Listings

Jenny Whiteley

strong, country-flavoured folk from Ontario

The Hank & Lily Show

punk folk with a big dollop of theatre noir

The Swiftys

gentlemen outlaws

 Dustin Bentall

cosmic prairie music based in Vancouver

 Woodpigeon

 cerebral Calgary-based pop-folk

Jen Paches

Holly Cole channels Noel Coward upside down, sort of

Gordie Tentrees

hard-workin' Yukon Canadian Americana

Bomba

irresistible & infectious music of Cuba and beyond from Alberta

Cumako

World-class World fusion, Calgary

 The Secretaries

grungy rockin'Edmonton 'girl power' trio

Scott Cook

Edmonton-to-Taipei with a reggae backbeat sometimes

United Steel Workers of Montreal

savvy truckstop country folk that can turn on a dime

 Cam Penner & The Gravel Road

socially aware rockin' contemp folk

Jah Youssouf  and The Woodchoppers Association

Kora player from Mali with Toronto-based roots music players

Tarhana

Turkish World music based in Amsterdam

Colleen Brown

Edmonton alt.pop with remarkable vocals

Jen Kunlire

Calgary poet/activist

Mark Sadlier Brown

clown prince Cowtown skifflin' cow-jazz picker

 Mortal Coil

chicks on sticks withamazing costumes

Louis Pezzani

mind magician

Declan de Barra

contemp folk from Erin

 Sidney York

Calgary contemp folk

Shaela Miller

Lethbridge contemp folk

David Ross Macdonald

Aussie acoustic guitar avatar

Lance Semak

Hung drum playing poet

Linda Weasel Head

Blood First Nations poet