I’ve always enjoyed the Dawson City Music Festival.
Maybe it’s something about the unique setting, or the way the entire community comes together to make the weekend-long event happen, but the festival is always a good time.
This year I had the opportunity to interview a number of the visiting musicians, and I thought I would share some of those conversations here.
Jeremy Dutcher is the only artist to win the Polaris Music Prize twice, and he put on a remarkable show at the Palace Grand Theatre, and we had a great chat after his rehearsal for that show.
Miesha and The Spanks were one of the big hits of the festival. We spoke about how hard it is for just two people to make so much music.
The Queer Songbook Orchestra brought together the talents of a number of visiting musicians, and I dropped by their rehearsal.
Rich Aucoin has played the festival before, so the audience knew what to expect from this truly unique artist.
And Shad is just a wonderful person, and we had a great chat about his varied career.
