Tag Archives: Vancouver Island

Life in the wilderness can be tough for animals. Any injury or abnormality can be life-threatening, leaving them unable to fend for themselves. Life in the wilds is tough for photographers as well. While I’m out bush-walking (eg: Long Roads and Short Walks #2), I’m not sharp enough to identify the birds or animals I […]

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(Click to start Still Water by Daniel Lanois.) The morning started early, with the rousing sounds of Sunday gospel and Sacred Steel from the American South. The evening rounded out with silky smooth songs by Canadian legend Daniel Lanois.  Sunday at the Vancouver Island Musicfest in Comox, BC, featured a diversity of musicians from countries […]

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From folk to flamenco, from guzheng to Gypsy jazz, from poetry to Asian fusion: the lineup on day 2 of the 30th annual Vancouver Island Musicfest in Comox, BC, was undoubtedly eclectic! Unlike the evening before (see: Expanding Boundaries: Vancouver Island Musicfest #1) when only the Concert Bowl mainstage was in play, during the day […]

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From the First People of Comox Valley, Canada, to the landlocked central African nation of Chad; from acoustic guitar folk harmonies to cross-cultural genre-bending musical layers; from unaccompanied voices and percussions to complex and layered instrumental blends – the Vancouver Island Musicfest in July had no apparent boundaries. Even if I’d had an idea what […]

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I think the forests of British Columbia (BC), Canada must be my Spirit Home. It was my first time to the north end of Vancouver Island, at the very west of Canada, but I felt right at home! I was on a BC road trip, and was booked to take the long ferry trip north […]

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