Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival

Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival

Date: August 9th, 2009Venue: Deer Lake ParkAugust 9, 2009 marks Burnaby’s 10th Annual Blues and Roots Festival at Deer Lake Park. Despite a rainy forecast, the weather in Burnaby, BC became surprisingly sunny; rolled up jeans become common and many rain jackets are shed. People in the Chevron-spon

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SAM ROBERTS BAND with MOTHER MOTHER and ARKELLS

SAM ROBERTS BAND with MOTHER MOTHER and ARKELLS

[caption id="attachment_891" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Pete Nema (www.petenema.com)"][/caption] 3 August 2009 at Deer Lake Park | Photography by Pete Nema Arkells are one of my favourite bands. I first heard them when fellow correspondent Melanie Shim bought their album before ou

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BC Virgin Festival 2009

BC Virgin Festival 2009

Thanks to Chris Velan’s incredible publicist Ken Beattie of Killbeat Music, I was able to attend one day of BC Virgin Festival. This is my personal account of that day; Alexander Hutt of Press+1 published our official press coverage for Saturday 25 July 2009. Date: 25 July 2009 Venue: Deer

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