Mountain Guide

The hills are alive with the sounds of African-inspired fusion folk music. First, the Nigerien group Etran Finatawa, a mix of nomadic desert tribal sounds, plays this weekend at the Canmore Folk Music Festival. Then, on Aug.

When they say everything’s bigger in the Lone Star state, it’s probably no surprise the saying can also refer to guitar-driven, belt it out blues.

The unique sounds of Vancouver’s Redgy Blackout can be heard at the Canmore Hotel on July 22. Multi-instrumentalist Scott Perrie said the band loves playing this venue. “We played there on a tour in January 2010, right before the Olympics,” he said.

The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies is celebrating the role of adventuresome women with it newest exhibition.

Working under the name Dexter Sinister, artists Stuart Bailey and David Reinfurt are bringing The Serving Library to the Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery this summer.

Unlike many who see the rise of electronic books, or eBooks, as one more step in the demise of the book, Canmore artist and Sunny Raven Gallery owner Meg Nicks sees hope.

Calgary-based singer-songwriter Sarah Vann will take to the stage at the Whyte Horse Cafe’s Glue Factory, July 19. “I make the good kind of music,” she said in a recent interview.

With Delhi 2 Dublin, the Canmore Folk Music Festival will present sounds from around the world. D2D is a Vancouver-based group which fuses Irish Celtic and Punjabi music with modern electronic dance sounds.

For Australian musician Toby Beard, the Canadian people and landscape keep drawing her back.

Tubby Fats Original All-Star Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band… Is that not one of the best names for a folk band you’ve ever heard? Very 1960s. You can almost feel the Flower Power emanating.