Here’s a fantastic list of folk festivals in and around Western Canada this summer, from Yagotta.ca:
Western Canada – Folk Music Festivals

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Earsltown Winter, Abramsom Singers & El Dorado
May 20, 2010
Wise Hall, Vancouver, B.C
After what started—and later ended—as one of the sickest, most stressful weeks in recent memory, I ensured to fulfill my commitment to check out Vancouver’s Earlstown Winter at Wise Hall, this past Thursday.  Personal issues aside—I’d recently become a big fan of their work [...]

Aaron Cadwaladr
May 7, 2010
The Main
Vancouver, B.C
Sometimes a guy just needs to hear some acoustic and piano-infused (or keyboard, in this case) melodies on a mild Thursday evening.  Some days I wish all music were arranged this way.  Tonight, upon running around, stressed out, ensuring I bought the right ingredients and goodies for my work’s BBQ [...]

April 15, 2010
The Media Club
Vancouver, B.C
(as originally posted as Renegade Rock Review Vol. 24 at www.westcoastweasel.com)

I knew seeing Frank Turner at The Media Club was bound to be a special, intimate experience. When I realized that Northcote and Dave Hause were the opening performers, I knew it was going to be the quintessential singer/songwriter [...]

PART 2 of the Frank Turner interview. PART 1 can be found here. ***UPDATED***
Steve: We’re looking forward to having you. On the follow-up to Poetry of the Deed, can fans expect the full band once again or stripped back down like the bulk of your catalogue?
Frank: I think it’s going to be 50/50, [...]

We are out of the closet!  Yup, it’s official, we are bringing some awesome! folk and indie to our culture and making an impact on first sight and sound!  I am managing Joy and Jayson’s career and I want to thank them for choosing me and trusting me.  I don’t put my name on something [...]

Are your angsty punk rock tastes taking a mellow turn? Perhaps you have a lust for bitter singer-songwriters or feel the need for some folk-rock reprieve? Whatever the case may be—you’ll be right at home this coming Thursday when Frank Turner and company perform at The Media Club in Vancouver.
Northcote and Dave Hause [...]

I doubted the ambition of John Mayer, sincerely, since the release of “Room for Squares” and “Heavier Things”.  Not that they were not good but he was young!  What the hell does this kid know about the blues? Coming to the southern US after being born and raised in Bridgeport, CT and then attended COLLEGE in Boston..sounds [...]

I heard this song on the Peak the other day, as their “check this out” tune. I haven’t been able to get it out of my head since. Is it just me or is it totally reminiscent of Everlast’s What It’s Like, but far better. Is it weird that KO stands for Knock Out and [...]

The second album from the indie-acoustic band starts out with an infectious chord progression paired with Jeff Magnum’s Irish drinking song voice. The ambiance builds with accordions and explodes into a great album with the lyrics “Dad would dream of all the different ways to die, but each one a little more than he could try.”
Each [...]