Calgary Folk Music Festival

The 2012 Calgary Folk Music Festival is fast approaching and the line up this year is one you will not want to miss. This years festival will run from July 26th - 29th on Calgary's beautiful Prince's Island Park. Below are some artists you should definitely check out if you end up going to the festival. Check out the Full Lineup on the Artist Page.

Beirut
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires
Iron & Wine
Chris Isaak
Leeroy Stagger & the Wildflowers
Jeff Mangum
Dan Mangan
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Rae Spoon
Serena Ryder
Whitehorse

Check out The Head and the Heart, performing Cats and Dogs and Coeur D'Alene at Folk Fest last year:



- Bryce

Canadian Music @ SXSW

If you didn't know North America's largest music festival South By Southwest (SXSW) is currently underway in Austin, TX. And if your like me you weren't able to attend. However, thanks to the partnership between Sirius XM and SXSW you can listen to the many great Canadian artists (over 135 of them!) through out the festival. The festivities kicked off with the Canadian Blast BBQ yesterday featuring bands in the banner above. But if you tune into CBC Radio 3 through the day and weekend you will be able to hear Canadian artists as they tackle the stages of SXSW. You can also listen through Sirius XM channel 152 (CBC Radio 3) or 151, which will be playing a little of everything.

Enjoy!

 - Spence

Whitehorse - Whitehorse

Courtesy of CBC Radio 2 I came across Whitehorse recently. Hailing from Winnipeg, this music duo is comprised of Canadian music veterans Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland who have married their talents (they're married in real life too). The self-titled was just released on August 30th... Check out some tour dates below.

Tour:

09.20.11 - MONTREAL QC - Le Petit Campus w/ Frazey Ford
09.21.11 - TORONTO ON - The Glenn Gould Studio w/ Frazey Ford
09.23.11 - OTTAWA ON - Mavericks
09.17.11 - NEW YORK NY - The Living Room w/ Frazey Ford
09.18.11 - PHILADELPHIA PA - Tin Angel 7:30pm w/ Frazey Ford
09.19.11 - BOSTON MA - Club Passim 8pm w/ Frazey Ford
09.30.11 - HAMILTON ON - The Studio at Hamilton Place

Check out a couple tracks below and one of my favorite songs by them Emerald Isle is the iTunes free single... so go get it!

Killing Time is Murder by SixShooterRecords

Broken by SixShooterRecords

- Bryce