Artist for your Weekend-Nick Drake

August 3, 2012

So we have this nice little bloggity blog that we rarely ever use so I’m gonna make use of it. Once a week-I think every Friday-I will post a new artist that you may or may not have heard of and that I think you should check out. It’ll make your weekend better. First artist [...]

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Favourite Songs of 2012… so far.

July 8, 2012

With the halfway mark of the year just passed, a few colleagues have been asking me what’s stood out so far in 2012. There has been a lot of great music to choose from, so I thought I’d share. Even with 33 songs, by no means is this list exhaustive. In fact, I had a [...]

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Sasquatch…Vancouver?

June 2, 2012

  As many of you know, my passion for music is equally matched by my distaste for camping. Why someone would intentionally forgo the ability to shower, cook, sleep under a roof, etc. in the name of fun is beyond me, but that’s a whole other issue. The point is, it means that attending the [...]

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Results are in!

May 29, 2012

153 of you sweltered through the Folk Fest Artist Survey and made it out alive. And I thank you. Now you’re wondering how everyone fared. And to be honest, I am still wondering myself. The data is a tad overwhelming and will likely need to be broken down into a few posts. Anyone who would [...]

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Folk Fest Feud Part Deux

May 13, 2012

I think it’s fantastic that so many of us in the club are passionate about promoting Edmonton’s folk festival, and that so many of us are able to be critical and objective about a festival that has been selling out the last few years. If you read my Folk Fest post last year, you’ll know [...]

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Is the Edmonton Folk Fest Made For Me???

May 12, 2012

In one word……No. And that’s probably a good thing. I would schedule all of MY favorite bands-and probably what I like is not what everybody else likes. My main stage would look something like Fleet Foxes, Devendra Banhart, Avett Brothers, Band of Horses, Bon Iver, My Morning Jacket, Bonnie Prince Billy…….I think I’m starting to [...]

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Are Folk Fests Made With Me In Mind?

May 12, 2012

Oh Twitter debates, how I love thee! Thursday afternoon many of us “discussed” the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, and how we view it in relation to other festivals. Some of us love it, and some of us feel like our particular music tastes are better represented elsewhere. As is often the case with these kind [...]

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#yegmusicclub’s Top Ten Albums Of 2011 (Part 4; Summing It All Up – Pun Intended)

January 5, 2012

With the last of the ballots in for 2011, we can now tell you the top ten albums for the club as a total. I’ve tabulated the results, reconciled them backwards and forwards, and had them audited by a top accounting firm (no, not really, who could afford that). There were eleven ballots in total [...]

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Best of 2011 (part 3)

December 21, 2011

Some late entries to our Best of 2011 collection! Check parts 1 & 2 if you haven’t already. Ian chose not to rate albums but share the artists he discovered in 2011 (regardless of whether they released an LP in 2011): The Belle Brigade Joy Formidable Michael Kiwanuka Yacht Andrew Bird Gomez Sarah Jaffe Matt [...]

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Best of 2011 (part 2)

December 16, 2011

Continued from Part 1… our second round of lists, featuring Curtis, Nicole, Deej Curtis T. Wright Albums, in no particular order. The Weeknd – House of Balloons Drake – Take Care Tom Waits – Bad As Me James Vincent McMorrow – Early in the Morning (was actually released in early 2011, but reached out to [...]

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