But more about the folk fest... Israeli band the Idan Rachiel Project just finished playing their concert on the main stage, and they were amazing. I did have an interview with Idan Rachiel himself, but things just didn't work out. They blended traditional Israeli music with Ethiopian music and many, many other genres. For part of their concert, they brought out someone from the band Arrested Development who performed on the main stage over lunch time. Together they blended even more cultures and genres to sound excellent! I might be posting a whole overview of the folk fest tomorrow, so tune in at least once.
I will be putting most of my interviews and a few reviews in my July/August issue of Die Zeitung. So if you haven't subscribed to my newspaper or bought just that one issue, please do so so that you can get full interviews and more awesome coverage.
And as I said I will be going on a road trip tomorrow, the destination is Quebec City. It will take 3 weeks there and back, but I will try and post updates every few days.
So please keep reading my blog and thank you very much to everyone who tuned into Who's Left and Who's Leaving for their live folk fest coverage.
Here are some pictures that highlighted my folk fest weekend...
Watching and interviewing 13 year old Quinn Bachand, who plays some awesome guitar! Check out my interview with him in the July/August issue of Die Zeitung.
An amazing shot of the downtown Edmonton skyline from the Edmonton folk fest site.
Neko Case playing the main stage with her drummer in the background. She played a great show, and she was way better live then on the CD.
Johnny Flynn, a new favourite of mine. He is absolutely amazing and I need to get his CD, but they're all sold out of the merchandise tent!!!
Iron and Wine playing main stage last night. He was also very good and played some great guitar.
So that's all for this year... I'll see y'all next year!!!
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