Photos: Friday’s Folk Fest headlines with outlaw country superstar

Night two of the Calgary Folk Music Festival weekend saw the return to Calgary of one of country music’s best know outlaw artists, alongside some crowd pleasing and often toe-tap-inducing acts on the main and twilight stages.

Tanya Tucker, who returned to prominence after an extraordinary comeback music career following her collaboration with Grammy award winning Brandi Carlile, thanked the Folk Fest audience for sticking with her throughout the down years.

That thanks was matched by one audience member who held up a sign saying “Tanya, I loved you at five, and I still love you at 50.”

The evening’s main stage performances also saw American Roots singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah, pop-jazz band The Dip, indie rockers Calexico, and indie rock singer-songwriter Andrew Bird.

On the twilight stage, The Soul Motivators got crowds up and dancing to their deep funk explosion and crowd engaging act. Also performing were blues artist Buffalo Nichols, nomadic future folk musicians dumama + kechou, and world fusion electronic music group Beats Antique.

For a full lineup for the weekend, see LWC’s Here’s what you need to know for Folk Fest this weekend.