Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
by Sheldon Birnie
Good Old War are a three-piece indie folk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed on the fly in 2008, the group quickly hit the road and has basically never left it. Stylus spoke with guitar player Daniel Schwartz shortly after their Old Market Square performance to launch this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival was cancelled due to extreme weather. Continue reading “Good Old War :: A good ol’ time at the Main Stage”
Todd Snider is an American stoner-folk-songwriting troubadour in every sense of the terms. For the past 20 years, he’s written 12 albums and performed to thousands of fans across the world. In anticipation of his Winnipeg Folk Festival performance, Stylus caught up with Snider at home in East Nashville for a phone conversation about his craft, his love of Jerry Jeff Walker, the Folk Fest, and the Nashville Predators. Continue reading “Todd Snider :: Agnostic stoner folkie takes to the Folk Fest stage”
by Cindy Doyle
Winnipeg’s all-female folk band-trio, Sweet Alibi, will be wrapping up their first Canadian tour at Park Theatre on May 30. Stylus caught up with member Amber Nielsen via her brand new cell phone as she ran errands biking through our Exchange District. Continue reading “The sweet sounds of the Sweet Alibi”
Frank Turner is a hard-traveling, hard-rocking English folk singer. His latest release, England Keep My Bones (Epitaph) is full of tunes about love, politics, and rock-n-roll. With another stop in Winnipeg on the horizon (Turner played to a packed crowd at the West End in October), Stylus caught up with the busy troubadour over the phone on a tour stop in Boston. Continue reading “Frank Turner – No Rest For the Wicked”
by Sheldon Birnie
photo: Mark Maryanovich
“If you want to chart a course, you’re not free to leave your history,” explains Winnipeg based singer-songwriter Del Barber over a beer at the King’s Head last week. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Fishing Headwaters with Del Barber”