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Bellowhead, Serena Ryder the stand-out performances on Saturday at the Winnipeg Folk Festival

Posted by: Paul Little  •  July 12, 2009 @ 4:19am

Multi-genre band Bellowhead were the surprise of the day at the Winnipeg Folk Festival on Saturday, as the UK-based 11-piece band played their unique blend of folk, rock, ska, jazz, soul, and world music to roaring (and dancing) crowds on the main stage. Several spontaneous conga lines were even formed.

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Iron & Wine highlight of Winnipeg Folk Festival so far (and other Day 3 notes)

Posted by: Paul Little  •  July 11, 2009 @ 6:44am

The third night of the Winnipeg Folk Festival was a busy day, and for that reason, this is going to be a shorter update tonight. It was a long, mostly cool day out at Bird's Hill Park on Friday, and sleep awaits -- but here we go!

Friday at the fest was all about the singer-songwriter -- at least for this writer.

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