free concerts. Vancouver, BC, July 15, 2005.
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For lovin' him *
Top Canadian artists sing the praises of Gordon Lightfoot to PETER FENIAK and pay tribute to the singer-songwriter extraordinaire on the newly released CD Beautiful
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Johnny Cash, 71 *
Johnny Cash, a towering figure in American music spanning country, rock and folk and known worldwide as The Man in Black, has died, according to hospital officials in Nashville, Tenn. He was 71.
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Neil Young moves to Greendale *
Neil Young's fictional town of Greendale is home to 20,000 people, about the same number that filled the Air Canada Centre last Monday to hear him sing and tell stories about a place where old rural habits smack into the new media culture.
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Neil Young takes musical shots at Bush *
As President Bush continues his downward spiral, legendary Canadian singer Neil Young is taking shots at the Bush administration and its war in Iraq.
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SonyMusicDirect *
Music...your life? Find whatever your heart desires at SonyDirect.
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Sounds Like Summer 2005 Series *
Westcoast Performance and CBC Radio British Columbia are pleased to bring you yet another summer full of great, free summer concerts.
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The 2006 Vancouver Folk Music Festival *
From Bhangra to Old Time Fiddle, You Are The Folk -- This Is Your Music: Jericho Beach Park July 14 to 16, 2006, Vancouver, BC
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Truthfully Truthfully: The fine line between truth and something else ****
The title's a cumbersome mouthful, and probably grounds for suspicion. Is Joel Plaskett really coming clean, or is he just getting better?
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Vancouver Folk Music Festival, 2004 *
July 16, 17 & 18, 2004, Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC.
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Vancouver Folk Music Festival, 2005 *
Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC, July 15, 16 & 17, 2005.
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Welcome to popsouljazzblooza 2003 *
To grab the star names that draw audiences in, summer festivals are mixing musical genres with abandon, writes BRAD WHEELER
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