I Have SO Much Dirt In My Pockets!

As much as I would like for this to be a well-written, nicely thought-out blog post, I think I will just be appeasing you all by posting pictures. Well, since most of these will be from the Music Festival, I will write a tiny bit about the groups I am posting. That way they aren't just rockin' pictures on their own.
Two more work days here and then we are headed to Whitehorse and then home. The Alberta group leaves early tomorrow morning. Sampling is going well. We will probably have a last day in the field tomorrow.

Cheers!


This is Dan Mangan. He's Canadian, folksy, and has great lyrics. The chorus to one of his songs is "Robots need love to... and want to be loved by you."



















This is The Burning Hell. Their main guy, Mathias, is hilarious and plays... the electric ukulele. No joke. They were a great band. We saw them twice. They were definitely one of my favorites.















This is Coolooloosh. They are from Isreal. Very rock/rap/hip-hop, but with a Mediterranean sound. High energy show. Saw them twice.















This is the only American group at the festival, JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound (based in Chicago). JC Brooks is quite the showman, and very, very entertaining. Saw them twice, and they ended Saturday's set/show with "Shout!". The whole place was rocking.


































This is Shakura S'Aida from Ontario. They were a fantastic band, with some of the best musicians in the whole festival. In fact, the guitarist (Donna Grantis) is the BEST guitarist I have ever heard live. She was a-mazing. She has a few things on youtube (as all of these bands do!). The piano player was also really, really good.






































This dapper young fellow is extremely famous for Canadians in my generation, and famous enough that a few of his songs even made it down South in the States. Anyone ever heard the song "The Cat Came Back, the Very Next Day?". Yes, that was Fred Penner, children's entertainer extraordinaire. He was great.



















This group is from Whitehorse and is called Sasquatch Prom Date. They were really fun to listen to and had great costumes.



































This last photo is from Sunday night, the last night, last song. All of the artists came on stage and they all (including young Fred Penner) sang Beastie Boys "You Gotta Fight.. For Your Right... To Parrrrrrrty". Loved. It. . It was packed, everyone was dancing. When I get back I will try and upload a video, but it will take half an hour here.















All together it was one of the best things I have ever been a part of. I would love to come back again for it. Totally worth the money. Hope you all look up dcmf.com
for more info, or info for next year's show (up in a few months!).