Articles by Alan Ranta

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  Calgary Folk Music Festival featuring k.d. lang, Geoff Berner, the Herbaliser, Patrick Watson

  Prince's Island Park, Calgary AB July 21-24

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2011

  Proving legions of so-called 'tarpies' weren't crazy for waiting all night at the gate just to throw their blue space-savers down at the ma...

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  Omar Souleyman / Basketball

  Bar None, Vancouver BC July 5

  PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2011

  A stroke of inspiration put Basketball and Omar Souleyman together on a bill. Both acts are little known outside of the home bases, Vancouv...

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  Sasquatch! Music Festival featuring the Flaming Lips, !!!, Bright Eyes, Chromeo

  Gorge Amphitheater, George WA May 27-30

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2011

  Sasquatch! celebrated its tenth anniversary in style, adding an extra day to accommodate more than 100 bands, comedians and DJs on its four...

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  Venetian Snares

  Cubist Reggae

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2011

  Winnipeg, MB refugee and master of all things digital hardcore Aaron Funk has got his groove back. Also known as Last Step and Venetian Sna...

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  Peter Bjorn and John / Bachelorette

  Venue, Vancouver BC May 11

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2011

  New Zealand's Bachelorette had a simple set-up. The mild-mannered Annabel Alpers stood tentatively behind a pair of laptops and moved betwe...

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  Pierre Labbé

  Tremblement De Fer

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  Kudos to the L'Off Festival de Jazz de Montréal for commissioning Tremblement De Fer in celebration of their tenth anniversary. Composed by...

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  Hauschka / V.Vecker

  Media Club, Vancouver BC April 21

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2011

  The elusive V.Vecker, member of the Vancouver Free Jass + Drone Society, took the stage just as the Canucks ran out the clock in their asto...

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  Rusko / Doorly

  Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC April 17

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2011

  DJ sets don't often command respect from those who aren't already electronic music fans, but anyone paying attention to what Martin Doorly...