Calgary Songs Project to build retrospective mixtape

Calgary musicians Jann Arden, Paul Brandt andFeisthave all churned out big hits over the last three decades.

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But have you ever heard of Skinbarn? The Calgary punk band recorded the songAnother Dayin the '90s,which got a fair amount of airplayon local radio stations.

Though more obscure than Insensitive or Mushaboom,thetune could still makethe final cut of theCalgary Songs Project.

"There's just like, all this music, that even though I've been a part of this scene since the early 2000sI'm learning alot," local musicianKenna Burima said in an interview with CBC Radio's The Calgary Eyeopener.

She andArifAnsariof theCalgary Cassette Preservation Societyare curating aplaylist of 30 songs written by Calgary musicians in the last 30 years.

The project celebrates boththe30th anniversary of theHigh Performance Rodeo andlocal talentfrom differentgenres, gender and culture.

The public is being asked to submit their favourite songs, and Burima says you should just "go with your gut" if you're having a tough time narrowing things down.

The mixtape will be revealed in January on the opening night of the rodeo, and that evening Burima will perform a medley of the 30 songs on the Calgary Tower's carillon bells.

"I think it's important to have pretty much the largest instrument in Calgary, the carillon, play the music of Calgarians," said Burima.

A recording of the playlist will ring from the tower during the lunch hour onweekdaysthroughout the month of January and Calgary bands will do covers of the songs at awrap-up concert at the Royal Canadian Legion #1.

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