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Posted onAugust 18, 2014The summer of music festivals continues with the sixth annual edition of Aboriginal Music Week. Running August 20-24 in various Winnipeg venues, this year's fest will feature a number of free and tickets shows as well as community celebrations, workshops, film events, and industry networking. AMW will play host to a number of touring acts, including first visits from emcee Tall Paul, violinist Laura Ortman, music producer Astronomar, and hip hop duo Mob Bounce, and guitarist Logan Staats. JUNO Award winners George Leach and Leela Gilday are both set to return, along with pop singer Inez Jasper, prehispanico music creator DJ Javier Estrad,a and moreHomegrown talent also plays a big part on the bill this year, including performances from award-winning rock outfit Eagle & Hawk, Métis fiddlers Darren Lavallee and Melissa St. Goddard, trip hop singer and 2014 Western Canadian Music Award nominee Iskwé, funk-rockers Burnt-Project 1, champion drum group Spirit Sands Singers, rockers The Mosquitoz, country chanteuse Frannie Klein

Emerging Canadian Composers Competition Curious, remarkable, and profound, GroundSwell's 2014-15 season brings you heightened experiences, unique sound worlds and the best new music from Winnipeg and around the world. Featuring captivating performances by Eve Egoyan, Montreal's fiery Ensemble Transmission, Australian virtuoso Peter Sheridan and collaborations with Cluster Festival, send + receive, and aceartinc, this is a season you won't want to miss Since 1991 GroundSwell's Artistic Directorate has been delighting and challenging its audiences with an eclectic combination of all that is good new music. As Manitoba's only series dedicated to presenting contemporary music, GroundSwell has showcased diverse programming featuring everything from inspiring interpretations of 20th-century classics to exciting fusions of visual art, theatre, dance, and the written word.The Artistic Directorate is made up of Winnipeg composers Gordon Fitzell , Jim Hiscott , Michael Matthews , and Diana McIntosh .