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5 minute read

AN INSTRUMENTAL LAMENT FOR GAZA

June 27, 2025July 28, 2025

Nathan Salsburg offers an eloquent reply to the barbarism of genocide

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9 minute read

SUNNY’S WINNING THE WAR

April 4, 2023April 8, 2023

The pandemic was hard. But Sunny War is making her best roots music ever

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12 minute read

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

An Afrofuturist take on life after the climate crisis using Black spirituals to sing the story

Kris Klaasen started writing music reviews in Calgary for college and university papers as well as the Calgary Herald. He also wrote occasional record reviews for the Georgia Straight in the 80s. A lifelong communicator and music enthusiast, Kris has been involved with the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in various capacities for more than 35 years and has recently been studying African hand drumming. He's also a pretty good whistler. The photo shows Kris and his daughter at VFMF.