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Chances are, if you’ve ventured past Calgary’s Electric Avenue lately, you’ve seen the neon beacon adorning Modern Love’s façade — two crossed daggers and a broken heart.
Jazz singer Cindy McLeod is passionate about many things, but two or them are front and centre when she talks about The Calgary International Blues Fest, which runs from July 31 to August 6 this year at various venues.
A sweet, rippling perfection shines in the music of Calgary born and raised Bella White.
The first surprise in speaking with Carl “Buffalo” Nichols from his hotel at a tour stop in San Diego is the time of the interview — 9 a.m., a rare time to chat with musicians — what they call “the other 9 o’clock” because many are seldom awake to experience it.
It’s almost too much. Having Tanya Tucker, Emmylou Harris, Jeff Tweedy, Sierra Ferrell, Matt Mays, Art Bergmann and so many sweet musical souls all shoved into 15 hectares and 77 hours at Prince’s Island Park from July 27 to 30 during the 44th Annual Calgary Folk Music Festival is almost too much.
A listener could be forgiven for assuming, based on exactly the first minute of Into the Night, track one of Shane Ghostkeeper’s new solo album, Songs For My People, that this might be his most ambitious, esoteric and experimental work yet.
It was not the way the year was supposed to begin. On Jan. 1, 2023, longtime Calgary musician and producer Dave Alcock took his life.
Dopamine rushes. Remember the bliss they gave you as a teenager when you cruised around with friends, listening to your favourite music and then talking about said music when not listening to it? A conversation with songwriter, singer, guitarist and broadcaster Randy Bachman is like reliving those teenage chats, when your brain and its dopamine were shiny and new.
It’s asked rather flippantly, but, well, an answer to the affirmative wouldn’t have been too surprising. What’s next? Tegan and Sara: The musical? Tegan Quin laughs but doesn’t dismiss the idea outright.
When PEI-born songwriter Tara MacLean, who now splits her time between there and Salt Spring Island, was approached to write a book about her life, it might have been tempting to armour up.

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