Songlines World Music News » calgary folk festival http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news The latest world music news and happenings brought to you by Songlines magazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Arranged marriages at Calgary Folk Festival http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2010/07/arranged-marriages-at-calgary-folk-festival/ http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2010/07/arranged-marriages-at-calgary-folk-festival/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:23:26 +0000 Songlines http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/?p=506 The 31st Calgary Folk Festival in Canada takes place July 22-25 in Prince’s Park, Calgary and the festival likes to put together ‘arranged marriages’ between musicians who have never worked with each other and cross genre boundaries.

This year’s festival sees meetings between Kinshasa’s Konono No. 1 and southern blues-rockers Hill Country Revue, Scotland’s Peatbog Faeries and UK folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner and UK-Arabic singer Natacha Atlas and reggae star Finley Quaye.

www.calgaryfolkfest.com

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