Reviews
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry's excellent Shine a Light was one of my favourite folk albums of 2016. It saw the intercontinental songwriting duo...
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![Billy Bragg and Joe Henry Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 16]()
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ReviewsKacy & Clayton Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 16 Published Jul 17, 2017Kacy & Clayton (Kacy Anderson and Clayton Lithicum) are at a bit of a crossroads in their career. Still touring their Juno-nominated, acclai...
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!['Stop, Hey, What's That Sound' featuring Billy Bragg, Sarah Harmer, Lisa LeBlanc and Leonard Sumner Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 16]()
Reviews"Stop, Hey, What's That Sound" featuring Billy Bragg, Sarah Harmer, Lisa LeBlanc and Leonard Sumner Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 16 Published Jul 17, 2017This workshop was special. First of all, it was stacked with giants: Billy Bragg and Sarah Harmer, along with the new generation, Lisa LeBla...
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ReviewsCommunism Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 16 Published Jul 17, 2017Toronto trio Communism brought their 2016 debut Get Down Get Together to Hillside's Island Stage in what I thought was a smart twist of prog...
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ReviewsKlô Pelgag Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 15 Published Jul 16, 2017Quebecois songwriter Klô Pelgag (Chloe Pelletier-Gagnon) began her sunset Main Stage set by dramatically and playfully running around the pe...
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ReviewsBegonia Lake Stage, Guelph ON, July 14 Published Jul 15, 2017Begonia (Alexa Dirks) first appeared earlier Friday evening at a workshop entitled "Welcome Back My Friends to the Show that Never Ends" and...
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ReviewsOra Cogan Lake Stage, Guelph ON, July 14 Published Jul 15, 2017Vancouver's Ora Cogan brought her incredibly mellow, atmospheric electronic blues to Hillside for the first time on Friday, singing songs fr...
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ReviewsSnake Church Boarding House Arts, Guelph ON, April 9 Published Apr 10, 2017Ben Grossman's hurdy-gurdy explorations are deeply resonant departures that tap into the wheel fiddle's complexities to draw out expansive,...
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ReviewsZiibiwan Boarding House Arts, Guelph ON, April 9 Published Apr 10, 2017Kazoo!'s pancake breakfast shows are a consistently rewarding festival tradition. It's a simple conceit: lure in a tired, hungry community w...
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ReviewsSaltland Boarding House Arts, Guelph ON, April 9 Published Apr 10, 2017Rebecca Foon loves Guelph. In as many words, she told this to the crowd at Boarding House Arts, and everyone beamed back. Guelph, it turns o...
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ReviewsRoarke Menzies Kazoo! HQ, Guelph ON, April 8 Published Apr 09, 2017Helming a complex nest of analog effects pedals, loopers and mixing boards, Brooklyn-via-Vancouver Roarke Menzies set to work filling Kazoo!...
