[TheIronMaiden]

Starting Today for 30 days I am going to only listen to music made by Albertans.

Why?

Two reasons.
1) there was a time when people sought out local entertainment. The people who played music for you were your neighbors and friends. My Granny used to tell me all kinds of stories about her family's band playing community dances. This is by and large a lost tradition. It is sooo easy now to listen to artists from across the world. While this is generally a good thing. There is also a lot of pressure form cultural imperialism. I want for maybe the last time in my life to focus on hyper local arts and culture.

2) I think this will be a neat way to support local artists. I hope this thread is a good way for people to share music reviews and recommendations of artists from the wild rose province.


With that is mind, please share any recommendations! No artist is too small obscure or well known!


Rules: Obviously it will be impossible to block out everything that isn't Albertan, like at the grocery store or mall. Nor does it count music you hear while watching hockey games or whatever.

But seriously, your recommendations are appreciated I will go crazy listening to Corb Lund and Ian Tyson 30 days straight.