“I have performed at many festivals throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe and I can say, I’ve never come across a festival like the Winnipeg Folk Festival,” says singer Andrina Turenne.
Turenne should know. With her last group, the acclaimed a cappella world music outfit Madrigaïa, she’s performed at a lot festivals. Between Madrigaia, funk act Rudimental and a gospel duo with The Duhks’ singer Sarah Dugas, Turenne has also played Folk Fest five times in the last eight years. This year, she comes to Birds Hill with a new band – soulful and percussive vocal ensemble Chic Gamine.
Chic Gamine began formed a year ago with fellow former-Madrigaïans (the group disbanded last year) Ariane Jean and Annick Brémault, along with Alexa Dirks and Sacha Daoud. And while the band definitely shares the otherworldly vocal harmonies and world music influences of Madrigaïa, it’s an entirely new musical entity. The quintet’s debut self-titled album, released in June, is completely original material with sparse instrumentation, relying on the four vocalists’ incredible talents as well as Daoud’s inventive percussion. Continue reading ‘Manitoba Music at the 2008 Fest’
On this podcast, Tell The Band To Home’s Jeff Robson interviews the talented and amazing Eliza Gilkyson about making her debut at this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival.
The Fugitives - Intro & Outro music (portions of “Graffiti Sex”)
Eliza Gilkyson - The Party’s Over (taken from Beautiful World)
Eliza Gilkyson - Emerald Street (taken from Beautiful World)
After over forty years in the music biz, Ray Davies is still working the Kinks out. Okay, so the London native no longer fronts that seminal ‘60s proto-punk act; but his defiant songwriting voice has only gotten stronger in the current millennium. On his second post-Kinks solo release, Working Man’s Café (which was released a mere year after its predecessor, Other People’s Lives) Davies trots out his rootsy side with lots of boozy rhythms and rolling riffs, then twists it all up with his legendarily iconoclastic take on politics and personal crises. He even wrote a song lambasting the Louisiana authorities who dropped charges against the man who allegedly shot him in 2004; we think it’s safe to say that Davies hasn’t mellowed with age.
Due to an unforeseen scheduling problem, Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels are no longer part of the lineup for the 2008 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Dylan had been scheduled to play as part of the Sunday-night Main Stage lineup. Instead, the other Sunday headliners—Kathleen Edwards, Joan Armatrading and Ray Davies—will play longer sets than originally planned.
The Festival’s policy is that the Festival lineup is always subject to change and refunds will not be issued due to lineup changes.
A revised Sunday Main Stage schedule will be posted soon.
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.
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!
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.
