Festival Man

So fun. So much fun. If you've ever been to a folk music festival, you need to read this. If you've ever enjoyed a Geoff Berner gig, you need to read this. If you have even a passing familiarity with the Canadian music biz, you need to read this. If you just love wildly funny and crazy stories with......more

For my friends the touring musicians, for travelers, for all of the off-center-for-good-reason. Also for anyone who wants something hysterical and weirdly gripping well beyond expectations.......more

Geoff Berner is a man of many talents; singing songwriting and accordion playing be the three most obvious... and rabble rousing being the next, if you've ever seen him play the songs he's written on the accordion. With these talents in hand, Geoff has travelled the world rousing rabble from Victoria......more

I can't think of any other thing I've read that was so singularly of Western Canada in voice and punk in spirit. While it doesn't always flow perfectly, Berner has crafted a wonderful unreliable narrator in Cam Ouiniette, a broke down music manager full of astonishing lies and insights into the craz......more

A scathing examination of the music business and folk festival scene in the guise of fiction. I felt like I was reading a diary, and I suppose in some ways I was. Fans of the western Canadian folk scene might cringe as they recognize people they know who are portrayed not so flatteringly.......more