Folk Alliance 2005 - Montreal
by Steve Edge

A very cold day out in Vieux Montreal!	The magnificent new Wedding Chapel in Notre Dame Basilica	Notre Dame's organ loft
Notre Dame	Accordion bookends at the Closing Brunch	Marcel Messervier's works on display
Pascal Gemme (Genticorum)	Steve Edge and WETA DJ Mary Cliff defy the Geneva Convention's colour-clash limitation treaties (La Bottine's Eric Beaudry has to look away)	Revered Quebec accordion maker Marcel Messervier (sponsored by Grecian 2000?)
"L.S.D." at the Hard Rock Cafe	Folkies invade the Hard Rock Cafe	Denmark's delightful Helene (of the duo Karen & Helene)
1/3 of Norwegian fiddle troupe Majorstuen	Two Danish duos - Karen & Helene and Haugaard & Hoirup. Stunning musicians and singers!	Nova Scotia's Dave Gunning at the Official Showcase
Meanwhile, Montreal skates...	... and then thaws out in the heated igloo at Montreal En Lumiere (outside the Folk Alliance hotel)	Ale Moller, Swedish band leader exttraordinaire
The Ale Moller Band at Club Soda (my highlight of the whole conference!)	Ale Moller's singers from India and Greece (the smoldering Maria Stellas)	Emmylou Harris testifies at the ASCAP hearings. Kate & Anna McGarrigle are for real!
Les Soeurs McGarrigle with their ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award	M. Yves Lambert et Compagnie at Medley

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