Where Have All the Protest Songs Gone
June 28th, 2010June 28, 2010 By Greg Quill Entertainment Reporter, Entertainment Columnist Where Have All the Protest Songs Gone Back Interview Portion with Brian Gladstone below. Sometime in the late 1960s, Pete Seeger — in his prime with just a banjo and a 12-string guitar — stepped up to a single microphone on the concert [...] [Read more...]
Winterfolk VIII – A Different Kind of Folk Festival
April 12th, 2010Winterfolk VIII – A Different Kind of Folk Festival By Martin C. Winer, www.martincwiner.com – Reprinted from Folkprints Magazine, Spring / Summer Edition, 2010 – Photos by Madelon Cooper Record crowds attended the eight annual Winterfolk Roots and Blues festival held in downtown Toronto, over the weekend of February 12-15, 2010. Most of the venues [...] [Read more...]
Danforth Magazine on Winterfolk VIII
March 29th, 2010WINTERFOLK VIII – FEB 12-15, 2010 TORONTO – Mark it in your calendar! The EIGHTH ANNUAL WINTERFOLK FESTIVAL is back for, not three, but FOUR days of your favourite folk, roots and blues musicians. After an extensive search for new talent through auditions held in several Ontario cities, the Winterfolk festival – which runs from [...] [Read more...]
COMMUNITY IS KEY AT WINTERFOLK VIII
February 10th, 2010COMMUNITY IS KEY AT WINTERFOLK VIII Written by Press Release Not only will the EIGHTH ANNUAL WINTERFOLK FESTIVAL entertain with some of Canada’s finest artists, but the festival will once again feature community stages showcasing pioneer folk artists like CRABTREE & MILLS and emerging powerhouse vocalist LINDSAY FERGUSON. Toronto’s free, all-ages, mid-winter, weatherproof urban [...] [Read more...]
Winterfolk next weekend
February 10th, 2010Winterfolk next weekend More than 100 musicians to performs at four Danforth venues By Norm Nelson The eighth annual Winterfolk festival is coming back to the Danforth, running all four days over the Family Day holiday weekend, Feb. 12 to 15. More than 100 musicians will perform in four Danforth venues on six stages. The [...] [Read more...]
Moonshine Cafe Hosts Winterfolk Preview
January 17th, 2010Roots, blues and folk musicians can audition at the Black Swan for Winterfolk VIII
November 20th, 2009Auditions for Winterfolk VIII are heating up and aspiring performers have two more chances to try their luck. The Toronto festival promoting roots, blues, folk and other musical styles has been expanded to four days. It’ll be held from Feb. 12-15 in the Danforth-Broadview area at several clubs to be announced. The event is billed [...] [Read more...]
MUSICIANS CAN AUDITION FOR TORONTO FESTIVAL
October 18th, 2009October 15, 2009 News Briefs MUSICIANS CAN AUDITION FOR TORONTO FESTIVAL Peterborough will host auditions next month for a chance to perform in a Toronto roots and blues festival. The Winterfolk VIII Roots and Blues Festival is set to run Feb. 12 to 15 in Toronto and organizers are holding auditions across Ontario this winter. [...] [Read more...]
Winterfolk auditions at The Black Swan
October 14th, 2009October 14, 2009 Winterfolk auditions at The Black Swan This year’s festival expands to four days Winterfolk auditions at The Black Swan. by Norm Nelson Photo - David Gillis plays in a guitar-jam at The Black Swan February 2009 during the Winterfolk Blues and Roots Music Festival. Mirror photo/MIKE POCHWAT [...] [Read more...]
What he really wants to do is perform
July 27th, 2009Reprinted from the Toronto Star Feb 07, 2008 04:30 AM GREG QUILL - ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST Brian Gladstone started Winterfolk to help his music career. Now he keeps in the background In its sixth year, Toronto’s annual Winterfolk roots music festival might – just might – make a profit. That’s not festival founder and artistic director [...] [Read more...]