Basia Bulat

Forget the music – this album cover alone makes me ache with longing for the damp blue-green hills, gravel logging roads, and stormy skies of northern British Columbia, and ragamuffin summers caravan-ing from camp to camp across western Canada. But, the music!!  This earthy blonde vocalist & musician sounds like what i imagine Shakira would if she were kidnapped into a gypsy orchestra and took to performing with them in faires and festivals, under a canopy of stars as late-night drunken revelers drifted by and bonfires crackled nearby.  Hmmm….maybe not so different from my summer reminiscings….
..pass the wine bottle, please!

Okay, so Basia Bulat is from Ontario, not BC, and i doubt i can really hope for a gypsy faire any time soon, but she IS playing a huge tour across Canada and the States over the next couple months, including both Calgary and Vancouver.  Her small band is rich and folksy, with a violin, cello, and mandolin creating delightful soundscapes. AND, this girl plays the autoharp. Hello, girl crush!
Catch her at Central United Church in Calgary on Mar 2, or  St James Hall in Vancouver on Mar 5!

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