The Guitar Maker
Come along for a short tour of Warren Murfitt Guitars, and learn about how he makes beautiful custom guitars in East Vancouver. www.warrenmurfitt.com/guitars
Year 2021
Buckerfield’s Songwriters Circle
As well as being musicians and singers, this quartet also composes great songs (and have many friends who do as well). Hear a few of their wonderful songs in this songwriter’s round. Artists: Tim Hearsey, Kate Main, Warren Murfitt, Paul…
Circle of Songs
Khari Wendell McClelland, Kathleen Nisbet, Marin Patenaude and Dawn Pemberton, all of whom have many music projects and play with various groups have joined together to raise their voices in a special circle of song for VFMF at home. Filmed…
Redbird and Family
Ruffle Redbird is a silly-song singing lovebird – he makes up songs with your ideas, playing and singing them with you. A beloved annual part of VFMF for many years, he and his family join us this year with three special shows…
Jocelyn Pettit Band
From the west coast of British Columbia, Jocelyn Pettit is a vibrant fiddle player, step dancer, and singer. With grace and passion, Jocelyn and her band offer an uplifting and engaging traditional and original music, inspired by the Celtic and…
Vashaan Ensemble
Gathering together some of the finest classically trained Persian musicians in Canada, the Vashaan Ensemble draws upon Iran’s rich musical past to perform joyful and memorable Persian traditional songs. The Vashaan Ensemble was formed in 2011 as a project to explore and present forms of…
Paul Pigat and the Grand Koolios
Paul Pigat is widely considered one of the best guitar players in North America. He has one of the most restless, combustible, musical imaginations – crammed like canned heat into a single body. Blessed with a jazz man’s sheen, a…
Dawn Pemberton Band
Dawn is deservedly becoming known as the Queen of Canadian Soul. Vibrant, genuine, and soulful, Dawn has deep musical roots that take her powerful voice from gospel and soul to jazz, funk, and world music. In addition to regularly collaborating on the…
Buckerfield’s Band
The Buckerfield’s Band is a special band composed of the guitar makers/repairers/zealots and musicians who work at the wonderful Murfitt Guitar Studio and its private concert venue Buckerfield’s. They are joined by a few of their other bandmates for a…
Locarno
Locarno finds its sizzle in Mexican roots music, while incorporating large doses of chan son, folk, pop, and funk. Group leader Tom Landa’s goal when putting together Locarno was to create music which is heavily influenced by Mexican music but…