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Original Music
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Alt-Country
Americana
Folk
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The Dust Collectors are an alternative folk band from Calgary, Alberta.
Purity, sweet longing, lone-ing your way across golden fields towards porcelain mountains one moment closer to home, all of this is captured in Calgary band The Dust Collectors’ recent song, “Alberta,” which – reflecting the unvarnished style of the band – was recorded in one day. The tune is a star gleaming within the band’s constellation of spread out, shimmering musical gems. Formed by four friends in 2018, the group eventually attracted three more kindred spirits. It may seem counterintuitive that music created by a seven-piece outfit basks in stripped-down glory, but as each member contributes to songwriting and vocals the result harkens back to a much subtler CSNY. No courters of hubris, their original goal was “to get anything played on (Alberta radio treasure) CKUA,” something they crossed off their list after their first single was released in 2022 followed by a full-length album, Outside In, and a couple of EPs in 2023. The band released their sophomore album, titled Cold Feet, in June 2025. The songs rove over stories of passing time, waiting on spring, the murder of one lover by another, and being caught against the mirror of our own lives, over and over again. These tales offer scant yet precise detail and are told in such a visual manner they are like musical picture books. - Mary-Lynn Wardle
Highlights
Art type: Live Music
Music type: Original Music
What this Artist plays most of the time
Genre: Alt-CountryAmericanaFolk
Home base: Calgary
Appeals most (but not limited) to: Fans of original music, Fans of local independent radio, Fans of contemporary folk music
Top Venues Performed/Exhibited *
Calgary Folk Festival
2025/07
Block Heater Festival
2024/02
Waynestock
2023/08
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