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Sun Times Article #12: Prepare for the magic
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan When I became the Artistic Director of Summerfolk eight years ago, it was all very new to...
Sun Times Article #11: From unexpected places…
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan Two years ago, with the help of the Trillium Foundation, we ran a series of seminars called...
Sun Times Article #10: A songwriter’s story
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan Last year, I was involved in a project conceived of by my good friend, Beppe Gambetta. Beppe...
Sun Times Article #9: Road to Summerfolk
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan I played my first paying gig at seventeen in a folk club in Claresholm, about an hour south...
Sun Times Article #8: Memories and magic
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan The only thing that keeps me going in the winter is the thought of summer. There used to be...
Sun Times Article #7: West Coast road trips
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan There has been a lot of ink spilt on the cultural effects of Canadian geography. ...
Sun Times Article #6: Mashing it up!
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan This is a tale about mashing it up. Fourteen or so years ago, I was playing the...
Sun Times Article #5: William Prince
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan Peguis First Nation is about 190 kilometres north of Winnipeg, in the Interlake region. You...
Sun Times Article #4: Garnet Rogers
There was a great gig that used to happen in Ohio at a place called the Wildcat Ranch. The concerts there were magical. The venue was the hayloft in a century barn. When you played you could hear the horses stomping in their stalls beneath the stage. One of the last...
Sun Times Article #3: Vildá
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan In what seems like a lifetime ago, I created and narrated a limited series called A Sense of...
Sun Times Article #2: The Once
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival By James Keelaghan A couple of weekends ago, I went to play the Trails Tales Tunes Festival in Newfoundland. It...
Sun Times Article #1: A year-round effort
Every year Artistic Director James Keelaghan writes a series of 12 articles for the Owen Sound Sun Times previewing the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival At Summerfolk, we’re a little like those spirits in A Christmas Carol — you know, when the spirit of Christmas...