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episode 1: Gateway Festival
Welcome back for Season 3! We're kicking it off with something a little different this time around.
Last August, for the second year in a row, I headed down to the Big Muddy, an area of Southern Saskatchewan known for ranch land and not much else, to the town of Bengough and the site of the Gateway Festival. It’s a very small town of just a few hundred people, just a little north of the Montana border, and the border of Treaty 4 Territory. They have a motel, a credit union, a high school, a Co-op, your usual assortment of shops, and even a municipal pool. It’s kind of an oasis in an ocean of horses and hay bales. It’s also the home to this festival – which attracts music fans from all over the province and musical acts from all across the country. This anachronistic gem of a summer attraction shouldn’t work – but it does. I had the good fortune to be able to chat with some of the folks who help make it happen, and some of the artists on the bill.
This episode features interviews with members of Library Voices, CJTR host Redbeard, The Garrys, Kay The Aquanaut & Factor Chandelier, The Steves, and Mike Dawson. Thanks to them and all the artists whose music is included – bootlegged or not – including the aforementioned list along with Northcote, Close Talker, The Sadies, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, and Tom Cochrane.