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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
I don't mind Ben Harper regardless of which incarnation it is, including the Blind Boys stuff. And there are a few other names on the list than just Ben Harper. If you check the full list a lot of the Calgary and Canmore performers will be in Edmonton as well, and neither Calgary or Canmore have the likes of Van Morrison, Jakob Dylan, John Hammond, Alejandro Escovedo, John Prine, Tom Russell, etc. etc. etc. So yeah, I'd say the Edmonton list of performers pretty much out classes Caglary's by several magnitudes. Edmonton sucks maggots. But their Folk Fest is vastly better and always has been.
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Pretty sure Tom Russell is at Calgary as well, and Alejandro Escovedo is through Calgary enough that it's not really that much of a coup to have him in a folk-fest lineup. John Prine and Levon Helm are the only two on Edmonton's lineup that would really get me excited to see.