I had a baby 6 months ago, so when Shawn Hall of The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer and I chatted, we bonded over kids. Hall has two and says that they “keep his feet firmly planted on the ground.” His children keep him real, they don’t care if he is working on a significant […]
Local Calgary band Freak Motif have been around for a little over a decade and it’s there first time playing at the Calgary Folk Festival. “It’s definitely a milestone for us,” band member Stuart Wershof says, “the festival is such a cool gig for us.” The band has eight core members but features a lot […]
Carolina Slim has been singing since the age of 7. “I felt the music inside me,” she says. She sang professionally in her home country of Mexico and toured with various bands. About 18 months ago she moved to Calgary and now has experienced her very first Calgary Folk Music Festival. I met with Slim […]