FOLK PRINTS SPRING 2017
BareNaked Ladies Matt Andersen Bruce Cockburn Whitehorse • Ruth B The New Pornographers 12 stages camping pub stage KIDS’ folkplay
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Funders, Sponsors and Partners................................................................................................................4 The President’s Message...........................................................................................................................5 The Executive Director’s Message.............................................................................................................6 FMO Awards - New and Improved.............................................................................................................8 FMO Member Festivals.............................................................................................................................10 New Members...........................................................................................................................................12
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016/17 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Katharine Partridge .................... katharine.a.partridge@gmail.com Vice President Preetam Sengupta.... preetam.sengupta@gmail. com
STAFF Executive Director Alka Sharma..... asharma@folkmusicontario.ca
Treasurer Jan Cody.................... janicecody@rogers.com
Office Manager Jennifer Ellis............ jellis@folkmusicontario.ca
Secretary Amie Therrien..... amie@balsampiermusic.com
Volunteer Coordinator Shelley Ann Morris ........................... register@folkmusicontario.ca
Directors Darin Addison................darin@homecounty.ca Dave Cool........................... dave@davecool.ca James Keelaghan................... jkinfo@mac.com Jani Lauzon....................lauzon75@gmail.com Max Merrifield............. nlfbdirector@gmail.com Liz Scott......................lizscott555@gmail.com Alex Sinclair................... pmsinc@interlog.com Past Presidents Rachel Barreca Alex Sinclair Scott Merrifield Paul Mills Aengus Finnan Sam Baijal Doug McArthur Warren Robinson Carolyn Bigley Bill Marshall Magoo Jim McMillan
Bookkeeper Lynn Rae Membership Services Coordinator Carolyn Sutherland.... edp@folkmusicontario.ca PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Peter MacDonald Erin Benjamin Phone: 1-866-292-6233 or 613-560-5997 Fax: 613-560-2001 www.folkmusicontario.ca Mailing address: 508-B Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1R 5P1 Printing and layout by Orion Printing
Cover photo courtesy of Mike Bourgeault Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy at Northern Lights Festival Boréal 2016
PAST ESTELLE KLEIN AWARD RECIPIENTS Anne Lederman Sadie Buck Harvey Glatt Mike Stevens Arthur McGregor Paul Mills Grit Laskin Sharon, Lois & Bram Bernie Finkelstein Stan Rogers Richard Flohil Ken Whiteley Sylvia Tyson The Friends of Fiddler’s Green Ian Tamblyn Jackie Washington Estelle Klein Please visit bit.ly/2sYW71m for ad rates, formats and sizes. Submissions and pictures welcome! We cannot believe guarantee inclusion of your submission in Folk Prints (but we’ll try!). Please send submissions in text format only. If you have pictures, call us before sending them. The views expressed in this magazine are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of Folk Music Ontario. Questions or comments regarding Folk Prints should be brought to the attention of Alka Sharma at asharma@ folkmusicontario.ca. Articles and photos may not be reprinted without the express written permission of the author and/or photographer.
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The president’s message
Happy spring! I consider myself lucky to have an office that looks out onto a stretch of trees, a scrubby field pretending to be lawn and a stream. When warm days arrive, I open the doors wide to let in the birdsong and stream play. They offer me a little reminder that for this moment at least the world is all right. Folk music does the same. It’s an honour to work with a Board of Directors and staff who are committed to and passionate about Folk Music Ontario’s purpose to support the growth and development of the folk music community and industry. Over the past several months FMO has undertaken an incredible amount of important work in achieve our five strategies in pursuit of that purpose: • Embed Inclusivity and Diversity: By everyone in everything, every day • Increase & Diversify Revenue: Strengthen existing
and develop new and innovative revenue streams • Expand Member Value: Deliver services year-round targeted to evolving member needs • Maximize Collaboration: Create collaborative opportunities to achieve our vision • Be the Advocate: Raise the profile of FMO and champion folk music We have partnered with Ottawa’s MEGAPHONO Festival, APCM (Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique), Folk Music Canada and MusicOntario to build strength and diversity. In March, we presented successful concerts in Ottawa and Toronto to expand FMO services year-round and pilot a vital new revenue stream. In May, we unveiled our refreshed FMO Awards program, introducing a new Recording Artist of the Year Award, sponsored by the Re-
by Katharine Partridge
cording Artists’ Collecting Society, to expand member value. And our Executive Director, Alka Sharma, and fellow board members have supported showcases, panel presentations and advocacy of FMO and its members at Folk Alliance, East Coast Music Awards, Canada Music Week, and other local and international events. I’d like to thank our board for their contributions to these initiatives and others that ensure we are building a vibrant, inclusive organization. I’d also like to thank our staff – Alka, Jennifer, Carolyn, who was hired recently to head up member services, and our new JCP volunteer coordinator, Shelley Ann. You are an amazing team! Now, let the summer begin! Hope you see you all at a festival or two or three over the coming months. Sing!
FMO members know how to save! The 2017 conference is only four months away. Don’t forget to purchase membership in FMO and register early to get the best rates. FMO membership is $49.72 for one year, and members registering by August 31 pay the Early Bird rate of $360.95. Compare that to the non-member Early Bird rate ($479.60) - the savings add up to nearly $70. Visit www.folkmusicontario.ca for more information.
the Executive director’s MESSAGE by Alka Sharma
It’s finally spring and the warm weather is certainly welcomed! We are happy to have held the annual FMO Festival Member’s Retreat. The retreat is targeted to our festival members’ Executive Directors, Board members and festival administrators, and was held over the weekend of May 5-7 in Sudbury, ON. We were pleased to have a session moderated by Clayton Windatt, Executive Director, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective. He spoke on Engaging the Indigenous Community at Festivals. Many discussions occurred and lots of topics came out of the retreat for the conference and for next year’s retreat. The retreat would not take place without the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage. The organizing committee this year was made up of Darin Addison (Home County Folk Festival), Max Merrifield (Northern Lights Festival Boréal), Peter Zwarich (River & Sky Music/Camping Festival) and Ruth Parsons (Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival).
I want to specifically thank Carolyn Sutherland, FMO’s NEW Membership Services Coordinator, for facilitating a great weekend had by all! As well, thank you to Max and Peter for hosting the group over the weekend. Speaking of Carolyn Sutherland, we were very excited to have Carolyn start her new position with FMO on April 1. She will also be continuing her role as the Export Development Coordinator along with her duties as the Membership Services Coordinator. This position was created to serve FMO’s members and if you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact her directly. She will be happy to help! We have also hired Shelley Ann Morris as the new Volunteer Coordinator, through the Job Creation Partnership program provided by Ottawa Festivals. We welcome Shelley and look forward working with her in this capacity. FMO will continue to collaborate with APCM (Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique) to allow a young Francophone artist to participate in the newly titled Developing Artists Program (formerly the Youth Program). FMO will pair them up with a Francophone mentor for the program. As we start planning for the 2017 conference – October 19-22 at the Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites in Mississauga – we are eager to produce another thought-provoking and interesting weekend. The Awards Brunch will again take place on Sunday of
the conference weekend. The awards themselves have been revamped, with Stingray Rising Star English and French awards, FMO Songs From the Heart awards (formerly the sub-category awards), and the new Recording Artist of the Year Award, sponsored and presented by the Recording Artists’ Collecting Society (RACS). Recipients of all of these awards will be invited to perform at the Awards Showcase on Thursday, October 19. We are excited about all these changes and hope that you will join us for this inaugural showcase. As many of you may know, Jennifer Ellis, FMO’s Office Manager, is taking a leave of three months to recover after her hip surgery. She will be out of the office from late July until the end of October. However, she will be at the conference as an attendee and will be able to relax and enjoy the music! Jennifer is vital to FMO and we are going to miss her while she is away and look forward to when she’s back in the office, new hip and all, in November. I would like to thank the Board of Directors of FMO for their consistent dedication to the organization and all the volunteer work that they put into FMO. If you see anyone from this great group of people at a festival this summer, please feel free to speak with them. Looking forward to seeing many of you at all the music festivals! Have a great summer.
Billy Bragg / Las Cafeteras / Coeur de Pirate Sarah Harmer / The Jerry Cans / Lowest of the Low Lindi Ortega / and many more
Hillside July 14→16 2017 Guelph Lake Island guelph, ontario
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HAVE YOU MOVED..? …or has your contact information changed? Please take a moment to send us your new details, by e-mail (jellis@folkmusicontario.ca) or by snail mail to: Folk Music Ontario 508-B Gladstone Avenue Ottawa, ON K1R 5P1 Be sure to include your name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address and website, as well as any business contact information. Thanks for helping us keep our records straight!
FMO AWARDS – NEW AND IMPROVED! Over the past several months, FMO’s Awards Committee has undertaken a complete renovation and revitalization of the awards submission and selection process. The selected recipients of the various awards will be invited to perform their winning songs at the Awards Showcase, which will kick off the conference on Thursday, October 19. The awards themselves will be presented at the Awards Brunch on Sunday, October 22. The Stingray Rising Star Award, sponsored by Stingray Music, will be presented to one English and one French emerging songwriter. The winners each receive $1,000 and a registration for the 2017 FMO conference. Beginning this year, this award is open to applicants from across Canada.
The FMO Songs From the Heart Award is presented to songwriters in six categories: • Children’s • Folk music from around the world • Humourous • Instrumental • Political • Roots/Blues The winners of these categories will each receive $100 in FMO credit, which can be used toward membership fees/renewal, conference registration, future application fees, etc. Applicants pay one fee to submit a song for one or both of these competitions, and in addition, can request that their song be considered for the Colleen Peterson Award, sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). This award is presented to an emerging
by Jennifer Ellis
Ontario professional singersongwriter in the genres of roots, traditional, folk and country music. The winner of the Colleen Peterson Award will receive $1,000 and a registration for the 2017 FMO conference. This year, a new award will be introduced: Recording Artist of the Year, sponsored by the Recording Artists’ Collecting Society. This award will recognize overall artistic performance of a recording artist in the genres of folk, roots, and blues. The winner will receive $1,000 and a registration for the 2017 FMO conference. Find out more about the specific application criteria for each of these awards on the newly updated FMO Awards webpage.
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FMO member festivals July 7 - 9 juillet MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL - Orillia 705-326-3655 mff@mariposafolk.com www.mariposafolk.com
June / juin June 16 - 18 juin TOTTENHAM BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Tottenham 647-209-2593 888-258-4727 tottenhambluegrassinfo@gmail.com www.tottenhambluegrass.ca
July 14 - 16 juillet HILLSIDE FESTIVAL - Guelph 519-763-6396 info@hillsidefestival.ca www.hillsidefestival.ca
July / juillet
July 14 - 16 juillet HOME COUNTY MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL - London 519-432-4310 info@homecounty.ca www.homecounty.ca
July/juillet - September/septembre SUMMER FESTIVALS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE - Toronto 416-973-4000 info@harbourfrontcentre.com www.harbourfrontcentre.com/festivals
July 14 - 16 juillet STEWART PARK FESTIVAL - Perth 613-267-3311 x2237 stewartparkfestmgr@gmail.com www.stewartparkfestival.com
July 6 - 9 juillet NORTHERN LIGHTS FESTIVAL BORร AL - Sudbury 705-674-5512 director@nlfb.ca www.nlfb.ca
July 20 - 23 juillet RIVER AND SKY MUSIC/ CAMPING FESTIVAL - Field 855-561-4484 info@riverandsky.ca www.riverandsky.ca
July 6 - 9 juillet TD SUNFEST - London 519-672-1522 info@sunfest.on.ca www.sunfest.on.ca
August / aoรปt
July 6 - 16 juillet RBC BLUESFEST - Ottawa 613-247-1188 info@ottawabluesfest.ca www.ottawabluesfest.ca
August 4 - 6 aoรปt BLUE SKIES MUSIC FESTIVAL - Clarendon Station 613-279-2610 www.blueskiesmusicfestival.ca
July 7 - 9 juillet CANTERBURY FOLK FESTIVAL - Ingersoll canterburyfolkfestival@ingersoll.ca www.canterburyfolkfestival.on.ca
August 4 - 6 aoรปt THE MILL RACE FESTIVAL OF TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC - Cambridge 519-621-7135 mill_race@yahoo.com www.millracefolksociety.com 10
August 7 - 13 août GODERICH CELTIC ROOTS FESTIVAL & CELTIC COLLEGE - Goderich 519-524-8221 festival@celticfestival.ca www.celticfestival.ca
September / septembre September 1 – 3 septembre SHELTER VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL - Grafton 905-349-2788 festival@sheltervalley.com www.sheltervalley.com September 13 - 17 septembre CITYFOLK AT LANSDOWNE PARK - Ottawa 613-230-8234 info@cityfolkfestival.com www.cityfolkfestival.com
August 11 - 13 août KINGSVILLE FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL - Kingsville 519-997-7777 info@kingsvillefolkfest.org www.kingsvillefolkfest.org
October / octobre October 19 - 22 octobre FOLK MUSIC ONTARIO 31ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Mississauga 613-560-5997 / 866-292-6233 info@folkmusicontario.ca www.folkmusicontario.ca
August 11 - 13 août LIVE FROM THE ROCK FOLK AND BLUES FESTIVAL - Red Rock 807-889-1325 lftrartistic@gmail.com www.livefromtherockfolkfestival.com August 11 - 13 août TROUT FOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL - Ear Falls info@troutfest.com www.troutfest.com
COMING UP IN 2018: February 9 - 11 février HILLSIDE INSIDE - Guelph 519-763-6396 info@hillsidefestival.ca www.hillsidefestival.ca
August 18 - 20 août ARBORETUM MUSIC FESTIVAL - Ottawa info@arboretumfestival.com www.arboretumfestival.com
February 16 - 18 février WINTERFOLK XVI - Toronto admin@winterfolk.com www.winterfolk.com
August 18 - 20 août PETERBOROUGH FOLK FESTIVAL - Peterborough pffchair@gmail.com www.peterboroughfolkfest.com
March 2 - 5 mars WINTER FOLK CAMP - Haliburton 705-457-9110 singingdog1@gmail.com www.winterfolkcamp.com
August 18 - 20 août SUMMERFOLK MUSIC & CRAFTS FESTIVAL - Owen Sound 519-371-2995 gbfs@bmts.com www.summerfolk.org
August 28 août - September 3 septembre ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL - Toronto 416-979-9901 sam@ashkenaz.ca www.ashkenaz.ca 11
NEW MEMBERS Folk Music Ontario welcomes the following new members who joined us since the last issue of Folk Prints:
New Ontario Individual Members Jeremie Albino, Picton Mike Anderson, Ottawa Jay Andrews, Toronto Leslie Benson, Grafton Laurent Bourque, Toronto Kenneth Buttle, Niagara Falls Denis Charette, Iroquois Falls Michael Collins, Oakville Matthew Connell, Kent Bridge Shawna Cooper, Guelph Darlene Cuevas, Mississauga Carrie-Lynn DeMaeyer, Milton Sam Dlugokecki, Waterloo Jon-Rhys Evenchick, Ottawa Brad Fillatre, Toronto Brighid Fry, Toronto Chris Giguere, Kingston Leila Goldberger, Ottawa Chris Gostling, Toronto Peter Graham, Toronto
Matt Greco, Peterborough Jesse Harding, Ottawa Lacey Hill, Brantford Andy Hughes, Guelph Arley Hughes, Thunder Bay Chelsey June, Ottawa Ray Kaduck, Ottawa Edward Kingscote, Kanata Lea Kirstein, Toronto David Laronde, Temagami Max Layton, Cheltenham Anne Lederman, Toronto Kelly Lefaive, Tiny Bradley Luft, Toronto Charlie Major, Dunrobin Arthur McGregor, Kemptville Braeden Mitchell, Bowmanville Dave O’Heare, Ottawa Jaaji Okpik, Ottawa Jessica Pearson, Clarence Creek
Irena Perkovic, Toronto Jay Pollmann, Townsend Hayley Ryerson, Ottawa Benny Santoro, Windsor Simone Schmidt, Toronto Bill Sheffield, Toronto Rebecca Stephens, Kent Bridge Pat Temple, Reaboro Aaron Verhulst, Windsor Jessica Wedden, Tichborne Joëlle Westman, Newmarket Ken Yates, Toronto New Ontario Organizational Members Adventure Canada, Mississauga Sultans of String, Toronto Fagroongala, Sudbury Long & McQuade Musical Instruments, Pickering Matapa Music & Arts
Organization, Hamilton Ottawa Music Industry Coalition, Ottawa New Out-of-Province Individual Members Craig Bignell, Longview AB Naomi Kavka, Prince George BC Dale Brown, Winnipeg MB Mike Biggar, Quispamsis NB Laura Locke, Asheville NC Cécile Doo-Kingué, Montreal QC Ellen Froese, Saskatoon SK Updated: June 15, 2017
FMO Board elections FMO’s Board of Directors is a dedicated and enthusiastic group of thirteen volunteers, elected democratically by the membership via advanced balloting during the fall and at the annual conference in October. This fall, four directors on the Board will be completing their terms, and the new slate of candidates will be published on the FMO website in the next few weeks. The FMO membership is made up of many different individuals, organizations, and festivals who all have their own likes, dislikes, needs, wants, and points of view. Voting ensures that all FMO members get a voice, electing people to the board who can represent their interests and concerns. To help you form your decision, FMO will feature “getting to know you” articles about each of the candidates in our regular eNews issues. And to read more about the Board election process, please visit www.folkmusicontario.ca – click on About Folk Music Ontario / Board of Directors. Advance balloting for FMO members will begin September 16, 2017. Please make sure that your voice is heard, and cast a ballot!
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