Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Amythyst Kiah | TN Singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah deals in old-time sounds (she studied bluegrass and American roots music in university) that convey a deeply intimate honesty, whether she’s singing about…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Steve Dawson and The Hooded Mergansers | BC/TN Vancouver Folk’s favourite son, Steve Dawson, could be described as the renaissance man of roots music. A true dynamo, he’s a solo…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Ruth Moody | MB/TN A classically trained pianist and gifted multi-instrumentalist with a captivating soprano voice, Ruth Moody was born in Australia, grew up in Winnipeg and toured the world…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira | BC & MD Joining forces in Glasgow in 2018, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira were already two well-established musicians, who found they share a…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Cláudio Rabeca Quartet with special guest Serena Eades | Brazil & BC Brazil has often been described as a continent rather than a country and in music this is certainly…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Calexico | AZ Praised by NPR for their “sprawling, cross-cultural indie rock,” Calexico has spent the better part of the past three decades exploring the dusty musical borderlands of the American…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Jim Byrnes | BC One of the great experiences of folk music festivals in the ‘classic’ period of Newport and Mariposa was the opportunity to listen to the grizzled veterans…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Derek Gripper | South Africa In this world of many guitarists and musicians, Cape Town guitarist Derek Gripper stands apart. He is the only guitarist in the world to have…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Don McGlashan with special guest Anita Clark | New Zealand Considered a music legend in his native New Zealand, composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Don McGlashan is a consummate songwriter –…
Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023 Tré Burt | CA/TN With the coming of Tré Burt, the festival welcomes an important new voice in songwriting. That might sound pretty weighty, but informed sources predict Burt will…