Back in the good ol’ days, men in leather chaps with husky voices were cause for admiration, every child would emulate them, playing with plastic guns just like their idols,’ and willingly dress in fringed vests. Nowadays, even in Calgary, cowboys have lost the once-inherent respect of the populace: university students are more likely to… Continue reading Cowboy culture shock
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Under new management
Officially, parents tell their children they have to go to university to make it in the real world. Students tell their parents they’re going to learn. But everyone knows university is for keeping the kids busy and out of the house so ma and pa can make up for 20 years of missed bondage. With… Continue reading Under new management
Music Interview: These Old Dusty Boots
There’s a certain romanticism to country music, though it may be hard to believe with acts like Shania Twain and Kenny Chesney making a farce of denim and cowboy hats. There was a time when playing country music meant something more than showing your midriff. Kris Kristofferson is living evidence of this classic era, when… Continue reading Music Interview: These Old Dusty Boots
Music Interview: A Dan Bern of all trades
Gauntlet: Folk musicians are traditionally struggling. I hear when you were really struggling, you had some very dubious employment. Dan Bern: Yeah, when I first moved to L.A. for eight hours a day I had to wear headphones and in each ear was a different all-news radio station. I had to write briefs for every… Continue reading Music Interview: A Dan Bern of all trades
At A Glance: Tanya Tagaq
Every year, the folk fest offers a wide variety of musicians, offering up new experiences to those attending. This year 12,000 music fans were exposed to Tanya Tagaq, an Inuit throat singer who is anything but conventional.Performing on a variety of stages–a quick spot on the mainstage; sessions with a variety of artists like Iran’s… Continue reading At A Glance: Tanya Tagaq
Sunny days, folk music and beer
While students too poor to leave the city for the summer and scenesters in their skinny jeans both yearn for the Calgary Folk Music Festival, musicians are arriving in town and the 1,300 organizers and volunteers are seeing their year’s work come to fruition. There are many reasons to be excited for the Calgary Folk… Continue reading Sunny days, folk music and beer
Sounding off with Bedouin Soundclash
Rock stars are meant to vacation intensely: yachting in St. Tropez, sunbathing in Bombay, rehab in California. But Bedouin Soundclash drummer Pat Pengelly’s vacation plans didn’t include drugs, bikinis or sunny locales. “We’ve been off for a whole week!” Pengelly exclaims as he walks down a Kingston, Ontario road. Cell phone in hand, he wanders… Continue reading Sounding off with Bedouin Soundclash
A Starr Named Kinnie
Despite what she may say to the contrary, there’s something more to Kinnie Starr’s music than the indie/trip-hop/ jazz/whatever it’s often described as. A Calgary native who cites her brothers’ friends and her father’s clients as influences, whose lyrics are not only a mish-mash of themes but languages as well, Starr’s speech is about as… Continue reading A Starr Named Kinnie
Mapleleaves, Hockey and Movies
There are aspects of Canadian culture we ruefully admit to–hockey, parkas, iced brewskies, and yet we still bemoan the idea that Canada has no culture, that we’re just Americans who know how to dress in layers. Douglas Coupland has spent a good deal of his life running from his nationality, but with the release of… Continue reading Mapleleaves, Hockey and Movies
Faculty of veterinary medicine welcomes new dean
From lovable puppies to tired racehorses and injured owls to boisterous bovine, Dr. Alastair Cribb has dealt with every kind of animal. Cribb’s new post as dean of the University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine has him preparing for a new kind of wildlife: university students. “Private practice is challenging in that there’s a… Continue reading Faculty of veterinary medicine welcomes new dean