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yegarts · 10 months
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Happenings on Churchill Square
Churchill Square programming is in full swing with an array of free, family friendly special events coming up in May and June. You can also catch our regular free weekly programming which includes Live at Lunch, Zumba, Salsa on the Square, Cypher Wild and the crafts with the AGA Art Cart. Check out our roundup of upcoming events below: 
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Downtown Spark  
Get ready for whimsical art installations from around the world, family-friendly fun, concerts, dance parties and more! Starting this week, explore large-scale art sculptures throughout the downtown core at Downtown Spark. From May 25 to June 4 giant art installations will be located at six different locations, with the largest piece Evanescent by ATELIER SISU coming to Churchill Square. Edmonton is the first city in Canada to host Evanescent, after appearing in 22 international cities and 12 countries. There will also be FREE lunch-time programming, with local musician Aladean Kheroufi kicking things off with a live performance at CKUA on May 25 from 12 – 1 pm. For more information visit https://www.edmontondowntown.com/spark/.  
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Paper Airplane Day 
Did you know that May 26th is Nation Paper Airplane Day? The Alberta Aviation Museum will be bringing their Paper Airplane Test Lab to Churchill Square on Friday May 26 from 12 – 2 pm where you’ll have a chance to build different airplane designs and compare what makes them great at tricks and skills. There are designs for everyone from beginners to the paper airplane pro, or you can put your own designs to the test. Staff will be on hand to help fold and decorate your airplane, then it’s up to you to let them fly! 
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Splash Day 
Come down to Churchill Square and beat the heat! On May 27th the City of Edmonton is turning on the fountain in front of City Hall, and we’re marking the occasion with Splash Day. Join the EAC and the City of Edmonton from 11 am – 4 pm for performances by the Tsunami Brothers and the Trincan Steelpan Orchestra, roving sea creatures, food trucks, games and more. 
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UP on the Square: Benjamin Oswald  Stop by TIX on the Square between June 3 –17 to find a selection of work from Benjamin Oswald's residency, the unveiling of his City Marigold collection and many other surprises. Many of the ceramic pieces on display were created with glazes developed with the support of a recent EAC grant. Select items will be available for purchase.  
Benjamin Oswald has shown and sold his work in multiple spaces in Edmonton and beyond, including Latitude 53, AGA, TIX, the Artworks and Studio 21 Gallery in Halifax. Through a project with TIX, Benjamin was commissioned by the City of Edmonton to create a special collection which references our civic flower, the marigold. He recently returned home from a residency in Denmark, where he experimented with new forms, glazes and forms. 
Opening Reception: June 3, 12 - 2 pm, exhibit runs: June 3 - 17.  
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New child-friendly public art
Have you spotted the new artwork being installed on the Square? Created by local artists Erin Pankratz and Christian Peres Gibaut of Red Knot Studio, A Mischief of Could-be(s) consists of five standing sculptures, drawing inspiration from how children freely interpret and imagine the world through play. The tree-like quality suggests the idea of a magical forest, while the ambiguity of the forms allows for other interpretations, such as tentacles, snakes, arms, stalagmites, etc. The whimsical shapes and colourful palette make the art engaging for art lovers of all ages. To celebrate the installation of this new public art, the EAC will be hosting a kid-friendly celebration with the artists. Keep your eyes peeled for more details in the coming weeks.  
Please note that all events are dependent on weather and air quality. Be sure to check the EAC's social media and website for updates about cancellations.
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I spent last couple of weekends taking part in a study to develop growing Soloss, an initiative I was part of as a songwriter, that matches artists with people experiencing grief and loss. Last week was at Co*Lab. This time, we were at Yorath House - my first time there. I've been to Buena Vista Park countless times and seen the house, but have never been inside. I also had the chance to meet in person for the first time with one of the people who I worked with, writing a song about his life. During my time as a Losstender we had to meet over Zoom due to the pandemic. For more about what Soloss is: https://www.urbanwellnessedmonton.com/soloss-2022 -- #yeg #soloss #yegwestend #yegdt #CityofEdmonton #Recover #InWithForward #grief #loss #sharing #yegmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CpZCGOcLPSt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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disanddatmedia · 1 year
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TONIGHT IS DE NIGHT B'YS! Listen along, play me in the background duing your plans tonight, watch, you name it! Come join my stream and take a listen as I "busk" like I would on Whyte Ave in the summer! Christmas songs (not ones played on radio/in stores), Original songs, and Covers! Just go to my personal Facebook page at the time (or a few minutes before it starts) and click on the live stream (info in photo) :) Will love to have you all tune in tonight :) (also we are going to see what goes first, my "set" list, camera batteries, or my vocals, LET'S GOOOO!) #tibbseve #xmas #xmaseve #christmas #christmaseve #yule #wintersolstice #live #livemusic #music #acoustic #acousticguitar #acousticcover #acousticoriginal #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #edmontonlocal #yegmusic #edmontonmusic #busking #onlinebusking https://www.instagram.com/p/CmhC2l9rqrE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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officialksweet · 1 year
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Aint Shit $weet by @kamdollarsign 2 Year Anniversary, Today marks 2 Year Mark since my Debut Project 100% Performed, Mixed, Mastered Produced by myself. & Art by @obiiad_ - A Mix-Tape in a digital landscape. Keeping it Traditional paying homage to my predecessors and legends before me, Aint shit $weet is THE FIRST MIXTAPE of a series with the next instalment IN 2 DAYS. A lot of the mixtape was conceived at a younger age thought 17-19 before the release of bittersweet. & u$ with @ykawoe My debut singles to my mixtape were released but the rest of the tape was finished in the last month so shit a long time in the works fo this. 21K Streams so far no promotion, Shoutout to all the collaborations who helped, Thank yall to anyone who listened, shared, added to their playlist and are continuing to do so🖤 thank you for tuning into $weetStyle Sunday Season 1 & 2 ❗️❗️ Track 1: Tape Intro (prod. KAM$) Track 2: Bitter$weet (prod. KAM$) Track 3: Ghostface Killah (prod. @homagebeats &me) Track 4: Mi$$ (prod. KAM$) Track 5: Amerikkka (prod. KAM$) Track 6: U$ (ft @ykawoe ) (prod. GUM$) Track 7: GameBoy (ft. Cheeefy) (prod. KAM$) Track 8: Ff & Rw Interlude (prod. KAM$) Track 9: 92 Mont Ave (ft Zelibeth ) (prod. @gabevtd ) Track 10: The Soul (prod. @issa__bank @ kam$) Track 11: Right thur (prod. Mutny & kam$) Track 12: Take Time (ft. @brvidzmusic ) (prod. KAM$) Track 13: Time Gone (prod. RamoneRSK & KAM$) Track 14: Rakim (ft. @saucadelic , @trewth.the.rapper )(prod. Dj Clark Kent) Track 15: 780 Freestyle (prod. KAM$) Track 16: Chocolate Thai  (prod. @nas & Precision & kam$) Track 17: $ugarCoated(prod. @the_grim_sleeper_hip_hop )  Track 18: $weetheart (ft K$WEET) (prod. KAM$) Track 19: Kamasutra (prod. KAM$) Track 20: Tape Stop (prod. KAM$) • (AINT SHIT $WEET XCEPT THE $$ by KAM$ 2 DAYS 12.22.22) • #KAMS #KSWEET #SWEETSUNDAYS #HIPHOP ❗️ #rapmusic #debutmixtape #yegmusic #rapper #newmusic #beatmaker #producer #Aintshitsweet #AintShitSweetbyKAMS #hiphopmusic #trap #tape #90shiphop #oldschool #oldsoul #oldschoolhiphop #vhs #vinyl #90s (at YEG) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZp22Kv7eq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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sadg1rl0 · 2 years
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me and my friend at a local concert
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yegphotographer · 2 years
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Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2022 by Paula Kirman Via Flickr: Bombino
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grasdal · 1 year
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Burton Cummings! Always! @thejunoawards #junos #junoawards2023 #junocartoon #musiccanada @yeg #bestcoversong #canada #yegmusic #yegactivities #yegcartoonist #yegarts #canadianartist #canadianmusic #yegawards #musicawards #burtoncummings (at Downtown Edmonton) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuGLlluiXQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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musicinyeg · 1 year
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Review : “Plugged In” an EP by Indycysive
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On December 16th, 2022, local hip hop artist Indycisive dropped his EP "Plugged In". A cohesive album that has to be listened to from start to finish in the order it is presented in.
The project is filled with intelligent lyricism that touches on the choke-hold social media has on modern day society; placed on top of a digitally inspired sounding backdrop. It uses creative sound bites throughout the project that helps take the listener inside the artist’s mind as he shares his thoughts on the digital world; how it has people chasing trends for likes and comments, and scrolling through our timelines that make us envy the lives people portray themselves as having on their socials, whether it's true or not, and how he copes with what is considered “the norm” in this digital era.
What i love and appreciate about this project the most is that in terms of each individual track, there are almost no hooks, and only one obvious chorus present in the entire project; one that cleverly suits the statement he's trying to make in that particular track. To me it proves that the only thing Ben Matheson (Indycysive) sets out to do with this EP was to make the listener think.
  While there is nothing wrong with songs that have structure within themselves, such as a verse, a hook, a chorus, and a bridge, it is refreshing to see an artist not afraid to throw all of that out of the window, to tell a story and release it. Art, for art sake.
   "Plugged In" both musically and lyrically is a brilliant body of work. One that in my opinion, deserves a visual project to match up with it! There is one music video for the opening track "Enter The Matrix", but i think this project definitely gives potential for a visual project of the EP as a whole.
   Indycysive gets his point across throughout the project, but even if that wasn't the case, he makes sure to end the project with a clear and simple message that i think all of us can relate to; "Sometimes you just gotta unplug and live in the real world for a bit. You know?"
Cheers!
-xx Deon (MusicInYEG)
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bobbysmale · 1 year
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The doors are open! I have a table at the Edmonton Guitar Show is being held at: Italian Cultural Centre 14230 133 Ave NW,  Edmonton, AB T5L 4W4 OPEN to then PUBLIC at 10 AM Shows are OPEN to the Public from 10 AM to 4 PM.  Come by and see my one of a kind instruments, and many other guitar, pedal, and amp builders. As well as some guitar collectors and dealers. #guitar #bass #musicalinstruments #luthier #guitarbuilder #handmade #yegmusic #handmademusicalinstruments #edmontonguitarshow #edmontonguitarshow2022 (at Italian Cultural Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjN54wbru_j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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septembryo · 2 years
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Been sitting on this for a while but I’m so excited to finally announce that I’m now working with Kulinary Records as a writer/producer. I feel incredibly fortunate to be a part of this amazing team and I can’t wait for you to hear all the things we’ve been cooking up together 👨‍🍳 🎶 👨‍🚀 📸 from the Cosmic Cruise music video by @the_chef2k #yyc #yycmusic #yycproducer #songwriter #indielabel #soloartists #musicproducerlife #canadiantalent #astronautart #aestheticfeeds #singersongwriter #recordingstudios #yycarts #yycmusicians #yegmusic #yvrmusic #yyzmusic #canadianmusician #outerspaceart #yycartist #indiemusic #indieartists #delorean #80skid #bttf #80smusicvideo #lovehzproductions #septembryo #telephonesilence #michael8 (at Calgary, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgAAEUuryjp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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yegarts · 1 year
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I Am YEG Arts series: Donita Large
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Donita Large is a Cree singer-songwriter whose powerful stories and beautiful melodies pack an emotional punch. With a passion for singing that started at an early age – having been immersed in Métis, country, and gospel music all her life – Donita started out singing at funerals and weddings in her community of Saddle Lake First Nation, AB. Understanding how music can be a powerful tool in healing, during the pandemic she took the plunge into releasing her own songs. A year and a half later, Donita has released three original songs, hitting number one on the Indigenous Music Countdown, and she shows no signs of slowing down.  
This week’s “I Am YEG Arts” story focuses on Donita Large.  
Tell us a little bit about your connection to Edmonton and what keeps you living and working here. 
I grew up in my community of Saddle Lake First Nation. I finished high school, and I came to the city for post-secondary, like many people do. And once I landed here, I started to get connected with the Indigenous community here. I think once you lay your roots someplace and you start getting involved in community it's harder to leave. I really love the music community in Edmonton. It's very dynamic and there's so many amazing artists, so it's pretty easy to stay. 
What drew you to music as a creative outlet, and what guides or informs the music that you make? 
That is a really big question. I have a very musical family back home in northeastern Alberta – in Saddle Lake, but also Moose Mountain where my mom's side of the family is. I grew up listening to my uncles play fiddle and guitar, and so for me, music was just a part of life. It wasn't like I chose it. I can't imagine having grown up without music.  
When I came to the city, I didn't have those connections right away, and so I started to reach out to different organizations and places. What really got me going was when I started jamming, playing ukulele and just getting together and having some fun, trying out some new things. And it got me writing music as well. I had only written one song at that point, and I don't know how other songwriters are, but I think there's a bit of imposter syndrome. Like, can I really write? Is this something that I can do? and you kind of limit yourself. So, I started to write more music and that inspired me to focus on creating more music.  
And then it became, well, what am I going to write about? What's the focus? What got me writing originals is that I really wanted to write songs that honored my ancestors, and honored the stories that I think people are just starting to hear, and some of the stories that are just starting to be told. Some [songs] have that Indigenous inspired sound and some are specific to things that are in my heart and in my mind around reconciliation and around the stories that I just feel like it's a good time to tell. 
In what ways does your Indigenous heritage influence your art? 
I think it influences everything. It's not something I feel like I can separate in any way. It's just who I am and that's my experience in this world. One of my songs, “Reconciliation Sky” honours residential school survivors; those who went to residential school and didn't come home, and those who went and had the experiences they had at residential school. I have many people in my family who went to residential school, including my father. And so, I felt it was an important story.  
The very first song that I wrote – it's not the first song I released – but the first song I wrote was called “Ancestors in my Bones”. It was just something I felt. I pulled over on the side of the road and wrote these lyrics, and it was something that I felt like I just needed to sing.  
And while jamming with a group of ladies, the song that came out was a song about women's empowerment. Having gone through unhealthy relationships in my past and thinking about that story, I wrote a song called “Going to Walk that Line” about creating healthy boundaries and feeling really good about what I'm going to accept in my life and what I'm not going to accept. All of those pieces are influenced by who I am as an Indigenous person. 
As a storyteller, what narratives or inspiration do you find yourself returning to in your songs? 
Being a mother, I contemplate what messages I want to put out in the world because I know that music and words have power. Knowing that my daughter is going to be singing along and hearing these songs, that impacts the words that I say. But also, as much as I want to tell the stories of our experiences, whether it be hurt or intergenerational trauma, I also want to tell stories of hope or healing.  
One of the songs that I wrote that I haven't released – it'll be a part of what the work that I’ll be doing this year – is called “Sweetgrass”, and it's a really beautiful healing song. It makes people feel good when they hear it, and if I can sing a song that allows people to feel really grounded, connected, and happy in their heart to hear it, that makes me feel good about the music I'm putting out in the world.  
But to balance it, I also wrote a song that has a lot of angst in it. It's a really heavy, hard rock song that hasn't come out yet. I'm kind of all over the map when it comes to genres because I really love all different kinds of sounds. I think that at the end of the day, a lot of it just has to do with my own experiences of wanting to share a story and also do some education through my lyrics.  
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Tell us more about your new song “Reconciliation Sky” and your experience working with mentor/producer Chris Birkett. 
I had the privilege of getting to meet Chris [Birkett] when I was looking for a producer to do “Ancestors in my Bones”. When I first wrote the song, I'd been performing it with a drum or a rattle and I was trying to figure out how to get a sound for the recording with more of a “World Rock” feeling to it. I was able to connect with the music publisher Eric Alper and I said, look, this song would be the kind of song that someone like Buffy Sainte-Marie would appreciate. He told me Buffy doesn't produce her stuff anymore; she's at a time in her life where she gets other people to do that work. Then he asked, “would you like to meet her producer?” And I was like, that sounds like a great idea! I was so surprised that I asked a question, and here I was being introduced to Chris.  
We connected on Zoom because he lives in Toronto. He was so humble, and he's got a spiritual, cool vibe and it was so easy to talk to him. And then I sent him my song and he loved it. He did the producing for that first song.  
I was able to get a grant through the Edmonton Arts Council to go to Toronto and be mentored by Chris for a week. And during our time together, we wrote four songs together and “Reconciliation Sky” was one of those songs. 
It was interesting because when you work with somebody where energies connect, things flow really easily. I told Chris that I felt it was really important at this time that I tell this story. I want to find a way to be able to talk about and honour the 215 that started in Kamloops with the unmarked graves, and how that story is continuing across Canada. You know that story hasn't ended. And I think because it's not in the media, I'm not sure how many people are really aware of how many residential schools are still recovering family members. I thought that was an important story to tell.  
Thinking about how to tell that story, Chris and I were talking and he said, “I have this really beautiful lullaby that I used to sing my son that I wrote for him. And I have this melody. Do you want to hear it?” And I said sure. He played it for me, and I was like, that's the sound. The lullaby piece is so fitting because in my second verse I acknowledge the mothers didn't have a chance to sing those lullabies because their children were at residential school. 
What advice would you like to share with emerging artists? 
I think part of it is that you can’t wait for people to make it happen for you. Regardless of what medium you're in, it's important to make connections and to ask those questions and get out there. And know that there's going to be times that you're not going to know what you're doing. There were times when I was trying to figure out how to release music. I was like, this is so beyond me and I had to reach out to people in the industry. I have a cousin who had released music in Saskatchewan and he was doing really well so I reached out to him and I'm like, hey, how do I do this? He gave me tips, and then I started reaching out to a mentor and he would give me tips. The more that I asked questions, the more people were helping. Sometimes people won't help, for whatever reason, and that's OK. But there's lots of people who do want to help, and I think the hard part is to stay on top of it; you’ve got to stay engaged. There's a lot of work involved. It's not something that just magically happens. 
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Tell us about what you're currently working on and what you hope to explore next. 
Well, I have some shows booked, I'm doing shows with my guitar player Anthony King. Anthony King is the lead guitar player for Buffy Sainte-Marie, and he happened to move to Edmonton. I'm very grateful he's here. And then also I have a band – Donita Large and the Small Band.  I've done some festivals and different shows and I'm hoping to hit more stages.  
My daughter is also doing a show with us in March. She'll be doing some pow wow dancing/ fancy dancing for the SkirtsAfire Festival, as a part of our show Nikâwiy, meaning ‘my mother’ in Cree. I'm with the Indigenous women's group called Nîpisîy (Nîpisîy meaning ‘willow’ in Cree) along with Sherryl Sewepegaham, Debbie Houle and Cindy Paul.  
And I've decided that I want to finish an album. At this point I've released three singles, and I’ve decided that this is the year that I want to focus on getting an album together and getting that out. I'll be working with Chris Birkett again, and hopefully either going to Toronto or having him come here.  
What excites you most about the Edmonton art scene right now? 
When I think about what exists in Edmonton there's so much dynamic art that is happening in so many different areas. For example, prior to Christmas the Indigenous Artist Market had done shows and I got to sing at three different weekends. Just to walk through and see like 30 Indigenous artist vendors – that didn’t exist before. It used to be harder to find beadwork or mukluks that were made here. To have so much available, to me, that's one way people have come together.  
When it comes to music, you can go find live music – amazing live music – any night of the week. It's really a matter of how much time you have and whether you can make that work. But there's just so many amazing musicians and so many different genres that are represented. And it feels like it's a very welcoming community. I think the opportunities that are presented now, especially for young people if they choose to get into art, there's so much more support and there's so much more opportunity than there ever was before. 
Want more YEG Arts Stories? We’ll be sharing them here and on social media using the hashtag #IamYegArts. Follow along! Click here to learn more about Donita Large.  
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About Donita Large 
Donita Large is Cree from Saddle Lake First Nation and is a singer-songwriter and has been mentored as an associate vocal coach. She has an education in social work, addictions and adult education and is a Four Directions Wellness Specialist and a Circle of Safety Women’s Family Violence Facilitator. Performing solo or in groups, Donita has sung in Indigenous women's acapella and drum groups, for special events like in the Indigenous & Black Choir for a Johnny Reid CCMA performance, an Indigenous quintet performance at Carnegie Hall, and on intimate stages like the Pêhonân stage at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.  In May 2021, Donita created and produced the music for a University of Alberta educational video called “Territorial Acknowledgements: Going Beyond the Script”. 
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Some Crow news: the album is now streaming on Spotify, so if that's your preferred method of music delivery, go for it! You can also buy the album (or any of the songs within) at Bandcamp: https://paulaevekirman.bandcamp.com/album/the-crow -- #yeg #yegmusic #yegmusician #singer #songwriter #musician #womenmusicians #folkmusic #acousticmusic #EdmontonMusicScene #music https://www.instagram.com/p/CmzCY8kr-6Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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norhail · 2 years
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after the show i went to last night, i was waiting for my sister to pick me up because i was drinking. the show was held at a bar called midway, and the regular saturday crew rolled in, and everyone looked to be like freshly 18, and i felt //so// old.
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livingd3adgxrl · 2 years
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yegphotographer · 2 years
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Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2022 by Paula Kirman Via Flickr: Debashish Bhattacharya
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grasdal · 1 year
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#junocartoon @thejunoawards #junoawards #junoawards2023 #canada #yeg #yegmusic #yegcartoons #yegart #canadianmusician #canadianmusic #yegawards #yegweekend #yegactivities #yeglivemusic #musiccanada #junos #beavers #canadiancartoonist @yeg @music_canada https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpt3kZbuv2i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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