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Steve Dawson's Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Project
3 February, 2012
The Gateway
SAIT Campus Centre, 1301 - 16 Ave NW
calgaryfolkfest.com
"Last year, B.C. musician and producer Steve Dawson assembled Things About Comin' My Way, a tribute CD to long-forgotten '30s blues outfit The Mississippi Sheiks. This year, he took the act on the road, staging all-star concerts like this Vancouver revue with VIPs such as John Hammond, Dave Alvin, Colin James and Van Dyke Parks. A perfect blend of Americana and Canadiana."--Vancouver Sun
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T Buckley Trio
Saturday, 21 April, 2012
8pm
Lantern Community Church
Tickets: $15
"T. Buckley's musical bloom is a beginning, a redemption, like the dawn bruising your eyes in a truck stop after midnight."
- Calgary Folk Festival
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New Series
Note: All concerts are a 7:30pm at Lantern Community Church,
1401 10th Ave. S.E.
All tickets $22.00 in advance
$26.00 at the door
Season Passes Still Available: $88 for 5 Concerts
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Heather Blush and the Uppercuts Christmas Show
15 December, 2011, 7:30 pm
"No one in the room could miss Blush's voice, which instantly turned heads with its warmth, precision and charisma. Her songs swing through jazz and folk- kissed styles, and her open, airy voice is the thread that ties everything together." --
Mary Lynn Wardle, Fast Forward Weekly
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Calum Graham
23 February, 2012, 7:30 pm
"Calum Graham is poised to be setting the bar for guitar grooviness for many years to come. His tunes are energetic, infectious, and show a compositional maturity well beyond what I would normally expect to hear from such a young player. What can I say, I'm a fan!" --
Don Ross, Internationally recognized as one of today's true innovators of guitar composition and technique
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Dave Gunning
Sunday, 18 March, 2012, 7:30 pm
"Dave Gunning is the next big thing in the True North of Song, an artist as compelling, as assured and attentive to every nuance of the writing process as Lightfoot, Coburn and Stan Rogers before him." - Greg Quill, The Toronto Star
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Beth Portman Trio with special guest Aldo Aquirre of Bomba
12 April, 2012, 7:30 pm
"Portman's skilful use of wordplay, double entendres and hooks plays to the light-hearted quality of her songs, but the title track from Lovin' is one serious exception, a moving, passionate jazz ballad that speaks to her interest in exploring other directions."
Roger Levesque - The Edmonton Journal
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Dennis Ellsworth
May 17, 2012, 7:30 pm
"Heartfelt and heart-achingly beautiful, Ellsworth's lyrics are honest and he paints a vivid picture of love, loss, and wintry drunkenness."
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Kim Wempe
14 June, 2012, 7:30 pm
" When Kim opens her mouth she lets loose a powerful force pouring out her emotion with a style that has Janis Joplin written all over it.." .... -Dan MacDonald, Cape Breton Post.
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