Category Archives: music

Food, folk & farmers market

Jul 15

Last weekend’s Vancouver Island Music Fest was blessed with warm weather, peaceful crowds, some good food and great music. It kicked off this year with Alison Krauss & Union Station playing a separate Thursday night concert. I’ve seen her a … Continue reading →

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Zucchini glut? Try making music…

Jul 24

I’ve had this for a while, but the imminence of summer bounty reminds me to share. More about these crazy Austrians on their website, and all I can say is I hope they are composting their instruments at the very … Continue reading →

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Organic Islands, featuring Percy Schmeiser

Jul 6

The Organic Islands festival took place last weekend, and we went for a sunny Saturday afternoon of tastings and talks and music. Found some Emmer (aka Farro, in Italy) an ancient wheat now being grown for the first time on … Continue reading →

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Somewhere–

Nov 4

I happened to hear a song on the radio yesterday, that I’ve been hearing all year: Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World and I looked it up to discover the singer, Israel Kamakawiwo Ole, has been dead for a … Continue reading →

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Festival finale

Aug 14

Morning… Noon… Evening. The plastic wristbands have been snipped off, the sunburns are being soothed and the festival t-shirts and cds are being assessed for staying power. Where does the festival time go? Sunday was a little anticlimactic for me … Continue reading →

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