Canadian artist Spencer Jo isn’t interested in sugarcoating things. In fact, they spent much of their musical life searching for sour truth and throwing the spotlight onto it. They’ve been in and out of punk […]
Multi-talented artist and boundary-pushing singer-songwriter Loryn Taggart has boldly made her mark in the music scene, earning significant acclaim even before dropping her first album. This Hungarian-Canadian musician grew up in the Prairies, taking a […]
The Dust Collectors are an alternative folk band from Calgary, Alberta. After years of playing separately in different bands, these long-time friends quickly moved from garage jams to song-writing. By Winter 2018, they were recording […]
Calgary Folk Music Festival (CFMF) is an integral part of the Calgary music scene. Running for 45 years, its foundation has been its volunteers. We connected with long-time volunteer Desmond Murphy to learn more about […]
Maclayne is a singer-songwriter artist based out of Calgary, Alberta. With a style often compared to artists like Sara Bareilles, Olivia Rodrigo and Regina Spektor, her brand of folk-pop is authentically quirky and theatrical, featuring […]
Kris Demeanor is a Mohkinstis (Calgary) based singer-songwriter, theatre and film actor, and was the first poet laureate of Calgary. He likes racquet sports, cooking, and biodiversity. Name: Kris Demeanor Genre: Folk Founded: 1992 # of […]
If ever you imagined a musical artist who could cover your favourite love song as she wrote it herself, stage a spontaneous outdoor jam to bring your whole neighbourhood together, and then rock out a […]
Bella White, a Calgary native, was immersed in the world of Appalachian folk, country, and bluegrass from a young age, thanks to her father—a native Virginia banjoist. Her musical journey began early, writing her first […]
Every Friday we publish our “Five Minutes With” music series which showcases local bands and musicians through a questionnaire and samples of the artist’s music to help introduce our readers to some of the incredible […]
My name is Brendan McLeod. I play and songwrite for a folk group called The Fugitives and write poetry, fiction, and theatre shows. Name: Brendan McLeod Genre: Folk Founded: 2007 # of Albums: 5 Latest […]
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