Alberta hopes to remove all COVID-19 capacity limits on indoor and outdoor events by late July
In a letter sent to industry stakeholders last week, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, outlined a potential timeline for audiences to return to live events over the summer months.
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Posted: Apr 14, 2021 6:28 PM MT | Last Updated: April 15 I believe we re going to have a Calgary Stampede, we re going to have outdoor events, says Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. He is pictured here with Texas the horse in 2019. (Geneviève Normand/Radio-Canada)
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twobadou. Rhythmically it s very close to a merengue. I traveled to Haiti in 2012 and 2013, and that was the first time I had gone there as an adult. I went to this city in the north of Haiti called Cap Haitien, where a lot of this rural secular music originates and banjo was central traditionally to that style of music. What that music became is now called
kompa. Traditionally it s the banjo and the singer place the cha-cha accompanied by the
tambu, which is the Haitian drum. It s secular dance music, and I got really inspired by the content lyrically. The songs talk about a lot of taboo subjects and Haitian culture and society with these beautiful metaphors. It was a huge education for me just linguistically about the Creole language. The twobadou musician who stands out most to me is Althiery Dorival. There s also the band Ti Coca et Wanga Neges, which translates to Little Coca and The Nightingales. I think I ran into that band at t
CALGARY The Calgary Folk Festival will be going ahead with its sixth annual Block Heater event that has been reimagined into a digital experience. The event will occur on two digital stages nightly from Feb. 16 to 19. Kelly Clark, artistic director for Calgary Folk Music Festival is excited to be still supporting artists despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “It s really exciting to still be able to support artists, to put artists and audience together and to be able to provide some fees to artists and so help them with their careers,” said Clark. “I think that it s just exciting for the festival to be active, working with Music and Musicians, because that s our, that s our modus operandi.”