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ISSUE 18: YOUTH

ISSUE 18: YOUTH

It hardly seems like a generalization to say that the experiences we have with music in our early years inform so much of who we are and become, what we value, and how we interact with music later in life. Whether that’s hearing an incredible song for the first

Soundtrack To My Youth: How Spirit of the West’s folk-rock sound impacted my ideas about art and identity

Soundtrack To My Youth: How Spirit of the West’s folk-rock sound impacted my ideas about art and identity

It was the May long weekend, 1995, and the night before my 15th birthday. My high school music department — where I was in the choir — had made it to the nationals, being held that weekend in Calgary. I had never been to Calgary, let alone somewhere that far away without