Flashback to the heady days of 1960s funk: Charles Walker was there, driving the new sound sensation with a cookin’ band (Little Charles & The Sidewinders), some scorching albums (including recordings for Decca), and a shout that shook the skies. Flash forward 40 years later, and those points haven’t changed: the Nashville native still has a blazing funk band (The Dynamites), a killer new album (Kaboom!), and… oh right, that voice. Often compared to James Brown and lauded for his vocal nods to gospel, Walker is proudly taking old-school funk into the new frontier. He isn’t doing it alone: led by guitarist Bill Elder, the Dynamites have earned renown in their own right for their deftly composed and incendiary funk originals.
The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker play Friday night on Main Stage and Saturday at 2:15, Bur Oak Stage.
At the 2008 Festival, there will be a focus on food: local, organic and fair trade in particular.
At the Festival opening ceremonies at 12 noon on Thursday, July 10 in Old Market Square, the Festival will sign the Manitoba Food Charter.
The Manitoba Food Charter is both a document and an organization. The Charter itself is a publicly-owned, one page statement about what Manitobans think our food system should look like. It emerged from input elicited in over 70 community consultations with stakeholder groups and concerned citizens. The document brings together a diversity of voices in a common focus for food security in our province.
The Manitoba Food Charter Inc. organizational goal is to increase food security and sustainability of the food systems in Manitoba by providing a common focus for action for food system stakeholders - through Public Education and Awareness; Developing Networks and Partnerships; and through building Organizational Capacity. MFC funding is provided by PHAC, Rural Secretariat, and Heifer International.
The Festival will also be featuring local (L) (produced in Manitoba), certified organic (O) and fair trade food (FT) this summer: “LOFT” ingredients. LOFT ingredients are identified by the food vendors, and LOFT icons in the program book menu will indicate which menu items have local, organic or fair trade ingredients.
Plus, look for compostable beer cups in the taverns and compostable spoons and cups at the Festival ice cream booth, The Scoop.
Backstage, at least 20% of the food served in the backstage kitchen will be from Manitoba producers.
In 2008, we celebrate our 35th anniversary with the same enthusiasm that inspired the event in 1974. The dream continues as we embark on future planning for the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Your gift to the Light the Way Campaign can help build a bright future for the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
After 35 years and 35 festivals, we are making plans for significant site development that will provide an improved home for the summer Festival. This investment in the Birds Hill Park site is an important part of the future of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Make a donation to the Light the Way campaign and receive a souvenir Winnipeg Folk Festival micro LED lantern. With a $135 donation (or more) you will receive a souvenir lantern. Or, you can also purchase the lantern for $10. All proceeds from lantern sales will help support the future development of the Winnipeg Folk Festival site.
Lanterns can be purchased at the Festival Hub or in advance of the Festival at the Festival Music Store.
Don’t forget to bring your souvenir Festival lantern to the Finale on Sunday night. As we sing the traditional songs of the finale we will start a new Festival tradition of lighting our Festival lanterns. For those who have already joined the campaign, drop by The Hub to pick up your lantern.
On this podcast, UMFM Board Member Leigh Anne Caron speaks Karla Adolphe, one half of local folk duo Jacob & Lily. As an added bonus, Karla also performs two songs for us live!
Looking for people to car pool with or bike with to the Festival? Let this be your message board! Use the comments area below to post your car pooling or group biking dreams.
Here’s a sneak preview of the 2009-10 Live @ The Folk Exchange Series.
Tickets available at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store @ 103-211 Bannatyne Ave or by calling 231-1377
ART @ THE FOLK EXCHANGE Over the last two years, we’ve introduced art exhibits to the walls of the Folk Exchange, featuring the photography, drawings and other work of local artists.
This fall, the Folk Exchange presents The Art of Music: An exhibition of drawings, paintings and photographs inspired by music
Artists included; Sarah Collard, Michael Koch-Schulte, Justin Waterman, Janelle Regalbuto, James Culleton, David Macri, and Mike Latschislaw.
Opening September 10, 7–10 p.m.
Viewing September 18–October 30
Available at the Festival Music Store on Bannatyne, and for sale at the Music Store Tent during the 2008 Festival, July 10-13. Not every item may be available in advance of the Festival, but lots are! Some items may not be exactly as shown.
Winnipeg Folk Festival 35 years T-shirt
/ 2008 Festival lineup on back • Men’s and women’s sizes • Brown, natural, olive or lemon • “Natural” shirts are organic cotton, pictured below
Chickadee Big Top T-shirt
/ Chickadee Big Top lineup on back • Baby blue or lemon, pictured below • Kids, youth and adult sizes
On this podcast, UMFM Board Member Leigh Anne Caron speaks with fantastic local songstress Ann Walton.
Music Credits:
The Fugitives - Intro & Outro Music (taken from “Graffiti Sex”)
Ann Walton - Back Porch ( taken from Top Of The Hill)
Ann Walton - Top Of The Hill Waltz (taken from Top Of The Hill)
Powered by Podbean.comOn this podcast, UMFM New Decay host Jeff Friesend speaks to Andrew Whiteman,
the frontman from Arts & Crafts recording artists Apostle of Hustle.
Music Credits:
The Fugitives - Intro & Outro Music (taken from “Graffiti Sex”)
Apostle Of Hustle - Rafaga! (taken from National Anthem Of Nowhere)
Apostle Of Hustle - Justine, Beckoning (taken from National Anthem Of Nowhere)
Apostle of Hustle plays at the Festival on Friday, 2:45 at Big Bluestem; Saturday, 2:00 at Shady Grove (Andrew Whiteman only); and Saturday, 4:00, at Green Ash Stage.
Apostle of Hustle bio
Notably absent from the Last Supper, the Apostle of Hustle prefers to feast on Latin-tinged rock’n’roll. It all started when Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman spent a couple of months plunging himself into Havana’s famously lively musical communities; when he flew back to Toronto, the sounds of Cuba (and the stylings of the tres, a Cuban guitar) were stowed away in his mind. Together with Dean Stone and Julian Brown, Whiteman built a band that could kick out sultry Latin folksongs as convincingly as it could delve into Tom Waits. The resulting musical mélange came into its own on 2004’s debut Folkloric Feel, but really broke big on their smoky sophomore release, National Anthem of Nowhere.
The Family Area at the Winnipeg Folk Festival is like another festival unto itself, there’s so much to see and do! Remember, it’s not a daycare; kids must always be accompanied by a caregiver to participate.
See the Family Area page for more information about the performers and special guests at this year’s Family Area.
Bring your guitar, your harmonica, your fiddle, your banjo, your kids and brain to The Folk School Tent, Friday through Sunday at the Festival! Continue reading ‘Folk School Tent Schedule’
No Sunday at the Winnipeg Folk Festival would be complete without the 11:00 gospel workshop, this year featuring the formidable talents of John Boutte, The Warrior Gospel Band and Jim Byrnes and the Sojourners. While you’re there, stick around Big Bluestem Stage for the next show, a very special Tribute to Willie P. Bennett, the great Canadian songwriter who passed away this year. That is, if you don’t want to miss Nanci Griffith, Kathleen Edwards, Charlie Louvin and Justin Townes Earle over at Snowberry Field. So many choices… See the complete Sunday schedule below to map out your festival day. Or download the Sunday schedules here as a PDF.
Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow
Quartet featuring Béla Fleck
What could be better than a warm summer Saturday spent lounging and listening to music in the beauty of Birds Hill Park? Here are the all-star Saturday daytime stage schedules for the 2008 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Bluegrass aficionados will flock to Big Bluestem Stage at 12:30 to see The Infamous Stringdusters, The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, and Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck together on stage! Daytime concerts abound too, with groups like The Warrior Gospel Band, the Pascale Picard Band and the Red Stick Ramblers putting on shows. But that’s not all - have a look at the full Saturday schedules below. Or download a PDF here.
Flashback to the heady days of 1960s funk: Charles Walker was there, driving the new sound sensation with a cookin’ band (Little Charles & The Sidewinders), some scorching albums (including recordings for Decca), and a shout that shook the skies. Flash forward 40 years later, and those points haven’t changed: the Nashville native still has a blazing funk band (The Dynamites), a killer new album (Kaboom!), and… oh right, that voice. Often compared to James Brown and lauded for his vocal nods to gospel, Walker is proudly taking old-school funk into the new frontier. He isn’t doing it alone: led by guitarist Bill Elder, the Dynamites have earned renown in their own right for their deftly composed and incendiary funk originals.
