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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 10

January 29, 2021November 19, 2021

Discovering veteran artists for the first time and saying goodbye to some of the greats

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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 9

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021

Joni Miller has long had a thing for skinny chicks playing strong lead guitar like Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde Compatriots and Victoria residents Ted Lane and Jim Thomson feel differently about music in the time of COVID. Lane’s unimpressed while Thomson …Read More

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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 6

January 16, 2021January 15, 2021

A dozen eclectic and beautiful songs from Patti Smith, Olafur Arnalds, Brian Eno, The Fretless, Eineida Marta, Keb’ Mo’ and more

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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 5

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021

A few oldies. A few new ones. From contributors Diane Beckett and Ron Verzuh.

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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 4

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021

A genre-jumping set of music from ska-punk to Portuguese fado, slow jazz, comforting Americana to spoken word artistry and more.

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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 2

January 1, 2021November 25, 2021

Cool sounds for tuned in people

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READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 1

December 27, 2020January 10, 2021

Kurated readers share the music you loved and listened to most in 2020

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.