Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
by Kim Wiesner
The Shady Grove stage sounds like an ideal place to try and escape the blazing sun that heats this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival. Festival-goers are planted under the trees along the edges and right up front under the stage’s hood, wherever can shield them from the rays, most with one of two items in hand: a fan or a lemonade.
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by Martyna Turczynowicz
Ila Barker is a young artist emerging on the Canadian Folk scene. Her music is lyrical, soulful accompanied by guitar. Ila will be releasing her first album on July 10th at Folk Fest. Stylus sat down with Ila to talk about her experience with the Galaxie Young Performers Program and Folk Fest. Continue reading “Winnipeg Folk Fest Young Performers – Ila Barker”