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Despite its relatively small size, Winnipeg knows how to throw a summer party! From late June until the end of August, this prairie city known mostly for its cold winters and newly-returning hockey team comes alive with festival after festival celebrating music, theatre, and culture.
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Sunday Photo Gallery
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 12, 2011 @ 7:59pm
The Winnipeg Folk Festival finished its five-day celebration of folk, roots, and traditional music on Sunday with another day of beautiful (and sunburn-inducing) weather and a solo performance by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy.
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Saturday Photo Gallery
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 10, 2011 @ 3:59pm
Saturday was a busy day for ShowbizMonkeys.com at the 2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival! We interviewed a couple critical and audience favourites -- Vancouver singer/songwriter Dan Mangan and Winnipeg folk-pop band Imaginary Cities.
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Friday Photo Gallery
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 9, 2011 @ 1:26pm
Friday evening brought the first rain of the festival (not the most fun for our first night camping at the festival campground), but most of the day was sunny, hot, and humid. Highlights from Friday's line-up included Dan Mangan, k.d.
Folk Fest Interview: Rosalyn and Vanessa of Winnipeg country-roots band Oh My Darling
Posted by: Paul Little • July 8, 2011 @ 9:33pm
Unfortunately, as we alluded to yesterday, there won't be any big posts for the next couple days from the Winnipeg Folk Festival, as the exhaustion (and let's face it, fun) of camping is taking up a lot of our time over the weekend.
Tegan and Sara energize the usually chilled Winnipeg Folk Festival crowd on Thursday night
Posted by: Paul Little • July 8, 2011 @ 2:40am
Thursday night at the 2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival featured some pleasant surprises, but it was indie folk mainstays Tegan and Sara who rocked the Bird's Hill Park field to a delighted and uncharacteristically raucous crowd.
The 38th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off Five Days in July with Wednesday headliners Blue Rodeo
Posted by: Paul Little • July 6, 2011 @ 11:21pm
Back in 1993, the iconic Canadian roots-rock band Blue Rodeo released their album Five Days in July, probably their most defining work in their nearly three decades as a band.
I've done it in my basement. I've done it outdoors. My favourite place to do it is in a park. I used to be shy about doing it in public but I overcame that. I do it fast. I do it slow. Sometimes I take hours to finish. Once I pulled a groin doing it. After I'm done, I usually like a nice hot shower and have a nap. Sometimes I do it with other people.
Pictures in an Empty Room: Better Than the Original
Posted by: Lawrence Lee • April 22, 2011 @ 1:40pm
Welcome to the first of many top five lists that will undoubtedly lead to just about everybody questioning my sanity.
Interview: Meric Long and Logan Kroeber of San Fransisco indie alt-rock band The Dodos
Posted by: Paul Little • March 12, 2011 @ 5:49am
There are lots of bands and musicians out there who are really impressive recording artists, but maybe not the most exciting (or even very good) in a live setting. For some, it's just a case of utilizing a lot of great production that can't translate, while others are clearly aided in the studio and just can't cut it in on stage.
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