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Sun Times Articles 2012 – part 6
James Keelaghan wrote a series of articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times last year as part of the lead up to Summerfolk. July 5th – Andersen and Vishtèn All the great parties are kitchen parties. The...
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Sun Times Articles 2012 – part 7
James Keelaghan wrote a series of articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times last year as part of the lead up to Summerfolk. July 12 My six year old, Tomas, has decided on some favourites from this year’s...
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Sun Times Articles 2012 – part 8
James Keelaghan wrote a series of articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times last year as part of the lead up to Summerfolk. July 25 I played my first paying gig at seventeen in a folk club in Claresholm,...
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The Sun Times Articles 2013 – 1 and 3
It’s become something of a tradition- a series of articles written by the Summerfolk AD for the Owen Sound Sun Times. An article a week is published between now and Summerfolk weekend will highlight...
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Sun Times Article #4
Article 4 highlights the The Proclaimers. It’s become something of a tradition- a series of articles written by the Summerfolk AD for the Owen Sound Sun Times. An article a week is published between...
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Sun Times Article 05/30/2014 Yves Lambert
Every year, as part of our continuing sponsorship with the Owen Sound Sun Times, The Artistic Director writes a series of 12 articles about the festival and the performers. You can find their online...
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Sun Times Article 06/06/2014 Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards/Alysha Brilla
Every year, as part of our continuing sponsorship with the Owen Sound Sun Times, the Artistic Director writes a series of 12 articles about the festival and the performers. You can find the online...
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Sun Times Article 06/27/2014 Buffy Sainte-Marie
Every year, as part of our continuing sponsorship with the Owen Sound Sun Times, the Artistic Director writes a series of 12 articles about the festival and the performers. When my older brother and...
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Sun Times Articles 07/11/2014 Oh Susanna
Every year, as part of our continuing sponsorship with the Owen Sound Sun Times, the Artistic Director writes a series of 12 articles about the festival and the performers.The Sun Times online edition...
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Sun Times Article 07/25/2014 Molsky/Naiman
Every year, as part of our continuing sponsorship with the Owen Sound Sun Times, the Artistic Director writes a series of 12 articles about the festival and the performers.The Sun Times online edition...
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Claire Lynch Has The Voice
By James Keelaghan Every now and again I play a little game with myself. I imagine which musician I would like to be. Sometimes I’d like to be Phil Ochs, sometimes Captain Beefheart. Lately, I’ve...
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The Story Behind the Logo
By James Keelaghan Performers live for stickers and lanyards. They are the campaign medals of the touring circuit. I’ve got a wall full of them in my office. I had one guitar case early on that was...
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Building on Musical Mentors
By James Keelaghan In April this year, I lost a good friend. Ron Casat had been one of my earliest mentors. He taught me pretty well everything I know about music. He taught me how to be band leader...
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Workshops and Festival Magic
Randy represents the audience at the Songs from a Hat workshop in 2014 By James Keelaghan We have a lot of people who buy tickets to the festival before we announce even one name from the lineup. They...
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The View From Stage Right
By David Newland The other day, my teenage daughter confronted me: “Dad, why are you still wearing that t-shirt? It’s ten years old!” I looked down, stunned. “What?! This is my Summerfolk 30th...
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Brothers and Sisters
Every year our artistic director writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times in the 12 weeks leading up to the festival. This is the first one for this year. Brothers and Sisters I...
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Keeping the Magic (A)live
By Jon Farmer Lately, I’ve been asking people to describe Summerfolk in one word. The most common response has been ‘magic’. It’s an accurate description but it makes it hard to write about. Magic has...
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Bringing West Coast Energy to Summerfolk41
By James Keelaghan Last summer, I was able to cross a music festival off my life list. It’s in a little town called Atlin, in Northern BC, population 450. In my early twenties, some friends of mine...
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Outside of the Box
One of the great things about the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival is that there has always been room for acts that are outside of the box. Acts that are hard to describe. In the past couple of...
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Where the music happens
By James Keelaghan When you talk about folk festivals, music is essential, but really it’s all about the space. In 1992, I played the Tønder Festival in Denmark for the first time. That festival was a...
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